Recaps

Mu Nujiao fought Egypt Team’s Sayed after the team challenged the federation again, and she used her Commander-level Wind Phoenix Insect and Advanced Magic to destroy his Bone Saber Mummy. Captain Sind conceded and reconsidered his assumptions about the opposing team.

• Lu Wu and Egypt Team captain Sind agreed to settle the challenge with three one-on-one fights, and Mu Nujiao stepped forward to fight Sayed.
• Sayed summoned his Bone Saber Mummy and sent it charging at Mu Nujiao, but her Wind Phoenix Insect blew its bone saber away.
• Mu Nujiao completed her Star Constellation and used Ghost Wood Hand to crush the Bone Saber Mummy before Sayed could concede.
• Sayed collapsed after the mummy was destroyed, and Mios accused Mu Nujiao’s side of acting barbarically.
• Sind stopped Mios and conceded, suspecting that Sayed’s earlier defeat had not been a fluke.

Lu Wu returned to the National Pavilion after cultivating and agreed to rejoin the National Team, where he avoided a spar with British captain Ailin and later reunited with the team in Peru. The team prepared to explore nearby ancient ruins for a Soul Seed, but Lu Yilin objected to sharing the spoils with the newcomers.

• After the National Pavilion defeated Egypt, Lu Wu cultivated in the Three-Step Tower while he, Mu Nujiao, and Mu Ningxue helped raise the pavilion's win rate.
• Lu Wu learned the British Team had defeated the pavilion and told Song He he would return to the National Team; Feng Li ordered him and the two women to prepare for the Americas.
• Ailin approached Lu Wu for a spar, but he declined and said they would meet again in Venice.
• In Hanmi City, Peru, Lu Wu reunited with Ai Jiangtu and the National Team, who planned to explore nearby ancient ruins for a possible Soul Seed.
• Lu Yilin complained that Lu Wu and the others would get no share of the ruins' resources, and Lu Wu insulted him.

Lu Wu joined the National Team’s expedition to ancient ruins and silenced Lu Yilin’s challenge with a slap. The team entered Gobi Valley and tested Nan Jue’s device for masking their vibrations, which appeared to confuse the Forbidden Moon Stone Demons.

• Lu Wu insulted Lu Yilin, then struck him with a spatial slap when he demanded a duel.
• Ai Jiangtu stopped Lu Wu from hitting Lu Yilin again and redirected the team’s attention to their expedition.
• Jiang Yu explained that stone creatures blocked the route, while Nan Jue described her instrument for hiding the team’s vibrations.
• Lu Wu led the team toward Gobi Valley with Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao among its new fighters.
• Nan Jue placed an instrument at the valley’s edge, and Ai Jiangtu used it as the first scout while the Forbidden Moon Stone Demons emerged.
• Ai Jiangtu adjusted the instrument until it turned green, causing the demons to lose track of him.

After Lu Yilin removed an Elemental Instrument, the Forbidden Moon Stone Demons awoke and surrounded the team. Lu Wu cleared a path with a powerful fire spell, while Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao stayed to fight as Mo Fan remained behind with Lu Yilin.

• Lu Wu and the others advanced through Gobi Valley by placing Elemental Instruments, and Mo Fan went back to retrieve one at a sharp bend.
• Lu Yilin confronted Mo Fan and pulled out the second Elemental Instrument, causing the surrounding Forbidden Moon Stone Demons to awaken.
• Lu Wu unleashed a powerful Nirvana Fire punch that killed the demons blocking the team's path.
• Ai Jiangtu arranged the team to wait for Mo Fan and Lu Yilin, while Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao chose to fight the demons.
• Mu Ningxue froze nearly a hundred Forbidden Moon Stone Demons with her Ice Domain, and Mu Nujiao prepared to attack them.

The team fought through the Forbidden Moon Stone Demons and returned to rescue Mo Fan, who accused Lu Yilin of abandoning him to die. Mo Fan let Lu Yilin go at first, but then hurled him into the demons and threatened anyone who tried to save him.

• Mu Nujiao, Mu Ningxue, and Nan Jue attacked the Forbidden Moon Stone Demons as Ai Jiangtu organized the team to find Lu Yilin and Mo Fan.
• Lu Yilin claimed Mo Fan had been swallowed by a much larger group of demons, but Ai Jiangtu ordered the team to go back for him.
• The team found Mo Fan alive, and he confronted Lu Yilin while Zhao Manyan and Nan Jue accused Lu Yilin of endangering everyone.
• Mo Fan lifted Lu Yilin against the cliff, then released him after Nan Jue, Nan Rongni, and Zhao Manyan urged him to let the authorities handle the matter.
• Mo Fan suddenly hurled Lu Yilin into the demons and warned the team not to save him.

The team reached the Ruined Ancient City after Mo Fan left Lu Yilin to die, then found the city empty beneath a massive black hurricane threaded with purple-gold lightning. As strange blue birds descended on them, Lu Wu warned the team and they braced for another attack.

• Lu Wu ignored Lu Yilin's pleas for help, and Lu Yilin died among the Forbidden Moon Stone Demons.
• Guan Yu threatened Mo Fan, but Mo Fan stood by his actions; Ai Jiangtu warned that he would show no mercy if anything similar happened again.
• Nan Jue said the Ruined Ancient City lay ahead, and the team saw a huge black hurricane filled with purple-gold lightning.
• The team camped overnight, then searched the ancient ruins and found nothing valuable or any Demon Beasts.
• At sunset, Lu Wu spotted flocks of strange birds approaching the hurricane and warned the team.
• The others recognized the growing turquoise-blue flock as birds they had encountered before, and they feared fighting without cover.

Lu Wu and the others entered the lightning storm to escape the pursuing strange birds and discovered an ancient restriction hidden inside it. After Nan Jue found a way through, they emerged before a green expanse covered in flowers.

• Zhao Manyan explained that strange birds had pursued the group from a forbidden zone in Peru, and Mo Fan noted that they seemed to have no souls.
• Ai Jiangtu led the group into the lightning storm, while Lu Wu stayed behind and killed many birds with his Nirvana Fire.
• Lu Wu examined a strange bird and described it as an intelligent puppet, then continued deeper with Mo Fan and the others as the Condensed Evil Bead reacted.
• Mo Fan and Nan Jue recognized the yellow lightning as an ancient restriction, and Nan Jue led the group onward while Zhao Manyan defended them.
• Nan Jue found a sparse section of the restriction, and the group passed through to a vast sea of flowers.

Lu Wu and Mo Fan discovered Liquid of Time in an ancient city hidden inside the storm, then returned with their team and learned what the liquid was. After the team won its National Pavilion challenge in Peru, General Mott approached the Chinese national team.

• Jiang Shaoxu identified the Li Fan flower in the ancient city, while Lu Wu and Mo Fan found a crystal cup of liquid hidden inside a statue and divided it between them.
• The team left the restricted area, fought through Gobi Valley together, and returned to Hanmi City.
• Ling Ling identified the liquid as Liquid of Time, and Lu Wu decided to keep his share for the Demon Element.
• The team traveled to Royal Felipe Castle, defeated Peru's National Pavilion team, and began mixed-team combat training.
• General Mott approached Lu Wu, Ai Jiangtu, and the others, and Ai Jiangtu asked what he wanted.

Lu Wu and the National Team discovered that a vast flock of strange birds was approaching Peru, but General Mott ordered them out of the city. Lu Wu led the team south toward an old fort on the Great Commander-level Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger, renewing their hope of survival.

• General Mott summoned Lu Wu and the National Team to a watchtower, where they saw a massive flock of strange birds approaching the coast.
• Lu Wu recognized the birds as the ones the team had encountered before, and Ai Jiangtu asked whether he could use his secret technique to fight them.
• Lu Wu said he could not use the technique, while General Mott insisted that the team leave the city or be killed.
• Osto advised the team to head south to an old fort and investigate why they had angered the Nazca Ancient Beast.
• Lu Wu summoned the Great Commander-level Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger and led the team away on its back.

Lu Wu and the National Team reached an old castle pursued by a vast flock of strange birds, then organized the group to defend it while Nan Jue restored its barrier. As the birds approached, Nan Rongni blessed Lu Wu, Mo Fan, and Ai Jiangtu, and Lu Wu unleashed his Fire Element domain to prepare for the attack.

• The Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger carried Lu Wu and the National Team away from Lima while Mott refused to risk his soldiers to stop them.
• Osto warned Mott that their actions might have angered the Nazca Ancient Beasts, while the flock of strange birds flew past Lima toward its distant target.
• Lu Wu questioned the team about the birds and led them into an old castle near the reefs, where Nan Jue found a barrier she could reactivate.
• Lu Wu assigned the team defensive roles, with Nan Jue restoring the barrier and Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao covering enemies that slipped through.
• Nan Rongni cast Blessing Chant: Strengthening on Lu Wu, Mo Fan, and Ai Jiangtu, and Lu Wu unleashed his Fire Element domain as the strange birds approached.

Lu Wu used his three-kilometer Nirvana Domain to share his mana and flames with Mo Fan and Ai Jiangtu, turning the battle against the strange birds into a devastating counterattack. Nan Jue reactivated the ancient castle's barrier with a little over thirty thousand birds still remaining.

• Lu Wu's domain engulfed the strange birds, and his chained Nirvana Fire explosions wiped out the first flock.
• Mo Fan discovered that Lu Wu could share his power, then used the domain's flames to unleash a vastly strengthened Heaven Blast.
• Ai Jiangtu followed with Heavenly Flame Funeral: Flame Rain, burning hundreds of birds from the sky.
• Lu Wu directed Jiang Shaoxu to draw in more birds while he attacked with fiery feathers and his Heavenly Flame Spear; Mo Fan and Ai Jiangtu joined him in cutting down the flocks.
• Nan Jue reactivated the barrier after the team had slain most of the hundred thousand strange birds, leaving just over thirty thousand.

Lu Wu and the team survived the strange birds’ attack, then confronted General Mott over his failure to protect them and their withheld National Pavilion Badge. General Mott blamed Nazca and the Reaper, leaving the team’s dispute with Peru unresolved.

• Lu Wu, Mo Fan, and Ai Jiangtu fought off the strange birds, with Lu Wu pursuing and killing the last tens of thousands after the others ran out of mana.
• The team returned to Royal Felipe Castle, where General Mott was shocked to see them alive.
• Jiang Shaoxu and Nan Jue condemned General Mott, and Ai Jiangtu demanded the National Pavilion Badge that Peru had withheld.
• Ai Jiangtu crushed the badge and threw it at General Mott’s feet, while Lu Wu used his spatial magic to stop the commanders from escalating the confrontation.
• General Mott threatened to report Lu Wu to the World Academy Competition Committee, then claimed that Nazca’s Reaper could not be defeated.

After General Mott was dismissed and demon-beast attacks spread across South America, Lu Wu and his companions agreed to investigate Nazca and end the curse. Osto gave them a week to enter and leave freely, and the group prepared to travel to the besieged Yalie Mine before confronting Nazca.

• A courier delivered the dismissal orders for General Mott and the female commander, while reports arrived that demon beasts were attacking cities and surrounding the Yalie Mine.
• Lu Wu learned from Osto that Nazca would keep targeting him until he went there and unraveled its mysteries.
• Osto offered the National Team's resources in exchange for help at the mine, and Lu Wu accepted despite Ai Jiangtu's objection.
• Several team members refused to enter Nazca, while Lu Wu, Mu Ningxue, Mu Nujiao, Jiang Shaoxu, Nan Jue, Ai Jiangtu, Jiang Yu, Mo Fan, and Zhao Manyan agreed to go.

Mo Fan’s team discovered that the Nazca Lines were enormous drawings connected to the monsters attacking Peru, but three days of investigation revealed no clear explanation. From Mount Nazca, Nan Jue spotted a missing piece in the strange bird’s eye, and the team traced the likely thief to an ore vein using clues from a man they had encountered.

• From the helicopter, Lu Wu and the others recognized the ape and strange bird drawings as the shapes of the Nazca monsters.
• Ai Jiangtu’s inexperienced piloting caused the helicopter to shake and land roughly, after which the team explored the drawings without provoking the monsters.
• For three days, the team found no answers, though they saw the ape glow white and the spider glow red and appear to crawl through the mist.
• Nan Jue led the team to Mount Nazca, where she noticed from the summit that the strange bird’s eye was dim and missing something.
• Mo Fan remembered a middle-aged man who had warned them away, and Jiang Shaoxu recalled the smell of saltpeter on him; Lu Wu, Jiang Shaoxu, and Nan Jue concluded the ore vein was their next lead.

Lu Wu and the team discovered that a stolen eye gemstone from the Nazca geoglyph had provoked the monster apes, and that the thief was likely trapped in the Yalie Mine. With thousands of apes blocking the way, Lu Wu led the team into battle to reach the mine and recover the gemstone.

• Nan Jue told Lu Wu that the Yalie Mine was the likeliest place to find the stolen eye gemstone, and Lu Wu had her prepare a picture of the suspected thief.
• General Mott and Xili struggled to rescue the people trapped inside the mine as monster apes overwhelmed the surrounding mountains.
• Nan Jue showed Mott the geoglyph evidence and explained that a thief in the mine had stolen its eye gemstone, provoking the Nazca monsters.
• Mott admitted that his forces could not break through the ape encirclement, and Lu Wu declared that the team would fight their way into the mine.
• Mu Ningxue, Mu Nujiao, and Nan Jue prepared for wide-area attacks while Lu Wu assigned the team positions and organized their assault.

Lu Wu and the Chinese team agreed to help clear the strange apes in exchange for half the mining vein’s future equity, with free protection for Mott’s forces if they failed. As the team fought its way toward the mine, Jiang Shaoxu noticed that strange apes with gold on their tails seemed linked to the deaths of nearby apes, and Lu Wu began investigating them.

• Lu Wu agreed to Mott and Xili’s terms: half the mining vein’s future equity if the team succeeded, and free protection for Mott’s forces if they failed.
• Mu Ningxue summoned her Ice Domain while Lu Wu’s Nine Palaces attack killed hundreds of strange apes, and her Ice Phoenix Insect and bow cleared more from their path.
• Mu Nujiao, Ai Jiangtu, and Mo Fan joined the assault as the team advanced, killing over a thousand strange apes every hundred meters despite continuous reinforcements.
• Mu Ningxue used Ice Lock to pierce the apes, and Ai Jiangtu urged the team to move faster as their numbers grew.
• Jiang Shaoxu noticed that killing apes with gold on their tails also killed many nearby apes, and Lu Wu spotted the unusual tail fur and blasted one of the marked apes with Fire Burst.

Lu Wu and the others discovered that golden-tailed strange apes created the seemingly endless clones, then killed thousands by targeting them. As a powerful Commander-level ape emerged, Lu Wu charged into a midair clash with it.

• Lu Wu and the others realized that killing a golden-tailed strange ape made its nearby clones vanish into dust.
• Mu Nujiao restrained a golden-tailed ape with vines, and Mu Ningxue killed it with an Ice Lock, dispelling more than three hundred clones.
• Lu Wu used a flaming magic bow to target golden-tailed apes while Mo Fan and Ai Jiangtu helped wipe out over ten thousand strange apes.
• Xili and Mott watched in disbelief as the group held off the growing horde, though Xili expected Commander-level apes to turn the battle.
• A golden-tailed Commander ape resisted Lu Wu's attack with an earth wall and advanced toward the group.
• Lu Wu put away his bow, launched himself at the Commander ape, and collided with it in midair.

Lu Wu fought a regenerating golden-tailed monstrous ape as the remaining apes merged into increasingly powerful Commanders. The apes formed an arena and challenged Lu Wu, while Ai Jiangtu’s team continued toward the mine entrance to find the thief and the missing eyes.

• Lu Wu blasted the golden-tailed monstrous ape away with his Nirvana Wings, but it regenerated by absorbing nearby monstrous apes.
• The golden-tailed ape gathered the remaining apes, reducing their numbers while creating a hundred Commanders and thirteen Advancement Period Commanders.
• Mu Ningxue reminded Ai Jiangtu’s team to search for the thief and the missing eyes, so they headed toward the mine entrance.
• Lu Wu watched the apes merge until they stopped focusing on the stolen eyes and formed a ring to challenge him.
• Jiang Yu recognized the formation as an arena, and Nan Jue reminded the others that Lu Wu had already sent a Commander flying with one punch.

Lu Wu fought a golden-fanged strange ape in a brutal close-combat battle while Mo Fan and the others recovered the stolen eyeball gem. As both fighters gathered strength for another clash, Lu Wu remained intent on subduing the ape and claiming its golden fang.

• Mo Fan, Ai Jiangtu, and the others went to find the thief while Lu Wu stayed behind to fight the strange apes.
• Lu Wu faced the golden-furred ape, and their first collision sent a shock wave through the surrounding apes.
• Lu Wu broke the ape's arm with a Nirvana Fire weapon, but the ape rammed him through chunks of ore.
• Mo Fan recovered the missing eyeball gem, and Ai Jiangtu and Nan Jue prepared to return it.
• Lu Wu and the ape paused to face each other as their auras surged, and Lu Wu summoned his Nirvana wings for more strength.

The National Team traveled through South America toward Mexico, received valuable resources from Osto, and discussed the dangers and attractions along their route. They stopped at the alluring coastal settlement of Vanilla Village, where Zhao Manyan immediately began flirting with a local woman.

• Osto rewarded the National Team with valuable resources, and Ling Ling advised Lu Wu and Mo Fan to save the Liquid of Time for their beasts.
• The team traveled toward Mexico by sea, and Jiang Yu asked whether Lu Wu would visit the Amazon Demon Kingdom.
• As they passed through villages with few women, Ai Jiangtu guessed that bounty notices were keeping them away.
• Jiang Shaoxu persuaded the team to rest at the picturesque Vanilla Village, and Lu Wu supported the stop.
• An ornament-covered woman greeted the team at the village entrance, and Zhao Manyan went over to flirt with her.

Lu Wu and Mo Fan investigated Vanilla Village and discovered that the Red Ornament Guild was extorting its residents. When Xi Ge threatened the villagers, Mu Nujiao attacked, beginning a confrontation with the guild.

• Lu Wu, Mo Fan, Mu Ningxue, Mu Nujiao, and Jiang Shaoxu stayed behind to investigate Vanilla Village while the rest of the team went ahead.
• Lu Wu used Shadow Escape to bring the others into the village, where they saw dozens of armed mages guarding its intersections.
• The group discovered that Xi Ge and the Red Ornament Guild had seized the villagers’ property and demanded payment to return it.
• Xi Ge threatened to take the village’s women after doubling his demand, and Lu Wu decided the guild members deserved to be killed.
• Mu Nujiao charged out and bound several Red Ornament Guild mages with plant vines, startling Xi Ge.

Lu Wu and the others wiped out the Red Ornament Guild members in the village, while Zhao Manyan distracted Oni at a junction. Oni realized the deception and took Zhao Manyan hostage, leaving him at the mercy of his friends.

• Lu Wu immobilized the Red Ornament Guild mages with spatial locks, then killed Xi Ge after the group reached the village.
• Lu Wu and Mo Fan split up to silently eliminate the guild members stationed at the mountain junctions.
• Zhao Manyan kissed Oni in a pavilion while she stood guard, and Mo Fan interrupted when he spotted the fleeing guild mages.
• Oni discovered that Lu Wu and Mo Fan had come from the mountain and pressed a Demon-Slaying Tool to Zhao Manyan’s neck.
• Mo Fan urged Zhao Manyan to accept the sacrifice, and Zhao Manyan demanded to know what was happening.

After Lu Wu and the others rescued Vanilla Village, the National Team mentors debated whether China deserved the Dark Noble Cloak and questioned Lu Wu’s strength. Japan’s investigation concluded that Lu Wu had transported corpses from a war between two Sea Monster tribes rather than killing the creatures himself, leaving the mentors to argue over his good fortune.

• Lu Wu held back from attacking Oni because the Demon-Slaying Tool might harm Zhao Manyan, then learned Oni belonged to the Red Ornament Guild.
• Mu Nujiao and Jiang Shaoxu sent the rescued villagers to a shelter, and Lu Wu reunited with the scattered team in a seaside town.
• Feng Li and Song He defended Lu Wu and argued that China’s team deserved the Dark Noble Cloak at the Asian Magic Association meeting.
• Fujikata Nobuko revealed that Mochizuki Meiken’s investigation found the Rock Lava Crab Demon Tribe and Silver-Ringed Sea Octopus Tribe had fought a war, and Lu Wu had only transported the corpses.
• The mentors accepted that Lu Wu had not killed the Sea Monsters himself and remarked on the resources he had obtained from the corpses.

China, Japan, and India agreed that their National Teams would compete for the Dark Noble Cloak by capturing the Red Ornament Guild, with Temple Mages providing backup. While shopping, Mu Ningxue and the others captured Oni, a Red Ornament Guild leader, and Lu Wu learned that the frightened locals feared the Guild’s retaliation.

• Fujikata Nobuko, Song He, and Feng Li argued over which country deserved the Dark Noble Cloak, while the white-robed elder proposed letting their teams compete to capture the Red Ornament Guild.
• The Indian mentor worried the students would face dangerous bandits, but Feng Li and Fujikata Nobuko accepted the challenge, and the elder arranged for Temple Mages to protect them.
• Jiang Shaoxu took Mu Ningxue, Mu Nujiao, Nan Jue, Mu Tingying, and Nan Rongni shopping while Lu Wu stayed behind to train.
• Mu Ningxue used the Ice Phoenix Insect to subdue Oni after the group recognized her as a Red Ornament Guild leader they had encountered before.
• Lu Wu arrived after the fight and asked why Oni was in the city, while Nan Jue warned that the Guild might retaliate against them.
• A civilian blamed the group for provoking the Red Ornament Guild, and a girl explained that locals feared they would suffer the Guild’s vengeance.

After interrogating Oni, Lu Wu and the team learned that the Red Ornament Guild planned to meet with a councilman to negotiate joining the government, and Lu Wu proposed attacking when the guild gathered. The chapter ended with Lu Wu and three women arriving undercover at Baitou Port, where Kaso invited them for a drink.

• Jiang Shaoxu and the others worried that the Red Ornament Guild would retaliate, so Lu Wu decided they would wipe it out.
• Nan Jue shared intelligence that the Red Ornament Guild had about a thousand mages, and Ai Jiangtu and Jiang Shaoxu helped interrogate Oni for more information.
• Oni revealed that a councilman would soon meet the Red Ornament Guild to discuss absorbing it, and Lu Wu planned to use the gathering to attack the guild.
• The team agreed to prepare for a full-scale fight, with Lu Wu warning that they would be killing the guild members for real.
• Lu Wu, Mu Ningxue, Mu Nujiao, and Jiang Shaoxu went undercover aboard a bar ship at Baitou Port, where Kaso invited them for a drink.