Recaps

Lu Wu broke through Muranoo’s Heavenly Veil and seized him to force Mochizuki Chiharu to stop attacking the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger. When Mochizuki refused, Lu Wu freed the tiger and engulfed Muranoo in Nirvana Fire, leaving Mochizuki retreating before his power.

• Muranoo’s Heavenly Veil nearly failed to stop Lu Wu’s Fierce Fist while the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger attacked Shen Yuerong’s group and swallowed Okamoto Ichirou and another man.
• Mochizuki Chiharu restrained the wounded Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger with thorny vines as Muranoo maintained his barrier against Lu Wu.
• The Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger gathered blood mist into a bolt of lightning, and Lu Wu asked Mu Nujiao to carry him toward the beast.
• Lu Wu’s second Fierce Fist shattered Muranoo’s Heavenly Veil, and Lu Wu seized Muranoo to make Mochizuki stop.
• Mochizuki threatened to kill the tiger unless Lu Wu released Muranoo, but Lu Wu burned the vines with Nirvana Fire and the tiger broke free.
• Lu Wu engulfed Muranoo in flames, and Mochizuki retreated as she faced his overwhelming power.

Watanabe intervened to stop Lu Wu from killing Mochizuki Chiharu, but Lu Wu broke free of his Super Level telekinesis and escaped with Mu Nujiao, Mu Ningxue, and Nangong Pei. The enemy trapped Lu Wu, Lu Qinghuan, Shen Shitian, and the others in a spatial formation, leaving them cut off from the blood coffin; Shen Shitian said he could force a way out if given time.

• Watanabe used Super Level telekinesis to pin Lu Wu and the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger down, intending to capture Lu Wu and send him to East Sea Battle City.
• Lu Wu activated Beast Transformation, his Nirvana and Wind Domains, and his Armor Magic Tool, broke Watanabe's grasp, and retreated with Mu Nujiao, Mu Ningxue, and Nangong Pei.
• Watanabe and his allies used Instantaneous Movement to evade Shen Shitian's Space Death Axis, while a spatial formation sealed Shen Shitian, Lu Qinghuan, Lu Wu, and the others inside.
• Lu Qinghuan and Shen Shitian assessed the formation and decided to search for a way out so they could deliver news and seek reinforcements.
• Lu Wu worried about the Chongming Bird remaining inside the blood coffin and asked Shen Shitian whether they could break through the spatial barrier.
• Shen Shitian examined the formation and told Lu Qinghuan and Lu Wu that he could force it open, though it would take time.

As the folded space vanished, Watanabe and the other mages tried to claim the blood coffin, but William succumbed to its curse and forced it open. Two powerful creatures escaped, and Watanabe recognized them as Intermediate Monarchs.

• Mochizuki Chiharu and Shen Yuerong watched the blood coffin emerge from the collapsing folded space as Watanabe planned to transport it south and divide its contents.
• Donald Harriwen and Mochizuki Chiharu discussed Lu Wu's four elements and his formidable strength.
• William became obsessed with the blood coffin, approached it despite Watanabe's warnings, and used Thunder Ring Punishment to break open its lid.
• A hundred-meter blood-red bird and a blue, feathered flying insect fled from the coffin.
• Watanabe recognized both creatures from an earlier hunt and realized they had become Intermediate Monarchs.

Shen Shitian and the other Super Level mages faced a Great Monarch undead released from the blood coffin, while the Earth Pistil inside it drew their attention. Trapped within the restriction, Lu Wu realized the battle outside might give them a chance to escape, though they would then face the undead themselves.

• A curse-condensed undead emerged from the blood coffin, and Shen Shitian and Lu Qinghuan recognized it as a Great Monarch filled with fused curses and resentment.
• Watanabe urged the mages to kill the undead and seize the Fire Element Earth Pistil, and William recovered after losing control and opening the coffin.
• The undead asked where Ying Zheng was, then cursed him as a faithless man, while Lu Wu and his companions worried about the threat and joked about the First Emperor's romantic debts.
• The Super Level mages from Maple Leaf Country and Japan began fighting the undead, and Lu Wu considered using the battle to break the restriction and escape.

The Super Level Mages attacked the Specter Ruler with lightning and Light Element magic, revealing that the apparent Great Monarch was only an obsession attached to a ruined Armor Magic Tool. When Nagashima Akio’s strike released a lucid woman with a physical form made of pure soul, she overwhelmed the mages and recognized Lu Wu as carrying the aura of Ying Zheng’s ancient beasts.

• William cast Lightning Ring Punishment: Nine Rings Prohibition, and the lightning halberds pinned down the curses around the blood coffin.
• Nagashima Akio used Sacred Judgment: Demon Judgment Sword to cleave through the specter’s curses and expose the ruined Armor Magic Tool.
• Nagashima Akio rushed toward the blood coffin for the Earth Pistil, but his body exploded as a woman appeared.
• Lu Wu realized the woman had condensed a physical form from pure soul, while Shen Shitian said they should wait for her soul to weaken before escaping.
• The woman appeared atop the magical restriction and told Lu Wu that he carried the aura of the ancient beasts led by Ying Zheng.

Ban Yuehuang captured Lu Wu and the others, then forced Lu Wu to lure the Double-Pupiled Blood Bird to her so she could kill it. As she tormented Lu Wu, she challenged Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue’s faith in him by proposing that he could escape his pain by coupling with Mochizuki Chiharu.

• Ban Yuehuang shattered the magical restriction and revealed that the Super Level Mages, including Watanabe and William, were under her control.
• Lu Wu admitted that he had obtained Nirvana Fire through his contract with the Double-Pupiled Blood Bird, and Ban Yuehuang ordered him to lure the bird back so she could kill it.
• Ban Yuehuang restrained Lu Wu and used her mental power to inflict pain through his bond with the Chongming Bird, while Shen Shitian, Lu Qinghuan, and the others became her puppets.
• Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue reacted to Lu Wu’s screams, and Ban Yuehuang confronted them about their feelings for him.
• Ban Yuehuang brought the puppet Mochizuki Chiharu over and claimed Lu Wu would betray the two women if coupling with her would end his suffering; Mu Nujiao said she did not believe it.

Ban Yuehuang forced Lu Wu to choose between sleeping with Mochizuki Chiharu and saving himself, hoping to prove that he would betray Mu Nujiao. Lu Wu refused to abandon the others, and Ban Yuehuang’s reaction revealed that her past hurt involved the First Emperor, Ying Zheng.

• Ban Yuehuang suppressed Mochizuki Chiharu’s magic and used a Maple Leaf Country Healing mage to restore Lu Wu after his torment.
• Lu Wu worried about protecting Mu Nujiao and the others, while he sensed that the Chongming Bird had shared his pain and had not broken their soul contract.
• Ban Yuehuang demanded that Lu Wu sleep with Mochizuki Chiharu in exchange for his life, but Lu Wu bargained for the others’ safety and refused to settle for surviving alone.
• Ban Yuehuang threatened Lu Wu with a golden soul arrow, but Mu Nujiao stepped in front of him before the arrow stopped inches from his head.
• Mu Nujiao told Ban Yuehuang that Lu Wu had not betrayed her, provoking Ban Yuehuang’s fury and violent fluctuations in her mind as the others suspected her past involved Ying Zheng.

Ban Yuehuang used her control over Lu Wu, Mu Ningxue, and Mochizuki Chiharu to torment Mu Nujiao, but the Chongming Bird’s arrival ended her assault and left Lu Wu’s soul badly damaged. After sending the others away, Lu Wu chose to return toward the battle to help Grandpa Shen and the Chongming Bird.

• Ban Yuehuang moved Lu Wu beside Mu Ningxue and Mochizuki Chiharu and forced them into an ordeal while making Mu Nujiao watch helplessly.
• The Chongming Bird arrived in Nirvana Fire and drove away the power harming Lu Wu, though his soul remained torn and his vision turned blood-red.
• Mochizuki Chiharu tried to attack Lu Wu, but Mu Nujiao bound her with vines and stopped her.
• Lu Wu had Little Fire use Shadow Escape to take Mu Nujiao, Mu Ningxue, and Mochizuki Chiharu away from the battle.
• Lu Wu saw that Grandpa Shen and the Chongming Bird were still fighting Ban Yuehuang, so he flew back and sacrificed the blood coffin, a Fire Crystal ore vein.

Lu Wu sacrificed the blood coffin, revealing the Fire Element Earth Pistil, a crystal magic artifact, and the battered Armor Magic Tool that housed the phoenix-crowned woman's true body. As the Chongming Bird struggled against the phoenix-crowned woman’s forces, Lu Wu compressed his Nirvana Fire into a powerful fireball and dropped it onto the golden lotus protecting the artifacts.

• Lu Wu sacrificed the blood coffin and drained its energy until it collapsed into rubble.
• Lu Wu discovered the Fire Element Earth Pistil, a crystal magic artifact, and the battered Armor Magic Tool containing the phoenix-crowned woman's true body inside the golden lotus.
• The phoenix-crowned woman fired ten golden soul arrows at the Chongming Bird, while the Demon Phoenix Insect rushed in and shielded it with an ice barrier.
• Lu Wu used all his Fire Element Stars to create Nirvana Fire and compressed it into a three-meter fireball.
• Lu Wu dropped the fireball onto the golden lotus, ready to destroy its protection even if the Earth Pistil was damaged.

Lu Wu destroyed Ban Yuehuang's blood coffin and lotus barrier, then used Holy Light to make the curses in her battered Armor Magic Tool erupt. As Ban Yuehuang and the Chongming Bird fought, Nirvana Fire emerged from Lu Wu's spine and enveloped him, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Lu Wu's compressed Nirvana Fire exploded, destroying the lotus barrier and blood coffin while scattering Ban Yuehuang's battered Armor Magic Tool.
• Ban Yuehuang rushed toward the falling Armor Magic Tool, and Lu Wu used Holy Light to trigger the curses inside it before her soul arrow struck him unconscious.
• The curses erupted from the Armor Magic Tool as Ban Yuehuang's soul weakened and the Chongming Bird and Demon Phoenix Insect attacked the controlled Super Level Mages.
• The Chongming Bird cried out, and a strange Nirvana Fire emerged from Lu Wu's spine and enveloped his body.
• Ban Yuehuang realized the Chongming Bird was approaching and wondered how Lu Wu had made the blood coffin disappear.

Ban Yuehuang launched a final attack on Lu Wu and the Chongming Bird before losing consciousness and becoming a mindless Demon Beast. The awakened Super Level Mages fought over the Earth Pistil, but Little Fire killed one mage and attacked William, Watanabe, and the others.

• Ban Yuehuang gathered her soul power and curses into golden-black arrows, but the Chongming Bird and Demon Phoenix Insect joined forces to protect Lu Wu.
• Ban Yuehuang exhausted herself with one final attack, then lost consciousness and was replaced by a mindless Demon Beast.
• Shen Shitian, Lu Qinghuan, and the other Super Level Mages awakened with their mana depleted and tried to pursue a mage heading for the Earth Pistil.
• Shen Shitian used Hellfire Gate to block the mage, but Little Fire seized and killed him before he could reach the Earth Pistil.
• Little Fire attacked William, Watanabe, and the other mages, and Watanabe urged them to flee.

After Lu Wu stopped the cursed Great Monarch, Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue brought him back to the survivors, where Shen Shitian could only confirm that powerful forces were protecting his damaged soul. Lu Wu eventually woke in his room, leaving him to face Mu Nujiao’s relief and Mu Ningxue’s plan to leave.

• Little Fire returned with Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue carrying the barely breathing Lu Wu to the Dark Fire Ape.
• Shen Shitian found two powerful forces protecting Lu Wu and could not examine his badly damaged soul.
• Lu Qinghuan arranged for the survivors and captives to return to Great Sparrow City while an old senior was asked to deal with the Great Monarch.
• Mu Ningxue told Mu Nujiao she planned to leave once Lu Wu woke up.
• Lu Wu opened his eyes, and Mu Nujiao broke down crying as he comforted her.

After recovering from the battle, Lu Wu advanced his Summoning System to Advanced Level and contracted the weakened Demon Phoenix Insect. He then explained to Shen Shitian and Lu Qinghuan how he had triggered the curse that defeated the woman in the phoenix crown, while keeping the blood coffin’s destruction secret.

• Mu Nujiao told Lu Wu that Shen Shitian was holding the foreign Super Level Mages prisoner, and Lu Wu agreed to decide their fate after recovering.
• Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao spoke about Mu Ningxue before Lu Wu discovered that the Chongming Bird and Demon Phoenix Insect wanted him to open another Contract Space.
• Lu Wu advanced his Space Element to Intermediate Level and his Summoning System to Advanced Level, then contracted the Demon Phoenix Insect in his new Contract Space.
• Lu Wu told Shen Shitian and Lu Qinghuan that he had triggered the curse on the damaged Armor Magic Tool, claiming the woman in the phoenix crown had made the blood coffin disappear.
• Shen Shitian and Lu Qinghuan praised Lu Wu’s new strength and Fourth Realm mental willpower, saying Super Level Mages might struggle to oppose him.

Lu Wu visited the detained mages and decided their factions could ransom them, while Super Level Mages would be kept to help clear land for the Military Department’s new city. He recovered the Demon Phoenix Insect’s three eggs and forced the prisoners to surrender their valuables, leaving Shen Yuerong among the captives.

• Lu Wu told Lu Qinghuan to keep the Super Level Mages for clearing land and let the other prisoners’ factions ransom them, then learned the Military Department planned to recommend him for the next World Academy Competition.
• Lu Wu and Hei Guan entered the restricted camp, where Lu Wu drew a stone seal to himself and the Demon Phoenix Insect took the three eggs hidden inside into its Contract Space.
• Shen Yuerong emerged from a tent demanding her stone seal, but Lu Wu ordered all the prisoners to hand over their valuables and identify their factions for ransom.
• When a mage from Maple Leaf Country objected, Lu Wu killed him with Mind Control: Phantom Claw and warned the others not to resist.

Lu Wu and Hei Guan stripped the captured mages of their magic equipment to support the Military Mages, then Lu Wu recognized Shen Yuerong, who had been disguised among them. He kept her equipment and contacted Grandpa Shen, intending to bring her to meet him.

• Lu Wu immobilized the captives with his Wind Domain and threatened them with Nirvana Fire until they offered up their valuables.
• Hei Guan accepted the equipment for the Military Mages, and Lu Wu arranged searches that uncovered far more gear than the captives had first surrendered.
• Shen Yuerong protested as a female Military Mage searched her, and Lu Wu realized she was the person he had been trying to find.
• Lu Wu took Shen Yuerong's equipment, asked her to restore her appearance, and learned that Mochizuki Chiharu may have seen through her disguise.
• Lu Wu contacted Grandpa Shen and told him to meet at the ward holding the Intermediate and Advanced Mages.

Lu Wu helped Shen Yuerong reunite with her grandfather, Shen Shitian, who learned that his son and daughter-in-law might still be alive. After leaving the outpost, Lu Wu returned to Magic City with Shen Yuerong and Mu Nujiao, while Shen Shitian stayed behind to help search for his missing family.

• Lu Wu explained Shen Yuerong’s past to Shen Shitian, who recognized her through her father’s unusual left index finger and their familiar magic-equipment crafting technique.
• Shen Shitian reunited with Shen Yuerong and learned she had grown up in a small town in Maple Leaf Country without knowing she had a grandfather.
• Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao left Shen Yuerong with Shen Shitian, then dealt with Mochizuki Chiharu, who refused to forget what had happened between her and Lu Wu.
• Shen Shitian decided to help the Military Department watch over the captives and use its resources to search for the town where Shen Yuerong had grown up.
• Lu Wu took Shen Yuerong and Mu Nujiao back to Magic City after promising Shen Shitian to protect Shen Yuerong, and Shen Shitian encouraged him to consider the World Academy Competition and its Divine Seal Praise.

Lu Wu returned from the outpost with Shen Yuerong and Mu Nujiao, while Mo Fan accompanied Tang Yue to learn about the Skyscraping Snake and was drawn into its upcoming molting period. The chapter ended with Tang Yue discovering a report that contradicted earlier news and appeared to frame the Skyscraping Snake for two deaths.

• Shen Yuerong questioned Lu Wu about his strength and rapid cultivation, but he refused to reveal his secrets.
• Mu Nujiao and Shen Yuerong discussed how their Demon Phoenix Insect eggs could aid cultivation and influence future magic awakenings.
• Tang Yue told Mo Fan that the Skyscraping Snake was sealed beneath West Lake and asked him to help during its molting period.
• Mo Fan agreed to consider Tang Yue's request, despite the dangers posed by the snake, a possible clan mole, and the Black Vatican.
• Tang Yue received a report claiming two hunters had died from the Skyscraping Snake's poison, although an earlier announcement had said there were no casualties.

Mo Fan accompanied Tang Yue to a Magic Court meeting where Zhu Meng demanded the Totem Black Snake be handed over after two people were found dead. The group learned that the Black Snake was about to shed and planned to move it somewhere safe, with Mo Fan going along despite Luo Mian's doubts.

• Zhu Meng accused the Magic Court of shielding the Totem Black Snake and gave them two days to hand it over or face his intervention.
• Tang Yue challenged Zhu Meng's claim that the Black Snake killed the two victims, and Tang Zhong supported her demand for evidence.
• After Zhu Meng left, Tang Zhong revealed that the Black Snake's shedding period was imminent and that its strength would drop while it became dangerously irritable.
• Hei Yu suspected that a clan mole had revealed the secret shedding schedule to Zhu Meng.
• Tang Zhong asked Tang Yue to take the Black Snake somewhere safe and said Mo Fan could accompany her because he was not an Advanced Mage.
• Luo Mian questioned whether Mo Fan could be trusted or help, but Tang Zhong insisted he might prove useful.

Mo Fan helped Tang Yue take the Totem Black Snake away while Zhu Meng and Luo Mian devised a new plan to capture them. Meanwhile, Lu Wu arrived in Bai Town with Mu Nujiao and Shen Yuerong, where he learned about an epidemic and the giant snake reported in Hangzhou.

• Mo Fan warned Xin Xia that he would be away, while she treated students with a strange illness in her dormitory.
• Zhu Meng ordered Tang Yue arrested, but Luo Mian explained that the Black Snake could sense powerful pursuers within twenty kilometers and proposed sending trainee adjudicators to delay him.
• Zhu Meng ordered everyone available mobilized to apprehend Tang Yue.
• Lu Wu, Mu Nujiao, and Shen Yuerong arrived in Bai Town and learned that guests had to be examined for an epidemic.
• A receptionist told Lu Wu that the epidemic began after a giant snake appeared in Hangzhou, and Lu Wu suspected the snake had been real.

Lu Wu explained the danger posed by the Assassin Hall and planned to leave the Ruler-level Dark Fire Ape with Mu Nujiao while he handled a task. As the plague killed its first victims, Lu Wu arrived to meet Mr. Lu, who had been told Lu Wu possessed a special flame.

• Shen Yuerong worried that her father might send powerful assassins after her, while Lu Wu reassured Mu Nujiao that Little Fire could protect her.
• Lu Wu told Mu Nujiao that Shen Yuerong belonged to the Assassin Hall and explained that he had expected to deal with its people in Magic City, not Bai Town.
• Lu Wu said Mu Nujiao could accompany him on his task, but planned for Little Fire to protect her if she went shopping.
• The first three plague victims died after seven days of illness, and Zhu Meng confronted Tang Zhong as they debated whether the Totem Black Snake was responsible.
• Mr. Lu agreed to receive Lu Wu after learning that Grandma Song had sent him, and asked about Lu Wu's special flame.

Lu Wu used his Nirvana Fire to slow the plague’s progression in Bai Town, giving infected people more time while the authorities sought a cure. He kept treating patients as the Totem Black Snake’s role in the outbreak remained disputed.

• Mr. Lu asked Lu Wu to test whether his Nirvana Fire could delay the plague, and Lu Wu agreed.
• Lu Wu’s flame dried a patient’s festering wound and stopped its corrosion, leading Mr. Lu to estimate that it would at least double the time before symptoms worsened.
• Zhu Meng demanded that Tang Zhong hand over the Totem Black Snake so they could develop a cure, while Tang Zhong hesitated to condemn it outright.
• Lu Wu treated the weakest patients with Nirvana Fire, continuing past one hundred and two hundred people as Mr. Lu and the others watched.

Lu Wu treated hundreds of plague patients while Zhu Meng and Tang Zhong struggled to determine whether the Totem Black Snake caused the outbreak. After Tang Yue and Mo Fan returned with the snake’s blood, they were taken into custody, but news of a White Demon Eagle invasion brought another crisis to Hangzhou.

• Lu Wu had treated more than eight hundred patients without rest, while Mr. Lu admitted he had not developed plague antibodies.
• Zhu Meng urged Tang Zhong to prioritize the plague, then learned his guards had failed to retrieve the Totem Bead but had brought back Tang Yue and Mo Fan.
• Tang Yue gave Zhu Meng a vial of the Totem Black Snake’s blood for Mr. Lu to use in developing medicine, and Lu Wu stopped treating patients to rest.
• Zhu Meng ordered Tang Yue and Mo Fan detained while the blood was tested, and Tang Yue glanced at Lu Wu as she was led away.
• A military commander reported that a huge flock of White Demon Eagles was attacking from Teng Ridge and flying toward Hangzhou, leaving Zhu Meng and the others alarmed.

The White Demon Eagle invasion crippled West Fortress’s aerial defenses when a Monarch Level eagle demon’s aura terrified and enraged the tamed Sky Eagles. Wang Xiaoyun disobeyed orders to kill every Sky Eagle and sent Gray flying into the forest, leaving the fortress to face the flock without him.

• The Military Mages discovered that their Sky Eagles feared the White Demon Eagles and would not take off, then learned a Monarch Level eagle demon was making them turn against their handlers.
• Wang Xiaoyun played his flute for Gray, his gray-white Sky Eagle companion, on the ninth watchtower as the fortress alarm sounded.
• A beast tamer ordered Wang Xiaoyun to kill Gray because every Sky Eagle was to be executed before the Monarch Level eagle demon arrived.
• Wang Xiaoyun played his flute and sent Gray flying into the forest, defying the order to kill him.
• The beast tamer berated Wang Xiaoyun for releasing Gray and warned that he might join the White Demon Eagles against the fortress.

As the plague threatened Hangzhou and the White Demon Eagles approached the West Fortress, the officials agreed to seek the Totem Black Snake’s bile while sparing its life if a cure could be found. Lu Wu reached the fortress and began attacking the incoming eagles alone, leaving the defenders stunned as he prepared to fight before their Ruler arrived.

• Mr. Lu told the council that medicine made from the Totem Black Snake’s blood could resist the plague but could not cure it, and Tang Zhong urged Tang Yue to obtain the snake’s bile.
• Zhu Meng pleaded with Tang Yue to help save Hangzhou and promised the Totem Black Snake would not be killed if they found a way to save everyone; Tang Yue agreed to summon it to West Lake.
• At the West Fortress, the commanders worried that their forces lacked the means to fight the approaching White Demon Eagles without the Sky Eagle System and waited for reinforcements.
• Lu Wu flew out to meet the eagle vanguard and killed more than thirty White Demon Eagles, including Warriors and a Great General, with Blazing Fist: Sky Breaker.
• Lu Wu sensed a powerful Ruler approaching and decided to kill more White Demon Eagles before it arrived.

Lu Wu joined the defense against the White Demon Eagle assault on Hangzhou, using his Nirvana Domain to hunt the beasts and discover that their Soul Remnants nourished him through the Chongming Bird and Demon Phoenix Insect. As a Great Commander Four-Clawed Demon Eagle charged him, Lu Wu unleashed a massive Nirvana Fire punch.

• Lu Wu realized the Chongming Bird and Demon Phoenix Insect were absorbing Soul Remnants and returning strength to him, so he activated his Nirvana Domain to hunt more White Demon Eagles.
• Military Mages and other defenders arrived, and Lu Wu organized them into two teams to fight alongside him against the approaching flock.
• The defenders attacked the White Demon Eagles while Lu Wu used Flame Rain to burn many of them and kill several Four-Clawed Demon Eagles.
• A Great Commander ice Four-Clawed Demon Eagle broke through an Earth Mage's Heavenly Veil and charged at Lu Wu.
• Lu Wu struck downward with Nirvana Domain: Fierce Fist: Nirvana Fire, Heaven Blast, gathering the domain's fire into a giant punch around his own.