Recaps

Bruce returned to Walkervis with Dusk and the others, then arranged for Fawcett to translate Julius's magic manuscripts. The translations gave Bruce new combat spells and a method for cultivating humans into magic creatures, while Rodman's dwindling lifespan left the God of Communication nearing freedom from his torment.

• Rodman rejected the God of Communication's offer to cleanse his corruption and continued torturing him, though Rodman's life force was fading.
• Bruce returned to Walkervis with Dusk and two others, gave Faust Silver Runes for supplies, and went to the Church to find Fawcett.
• Ernest asked Bruce about the God of Fall's descent in Chelberly, and Bruce said he had dealt with the incident.
• Bruce took Fawcett from the Church and asked him to translate Julius's ciphered magic manuscripts.
• Fawcett translated nine pages, revealing six combat spells and a cultivation spell that could turn humans into magic creatures.

Bruce attended the Charity Ball in Jiaxi Town to promote his Security Company, while Cameron sought a Wizard’s help in hunting Lava Golzans so his stone skin gu could advance. The chapter ended with Alfonso telling Cameron he had no effective way to deal with the creatures.

• Bruce obtained a Charity Ball ticket through the Church and traveled to Jiaxi Town with Fawcett and the others.
• Bruce met wealthy guests at his lodging and promoted the Security Company to expand its business.
• Cameron pursued the advancement of his stone skin gu into lava gu and planned to hunt Lava Golzans with a Wizard’s help.
• Cameron’s family members’ gu showed signs of being ready to advance, and Zatanna continued to regard Bruce as a target for her dark qi gu.
• Alfonso Lorenzo read Cameron’s request at the White Stone Tower and concluded that Lava Golzans were too difficult to hunt, so he wrote back that he had no good solution.

At the Charity Ball in Jiaxi Town, Bruce promoted his Security Company and met Evelyn Meyer, who wanted protection for a shipment. He later discovered members of the Church of the God of Machinery searching the auction backstage and intervened when they attacked a newcomer.

• Bruce introduced his Security Company to guests at Guen Brody's Charity Ball and described its protection, investigation, and valuables-transport services.
• Evelyn Meyer and her daughter, Dora Meyer, asked Bruce about escorting goods from the Rediven Kingdom, and he agreed to discuss the fee with the company's representative.
• After the auction began, Bruce sensed spirituality power backstage and found three black-clad Extraordinaries searching auction boxes.
• Bruce used Grand Trend and learned that the searchers were connected to the Church of the God of Machinery.
• When the searchers attacked a backstage worker, Bruce restrained one of them with a rope of spirituality power and saw their steel-plated bodies.

Ye Futian was scolded by Qin Yi for sleeping through class and making no progress at Qingzhou Academy, despite his heaven-grade sensitivity. With the Autumn Examination a month away and expulsion looming, he decided to take the exam, leaving Qin Yi to promise he could do whatever he liked in her classes if he passed.

• Ye Futian woke in class after Qingxue called him and accidentally made a suggestive remark to Qin Yi, who confronted him with questions about cultivation.
• Ye Futian claimed he was a Heavenly Mandate Mage whose life soul was still asleep, and Qin Yi rebuked him for remaining in the Qi Gathering Realm for three years and withdrawing from every examination.
• Qin Yi warned that Ye Futian would be expelled if he withdrew from or failed the upcoming Autumn Examination, while Yu Sheng declared he would leave if Ye Futian was expelled.
• Ye Futian decided to take the Autumn Examination, and Yu Sheng quietly sat down when Ye Futian told him to.
• Qin Yi said Ye Futian could do whatever he liked in her classes if he passed, and he teased her by asking what that meant.