Chapter Summaries

Xia Ming discovered the forbidden spell Descent of the Thunder God in the Book of Eternity and secretly tested it in the gravity training room. The spell produced a spectacular apparition but ended with surprisingly ordinary power, leaving him puzzled about what had gone wrong.

• Xia Ming found the forbidden spell Descent of the Thunder God revealed in the Book of Eternity and realized he had to keep it secret.
• Xia Ming left the Elemental Spring, where Roosevelt was still gaining insight, and went to the empty fourth-level gravity training room to study the spell.
• Xia Ming secured the training room and chanted the complex incantation, draining much of his magic power as lightning gathered around Holy Sovereignty.
• Xia Ming summoned a towering Thunder God phantom and saw that the spell could potentially hold back a vast army.
• The spell abruptly faded, and Xia Ming found that its actual power was no greater than his Wind Thunder Twin Dragons, so he wondered what had gone wrong.

Xia Ming learned from Flame King that forbidden spells lost their power because their long incantations had to be compressed to about ten seconds, then went to meet the Grand Speaker. The Grand Speaker hinted at Little Kitty’s unusual origins and began explaining why Andor had opposed Xia Ming’s promotion to reserve councilor.

• Xia Ming questioned Flame King about forbidden spells, and she explained that their long chants weakened their power unless compressed to roughly ten seconds.
• Xia Ming left the gravity training room and told Little Kitty they would return to Rhine City after he finished the Sacred Council’s affairs.
• Councilor Liya delivered the Grand Speaker’s summons, and Xia Ming went to meet him at the Mage Tower.
• The Grand Speaker examined Little Kitty and said its extraordinary origins would be revealed in due time.
• The Grand Speaker asked Xia Ming whether he knew why Andor had tried to block his promotion to reserve councilor, and Xia Ming asked him to explain.

The Grand Speaker explained why Xia Ming’s appointment as the Sacred Council’s sole alternate councilor mattered: he could replace a councilor and eventually compete to become Grand Speaker. With the dark mages allied with the bloodkin, the Grand Speaker said he intended to cultivate Xia Ming as his successor.

• The Grand Speaker told Xia Ming that Andor had opposed his promotion because of factional conflicts within the Sacred Council.
• The Grand Speaker explained that alternate councilors ranked just below the twelve councilors, and Xia Ming was currently the only alternate councilor.
• The Grand Speaker revealed that councilors were eligible to compete for the position of Grand Speaker, clarifying why Andor had tried to block Xia Ming.
• The Grand Speaker described the threat posed by the dark mage organization and the bloodkin, led by Lucifer and the Blood Prince.
• The Grand Speaker told Xia Ming that he intended to cultivate him as the next Grand Speaker of the Sacred Council.

Xia Ming learned that the Grand Speaker saw the vampires’ and black mages’ coming upheaval as a chance for him to earn enough merit to become a councilor. He returned toward Rhine City with Roland and Little Kitty, and was astonished to find the city had grown into a major metropolis in less than a year.

• The Grand Speaker urged Xia Ming to seize the coming conflict as an opportunity to build his influence and earn promotion to councilor.
• Xia Ming decided to return to Rhine City and invited Roland to come with him; Roland accepted.
• Xia Ming and Roland escaped the Sacred Council’s enthusiastic young fans and set out with Little Kitty for Rhine City.
• Roland marveled at the lush forests across the Rhine Plains, which Xia Ming had helped restore.
• Xia Ming and Roland saw Rhine City’s vast new buildings and towering magic tower, and Xia Ming revealed that the transformation had taken less than a year.

Xia Ming and Roland returned to Rhine City and were astonished by its rapid growth and strong defenses. Xia Ming surprised Angel and Su Weiwei at the City Lord's Manor, reuniting with them after a long separation.

• Xia Ming and Roland flew toward Rhine City and saw that it had grown into a vast, crowded city with a population of at least a million.
• Xia Ming and Roland passed the city gate inspection after Roland showed his mage badge, and Xia Ming explained how Lone Wolf had organized Rhine City's army.
• Xia Ming removed his magical cloak at the City Lord's Manor and quietly entered with Roland to surprise everyone.
• Angel complained to Su Weiwei that Xia Ming had left her with the city’s affairs and had not replied to her letter, while Su Weiwei defended him by mentioning the dangers he faced.
• Angel took Su Weiwei’s hand to go see Suomo'er, but Su Weiwei froze when Xia Ming appeared in the doorway and teased Angel about wanting to teach him a lesson.

Xia Ming returned to Rhine City and reunited with Angel, Su Weiwei, and the people who had built the city in his absence. After hearing about Rhine City's forces and asking Angel to look for the Black-Faced Ghost, he spent the afternoon alone with Su Weiwei.

• Angel and Su Weiwei welcomed Xia Ming back, and Xia Ming introduced Roland to them.
• Xia Ming learned that Anthony and Master Qi Lin were traveling, while Suomo'er commanded the Mage Corps in their absence.
• Tang Ge, Lone Wolf, Suomo'er, Lin Qi, Lei Ming, and other city officials met with Xia Ming, who praised their work and learned that Rhine City had grown into a city of one million.
• Lone Wolf reported that Rhine City had a hundred-thousand-strong regular army, a Tank Corps, and a Mage Corps of more than five hundred mages.
• Xia Ming asked Angel to watch for news of the Black-Faced Ghost, then reunited privately with Su Weiwei.

Xia Ming spent the night with Su Weiwei, then turned to the Nami Water Demon he had sealed away and demanded its submission. The Nami Water Demon faced a choice between serving him and dying.

• Xia Ming and Su Weiwei spent the night together, and Xia Ming left her resting in the morning.
• Xia Ming practiced magic and decided to use resources from the Ancient Battlefield to strengthen Rhine City.
• Xia Ming remembered the Nami Water Demon and released it from Moonshadow Twilight's space.
• The Nami Water Demon attacked Xia Ming with sonic waves, but his Thunderfire Shield blocked them easily.
• Xia Ming revealed that he had reached the middle stage of Legend, frightening the Nami Water Demon into begging for its life.
• Xia Ming offered the Nami Water Demon two choices: submit or die.

Xia Ming subdued the Nami Water Demon with a poison potion and the promise of treasures, then forged Dragon Bone Battle Armor and began brewing Aurora Potion to strengthen Rhine Territory’s forces. He left the Nami Water Demon sealed in Moonshadow Twilight and turned to preparing the potion’s ingredients in his small world.

• Xia Ming made the Nami Water Demon drink Bone Poison Potion, ordered her to guard Rhine City, and tempted her with Crimson Flame Fire Wyrm blood essence and an egg.
• Xia Ming sealed the subdued Nami Water Demon inside Moonshadow Twilight, intending to release her when needed.
• Xia Ming forged more than twenty sets of Dragon Bone Battle Armor in the City Lord's Manor underground chamber.
• Xia Ming chose to brew Aurora Potion to improve the potential of Lone Wolf, Tang Ge, Philip, and others in Rhine Territory.
• Xia Ming gathered Jade Crystal Flower, Dragon Whisker Grass, and Crystal Bodhi from his small world and began concocting Aurora Potion.

Xia Ming gathered the City Lord's Manor's people to distribute Dragon Bone Battle Armor and reveal a potion that could unleash their potential. He left them eager to learn more about the potion.

• Xia Ming finished preparing the Aurora Potion and summoned everyone from the City Lord's Manor.
• Xia Ming showed the group the Dragon Bone Battle Armor and explained that it could withstand attacks from half-step Legendary powerhouses.
• Xia Ming gave armor to Angel, Su Weiwei, Suomo'er, and other upper ranks, reserving additional sets for future battlefield merits.
• Xia Ming announced that he had also concocted a potion capable of unleashing their potential, shocking the group.

Xia Ming gave Rhine City's leaders Aurora Potion, and its painful effects helped them awaken their potential and advance. After the group’s breakthroughs, Xia Ming considered releasing the Nami Water Demon, believing Suomo'er, Lei Ming, and Su Weiwei could contain it.

• Xia Ming explained that the master-level Aurora Potion could awaken potential and warned everyone to keep its existence confidential.
• The group drank the potion and endured its intense pain while trying to break through, following Xia Ming’s instructions.
• Lei Ming broke through to the peak of Level Eleven, and Su Weiwei advanced from the peak of Level Ten to early Level Eleven.
• Tang Ge, Lone Wolf, and Philip reached the peak of Level Nine, Angel broke through to Level Nine, and Suomo'er advanced to half-step Legend.
• After the potion’s effects faded by nightfall, Xia Ming decided that Suomo'er, Lei Ming, and Su Weiwei could help keep the Nami Water Demon in check.

After the Aurora Potion empowered Xia Ming’s companions, he introduced the subdued Nami Water Demon and assigned her to the Magic Corps. Angel then told Xia Ming that Black-Faced Ghost had fled to the Dark Nest and that dark mage organizations had placed a ten-million-gold bounty on him.

• Su Weiwei, Lei Ming, and Suomo'er reported major breakthroughs from the Aurora Potion, while Tang Ge and the others reached level nine.
• Xia Ming released the Nami Water Demon, who called him her master, and explained that she came from the Ancient Battlefield.
• Xia Ming assigned the Nami Water Demon to the Magic Corps under Suomo'er's supervision and reminded everyone to consolidate their new strength.
• Angel told Xia Ming that Black-Faced Ghost, the master of the ruined Evil Spirit Tower, had fled to the dark mage organization Dark Nest.
• Angel revealed that dark mage organizations had jointly placed a ten-million-gold bounty on Xia Ming, ranking him tenth among wanted targets.

Xia Ming distributed wealth and treasures to Angel and Su Weiwei, then trained at the Tower of Hope and sought the Flame King's guidance to improve his Fire Profundity. After a day of cultivation, he broke through to the minor accomplishment realm.

• Xia Ming gave Angel nearly twenty million gold coins and thousands of magic crystals, entrusting her to build a gravity training chamber in Rhine City.
• Xia Ming gave Su Weiwei a Mystery Stone, the Divine Heart Fruit, and other treasures from the Flame King's Palace.
• Xia Ming practiced the forbidden spell Descent of the Thunder God but made little progress shortening its lengthy incantation.
• Xia Ming contacted the Flame King and asked for guidance in advancing his Fire Profundity.
• Xia Ming cultivated with more than a hundred top-grade fire-element magic gems and broke through to the minor accomplishment realm of Fire Profundity.

After breaking Fire Profundity through to Minor Success, Xia Ming learned that black mages had infiltrated Rhine City and hurried with Angel to investigate the crowded Myriad Phenomena Trading House. They spotted several suspicious figures, but the confrontation had not yet begun.

• Xia Ming reached Minor Success in Fire Profundity, and Flame King urged him to keep developing his Lightning Profundity.
• Angel told Xia Ming that black mages had infiltrated Rhine City and might be hiding at the Myriad Phenomena Trading House during its auction.
• Xia Ming ordered Angel to alert Lei Ming, Suomo'er, and the others without causing a public commotion, then went with her to the trading house.
• Xia Ming and Angel concealed their identities among the crowds outside the trading house as Xia Ming realized the black mages had come with a purpose.
• Angel spotted several figures she believed were the black mages and quietly pointed them out to Xia Ming.

Xia Ming confronted five disguised dark mages outside the Myriad Phenomena Trading House auction and revealed himself as Rhine City's Legendary City Lord. He ordered Lei Ming, Suomo'er, and the Nami Water Demon to fight them, and the battle began with Lei Ming's devastating strike as the remaining dark mages prepared to retaliate.

• Xia Ming and Angel identified five hooded figures as dark mages, while Lei Ming and Suomo'er secretly sealed off the exits.
• Xia Ming stopped the dark mages from entering the auction hall, exposed their faces, and revealed that he was Rhine City's City Lord.
• Xia Ming displayed his Legendary strength and assigned the five dark mages to Lei Ming, Suomo'er, and the Nami Water Demon.
• Lei Ming charged the scar-faced leader with golden battle qi and knocked him unconscious with one blow, leaving a huge crater in the stone ground.
• The other dark mages began chanting spells, and Suomo'er and the Nami Water Demon moved to attack.

Xia Ming and his allies defeated the dark magicians who attacked the Myriad Phenomena Trading House, then reassured the crowd and accepted the trading house manager Dubai’s invitation. Lan Ning and Soros watched from hiding nearby, and Lan Ning declared that his prophecy about Xia Ming had been correct.

• Suomo'er and the Nami Water Demon trapped and badly injured the four remaining dark magicians with their combined attacks.
• Xia Ming ordered the dark magicians taken away and told the crowd that the auction could proceed as usual.
• Dubai thanked Xia Ming for protecting the Myriad Phenomena Trading House and invited him inside.
• Xia Ming entered the auction hall with Angel while Lei Ming and the others handled the aftermath.
• Lan Ning and Soros appeared nearby, and Lan Ning told Soros that his prophecy about Xia Ming had come true.

Lan Ning and Soros considered Xia Ming likely to be the Magic God in Lan Ning’s prophecy, though they believed only Lei Ming matched one of its four followers so far. At the Myriad Phenomena Trading House auction, Xia Ming recognized the seventh lot as the third Flowing Cloud Sky Map.

• Lan Ning and Soros discussed the prophecy and concluded that Lei Ming could be its follower of earth, while they remained unaware that Roland might be its follower of wind.
• Xia Ming met with Dubai at the Myriad Phenomena Trading House to build ties that could help Rhine City’s development.
• Dubai offered Xia Ming a list of catkin female slaves, but Angel snatched it away and scolded him for showing it.
• Xia Ming and Angel attended the auction, where a human-skin map matching Xia Ming’s two previous maps was presented as the seventh lot.

Xia Ming secured the third Flowing Cloud Sky Map at the auction and discovered that combining it with his other pieces made their routes clearer. After Lei Ming reported that Lord Lone Wolf had identified the captured black mages, Xia Ming turned his attention to the new development.

• Xia Ming recognized the auctioned human-skin map as the third Flowing Cloud Sky Map and decided he had to obtain it.
• Xia Ming outbid the other bidders with an offer of one million gold coins, after which the hall stopped competing.
• Dubai gave Xia Ming the map as thanks for helping the Myriad Phenomena Trading House, and Xia Ming accepted the favor.
• Xia Ming combined the new map with his other pieces and saw their lines and paths become clearer.
• Lei Ming told Xia Ming that Lord Lone Wolf had interrogated the black mages and confirmed their identities.

Xia Ming learned that the black mages who attacked Rhine City were remnants of the Evil Spirit Tower and discovered that Anti-Magic Stones let them evade detection. He prioritized finding a way to counter the stones, reassured Lone Wolf about his plans for Izumo Kingdom, and later helped Su Weiwei with her cultivation before flirting with her.

• Lei Ming told Xia Ming that Lone Wolf had identified the five black mages as remnants of the Evil Spirit Tower, led by its former Grand Elder, Bas.
• Lone Wolf explained that the Tower Master had been badly injured and most of the other leaders had died, leaving few remnants after Xia Ming destroyed the organization.
• Lone Wolf warned that black mages could infiltrate Rhine City using Anti-Magic Stones that concealed their magical fluctuations, and Xia Ming made countering them a priority for the city's defenses.
• Xia Ming promised Lone Wolf that the day they dealt with Izumo Kingdom was approaching, then encouraged him to value his bond with Jora.
• Xia Ming returned to find Su Weiwei cultivating, advised her on stabilizing her level-eleven cultivation, and began flirting with her.

Xia Ming learned that Anthony and Master Qi Lin had returned to Rhine City, then reunited with his teacher and demonstrated his strength in a magical spar. Anthony revealed that his travels had brought back news that would make Xia Ming happy, but he had not yet shared what it was.

• Xia Ming woke to find Su Weiwei already training and later spent several days cultivating in the Tower of Hope.
• Angel told Xia Ming that Anthony and Master Qi Lin had returned, and he hurried to welcome them.
• Anthony and Master Qi Lin were astonished to learn that Xia Ming had reached the Legendary realm.
• Anthony challenged Xia Ming to a spell duel, and Xia Ming held his own against him before they ended the spar.
• Xia Ming teased Anthony about his trip with Master Qi Lin, and Anthony said he had news that would make Xia Ming happy.

Xia Ming learned that Anthony had secured more magic crystal cannons and discovered Rock Blast Stone, which could upgrade their power, and he financed Anthony's research. The chapter ended with Anthony agreeing to find a way to counter Anti-Magic Stones.

• Anthony told Xia Ming that he had obtained enough Blazing Sun Finegold to bring Rhine City's supply of magic crystal cannons to nearly a hundred.
• Anthony demonstrated Rock Blast Stone's explosive power and said he planned to use it to upgrade the cannons to Level Ten strength.
• Anthony revealed that upgrading nearly a hundred cannons would cost twenty million gold coins, and Xia Ming gave him a crystal card containing the money.
• Xia Ming asked Anthony how to counter the Anti-Magic Stones used by disguised black magicians, and Anthony said he could handle it.