Chapter Summaries

Zhou Sining overwhelmed the Egypt Team in the semifinal, exposing how their blood pool replenished their undead before defeating their captain’s Horus Guard and eliminating the team. After the United Kingdom defeated Egypt to reach the final, the Chinese Team beat the British Team and won first place.

• Zhou Sining burned through the Egypt Team’s Crimson Mummies, discovered that remnant souls returned to their blood pool, and crushed their Death Saber Mummies and Horus Guard.
• Zhou Sining blasted all five Egyptian contestants into the sea, securing the Chinese Team’s semifinal victory and advancing them to the three-win group.
• About a week later, the United Kingdom defeated Egypt to qualify for the final, using its assassin mage and Zhe Luo’s chaos magic against the undead while Ailin defended with the Mermaid Emperor’s Spirit Shadow.
• The Chinese Team defeated the United Kingdom in the final, and the head referee announced that China had taken first place.

After the competition celebrations, Mu Nujiao took Burning Heaven out for a walk and encountered Zhao Manyan, who was ambushed by two professional assassins. The scar-faced assassin attacked Mu Nujiao, but Burning Heaven caught the viper before it could bite her.

• Zhou Sining drank heavily, and Mu Nujiao left him to take Burning Heaven out for food and fresh air.
• Mu Nujiao bought Burning Heaven two warrior-level spirit essences and an Earth Element Spirit Seed at an auction.
• Burning Heaven led Mu Nujiao toward the sea, where they found Zhao Manyan standing alone.
• A couple posing as tourists attacked Zhao Manyan with a venomous snake and a poison needle, leaving him paralyzed and badly poisoned.
• Zhao Manyan warned Mu Nujiao to run as the scar-faced assassin lunged at her, but Burning Heaven grabbed the viper by the head.

Burning Heaven subdued the assassins who had targeted Zhao Manyan and healed him, while Mu Nujiao tried to keep the ancient Emperor's power secret. Zhao Manyan uncovered that his older brother Zhao Youqian had arranged the attack, leaving their family betrayal exposed.

• Burning Heaven brutally disabled two assassins and dragged their hidden accomplice into the streetlight before Mu Nujiao stopped him from continuing to torture them.
• Burning Heaven healed Zhao Manyan of the poison, and Mu Nujiao told Zhao Manyan to keep the incident secret while warning that Zhou Sining would decide what happened next.
• Mu Nujiao gave Zhao Manyan ten minutes to question the three captured men, and he removed the man in black's disguise.
• Zhao Manyan recognized the man in black as his older brother, Zhao Youqian, and demanded to know how he could betray him.
• Burning Heaven learned that Zhao Manyan and Zhao Youqian were brothers and called their situation brotherly love and respect.