Chapter Summaries

Leng Mu rescued Jiang Shaoxu and helped the villagers targeted by the Red Ornament Guild. At Baitou Port, he struck Mayor Lauren after learning he was protecting the guild, and the National Team members charged toward the guild’s cruise ship.

• Leng Mu used Light Falls Ten Thousand Zhang to defeat the Red Ornament Guild members who had ambushed Jiang Shaoxu, then agreed to investigate the mountain town with her.
• Leng Mu killed guild members threatening Vanilla Village’s survivors and carried Jiang Shaoxu to the docks.
• Leng Mu joined Mo Fan, Xu Zhaoting, and the other National Team members at Baitou Port, where Mayor Lauren’s troops were blocking them from attacking the Red Ornament Guild.
• Leng Mu struck Mayor Lauren after he ordered the National Team to leave, and denounced him for protecting bandits while the villagers suffered.
• Xu Zhaoting’s Thunder Domain suppressed the government troops, and Mo Fan and Xu Zhaoting attacked them with lightning.
• Leng Mu, Mo Fan, and Xu Zhaoting charged toward the Red Ornament Guild’s cruise ship.

Leng Mu and the others attacked the Red Ornament Guild and fought its leader, Kaso, who transformed into a poisonous monster. Leng Mu overwhelmed Kaso and cut him with an Eight-Part Light Wheel, leaving his fate unclear.

• Ai Jiangtu ordered the National Team members to fight the government troops while Leng Mu and the others approached the cruise ship.
• Mo Fan sank the ship with Heavenly Flame Funeral, and Kaso escaped before attacking the group with petrification magic.
• Leng Mu scattered Kaso’s petrification magic, battered him at close range, and dodged his attacks.
• Kaso transformed into a hulking monster, but Leng Mu continued to overpower him as Mo Fan and Xu Zhaoting joined the fight against Kaso’s boulder attack.
• Leng Mu split Kaso’s enormous boulder with an Eight-Part Light Wheel, which then struck Kaso between the legs.

Leng Mu defeated Kaso and helped capture the Red Ornament Guild, earning the Dark Duke Cloak and most of the bounty. After learning how expensive soul seeds were, Mo Fan agreed to hunt sea monsters with Leng Mu to raise money.

• Leng Mu cut Kaso with his Eight-Part Light Wheel, then sealed his magic energy and captured him as the Red Ornament Guild members were subdued.
• Temple of Freedom mages took Kaso into custody and played a recording of his plan to flee with the money for Mayor Lauren.
• Leng Mu and the others received Kaso's bounty, the Red Ornament Guild members' bounties, and the Dark Duke Cloak, with Leng Mu receiving the largest share.
• Mo Fan asked Leng Mu about soul seed prices and was shocked to learn that powerful ones could cost over a billion.
• Leng Mu suggested hunting sea monsters for money, and Mo Fan eagerly agreed.

Leng Mu and the others prepared to hunt sea monsters near the United States, using Ling Ling’s modified Monster Gathering Instrument to draw them to an uninhabited island. After testing it on sea monster monkeys, they set the instrument to attract the more valuable azure-scaled deepwater demons.

• Mu Ningxue joined Ling Ling, Leng Mu, Xu Zhaoting, Mo Fan, and Zhao Manyan to hunt demon beasts during their break before challenging the United States pavilion.
• Mu Ningxue gave Leng Mu remnant souls to synthesize, and he produced servant-level spirit essences and warrior-level essence remnants before selling her two bottles of Time Liquid.
• The hunting squad traveled to an uninhabited island where Ling Ling assigned everyone a position around the Monster Gathering Instrument.
• Ling Ling activated the instrument to draw in sea monster monkeys, and Leng Mu killed more than five hundred of them with a Wind Disk.
• Ling Ling switched the instrument’s target to azure-scaled deepwater demons and warned the group to be careful.

Ling Ling’s Monster Gathering Instrument drew tens of thousands of Azure-Scaled Deepwater Demons to the island, where Leng Mu and the others fought them and collected essence remnants. When the group returned to the National Team’s hotel, they learned that Li Kaifeng had nearly killed Jiang Yu with a forbidden technique and had left the team.

• Ling Ling adjusted the Monster Gathering Instrument, bringing an enormous swarm of Azure-Scaled Deepwater Demons ashore for the group to fight.
• Leng Mu killed a Commander Level Fleshy Zhan Monster with one sword strike while Zhao Manyan protected the group with Light Falls Ten Thousand Zhang.
• Ling Ling shut down the instrument, and the exhausted group compared their essence-remnant drops; Leng Mu had collected the most, including five Commander Level remnants.
• The Zhao Clan sent people to collect the demon corpses, and Mo Fan considered whether his earnings would be enough to buy a soul seed.
• The group returned to the National Team’s hotel and learned that Li Kaifeng had used a forbidden technique against Jiang Yu, nearly killed him, and lost a hand before leaving the team.

Mo Fan learned why the National Team members cared so much about the competition while Su Miu broke through to advanced level three and sought a new contract beast in the Star Dou Great Forest. There, Bi Ji agreed to inherit the Goddess of Life's godhood, then killed two Evil Soul Masters and rescued a tainted tiger cub.

• Zhao Manyan explained that Li Kaifeng and other young masters valued the competition because it could help them secure their families' inheritance.
• Leng Mu sent Mo Fan advice about advancing summoned beasts, then secluded himself to cultivate.
• Su Miu enhanced his star seeds, broke through to advanced level three, and gained two contract slots.
• Su Miu met Bi Ji in the Star Dou Great Forest and urged her to accept the Goddess of Life's godhood inheritance.
• Bi Ji and Su Miu sensed two Evil Soul Masters preparing to absorb a 100,000-year demon tiger's Soul Ring, and Bi Ji killed them before finding a tainted cub inside the tiger.

Su Miu contracted a Demon Tiger cub and helped it evolve into a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, then traveled with Bi Ji to contract the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird, which evolved into a Taiyin Sun Jade Luan. With both new Contract Beasts settled in their own small-world planes, he left the Douluo Continent.

• Bi Ji cared for a Demon Tiger cub whose mother had been killed by Evil Soul Masters, and Su Miu asked to contract it.
• Su Miu used an Advanced Level contract to raise the cub to 400,000-year cultivation, triggering a Heavenly Tribulation, and it evolved into a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Bi Ji agreed to raise the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and teach it not to slaughter Soul Beasts, while Su Miu confirmed he still had slots available for another contract.
• Bi Ji led Su Miu to the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird, which accepted his contract and evolved into a Taiyin Sun Jade Luan.
• Su Miu placed both Contract Beasts in their dedicated small-world planes, said goodbye to Bi Ji, and left the Douluo Continent.

After the National Team’s victory, Su Miu kept watch over Ling Ling as a sudden hailstorm drove the group into a café. Executioner Pei Li attacked them there and named Mo Fan, Xu Zhaoting, and Mu Ningxue as his targets.

• Su Miu followed Ling Ling and Mu Ningxue through New York, wary that the Black Vatican’s Leng Jue and Pei Li would soon appear.
• Zhao Manyan invited Mo Fan, Xu Zhaoting, and Su Miu to seek entertainment, but Xu Zhaoting declined and Ling Ling stopped Su Miu from going.
• A sudden hailstorm struck the streets, so the group took shelter in a café while Ling Ling secretly sent a message to their private chat.
• Ice spikes burst through the café windows, and Mo Fan, Xu Zhaoting, and Mu Ningxue defended themselves against the attack.
• Executioner Pei Li appeared outside, identified Mo Fan, Xu Zhaoting, and Mu Ningxue as his targets, and ordered the others to leave.

The author apologized for the poor reading experience, explained the protagonist’s power scaling and choices, and criticized hostile reader reactions. The author advised against writing Versatile Mage fanfiction and promised extra chapters for readers who had stayed with the book.

• The author apologized for the power-scaling inconsistencies and the weak writing in the Bocheng Defense Battle, then explained the protagonist’s patriotic personality and reasons for acting without calling for help.
• The author argued that the protagonist’s decisions about the Soul Beast Clan, Identity Cards, contracts, combat, cultivation, Ding Yumian, and training resources had been misunderstood by some readers.
• The author warned aspiring writers not to write Versatile Mage fanfiction unless they had strong writing skills, suggesting Douluo as a better place to start.
• The author thanked readers who had stayed with the book and said several extra chapters would be posted that day.

Mo Fan, Xu Zhaoting, and Mu Ningxue fought Pei Li after he attacked them as a Black Vatican Executioner, while Leng Mu rescued the civilians and captured a second Executioner. After the Temple of Freedom took the group in for questioning, Mo Fan accepted compensation and Leng Qing took Leng Mu's prisoner for interrogation.

• Pei Li attacked the group with Ice Coffins, and Leng Mu evacuated the bystanders while Mo Fan summoned the Flame Princess to fight back.
• Xu Zhaoting and Mu Ningxue used their domains to suppress Pei Li, and Mu Ningxue dropped twelve Ice Coffins to trap him.
• A Temple of Freedom mage arrived, and Xu Zhaoting explained that they had subdued a Black Vatican Executioner.
• Leng Mu returned with a second Black Vatican member he had caught preparing to ambush Mo Fan.
• The Temple of Freedom questioned the group and offered compensation, while Leng Qing took Leng Mu's prisoner for interrogation.

Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan planned to search for a soul seed in Venice, while Leng Mu and Ling Ling took on the Drowning Curse investigation in Portugal. After tracing the curse to coastal victims and a suspected parasite, they went to investigate a family whose youngest brother had recently died, but found no one at home.

• Mo Fan counted nearly eight hundred million in earnings and agreed with Zhao Manyan to look for a soul seed in Venice.
• Leng Qing left Ling Ling in Leng Mu's care, and Ling Ling chose to remain with him rather than return to school.
• Leng Mu and Ling Ling accepted the Drowning Curse commission in Tinoaya, where they saw the remains of a Sub-Monarch Sea Territory Mammoth on the shore.
• Leng Mu suspected a parasitic demon beast was draining victims and escaping into the sea, but Ling Ling and Mu Ningxue refused to let him use himself as bait.
• Ling Ling identified the family of Noco, who had died from the curse, and Leng Mu's group went to their coastal villa, where Mo Fan found no one answering the door.

Leng Mu, Mo Fan, Ling Ling, Xu Zhaoting, and Mu Ningxue discovered the creature behind the Drowning Curse after finding Nock dead in a bathtub of blood. Ling Ling identified it as a Vile Maggot and explained that they needed to follow its life cycle to develop a vaccine; the group prepared to head out to sea with Bobby’s help.

• Leng Mu sensed blood inside a house, and Xu Zhaoting called the homeowner back after the first phone call went unanswered.
• Bobby returned home with the hunters and found his friend Nock dead in a bathtub filled with blood.
• Leng Mu used Healing Element Magic Energy to catch a blood-red worm in the tub, and Ling Ling identified it as the culprit behind the Drowning Curse.
• Ling Ling explained that Vile Maggots parasitized people, drained their nutrients, and returned to the sea to seek new hosts; she demonstrated the worm’s camouflage in water.
• Leng Mu released the Vile Maggot into the sea, and Ling Ling explained that the group needed to protect it until it reached its mature stage so they could obtain a vaccine.
• Bobby offered to arrange a boat as the group prepared to go out to sea.

Leng Mu and the others tracked the cursed Vile Maggot across the sea, fought off sword-urchin sea monsters, and reached a reef where the maggot appeared to be seeking a powerful host. After two days of waiting, a dragon’s roar sounded from deep underwater, suggesting the Vile Maggot had attacked the commander-level demon beast.

• Ling Ling spotted the Vile Maggot in danger, so Mo Fan, Mu Ningxue, and Xu Zhaoting dove underwater to save it.
• Mo Fan crushed a sea monster with Space Rhythm, attracting hundreds of sword-urchin sea monsters that pursued him and the others.
• Leng Mu killed the pursuing sea monsters with Light Falls Ten Thousand Zhang and propelled the yacht away with a Wind Disk.
• Ling Ling located the Vile Maggot beneath a black reef, and Leng Mu warned that it was targeting a commander-level demon beast.
• After the group waited ashore for two days, a dragon roared from three thousand meters underwater, and Mo Fan realized the Vile Maggot had gone after the commander-level beast.

Mu Ningxue, Mo Fan, and Xu Zhaoting lured out and killed the Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon, only to discover that Vile Maggot larvae had consumed its corpse. After two days of monitoring, they found that the Vile Maggot had taken the form of another Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon and killed it to obtain the Vaccine Specimen.

• Ling Ling assigned Mu Ningxue to lure the Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon while Xu Zhaoting provoked the Thunderstorm Squid to block its escape.
• Mu Ningxue drew the Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon to the surface, where Mo Fan and Xu Zhaoting attacked it with advanced magic.
• Mu Ningxue sealed the wounded pseudo-dragon in ice, and the Vile Maggot larvae emerged and devoured its corpse.
• Ling Ling warned that the Vile Maggots could possess and parasitize sub-monarch-level creatures, then had everyone return to the cruise ship to wait.
• After two days and two nights, Ling Ling detected movement, and the group found another Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon instead of a tiny maggot.
• Mo Fan, Mu Ningxue, and Xu Zhaoting killed the second pseudo-dragon and obtained the Vaccine Specimen.

After completing the world-class commission, Mo Fan, Leng Mu, Ling Ling, and several others joined a rescue mission for the missing African National Team in the Sahara Desert. They entered the Crimson Sand maze realm, found the team’s abandoned camp, and began investigating how to overcome the maze.

• The group divided the 350-million bounty, then Ai Jiangtu announced that the African National Team had disappeared in the Sahara Desert and asked for volunteers to rescue them.
• Mo Fan, Xu Zhaoting, Zhao Manyan, Nan Jue, Jiang Yu, Jiang Shaoxu, Leng Mu, and Ling Ling volunteered, while Ai Jiangtu and several others stayed behind.
• Ling Ling explained that the Crimson Sand region distorted perception, and Nan Jue proposed that the team advance in a relay, one kilometer at a time.
• Mo Fan entered the maze realm and discovered that his companions appeared to shift position even as he walked straight ahead.
• Mo Fan found a torn tent and remnants of a campfire, but the group found no further clues about the missing team.
• Leng Mu said strong space or chaos magic could counter the maze, and he judged that Su Miu could likely unravel it while Ai Jiangtu probably could not.

Leng Mu rescued the unconscious African National Team members and reunited with Mo Fan’s group, but Nan Jue failed to answer their signal. Leng Mu found her trapped in a Great Monarch-level Desert Fiend’s sandstorm and unleashed his full power to save her.

• Leng Mu used his Spatial Domain to locate the collapsed African National Team members, then carried them away on a Desert Sand Cart while discussing early magic awakening with Ling Ling.
• Leng Mu and Ling Ling returned to Mo Fan, and the group regrouped with Xu Zhaoting and Mu Ningxue before reaching Jiang Shaoxu at the second relay point.
• After Nan Jue failed to answer Jiang Shaoxu’s Magic Signal, Leng Mu flew off to search for her while Mo Fan urged the others to follow.
• Leng Mu left the distorted Desert Maze Realm and found Nan Jue struggling inside a sandstorm stirred up by a Great Monarch-level Desert Fiend.
• Leng Mu decided to risk exposing his identity, activated his Destruction Domain and Essence Awakening, and launched the Demon-Smiting Sword at the Desert Fiend.

Leng Mu defeated the Desert Fiend with Na’er’s help, rescued Nan Jue, and led the group out of the Desert Maze Realm. After the African National Team recovered and thanked them, the group received their rewards, which Leng Mu exchanged for Essence Remnants.

• Leng Mu gravely wounded the Desert Fiend with his Thunder Sword, then Na’er emerged and crushed the underground fiend, refining it into an Earth Element top-grade soul seed.
• Leng Mu found the unconscious Nan Jue buried in the sand and carried her back to Mo Fan and the others, helping them defeat the Desert Poison Scorpions attacking the group.
• Leng Mu used markers to guide everyone out of the Desert Maze Realm, and the group reached a nearby city to rest as Nan Jue and the African National Team members recovered.
• Nan Jue gave her share of the rescue rewards to Leng Mu, while the others selected resources and funds to support their cultivation and summoned creatures.
• Leng Mu exchanged his rewards for Essence Remnants, thinking of the 2,401 Star Seeds he would have at Super Level.

After returning to Epsini City, Su Miu entered the Contract World and learned that Gu Yue had reached the peak of God King. Na'er interrupted Gu Yue’s attempt to claim him, and their rivalry left Su Miu trying to keep the two from fighting as more Dragon Clan members awakened.

• Leng Mu and the others arrived in Epsini City after rescuing the African National Team, while Ai Jiangtu’s group rested after completing its challenge.
• Su Miu entered the Contract World and found that Gu Yue had reached the peak of God King and planned to seek the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core to ascend as the Dragon God.
• Gu Yue tried to take Su Miu as her consort, but Na'er attacked with her Silver Dragon Spear and shielded him.
• Na'er and Gu Yue argued and nearly fought over Su Miu, so he separated them and arranged for them to live on opposite sides of the world.
• Di Tian returned to the Douluo Continent after reaching First-Level God, and other Dragon Clan members awakened, including Jia Lin.

Su Miu reunited with Jia Lin and learned that Di Qiu'er and Bai Xiuxiu had advanced after the Dragon Ascension Pillar purified their bloodlines. In Di Qiu'er's magma pool, Bai Xiuxiu grew closer to Su Miu while Di Qiu'er took Jia Lin diving nearby.

• Jia Lin reunited with Su Miu, and he was surprised by how much she had grown.
• Di Qiu'er broke through to the Ruler level, while Bai Xiuxiu reached God King level after the Dragon Ascension Pillar's baptism.
• Di Qiu'er brought Su Miu, Bai Xiuxiu, and Jia Lin to her contract world's magma pool to celebrate.
• Di Qiu'er encouraged Bai Xiuxiu to spend time with Su Miu, then took Jia Lin diving in the magma.
• Bai Xiuxiu agreed to be intimate with Su Miu, and their relationship deepened as Ha Jirui stayed with Jia Lin.

Su Miu returned from the Contract Small World and joined the Dragon Kingdom National Team as they fought Poison Gold Mummies outside Puchini City. After Ling Ling identified their commander, the team’s cover was blown, and Leng Mu charged into the enemy ranks while the others followed.

• Jia Lin watched Su Miu and Bai Xiuxiu together, while Di Qiu'er explained that they were making her younger siblings.
• Su Miu returned to the Versatile Mage world, recovered, and discovered that a mirage pyramid had brought a tribe of mummies to attack Puchini City.
• Staff Officer Fina asked the Dragon Kingdom National Team to help stop the Poison Gold Mummies, and Ai Jiangtu led them to the battlefield’s flank.
• Leng Mu took Ling Ling into the air, where she spotted a larger, three-eyed Poison Gold Mummy that appeared to command the others.
• Guan Yu made a noise that exposed the team, and Leng Mu wiped out many mummies with his light magic before charging into their ranks.
• Mu Ningxue, Xu Zhaoting, and Mo Fan pursued Leng Mu through the mummy forces.