Chapter Summaries

Lu Wu watched the three Little Phoenix Insects fuse into a Lesser Commander and brought Shen Yuerong to stay at his grandfather’s house. He and Mu Nujiao made plans to sell Soul Essences and strengthen their allies, while Mu Nujiao chose to focus on cultivating her Wind Element.

• The Demon Phoenix Insect hatched three Little Phoenix Insects, which fused into a fifty-meter creature with a Lesser Commander aura before separating again.
• Lu Wu brought Shen Yuerong to his grandfather’s house and offered her a place to stay, but she decided to live there rather than with him and Mu Nujiao.
• Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao shared a meal with Shen Yuerong, then walked home and planned to sell Soul Essences through the Mu Family and their allies in the Imperial Capital.
• Lu Wu agreed to let Mu Ningxue’s family sell some Soul Essences and planned to give Mu Ningxue the third Little Phoenix Insect, while arranging Magic Tools and resources for Mu Nujiao.
• Mu Nujiao decided not to accompany Lu Wu to the Imperial Capital so she could focus on cultivating her Wind Element with the Little Phoenix Insect’s help.

Lu Wu visited Mu Ningxue at Imperial Capital Academy after arranging for the Mu Family to sell Demon Beast Soul Essences, intending to ask her opinion about her relationship with him and Mu Nujiao. Their conversation was interrupted by Wen Tong, whose unwanted attention toward Mu Ningxue prompted Lu Wu to confront him.

• Mu Zhanxing agreed to sell Lu Wu's Soul Essences gradually and auction the best ones, while keeping watch for a suitable Wing Magic Tool.
• Lu Wu stayed with Mu Nujiao and the Mu Family for several days, then traveled alone to the Imperial Capital and arranged for Elder Luo and Jiang Chun to sell the Soul Essences.
• Lu Wu called Mu Ningxue and visited her at Imperial Capital Academy, where she noted that he seemed stronger.
• Lu Wu told Mu Ningxue that Jiaojiao had been worried about her and said Jiaojiao had asked him to get her opinion, but Wen Tong interrupted them.
• Wen Tong claimed it was his duty to look after Mu Ningxue, and Lu Wu insulted him and offered to teach him a lesson; Mu Ningxue asked Lu Wu to ignore him.

Lu Wu challenged Imperial Capital Academy’s students who had harassed Mu Ningxue to face him in the dueling hall, provoking an uproar across the campus. As the arena filled with onlookers and his friends arrived, the confrontation was about to begin.

• Lu Wu announced he would fight every student who had persistently pursued Mu Ningxue, and Wen Tong rallied students against him.
• Mu Xinghu disavowed any connection to Mu Ningxue, while Zhou Youhong stayed quiet after considering Lu Wu’s powerful backing.
• Chen Tao and Tong Wanwan joined Lu Wu at the crowded dueling hall and discussed their relationship and Wang Qingshan’s return.
• Wang Qingshan arrived with Tong Wanwan, having advanced to the Advanced Level through his service in the Military Department.
• Wang Qingshan offered to protect Lu Wu from being ganged up on as the gathered students prepared for the challenge.

Imperial Capital Academy’s instructors arranged a public spar between Wen Tong and Lu Wu, expecting Lu Wu to lose and apologize. Before the match, Lu Wu gave Mu Ningxue a Little Phoenix Insect that strengthened her Ice Crystal Bow.

• Dean Song He sent Instructor Lu Yiming and several instructors to oversee the confrontation and prevent anyone from being injured.
• Lu Wu asked Mu Ningxue to hold his hand, and his cold caused her Ice Crystal Bow to fuse further with her body.
• Lu Wu gave Mu Ningxue a Little Phoenix Insect to aid her Ice and Wind Elements, and she accepted it.
• Lu Yiming quieted the crowd and announced that Wen Tong and Lu Wu would spar, with Lu Wu expected to apologize publicly if he lost.
• Wen Tong promised to go easy on Lu Wu as students in the arena shouted for him to defeat Lu Wu.

Lu Wu challenged the Imperial Capital Academy’s hostility and confronted Wen Tong after Wen Tong insulted Mu Ningxue. Their duel escalated when Wen Tong unleashed advanced magic, and Lu Wu countered with Nirvana Fire as the Earth Dragon Spike rushed toward him.

• Lu Wu rejected the academy’s demand for a public apology and denounced its poor hospitality, provoking anger among the spectators.
• Mu Ningxue warned Lu Wu about the crowd, but he said standing up for her would discourage others from harassing her.
• Wen Tong insulted Mu Ningxue, prompting Lu Wu to have Wang Qingshan and the others escort her away before the duel.
• Lu Yiming warned both fighters to stop at first contact, and the arena’s protective formation rose around the spectators.
• Wen Tong cast advanced Earth Dragon Spike while Lu Wu used intermediate Thunderbolt, then Lu Wu met the incoming attack with Fierce Fist: Nirvana Fire: Heaven Blast.

Lu Wu overwhelmed Wen Tong with Fierce Fist and Nirvana Fire, destroying the arena and forcing the Imperial Capital Academy’s instructors to intervene. After Song He expelled Wen Tong and demoted Lu Yiming, Lu Wu demanded compensation for Mu Ningxue.

• Lu Wu used Fierce Fist and Nirvana Fire to shatter Wen Tong’s Earth Dragon Spike, wrecking the arena and overwhelming the defensive barrier.
• An Advanced Mage protected Wen Tong, but Lu Wu’s attack melted part of the mage’s Shield Magic Tool before Song He and other instructors intervened.
• Wen Tong admitted defeat, and Lu Wu accused the Imperial Capital Academy of tolerating harassment and unfair treatment toward Mu Ningxue.
• Song He expelled Wen Tong from the Imperial Capital Academy and demoted Lu Yiming, then instructed the other students to review the academy’s motto.
• Lu Wu told Song He that Mu Ningxue had been the victim and demanded compensation for her.

Lu Wu confronted Dean Song He after the Imperial Capital Academy mistreated Mu Ningxue, then left with her and their friends. Mu Ningxue decided to go with Lu Wu to the Ancient Capital, where they headed to investigate the undead and give his Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger a chance to fight.

• Lu Wu warned Song He that anyone who targeted Mu Ningxue would face him, and Song He promised the academy would treat her equally.
• Lu Wu left the academy with Mu Ningxue, Tong Wanwan, Wang Qingshan, and Chen Tao, while Song He ordered repairs to the arena and called a staff meeting.
• While drinking, Wang Qingshan and Chen Tao asked Lu Wu about his relationships with Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao, and Mu Ningxue sensed that the little Phoenix Insect was helping the Ice Crystal Bow merge with her body and grow.
• At sunrise, Mu Ningxue agreed to leave for the Ancient Capital with Lu Wu and said Mu Nujiao would join them later.
• Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue flew toward the Ancient Capital on the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger, and Lu Wu promised it plenty of fighting so it could prove itself.

Lu Wu reunited with Mu Bai and other Bo City survivors in the Ancient Capital, then offered to buy them a street of shops so they could support themselves and fellow refugees. Mu Bai began looking into the purchase, while Lu Wu insisted the group could manage the businesses and share twenty percent of the profits.

• Mu Ningxue met Mu Bai, who explained that Bo City survivors had settled in the Ancient Capital and were getting by with shared resources and small businesses.
• Mu Bai and Zhao Kunsan told Lu Wu about the undead outside the city and how the Bo City survivors helped one another.
• Mu Bai explained that the survivors rented shops to sell demon beast goods, and Lu Wu offered to buy them a street to run, with twenty percent of the profits.
• Mu Bai offered to accept fifteen percent and manage hiring and the businesses, but Lu Wu insisted on giving the group twenty percent and letting them recruit Bo City survivors.
• Mu Bai mentioned that their current street was suitable for business, and Lu Wu immediately agreed to buy it.

Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue explored the Ancient Capital’s walls and discussed the Mu Clan’s plans for the Ice Crystal Bow fragments. After Lu Wu declared his resolve to protect Mu Ningxue, Shen Shitian appeared, revealed that a cursed inner armor had influenced Lu Wu, and warned him that the Mu Clan was more powerful than he realized.

• Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue walked along the Ancient Capital’s outer wall and planned to train against the undead at night.
• Lu Wu told Mu Ningxue that the Mu Clan may have planted Ice Crystal Bow fragments in multiple people and planned to reunite them, potentially killing the owners.
• Lu Wu promised Mu Ningxue that he would stop the Mu Clan and gather the other fragments, then abruptly declared that she was his.
• Shen Shitian arrived and explained that the shattered inner armor had fanned Lu Wu’s feelings, though the words were still his own.
• Shen Shitian warned Lu Wu not to underestimate the Mu Clan and gave him the damaged inner armor from the blood coffin.

Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue discussed their future together and clasped hands, while Lu Wu began considering building a city of his own. As sunset approached, they spotted undead gathering beyond the Ancient Capital’s outer wall.

• Lu Qinghuan teased Lu Wu about giving the inner armor to Lu Wu, then left with Shen Shitian, who said they would return after attending to something urgent.
• Lu Wu sensed that the inner armor’s curse might loosen the shackles on his Mental Realm, but he decided to study it before using it.
• Lu Wu told Mu Ningxue he wanted to build a city on an island or reclaimed territory, and she clasped his outstretched hand to show she was willing.
• Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue held hands and walked along the Ancient Capital’s outer wall as the evening breeze cooled them.
• Lu Wu noticed figures approaching beyond the sunset and recognized the approaching creatures as undead drawn by the vitality of the living city.

Lu Wu watched the Undead gather below the ancient city wall and proposed using He Yang’s squad as bait to draw them together, promising each mage ten Undead Crystals. Li Lingping challenged Lu Wu’s boast, and the chapter left the plan unresolved.

• Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue observed mages fighting the Undead from atop the ancient city wall.
• He Yang led his squad in defeating three Undead and retrieving their Undead Crystals, but the squad held back as more Undead gathered.
• He Yang approached Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue to propose joining forces and splitting any Undead Crystals evenly.
• Lu Wu refused an even split and offered to help each of He Yang’s teammates obtain ten Undead Crystals that night.
• Li Lingping criticized Lu Wu’s claim as arrogant, pointing out how dangerous it was to extract crystals amid a swarm of Undead.

Lu Wu demonstrated his overwhelming Lightning Element power to convince the mages that he could safely lead a group of bait to draw in undead and destroy them. After a Magic Association squad challenged his plan, he proved his ability to protect them by striking down hundreds of undead, leaving the squad’s captain respectful of him.

• Lu Wu summoned a thundercloud and struck undead below the wall, shocking He Yang and the surrounding mages with his Intermediate Magic.
• Lu Wu explained that he wanted volunteers to act as bait and promised ten Undead Crystals, while He Yang and Li Lingping warned that undead could quickly swarm anyone below the wall.
• Mu Bai arrived with Zhao Kunsan and other people from Bo City, while a Magic Association squad accused Lu Wu of treating human lives carelessly and moved to arrest him.
• Lu Wu unleashed a vast storm of purple lightning across five hundred meters, repeatedly striking hundreds of undead as they tried to reassemble.
• Lu Wu told the Magic Association captain, Chen Tai, that he could keep people safe; Chen Tai accepted his qualification and apologized, and Lu Wu judged him conscientious.

Lu Wu used Mu Ningxue’s ice magic and his own lightning to kill more than seven hundred Undead outside the Ancient Capital, while keeping ten volunteers safe behind a spatial barrier. After distributing the Undead Crystals, he told Mu Bai to meet the people arranged to sell him shops along the street.

• He Yang, Li Lingping, Mu Bai, Zhao Kunsan, and others volunteered as bait, and Lu Wu selected ten people to lower beyond the city wall.
• Mu Ningxue froze the Undead’s lower limbs with the Ice Crystal Bow while Lu Wu protected the volunteers with a spatial barrier.
• Lu Wu leaped down and killed the gathered Undead with repeated purple lightning strikes.
• Lu Wu had the volunteers collect the crystals and distributed ten to each of He Yang’s team and Mu Bai’s companions, with thirty for Mu Bai.
• Lu Wu kept the remaining crystals, including the Warrior Level ones, and told Mu Bai to speak with the people arranged to sell him the shops.

Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue established the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce in the Ancient Capital and planned its opening around rare Soul Essences. The Li Family grew wary of the new business after learning it had launched with a Commander Level Soul Essence and an unknown source of funding.

• Lu Wu named the new business the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce, then spent the night with Mu Ningxue while Mu Bai took an Undead Crystal away.
• Lu Wu told Mu Ningxue that Mu Bai was waiting for them to set an opening date, and they agreed to wait until Mu Nujiao arrived.
• Lu Wu instructed Mu Bai to announce an opening in three days, featuring a Commander Level Soul Essence auction and ten Warrior Level Soul Essences for sale.
• Li Tuzhi warned Li Yujian that the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce had strong backing, but the Li Family could find no information about its funding or suppliers.

The Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce’s opening was disrupted when Tang Jun and other members of the Tang Family tried to force their way into its pedestrian street and summon the person in charge. Lu Wu intervened, seized Tang Jun with space magic, and tore off his arm when the Tang Family’s hidden mages refused to appear.

• The Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce opened, drawing a huge crowd that Mu Bai and Zhao Kunsan struggled to manage.
• Tang Jun and his companions arrived in vehicles and tried to remove a stone bollard, but Mu Bai blocked their way and refused to let them enter.
• Tang Jun’s companion revealed that the group had investigated the chamber’s strength and demanded to meet the person behind it; onlookers recognized Tang Jun as a member of the Tang Family.
• Lu Wu appeared, seized Tang Jun with space magic, and challenged the Tang Family’s hidden super level mage and six advanced mages to show themselves.
• Chen Tai urged Lu Wu to resolve the dispute peacefully, but Lu Wu argued he had violated no magic convention and tore off Tang Jun’s arm when the hidden mages did not come out.

At the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce’s opening, Lu Wu crippled Tang Jun and confronted the families who had come to cause trouble. When Super Level Mage Li Tuzhi attacked, Lu Wu’s Beast Transformation let him overpower Li in close combat, but Li launched another assault.

• Lu Wu tore off Tang Jun’s second arm after Li Tuzhi rebuked him, and the Tang Family arranged to seek a Healing Mage.
• Lu Wu revealed that he had sensed Li Tuzhi and the other hidden mages, then challenged the Li and Tang Families over their involvement.
• Lu Wu bound Tang Jun’s neck with spatial power and threatened to kill him, prompting Li Tuzhi to attack with Bone Sword Vine.
• Lu Wu used Tang Jun as a shield, dodged Li Tuzhi’s vines with his Wind Wings, and struck Li hard enough to send him flying hundreds of meters.
• Li Tuzhi, unable to use powerful Super Level magic with the crowd below, attacked Lu Wu again with Bone Sword Vine: Ghost Wood Hand: Crushing Grip.

Lu Wu overwhelmed Li Tuzhi in the sky and took him hostage as the Li Family patriarch and Bell Tower Magic Association president arrived. He confronted Li Yujian over the attack on the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce, then learned Han Ji was also involved and was asked to release Li Tuzhi.

• Zhao Kunsan asked Mu Bai whether Lu Wu was really their age, while Mu Bai watched Lu Wu suppress Li Tuzhi and contacted others to buy up stock for the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce.
• Li Yujian questioned Han Ji about the Magic Association's refusal to intervene, and Han Ji argued that the Li Family had provoked the fight without justification.
• Lu Wu activated his Nirvana Domain and Wind Domain, overwhelmed Li Tuzhi's Bone Sword Vine Domain, and seized him before he could escape.
• Lu Wu threatened Li Tuzhi and flew toward Li Yujian and Han Ji, keeping his domains active and holding Li Tuzhi hostage.
• Li Yujian admitted the Li Family was at fault and asked Lu Wu to show mercy, while Han Ji identified himself as president of the Bell Tower Magic Association and asked Lu Wu to release Li Tuzhi.

Lu Wu forced the Li Family to agree not to interfere with the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce for five years, then announced its grand opening and a storewide discount. The chamber of commerce drew a huge crowd, and Mu Bai and Zhou Min joined its workers to help serve customers.

• Han Ji refused to take sides, and Lu Wu demanded either a public apology from the involved forces or ten years of protection for the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce.
• Li Yujian rejected a public apology and offered only two years of protection, so Lu Wu threatened Li Tuzhi until Li Yujian agreed to five years and promised the Li Family would answer for any threats or assassination attempts.
• Lu Wu returned Li Tuzhi to Li Yujian and announced the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce's opening, with a twenty-percent discount in every shop except the auction house.
• Zhou Min recognized Lu Wu and discussed his actions with Mu Bai, who explained that Lu Wu had been protecting the chamber of commerce and Bo City's displaced residents.
• Zhao Kunsan called Mu Bai and Zhou Min to help as the chamber of commerce's shops were overwhelmed by customers.

Lu Wu’s auction house opened successfully, and the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce began planning its supply network and future growth. After the banquet, Lu Wu discussed his ambitions with Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue, but they sent him away so they could talk together.

• Li Tuzhi bought back his Armor Magic Tool for 1.7 billion, while the auction’s first-day transactions reached at least six billion.
• Mu Ningxue proposed recruiting potion researchers and working with blood-agent suppliers, while Mu Nujiao said the Mu Family would help supply the chamber of commerce.
• Lu Wu held a banquet for the street’s workers, and Xu Zhaoting arrived with Tingting to support the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce.
• Lu Wu told Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue he wanted to build a city protected by an Earth Pistil and marry them both.
• Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue went to share a room and talk, leaving Lu Wu to join Mu Bai and Xu Zhaoting for drinks.

Lu Wu managed the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce and gathered Ice Element Spirit Seed Fragments to strengthen the Little Phoenix Insects. When Mu Nujiao's Wind Phoenix Insect helped her approach a breakthrough, she left to cultivate, and Lu Wu prepared to give her more fragments.

• Lu Wu approved cultivation resources for the chamber's mages and told Mu Bai there was no need to recruit outside mages yet.
• Zhou Min reported that the chamber had collected ten more Ice Element Spirit Seed Fragments, which Lu Wu accepted.
• Lu Wu returned to the top floor and found Mu Nujiao resting after cultivation.
• Mu Nujiao's Wind Phoenix Insect emerged for a Spirit Seed Fragment, and she explained that its power had brought her Wind Element close to a breakthrough.
• Mu Nujiao left to seize the cultivation opportunity, while Lu Wu offered her more Spirit Seed Fragments.