Chapter Summaries

Xia Ming revealed the overwhelming power of his new Legendary realm and vowed to kill the head of the Fran Family and Mamba before they could threaten him again. With Roland’s help promised, Xia Ming unleashed his Dragon of Wind and Lightning against their combined attack.

• Xia Ming’s strike injured the head of the Fran Family and alarmed Mamba, while onlookers recognized that Xia Ming had become a Legendary powerhouse.
• Xia Ming secretly asked Roland to help him kill the head of the Fran Family and Mamba, and Roland agreed.
• The head of the Fran Family and Mamba attacked Xia Ming together with their strongest spells.
• Xia Ming answered with Dragon of Wind and Lightning, combining Wind Profundity and Lightning Profundity to unleash two mighty magical dragons.

Xia Ming used his composite wind-and-lightning magic to kill Goth, the Fran Family Patriarch, and cripple Mamba after foiling his attempt to self-destruct. As the onlookers reacted to Xia Ming’s victory, the Lord of Emerald City arrived, leaving his response uncertain.

• Xia Ming and Roland fought Mamba and the Fran Family Patriarch, with Xia Ming’s composite spell injuring both Legendary opponents.
• Roland held Mamba back while Xia Ming struck down and killed the Fran Family Patriarch, Goth, with Violet Lightning Blade.
• Mamba tried to escape, then charged Xia Ming in an attempt to self-destruct, but Xia Ming trapped him with Lightning Net and shattered his magical channels.
• Xia Ming left Mamba alive but unconscious, having killed one opponent and crippled the other.
• The onlookers marveled at Xia Ming’s victory, and the Lord of Emerald City arrived as they wondered how he would respond.

After Xia Ming defeated Mamba and killed the Fran Family Head, the Lord of Emerald City publicly backed him and reached an unspoken agreement with him. Xia Ming then set his sights on the Fran Family’s treasury, leaving with Roland and Little Kitty to deal with the family.

• Roland identified Mamba as a black mage from the Evil Spirit Tower and the other defeated opponent as the Fran Family Head, prompting the Lord of Emerald City to praise Xia Ming for stopping the black mage.
• The Lord of Emerald City and Xia Ming signaled mutual support, with the Lord choosing not to punish Xia Ming or dwell on the Fran Family Head’s death.
• Xia Ming took the Fran Family Head’s spatial ring and stored his corpse, intending to use it to intimidate the Fran Family.
• Xia Ming released Little Kitty, inspected the ring’s valuable contents, and agreed with her that the Fran Family’s treasury held greater riches.
• Xia Ming announced that they would go to the Fran Family, and Little Kitty eagerly sprang up.

Xia Ming went to the Fran Family estate to destroy the family after killing its head. He confronted the Fran Family members and revealed Goth’s corpse, leaving them stunned.

• Xia Ming flew to the Fran Family estate while onlookers and factions followed his movements.
• Xia Ming incapacitated the guards at the gates without killing them, then repelled three younger Fran Family members who attacked him.
• Xia Ming struck Monroe and sent him flying after Monroe threatened him with the Fran Family head’s power.
• Gude, Messi, and the Fran Family elders came out to confront Xia Ming.
• Xia Ming revealed Goth’s corpse, leaving the Fran Family members speechless.

Xia Ming defeated the Fran Family after killing its head and revealing his Legendary strength. He left the surviving servants alone and entered the estate with Little Kitty to find the family’s underground treasure vault.

• The Fran Family members learned that Xia Ming had killed their head, and Messi recognized that Xia Ming had reached the Legendary realm.
• Gude offered Xia Ming the Family Head position and the family’s treasures, but Xia Ming refused to spare them.
• Gude and the elders attacked Xia Ming, who struck them down with a single blast of magic power.
• Xia Ming destroyed the Fran Family’s stone plaque, marking the end of the clan, while its guards fled.
• Xia Ming and Little Kitty entered the estate, and Little Kitty sensed that the treasure vault was underground ahead.

Xia Ming followed Little Kitty to the Fran Family’s underground treasury, where he found vast riches and gave Roland a matched set of pseudo-holy artifacts. Little Kitty then sensed a familiar presence, and Xia Ming discovered another human-skin map like the one Max had carried.

• Little Kitty located the Fran Family’s underground treasure vault, and Xia Ming blasted open its entrance.
• Xia Ming found a mountain of gold and handed Little Kitty a spatial ring to keep the coins.
• Xia Ming gave Roland a matched set of pseudo-holy artifacts and promised him a share of the treasury’s gems and gold.
• Little Kitty detected a familiar scent deeper in the vault, and Xia Ming found another human-skin map like Max’s.

Xia Ming and Roland joined two human-skin maps and awakened the Flame King, who identified them as pieces of the Flowing Cloud Sky Map. She revealed that the complete map could lead to the Life Gate in Flowing Cloud Mountain and to ancient treasure hoards, leaving Xia Ming eager to learn more.

• Xia Ming joined the map from the Fran Family vault with the one he had obtained from Max, and the two pieces fused in a burst of light.
• The Flame King awakened, recognized the Flowing Cloud Sky Map, and noted that Xia Ming had reached the legendary realm.
• The Flame King explained that the map had eight pieces and could reveal the Life Gate that ancient races planned to use to escape the Undead Cataclysm.
• The Flame King revealed that the map could also help locate the treasures the departing races had left behind in Flowing Cloud Mountain, exciting Xia Ming.

Flame King revealed that Xia Ming’s two Flowing Cloud Sky Map pieces were part of an ancient treasure map tied to the wealth buried in Flowing Cloud Mountain. After claiming the Fran Family’s treasury, Xia Ming left the ruined estate and turned his attention to the Evil Spirit Tower and the unconscious Mamba.

• Flame King explained the Flowing Cloud Sky Map’s origins, its connection to Orlando and the dark mages, and the dangers gathering across the Three Continents.
• Xia Ming learned that the map had eight pieces and resolved to find them all and explore Flowing Cloud Mountain for the treasures of the ancient races.
• Xia Ming kept the map’s secrets from Roland and Little Kitty, then gathered everything valuable from the Fran Family’s underground treasury.
• Xia Ming, Roland, and Little Kitty emerged to find the Fran Family estate overrun by looters, who stopped scrambling when they saw the Legendary Xia Ming.
• Xia Ming judged that Emerald City’s other major forces would finish destroying the Fran Family and decided to focus on the Evil Spirit Tower, beginning with the unconscious Mamba.

After leaving the fallen Fran Family, Xia Ming planned to unite allies against the Evil Spirit Tower while consolidating his new Legendary strength. He studied the newly unsealed spells in the Book of Eternity and began creating a spell that combined Wind Profundity and Lightning Profundity.

• Xia Ming left the Fran Family estate and told Roland that he intended to eliminate the Evil Spirit Tower.
• Xia Ming asked Roland to contact the powerful experts he had rescued, while he entered seclusion to consolidate his strength.
• Xia Ming discovered that becoming a Legend had unsealed many profundity spells in the Book of Eternity and memorized the newly revealed spells.
• Xia Ming decided that his movement speed needed improvement and set out to refine Wings of the Wind God.
• Xia Ming combined Wind Profundity with Lightning Profundity to create Wings of Wind and Thunder, astonishing Flame King.

Xia Ming fused Wind Profundity with Lightning Profundity to create the Wings of Wind and Thunder, a spell with speed and potential surpassing the Wind God King's wings. After Xia Ming tested his new magic, Roland returned from contacting the captives, looking pleased with his results.

• The Flame King doubted Xia Ming had enough experience to create magic, but watched as he began infusing lightning power into the Wings of the Wind God.
• Xia Ming carefully merged Wind Profundity and Lightning Profundity over several days without interruption.
• Xia Ming successfully created the Wings of Wind and Thunder, and the Flame King marveled that their potential surpassed the Wind God King's wings.
• Xia Ming tested the new wings and moved several times faster than before, while Little Kitty watched in amazement.
• The Flame King praised the spell's potential, and Xia Ming modestly acknowledged that he had built on the Wind God King's work.
• Roland returned from contacting the captives, looking excited about his gains.

Xia Ming gathered allies and learned about the Evil Spirit Tower’s strength and nearby base while planning an attack. After Roland revealed a powerful Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm lived nearby, Xia Ming considered using it to create an opening against the Tower.

• Roland told Xia Ming that more than a dozen forces, including the Kaka Family and Blue Dawn Family, had agreed to help, though they would send only limited forces.
• Roland explained that the Evil Spirit Tower had three legendary-level powerhouses, including its peak level-twelve Tower Master, the Black-Faced Ghost.
• Roland showed Xia Ming a map of the Evil Spirit Tower’s Southern Continent base and said its Tower Master and other leaders were likely there.
• Xia Ming spotted a nearby map marking and learned that a peak level-twelve Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm lived in a volcano near the base.
• Xia Ming asked Roland whether the odds of success would improve if the Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm and the Evil Spirit Tower fought while they took advantage of the chaos.

Xia Ming set out to draw the Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm into conflict with the Evil Spirit Tower, while Roland organized their allies and prepared an ambush. Xia Ming reached the wyrm’s volcanic lair but found it absent, and Little Kitty suggested searching the cave for treasures.

• Xia Ming showed Roland how the Wings of Wind and Thunder let him move swiftly, convincing Roland that he could escape the Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm if necessary.
• Xia Ming and Roland agreed on a signal, with Roland taking their allies to wait near the Evil Spirit Tower while Xia Ming investigated the wyrm.
• Xia Ming traveled to the volcano, where dozens of fire-element mages watched in awe as he entered the Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm’s territory.
• Xia Ming and Little Kitty entered the volcano and reached the wyrm’s cave, but they sensed no sign that the wyrm had returned.
• Little Kitty urged Xia Ming to search the cave for treasures while they waited for a chance to exploit the coming conflict.

Xia Ming found two nearly mature Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm eggs in the wyrm’s nest and absorbed the fire essence from one, comprehending Fire Profundity. He left the second egg untouched just as Little Kitty sensed the Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm returning.

• Xia Ming followed Little Kitty’s guidance through the nest and discovered two nearly hatched Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm eggs.
• Xia Ming weighed absorbing the eggs’ fire essence against hatching the wyrms, then decided to use one egg to strengthen himself.
• Xia Ming absorbed the fire essence from one egg and comprehended Fire Profundity, greatly increasing his strength.
• Xia Ming turned his attention to the remaining egg as Little Kitty sensed the Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm’s aura and heard its distant roar.

Xia Ming took the fire wyrm egg and escaped the Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm using the Wings of Wind and Thunder. He deliberately led the pursuing beast toward the Evil Spirit Tower's secret base, while nearby mages watched in astonishment.

• The Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm roared and charged toward its cave, alarming the mages near the volcano.
• Xia Ming placed the fire wyrm egg in his spatial ring despite Little Kitty warning that its mark would reveal their location.
• The Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm found Xia Ming in the cave and threatened to kill him for taking the egg.
• Xia Ming escaped the cave with the Wings of Wind and Thunder, and the enraged Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm pursued him.
• Xia Ming headed for the Evil Spirit Tower's secret base to lead the Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm there, while onlooking mages marveled that he could evade it.

Xia Ming lured the enraged Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm to the Evil Spirit Tower and hid its egg at the base to provoke a clash. The Fire Wyrm arrived and began attacking, drawing the attention of the Evil Spirit Tower as Xia Ming waited in hiding to exploit the fight.

• Xia Ming used the Wings of Wind and Thunder to lead the pursuing Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm toward the Evil Spirit Tower, letting it mistake him for one of its mages.
• Xia Ming spotted a cave leaking undead aura at the hidden base but chose not to investigate it.
• Xia Ming buried the Fire Wyrm egg in the Evil Spirit Tower's grounds, then hid with Little Kitty to avoid being discovered.
• The Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm arrived in a fury, setting the surrounding grass and trees ablaze as it attacked the base.
• The Evil Spirit Tower's master, Black-Faced Ghost, called out to the beast, and Xia Ming waited for the fight to begin.

Xia Ming’s plan to lure the Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm into attacking the Evil Spirit Tower succeeded, leaving the tower badly damaged and exhausted. After the wyrm withdrew, Xia Ming saw the opening to launch his own attack.

• Black-Faced Ghost appeared and joined the Evil Spirit Tower’s deputy master in fighting the Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm.
• The Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm devastated the tower’s base, while Black-Faced Ghost used Shadow Corrosion against it.
• Little Kitty praised Xia Ming for luring the wyrm into battle with the Evil Spirit Tower.
• The Evil Spirit Tower’s experts gained the upper hand, but suffered heavy casualties and extensive damage to their base.
• The exhausted Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm withdrew, leaving Xia Ming with an opening to attack the Evil Spirit Tower.

Xia Ming attacked the Evil Spirit Tower after the Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm devastated its grounds and weakened its leaders. He struck down the vice tower master, then faced a rush of dark mages as Roland and Xia Ming’s allies arrived.

• The Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm fled after wrecking the Evil Spirit Tower, leaving Black-Faced Ghost injured and low on magical power.
• Black-Faced Ghost prepared to recover, but Xia Ming appeared and revealed that he knew the tower had placed a wanted order on him.
• Black-Faced Ghost attacked Xia Ming, who used the Sword of Fire and Lightning to strike the wounded vice tower master instead.
• Xia Ming’s attack blasted the vice tower master unconscious, and Black-Faced Ghost ordered the dark mages to attack together and stall for time.
• Roland arrived with more than a dozen powerful mages to reinforce Xia Ming.

Xia Ming and Roland’s forces overwhelmed the battered Evil Spirit Tower, leaving Black-Faced Ghost to flee as his followers were defeated or captured. Xia Ming pursued him with his Wings of Wind and Thunder and steadily closed the distance.

• Roland and his elite fighters arrived to reinforce Xia Ming, and they joined the battle against Black-Faced Ghost and the Evil Spirit Tower.
• Roland attacked Black-Faced Ghost, but Black-Faced Ghost’s Shadow Corrosion spell forced Roland back despite the Tower Master’s dwindling strength.
• Xia Ming struck Black-Faced Ghost with Dragon of Wind and Lightning, cracking his Gate of Purgatory and leaving him coughing blood.
• Xia Ming and Roland’s forces devastated the Evil Spirit Tower’s base and gained the upper hand against its dark mages.
• Black-Faced Ghost fled, while Roland ordered his fighters to capture the remaining dark mages and Xia Ming pursued the Tower Master.
• Xia Ming’s Wings of Wind and Thunder proved faster than Black-Faced Ghost, and the gap between them steadily narrowed.

Xia Ming pursued Black-Faced Ghost and severed his right arm, but Black-Faced Ghost escaped by using the Blood Reversal Art at great cost to his lifespan and strength. Xia Ming captured the Evil Spirit Tower’s other dark mages and began considering the rewards from the victory.

• Black-Faced Ghost used the Blood Reversal Art to flee faster, but Xia Ming struck him with the Violet Lightning Blade and cut off his right arm.
• Black-Faced Ghost used the Blood Reversal Art again and escaped, while Roland explained that the technique burned blood vitality and lifespan.
• Xia Ming accepted Little Kitty’s promise to help defeat Black-Faced Ghost when they met again.
• Xia Ming thanked Thompson and the other allies who had helped subdue the Evil Spirit Tower’s dark mages.
• Xia Ming recognized that capturing the tower’s high-ranking dark mages earned merit for the Sacred Council and asked Roland what they had gained.

Xia Ming and Roland searched the ruined Evil Spirit Tower base, uncovering evidence of dark mages experimenting on Magic Beasts and collecting valuable instruments and loot. Before traveling to the Sacred Council, Xia Ming decided to hunt the weakened Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm to refine its blood into medicine and advance his strength.

• Xia Ming stored the Evil Spirit Tower's experimental instruments and discovered numerous recently killed Magic Beasts, prompting him and Roland to realize the dark mages were researching undead Magic Beasts.
• Xia Ming and his companions found little wealth in the base but collected the dark mages' valuables, which Xia Ming distributed among the group while keeping important magical materials.
• Xia Ming retrieved the Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm egg and revealed that he planned to kill the weakened wyrm and use its blood to advance to the middle stage of level twelve.
• Roland agreed that killing the injured wyrm was worthwhile, and Xia Ming postponed their journey to the Sacred Council to pursue it first.