Recaps

After Lu Wu’s victories sparked discussion about his and other mages’ talents, Pearl Academy’s instructors warned students that their upcoming expedition beyond the Safe Zone could be deadly. Dean Xiao and Shen Shitian then told Lu Wu that the Black Vatican might target him on the trip and gave him a Wind Element spirit seed, which he refined to strengthen his magic.

• Students discussed the Talent Ranking, which placed Lu Wu and Mo Fan tied for fifth, while Qiu Yuhua urged them to focus on training rather than talent.
• Gu Han, Li Jing, and Qiu Yuhua warned the students that the expedition beyond the Safe Zone could bring serious danger and even death, and advised them to prepare and stay united.
• Mu Nujiao told Gu Han that Lu Wu had gone back and would meet them when the expedition began.
• Shen Shitian and Dean Xiao told Lu Wu that Black Vatican members might target him during the expedition, though they lacked enough information to set a trap.
• Dean Xiao revealed that a team had found a Wind Element spirit seed called Soaring Wind, which Shen Shitian had already paid for.
• Lu Wu refined Soaring Wind and found that it would increase the power of his Wind Element magic by more than threefold.

Lu Wu began helping his mutated Golden-Eyed Tiger advance, learning that its harmful mutation gave it only a fifty percent chance of success. After feeding it the required blood, soul essence, heart, and bone materials, he waited to see whether it would break through.

• Shen Shitian and Dean Xiao reassured Lu Wu about his training expedition, then examined the Golden-Eyed Tiger and explained that its harmful mutation hindered its advancement.
• Dean Xiao and Shen Shitian said the Golden-Eyed Tiger’s persistence in remaining at the servant advancement stage showed its strength, while its chances of advancing were only fifty percent.
• Lu Wu encouraged the Golden-Eyed Tiger and began the advancement process outside the Safe Zone, draining half its blood before injecting commander-level Thunder-Winged Cloud Tiger blood.
• The Golden-Eyed Tiger recovered from the blood infusion, absorbed soul-nourishing essence to strengthen its soul, then swallowed the Thunder-Winged Cloud Tiger heart and bone materials.
• The Golden-Eyed Tiger roared loudly toward the sky after consuming the materials, and Lu Wu waited to see what would happen.

The Golden-Eyed Tiger overcame the mist suppressing its breakthrough, advanced into a Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger, and carried Lu Wu through the night. Elsewhere, a Hunter King pursued a monstrous experiment subject beyond the Safe Zone and faced its attack.

• Lu Wu urged the Golden-Eyed Tiger to keep fighting when the mist suppressed its aura, and it rallied into Bloodthirsty Berserk.
• The Golden-Eyed Tiger broke through into a Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger, grew enormous wings, and carried Lu Wu on its back.
• Passengers on a vehicle saw the Azure Beast Hunter King flying alongside them and learned he was on a mission with his Contract Beast.
• The Hunter King and Demon Man pursued an escaped experiment subject, which swept Demon Man out of the air with a grassland storm.
• The Hunter King warned that the subject was a mutated Advanced Mage, and the monster fixed its blood-red gaze on him.

Qiu Yuhua confronted Lu Nian over his proposal to experiment on two people, while the Imperial Capital and Pearl academies finalized a field-training assignment to survey Jinlin City. Lu Wu joined the students near the desolate city as they prepared to investigate the Demon Beasts there.

• Demon Man shielded nearby vehicles from the shock waves of the Hunter King’s battle with a monster.
• Qiu Yuhua condemned Lu Nian’s experiments, while Lu Nian defended them; Dean Song He tried to calm them and said the higher-ups would decide.
• Song He explained that students from Pearl Academy and Imperial Capital Academy would survey the Demon Beasts in Jinlin City and assess whether the city could be rebuilt.
• Lu Wu joined the team in Kangning City and learned that the Giant Lizard-Skull Demon tribe had once occupied Jinlin City.
• Song Xia and Lu Zhenghe had been chosen as the teams’ leaders, and Lu Wu accepted the arrangement.

Lu Wu and Mo Fan led the team into a railway tunnel toward Jinlin City, where Lu Wu hoped to collect Soul Remnants and Soul Essences. The team discovered demon beasts lurking among a mass of black vines, but had not yet engaged them.

• Song Xia recommended avoiding a two-kilometer tunnel, but Lu Zhenghe and others urged the team to go through it.
• Lu Wu recalled the Slant-Scaled Demon Snake when it revealed that its mate was about to lay eggs, then volunteered to lead the way.
• Mo Fan joined Lu Wu at the front and proposed splitting Soul Remnants and Soul Essences; Lu Wu refused, saying he needed Soul Remnants too.
• Lu Wu sensed something ahead and asked Zhao Manyan and Song Xia to cast Holy Light farther into the tunnel.
• Song Xia's Holy Light revealed interwoven black vines and many pairs of eerie blue eyes watching the team.

Lu Wu and Mo Fan fought through a tunnel full of Cave Demon Slaves, collecting soul remnants but finding no soul essence. After the team made camp, Lu Wu discovered that the remnants in his bamboo-shaped tool were slowly condensing into a soul essence.

• Lu Wu spotted the Cave Demon Slaves and led the team forward, burning through the tunnel with Blazing Fist: Sky Breaker.
• Lu Wu and Mo Fan attacked the side caves from opposite sides, killing Cave Demon Slaves and gathering their soul remnants.
• The team left the tunnel and set up camp near the railway tracks, while Lu Wu and others stood guard near the stream where the women were bathing.
• Late at night, Lu Wu checked his magic tool and saw that its more than one hundred soul remnants were slowly combining into a soul essence.

Lu Wu and the group reached Jinlin City and entered a seemingly suitable building to use as a survey base. After they found fresh signs of human presence and several recently killed mages, they realized the building’s strange tendrils were dangerous, and Xu Dalong discovered their path back had vanished.

• Lu Wu and the group crossed a ridge, reached Jinlin City, and began surveying the ruined city while Lu Wu hunted nearby demon beasts.
• Lu Zhenghe chose a large building as the group’s base, and they split up to inspect it while Lu Wu investigated outside.
• Lu Wu found an opened bag of jerky that seemed far newer than the city’s fifteen-year abandonment, suggesting hunters had recently stayed there.
• Inside the building, Mu Nujiao noticed something caught in the tendrils, and Liao Mingxuan revealed a human skull; the group then found more gruesomely killed mages.
• Mu Nujiao warned everyone about the strange plants, and Xu Dalong reported that the path behind them had disappeared.

The students were trapped by a False Terror Demon, but a powerful leathery-winged giant lizard devoured it before Lu Wu could intervene. After the survivors escaped the collapsed building, Lu Wu and Mo Fan searched the remains for loot, and Mo Fan found a False Terror Demon's seed.

• The False Terror Demon attacked the group, impaling Song Xia, but Mu Ningxue pulled her free and Bai Tingting began healing her.
• Lu Wu recognized the False Terror Demon and sensed a Commander approaching through the sky.
• A leathery-winged giant lizard attacked and devoured the False Terror Demon, snapping its vines and leaving its corpse behind.
• Mo Fan blasted a way out of the lobby, and Lu Wu explained that the giant lizard had killed the demon.
• Lu Wu and Mo Fan headed to the ruins to search for the demon's remains, and Mo Fan summoned his Swift Star Wolf.
• Lu Wu collected a Soul Remnant, while Mo Fan found a False Terror Demon's seed.

Lu Wu and Mo Fan chose to continue surveying the dangerous area while the rest of the team split off, unaware that Lu Nian’s forces were moving toward Desolate City to seize an opportunity involving them. In the Imperial Capital, Zhan Kong warned Dean Song He that Lu Nian’s interest in the two mages with Innate Dual Elements remained dangerous.

• Lu Wu, Mo Fan, Mu Nujiao, and Mu Ningxue refused to abandon the expedition, and the team decided to split up to survey different areas.
• Lu Nujiao stayed with the weaker group to help protect Song Xia, while Lu Wu gave her a Shield Magic Tool and promised to regroup after surveying.
• Lu Wu and Mo Fan set out to survey the dangerous locations as the others headed for an area with places to hide.
• Lu Nian led a force of former Military Mages toward Desolate City and learned that Lu Wu and Mo Fan were acting separately.
• Zhan Kong visited Dean Song He and warned him that Lu Nian and his subordinates might act against Lu Wu and Mo Fan because their Innate Dual Elements had been exposed.

Lu Wu hunted demon beasts to build up Soul Essences and planned to break through his Fire Element after field training. At the church shelter, Ming Cong attacked Bai Tingting, but Lu Zhenghe arrived in time to stop him and had him tied up.

• Lu Wu hunted demon beasts, gained a third Soul Essence, and decided to break through his Fire Element in the Three-Step Tower after field training.
• Lu Wu checked on Jiaojiao and headed toward the church shelter where Mu Nujiao and the others were staying.
• Ming Cong fetched water for Bai Tingting, then attacked her while she treated Song Xia’s wounds.
• Lu Zhenghe arrived, ordered his Darkly-Marked Savage Wolf to pin Ming Cong down, and had Xu Dalong and Xiao Feng tie him to a pillar.

Lu Wu returned to the church and discovered that a waterlike spider had bitten him and was interfering with people’s souls, apparently bringing their hidden desires to the surface. He and the others suspected Ming Cong and Liao Mingxuan had been bewitched, and prepared to investigate together.

• Mu Nujiao clung to Lu Wu and told him what had happened, then Bai Tingting rushed into Mo Fan’s arms when he returned.
• Lu Wu and Mo Fan revealed they had completed five survey sites, prompting Shen Mingxiao and Liao Mingxuan to dismiss their achievement.
• Liao Mingxuan insulted Lu Wu and accused Lu Zhenghe of plotting against him, so Lu Wu kicked Liao Mingxuan and Lu Zhenghe ordered him restrained.
• Lu Wu noticed the church’s strange behavior and found a waterlike spider with legs in his hand after it bit the back of his neck and affected his soul.
• Lu Wu learned that Ming Cong had returned from fetching water with a changed temperament, suspected a soul-bewitching spider was exposing people’s evil thoughts, and agreed to investigate with Mo Fan and Mu Nujiao.

Lu Wu led Mu Nujiao, Xu Zhaoting, and Mu Ningxue to the pool where the bewitching water spiders had likely infected the group. They confronted and defeated a Bewitching Demon Spider, and Lu Wu obtained a Warrior Soul Essence.

• Lu Wu warned Mu Nujiao, Xu Zhaoting, and Mu Ningxue that they might already have been affected by the water spiders and led them toward the water source.
• Mu Ningxue used Ice Domain on the pool, and a Bewitching Demon Spider emerged from the frozen waves.
• Lu Wu attacked the Bewitching Demon Spider with pillars of fire, then used his Soaring Wind Spirit Seed to slow and slice it apart.
• Mu Ningxue explained how Lu Wu’s Spirit Seed and precise control amplified his Wind Element spell, and Mu Nujiao expressed surprise that he had refined one.
• Lu Wu found that the Bewitching Demon Spider had yielded a Warrior Soul Essence.

After Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao left the group to hunt demon beasts, a Holy Light distress signal appeared above the deserted city. They turned back to investigate, suspecting someone was in danger.

• Lu Wu refused to return with the others, and he and Mu Nujiao left while Lu Zhenghe led the rest toward the approaching Military Mages.
• Xu Zhaoting warned Lu Wu that the Military Mages might be hunting the Giant Lizard-Skull Demon, and Lu Wu said he would look for Soul Remnants while hunting.
• Lu Zhenghe grew confident that his older brother, Military Commander Lu Nian, would arrive and help him deal with Lu Wu.
• After hunting for two and a half hours, Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao spotted a Holy Light signal above the deserted city and went to investigate.

Lu Nian used Mo Fan and the others as bait to draw Lu Wu into the ruins, then exposed Lu Wu’s hidden Shadow Element with a golden barrier. Lu Wu appeared beside the captives as Mu Nujiao began freeing them, leaving him surrounded by Lu Nian’s forces.

• Mo Fan and the other captives endured their injuries and the sun while Lu Zhenghe and Lu Nian waited for Lu Wu to arrive.
• Lu Nian learned that Lu Wu had been spotted in the deserted city and ordered his forces not to expose his position.
• Lu Nian suddenly ordered the Holy Light signal and golden barrier activated, sealing the ruins and blocking Shadow Escape.
• Lu Wu appeared beside Mo Fan and Mu Nujiao, while Mu Nujiao began untying the captives and moving them into the shade.
• Lu Wu condemned Lu Nian and the Military Mages and threatened them as they surrounded him.

Lu Wu summoned Little Fire to protect the wounded and confront Lu Nian, who tried to retreat and lure the Giant Lizard-Skull Demon tribe to the barrier. Little Fire transformed into a Dark Domain that sheltered the others, and Lu Wu went with Mo Fan to find Lu Nian.

• Lu Wu learned that Bai Tingting and the other wounded were in critical condition, then ordered one potion for Bai Tingting and the remaining two for Mu Ningxue.
• After Xu Zhaoting explained that Mu Ningxue had injured Lu Nian, Lu Wu summoned Little Fire, whose enormous Dark Fire Ape form stunned the Military Mages.
• Lu Nian ordered his men to avoid battle and lure the Giant Lizard-Skull Demon tribe to the barrier, but Little Fire struck him and made him spit blood.
• Little Fire transformed into a Dark Domain that carried and protected the wounded, while Lu Wu told Mo Fan to join him in finding Lu Nian.

Mu Nujiao and Zhao Manyan tried to protect the others trapped inside Lu Wu’s dark barrier while Lu Wu and Mo Fan pursued the injured Lu Nian. The two attacked Lu Nian, but he resisted their magic and revealed a custom Petrifying Arm as he prepared to counterattack.

• Mu Nujiao told Zhao Manyan to gather the trapped people and use his Light Element to protect them from the corrosive dark matter.
• Lu Wu assured Mo Fan that Mu Nujiao would save the others, then led him through the darkness toward Lu Nian.
• Lu Wu attacked Lu Nian with Blazing Fist, but Lu Nian blocked it with a stone shield as Mo Fan restrained him with a Giant Shadow Nail.
• Lu Wu followed with a Wind Disk, but Lu Nian’s armor protected him and he broke free, then used Rock Demon’s Eyes to petrify the dark matter.
• Lu Wu dodged Lu Nian’s petrifying gaze, and Lu Nian revealed his custom Petrifying Arm magic implement.

Lu Nian captured Mu Nujiao and fled while Lu Wu was petrified, forcing Lu Wu to pursue him in desperation. Lu Wu broke through to Advanced Level and unleashed a devastating fire spell as he caught up with Lu Nian.

• Lu Nian used his Petrifying Arm to freeze Lu Wu, then ordered his forces to seize Mu Nujiao and kill the others.
• Lu Wu regained consciousness, killed a Military Mage who was about to destroy the petrified survivors, and learned that Lu Nian had taken Mu Nujiao.
• Lu Wu pursued Lu Nian on the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger and broke through to Advanced Level by forcing his Fire Element into a Star Galaxy.
• Lu Nian threatened Mu Nujiao to make Lu Wu surrender, but Lu Wu poured his power into a Star Galaxy Scroll and cast Heavenly Flame Funeral: Mountain Fire Seed: Flame Rain.

Lu Wu killed Lu Nian, but the Blood Leech erupted from Lu Nian’s corpse and transformed Lu Wu, whose Nirvana Fire shaped half a section of Nirvana Bone and awakened a powerful fire domain. The chapter left Lu Wu vanishing toward Jiang Yi, who faced a terrifying figure displaying the Demon Element.

• Lu Wu used Wind Track and his Demon-Slaying Tool to break through Lu Nian’s defenses and fatally slash him.
• Blood mist burst from Lu Nian’s corpse, entered Lu Wu, and began transforming his body with traits from the Dark Fire Ape and Slant-Scaled Demon Snake.
• Lu Wu’s Nirvana Fire drew blood mist from his scales and formed half a section of Nirvana Bone, filling him with immense power.
• Lu Wu discovered that the Nirvana Fire strengthened his Fire Element and created a domain that let him control the surrounding fire-element energy.
• The Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger roared at Lu Wu, and Lu Wu sensed a familiar presence before vanishing from his position.
• Jiang Yi recognized a monstrous, human-shaped figure surrounded by shadow and lightning as the Demon Element.

Mo Fan and Lu Wu confronted Jiang Yi’s group after both had been transformed by the Blood Leech, and Mo Fan fled to hunt the pseudo-dragon before losing control. Lu Wu took Mu Nujiao and the survivors away, burned Jiang Yi’s companions, and left Jiang Yi to watch as they headed back toward a Sky Eagle.

• Jiang Yi recognized Demon Mo Fan as the Blood Leech’s transformed test subject, while Zhao Manyan and Xu Zhaoting froze in fear.
• Lu Wu arrived with Mu Nujiao, and Zhao Manyan and Xu Zhaoting noticed Lu Wu also carried a demon’s aura.
• Mo Fan warned Lu Wu not to follow him, then leaped away to find the pseudo-dragon before his frenzy overwhelmed him.
• Lu Wu gathered Mu Nujiao and the others onto the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger and burned Jiang Yi’s companions while making her watch.
• Xu Zhaoting reported that Ming Cong and Liao Mingxuan were dead, while Song Xia, Mu Ningxue, and Bai Tingting were still alive.
• Zhao Manyan spotted a Sky Eagle in the distance as the group traveled back.

Zhan Kong sensed two powerful Commander auras but turned away to search Desolate City for the students. Lu Wu fought the Bloodthirsty Demon Eagle, resisted its attacks, and gathered fire energy for a finishing strike.

• Zhan Kong sensed two Commander auras ahead, decided not to approach them, and went to check Desolate City for the students.
• Lu Wu noticed an approaching Advanced Mage, then joined Little Fire in killing Blood-Boring Eagles and collecting their remains for sacrifices.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Eagle arrived, and Lu Wu charged it, pierced through its body, and clung to its back.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Eagle's cries injured Mu Nujiao, Xu Zhaoting, Zhao Manyan, and the others, but Lu Wu endured the assault.
• Lu Wu spread his Nirvana Fire domain, drew in fire elemental energy, and unleashed Fierce Fist, Heaven Blast at the Bloodthirsty Demon Eagle.

Lu Wu defeated and sacrificed the Bloodthirsty Demon Eagle, gaining new magical abilities and a Commander Soul Essence. Ten days later, his companions confirmed he had survived the dangerous experiment with only physical fatigue, and Shen Shitian prepared to collect the Lu Family’s debt.

• Lu Wu used Nirvana Fire and a Star Galaxy scroll to burn the Bloodthirsty Demon Eagle, then sacrificed its organs while it was still alive, awakening the Ice and Lightning Elements and strengthening his Stars.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Eagle died after losing its organs, and Lu Wu obtained a Commander Soul Essence before returning to Magic City.
• Ten days later, Grandma Song examined Lu Wu while Shen Shitian and Luo Long discussed the experiment’s dangers and confirmed Lu Wu showed no major bodily changes.
• Lu Wu admitted that his only aftereffect was physical fatigue and explained that he had awakened the Lightning Element and could still awaken the Space Element.
• Shen Shitian said they would go collect their debt from the Lu Family.

Lu Wu recovered and reached the Advanced Level, prompting Shen Shitian and Luo Long to prepare to confront the Lu Family over Lu Nian’s massacre. He planned to leave Magic City for Dongting Lake to search for Mo Fan and investigate his newly formed element.

• Luo Long and Shen Shitian praised Lu Wu’s Advanced Level breakthrough, and Shen Shitian told him to wait for Dean Xiao’s guidance before awakening another element.
• Shen Shitian took Luo Long and Grandma Song to confront the Lu Family and demand resources for Lu Wu’s Advanced Level equipment.
• Mu Nujiao told Lu Wu that her grandfather planned to visit him, and Lu Wu asked her to delay the visit because he intended to leave Magic City.
• Lu Wu told Mu Nujiao he was going to Dongting Lake to find out whether Mo Fan had survived and to test the strange new element formed after Nirvana Fire stopped the Blood Leech’s modifications.
• Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao spent the afternoon together, and she urged him to leave for Dongting Lake while he continued to tease her.

Lu Wu tested a new blood-colored magic element he called the Beast Element while traveling to Dongting Lake, then found signs of slaughter near a deserted city. In the Imperial Capital, Mu Ningxue and her family remained under pressure, and Mu Zhuoyun sought help from Mr. Zhou to acquire Exotic Bones.

• Lu Wu activated the blood-colored Stardust, discovered it granted beast-like strength, perception, and powerful flame control, and tentatively named it the Beast Element.
• Lu Wu rode toward Dongting Lake, found dead hunter mages and traces of slaughter near the deserted city, and suspected Mo Fan had survived.
• Mu Zhuoyun warned Mu Ningxue not to use the Ice Crystal Bow for a year as she carried the burden of protecting her family.
• Mr. Zhou and Youhong visited the Mu Family, and Mu Zhuoyun asked Mr. Zhou to help acquire Exotic Bones through the Imperial Capital's auction houses.

Mu Zhuoyun resisted the Zhou family's push to marry Mu Ningxue, leaving her family without help for the auction or her recovery. Meanwhile, Lu Wu found Mo Fan still demonized and learned that Mo Fan was suffering backlash while Lu Wu had experienced none.

• Zhou Youhong and Mr. Zhou urged Mu Zhuoyun to hold the wedding soon, promising that the Zhou family would then support him and Mu Ningxue.
• Mu Zhuoyun refused to rush Mu Ningxue into marriage while she was recovering, and the Zhou father and son left without helping with the auction.
• Lu Wu tracked Mo Fan through the Dongting Lake Plain and found that the demonized mage had killed Giant Lizard-Skull Demons and collected their Soul Essences.
• Mo Fan killed a Giant Earth Lizard Demon with Fierce Fist: Nine Palaces, then met Lu Wu.
• Mo Fan questioned Lu Wu about demon backlash, but Lu Wu said he had suffered none, alarming Mo Fan.

Mo Fan continued hunting demon beasts at Dongting Lake to gather Soul Essences for his remaining demon backlash, while Lu Wu discovered that his Beast Element had transformed and greatly increased his power. Back at Pearl Academy, Lu Wu secured unrestricted Three-Step Tower access in exchange for regularly supplying Soul Essences.

• Mo Fan told Lu Wu that he needed many Soul Essences to survive three more rounds of backlash, and Lu Wu admitted that his beast transformation caused him no backlash but had a limited duration.
• Lu Wu stayed to help Mo Fan hunt at Dongting Lake, and after a month they had gathered enough Soul Essences for Mo Fan to prepare for two more rounds of backlash.
• Lu Wu killed an Armored Shell Giant Lizard, and his Beast Element transformed into a Nebula, empowering his wind-and-fire domain and leaving Mo Fan unable to move.
• Mo Fan continued collecting Soul Essences while Lu Wu headed off to hunt more demon beasts across the Dongting Lake Plain.
• At Pearl Academy, Lu Wu told Dean Xiao that Mo Fan was alive and training, then declined early graduation.
• Lu Wu accepted a deal with Dean Xiao for unrestricted Three-Step Tower access in exchange for providing more than ten Warrior Soul Essences or one Commander Soul Remnant each month.