Chapter Summaries

Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue became intimate, and Lu Wu discovered that he had advanced to the Fifth Realm of his Mental Realm. As the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce faced stronger competition, Lu Wu decided to leave the Ancient Capital and hunt Demon Beasts for cultivation and materials.

• Mu Ningxue finished cultivating, and Lu Wu brought her to his room, where they spent the night together.
• Mu Ningxue brought Lu Wu soup the next day, and he realized his Mental Realm had reached the Fifth Realm.
• Mu Ningxue chose to return to cultivating with the Ice Phoenix Insect, while Lu Wu agreed that he also needed to cultivate properly.
• Mu Bai told Lu Wu that the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce's surplus had fallen as rival families improved their products and the business invested in research and expansion.
• Lu Wu decided to leave the Ancient Capital and hunt Demon Beasts for materials to craft magic equipment and artifacts, using what he could to strengthen himself or support the chamber of commerce.

Lu Wu returned to Magic City after the Demon Beast hunt and learned about Mo Fan’s rise at Pearl Academy before Dean Xiao revealed that Lu Wu had been preselected for the National Team. In the Ancient Capital, Mu Bai’s chamber of commerce prospered while Zhang Xiaohou arrived on a rescue mission amid growing undead unrest.

• After a month of clearing Demon Beast corpses from Mount Wuyi, Hei Guan concluded that Lu Wu had devastated the range, and Lu Wu returned to Magic City.
• Xu Zhaoting told Lu Wu that Mo Fan had transferred to the Fire Institute and climbed to tenth place on its Fire Ranking.
• Dean Xiao told Lu Wu that he had reached the fifth realm and was preselected for the National Team, and Lu Wu agreed to compete while representing his chamber of commerce.
• Mu Bai’s chamber of commerce prospered in the Ancient Capital after receiving a shipment of Demon Beast corpses from Mount Wuyi.
• Zhang Xiaohou arrived in the Ancient Capital for a rescue mission after the Shawang River’s disturbance began waking underground creatures.

Zhang Xiaohou’s squad entered Yangyang Village to investigate the missing survey team, but an undead attack scattered them and drove Zhang Xiaohou to the edge of a massive corpse-filled abyss. At the Bell Tower Magic Association, Peng Yu identified the newly detected black zone as Sha Yuan, the Ten Thousand Corpses Pit.

• Qin Hu led the squad through the dangerous northern foothills toward Yangyang Village, where they discarded their communications equipment to enter.
• Fang Gu told the squad that the missing survey team had reached the village, and the villagers gave them Gray Garlic to ward off undead.
• The Ax-wielding Corpse General used the dead female officer’s head to overcome its blindness, making the Gray Garlic useless against her and scattering the squad.
• Zhang Xiaohou fled the attack and nearly fell into a vast abyss crowded with corpses and scarlet-eyed undead.
• A monitoring mage reported a black zone on the map to Vice President Peng Yu, who identified it as Sha Yuan, also called the Ten Thousand Corpses Pit and the Abyss of Hell.

Su Xiaoluo discovered a badly wounded survivor in a mountain stream, while Fei Jiao learned that Zhang Xiaohou’s rescue squad had been wiped out in Sha Yuan and struggled to locate Zhan Kong. In the Magic City, Lu Wu discussed the World Academy Competition with Mu Nujiao and learned that the Nirvana Bone in his spine seemed to suppress his Beast Element’s growth.

• Su Xiaoluo found a bloodied man in the stream and discovered that he was still breathing.
• Fei Jiao learned that Zhang Xiaohou’s rescue squad had been wiped out after encountering Sha Yuan and ordered a search for him.
• Fei Jiao decided to contact Zhan Kong and, if he could not find him, notify Zhang Xiaohou’s childhood friend before his elderly grandmother.
• Lu Wu left the Three-Step Tower with several magic elements advanced and noticed that the Nirvana Bone seemed to suppress his Beast Element.
• Mu Nujiao told Lu Wu that she and Mu Ningxue were preparing for the World Academy Competition, and Lu Wu offered his support.
• Mu Nujiao advanced through the selection matches, while Lu Wu explained that Pearl Academy’s nomination counted as only one of the four votes needed for official membership.

Lu Wu investigated how the Nirvana Bone suppressed his Beast Element and warned Mu Bai about the growing undead threat near the Ancient Capital. After learning about Ai Tutu’s clash at the selection matches, he discovered that Ai Jiangtu had come to Magic City seeking him because their fathers expected Lu Wu to take command of the National Team.

• Lu Wu realized that his Fifth Realm mental willpower let him sense the Nirvana Bone’s power restricting his Beast Element, and he considered whether breaking through that restriction could strengthen his beast transformation.
• Mu Bai told Lu Wu that rising numbers of undead and powerful Commanders were appearing outside the Ancient Capital, so Lu Wu ordered him to keep merchant association members within the walls and stockpile supplies.
• Lu Wu learned from Xu Zhaoting that Ai Tutu had impersonated Mo Fan at the selection matches, lost to Gu Jian, then slapped him after Mo Fan won their wager.
• Lu Wu arrived after the confrontation and saw Ai Jiangtu with Mo Fan and the others, then learned that Ai Jiangtu was the preselected National Team captain.
• Ai Jiangtu told Mo Fan he had come to find Lu Wu because his father had said Lu Wu could take the captaincy if he wanted it, prompting Ai Jiangtu’s competitive interest.

Lu Wu and Ai Jiangtu tested their strength through a contest of spatial willpower and recognized each other’s abilities. Mu Nujiao then prepared for a difficult selection-tournament match against Zhou Shuming and several opponents whose elements countered hers.

• Ai Tutu told Ai Jiangtu that Lu Wu was an Advanced Level mage with a record of defeating many students in successive battles.
• Ai Jiangtu invited Lu Wu to meet, and the two exchanged spatial willpower while shaking hands, neither reaching his limit.
• Lu Wu and Ai Jiangtu stopped their contest and agreed that each was stronger than expected.
• Mu Nujiao advanced to a crucial selection-tournament match against Zhou Shuming, with Ai Tutu warning that the other competitors’ Fire and Lightning magic posed a threat.
• Mu Nujiao entered the match with Wu Haixia, confident they could rely on multiple Warrior-level summoned beasts, and Zhou Shuming offered to help her secure a nomination.

Mu Nujiao overwhelmed Zhou Shuming’s team in the selection tournament and secured one of Pearl Academy’s ten nominations. Afterward, Wu Haixia asked how Mu Nujiao had obtained her powerful Summoned Beast, and Mu Nujiao declined to explain.

• Zhou Shuming threatened to stop holding back against Mu Nujiao, while Wu Haixia and their teammates discussed how to handle the match.
• Lu Wu warned a referee that someone would use a Demon-Slaying Tool at the start, and Zhou Shuming ordered his team to target Wu Haixia before she could summon.
• Mu Nujiao’s Ice Spread immobilized Zhou Shuming’s team as her Warrior Advancement Stage Demon Beast appeared and she fired a Demon-Slaying Tool at them.
• Three opponents surrendered or were protected by the referees, and Zhou Shuming surrendered after climbing from the attack’s crater and facing Mu Nujiao’s group.
• Mu Nujiao secured a Pearl Academy nomination, then told Wu Haixia she would not participate in the remaining battles.

Mu Nujiao and Lu Wu watched Mo Fan’s match against Dongfang Lie, but Dongfang Lie challenged Lu Wu’s guaranteed National Team spot and questioned his strength. Dean Xiao revealed that Lu Wu was being kept as a hidden trump card, and Lu Wu’s compressed Fire Burst proved Dongfang Lie could not match him.

• Ai Tutu brought Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao to watch Mo Fan face Dongfang Lie, the Fire Institute’s top student.
• Dongfang Lie challenged Lu Wu’s guaranteed selection and used the crowd’s doubts to demand proof of his qualifications.
• Lu Wu agreed to prove his strength, while Mo Fan reflected on how much stronger Lu Wu had become.
• Dean Xiao arrived, ordered the selections to begin, and told Lu Wu to give Dongfang Lie proof.
• Lu Wu launched a compressed, blood-colored Fire Burst that exploded with overwhelming power, leaving Dongfang Lie to recognize he could not defeat him.

As the selection match was about to begin, Mo Fan learned that Zhang Xiaohou had been killed during an Ancient Capital Undead mission. Mo Fan lost himself to grief and fury, then fused with Little Flame Fairy and overwhelmed Dongfang Lie’s attack with his own Fierce Fist.

• While Mo Fan’s communicator finished transferring its data, he received a message reporting that Zhang Xiaohou and the rest of the Xihong Team had been wiped out during a rescue and survey mission.
• Mo Fan froze in shock as the referee started the match, and Bai Yulang called for a halt.
• Dongfang Lie ignored the call to stop and unleashed his fourth-tier Fierce Fist at the opposing team.
• Mo Fan roared in grief and anger as Little Flame Fairy possessed him.
• Mo Fan fired a Fierce Fist that vaporized Dongfang Lie’s spirit fire and engulfed Dongfang Lie in crimson flames.

After defeating Dongfang Lie, Mo Fan abandoned the Nomination Competition to rush to the Ancient Capital and search for Zhang Xiaohou, while Lu Wu hurried to gather supplies and joined Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao on the journey. The chapter ended with Lu Wu warning the two women not to separate while he was away.

• Mo Fan left the competition despite the risk of losing his nomination and asked Lu Wu to accompany him to the Ancient Capital to search for Zhang Xiaohou.
• Lu Wu told Mo Fan that the rescue squad had been killed and offered to leave in three days, but Mo Fan refused to wait and set out immediately.
• Dean Xiao reminded Mo Fan that he already had two votes toward National Team selection, but Mo Fan left anyway and went to find Liu Ru.
• After Mo Fan departed, Lu Wu accelerated his purchase of supplies for the Ancient Capital and arranged to collect goods from the Mu Family, the Luo Clan, and the Imperial Capital Chamber of Commerce.
• The next day, Lu Wu traveled toward the Ancient Capital with Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao, who had joined him to help secure more votes.
• Lu Wu told Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao to focus on cultivating and promised to take them to the World Academy Competition, then warned them never to separate while he was away.

Lu Wu reached the Ancient Capital under martial law and joined Mo Fan’s search team to look for the missing Zhang Xiaohou near Yangyang Village. As night fell and undead emerged, Liu Ru identified the veiled woman traveling with them as a Black Magic cultivator, and the team prepared to face the dangers outside the city.

• A Magic Association mage checked Lu Wu’s group at the Ancient Capital’s Safe Zone, then let them pass after seeing his Military Department credentials.
• Mu Bai gave Lu Wu the chamber of commerce’s accounts and described a terrifying shadow king surrounded by undead.
• Mo Fan told Lu Wu that Zhang Xiaohou had disappeared during a rescue operation between Yangyang Village and Hua Village, and Lu Wu agreed to help search.
• Lu Wu left Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao protected by Little Fire and joined Mo Fan’s team at the outer south gate.
• The Short Man led the eight-person group toward Yangyang Village, while Liu Ru told Mo Fan and Lu Wu that the black-veiled woman seemed to cultivate Black Magic.
• Night fell as undead rose from the ground, and the brawny man handed gray, garlic-like items to the group.

Lu Wu and the others were surrounded by awakening undead in a vast burial ground, so he summoned the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger to carry them above the horde. From the air, Lu Wu spotted a Commander waking nearby, and Short Man warned that fighting it could awaken more Corpse Ministers.

• Mo Fan spat out the Gray Garlic after biting it, and Short Man explained that it masked the living from the undead.
• Lu Wu sensed undead stirring beneath the soil, and burial chambers opened as skeletons and undead emerged around the group.
• Lu Wu unleashed Nirvana Fire to hold back the horde, then summoned the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger when Short Man confirmed he could navigate from the air.
• The group climbed onto the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger and flew above hundreds of thousands of skeletons as Short Man warned they might be near a powerful minister's tomb.
• Lu Wu spotted a waking Commander nearby and chose to kill it, but Short Man urged the group to escape before more Corpse Ministers awoke.

Lu Wu and his companions traveled through the undead territory, where they heard rumors of a new Undead Emperor and found that Yangyang Village had vanished. They took shelter from the rain at White Ridge, where Ye Meng'e revealed she belonged to the Parthenon.

• Lu Wu and the others left the Corpse Minister and heard that the undead upheaval might signal the rise of a new Undead Emperor.
• Lu Wu asked whether experts could search ancient burial sites for the Undead Emperor, and the short man said a previous Holy Judgment Court expedition had ended in death.
• Lu Wu flew the group to the site of Yangyang Village, where they found only burned remains and no people or corpses.
• The short man suggested the villagers might have moved to Hua Village, then led the group toward a hidden cave on White Ridge as rain fell.
• Lu Wu asked Ye Meng'e why she had come to the land of the undead, and she said she had come to speak with an unsociable colleague.
• Ye Meng'e told Lu Wu and Mo Fan that she was from the Parthenon.

Lu Wu and the others found Hua Village’s survivors hiding inside the mysterious Kun Well after mutant undead attacked. They reunited with the amnesiac Zhang Xiaohou, and the chapter ended with a small group leaving for the Ancient Capital while Ye Meng'e departed separately.

• A short man fell into the Kun Well and was rescued by Hong Jun, who revealed that Hua Village’s residents were hiding inside it.
• The villagers emerged from the well, and Mo Fan recognized Zhang Xiaohou, who did not remember him.
• Su Xiaoluo explained that mutant undead had attacked Hua Village and Zhang Xiaohou had helped protect the villagers.
• Lu Wu concluded that Zhang Xiaohou seemed to have lost his memory, while Zhang Xiaohou insisted he would stay with Su Xiaoluo.
• Xie Sang led the villagers willing to leave toward the Ancient Capital, and Ye Meng'e and her attendants set off on their own.

Lu Wu and the others escorted young villagers from Hua Village toward the Ancient Capital while the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger attempted to advance. After learning the tiger had reached Lesser Commander, Lu Wu heard Short Man reveal that a survey team had once reported Yangyang Village empty, raising new questions about Xie Sang’s connection to the village.

• Lu Wu arranged for Mo Fan to lead the group and Liu Ru to protect the children while the exhausted Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger attempted to advance.
• The group traveled safely through the night as the Undead ignored those who had drunk Kun Well water or eaten Gray Garlic, though Lu Wu and Mo Fan remained suspicious of Xie Sang’s insistence on relocating.
• Lu Wu entered the Summoning Plane and saw the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger defeat a Blood Leopard, claim its territory, and reach Lesser Commander.
• Short Man told Lu Wu and Mo Fan that a survey team had once said Yangyang Village was empty and warned them not to go there.
• Lu Wu questioned how Fang Youmiao and the burn marks could have been in Yangyang Village if it was empty, while Zhang Xiaohou reacted with sudden alarm.

Lu Wu’s group reached the Ancient Capital after undead attacked villagers in broad daylight, and Lu Wu suspected someone might be concealing the undead’s presence. At the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce, Mu Bai reported that six Weiju Villages had been devastated, prompting the group to consider whether someone was behind the attacks.

• Lu Wu told Mo Fan that his chamber of commerce employed resettled residents from Bo City.
• Undead burst from the ground during the day and attacked the villagers, but Lu Wu used his Nirvana Domain and Phantom Claw to destroy them.
• Lu Wu brought the group to the Ancient Capital, where Mo Fan and Liu Ru stayed with him while Zhang Xiaohou remained with Su Xiaoluo because he had lost his memory.
• At the Jiaoxue Chamber of Commerce, Mu Bai told Lu Wu and Mo Fan that six Weiju Villages near Xianchi had been ravaged by undead.
• Lu Wu described the daytime attack on their journey, and Mu Bai and Liu Ru considered whether someone was using the Undead Element to attack the villages.

Lu Wu reconciled with Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue after they confronted him for leaving them worried, and promised to include them in future plans. An emergency assembly bell then sounded in the Ancient Capital, and the three joined Mo Fan, Mu Bai, Zhou Min, and the others at the northern main gate tower.

• Lu Wu prepared a meal for Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue, then apologized for worrying them while he was away.
• Lu Wu promised to discuss future plans with the two women and take them along unless he faced an enemy he believed he could not defeat.
• Lu Wu proposed that they hunt Demon Beasts together so Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue could practice fighting alongside their Phoenix Insects.
• An alarm bell and four Holy Light signals summoned mages to provide emergency support, and Lu Wu took Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue toward the northern main gate tower.
• At the tower, Lu Wu encountered Mu Bai, Mo Fan, Zhou Min, and their group, who had come after seeing the assembly signals, and agreed to go with them.

Councilor Zhu Meng warned the mages that a Sha Yuan had appeared just over thirty kilometers north of the Ancient Capital, raising fears that its unpredictable movement could threaten the city. Mo Fan learned that a Sha Yuan had caused the turmoil he and Zhang Xiaohou encountered near the Shawang River six months earlier, while Fei Jiao explained his connection to Zhang Xiaohou.

• Zhu Meng summoned the Intermediate Level and stronger mages and announced that a Sha Yuan had appeared near the Ancient Capital.
• Mu Bai explained that a Sha Yuan contained countless undead, expanded, and could appear in unpredictable places because of its spatial properties.
• Zhu Meng revealed that Sha Yuan could travel through shattered space and that even Forbidden Curse Mages might perish inside one.
• Zhong Zishan and Zhu Meng described earlier Sha Yuan appearances, and Mo Fan recognized that one had caused the Shawang River turmoil six months before.
• Fei Jiao introduced himself to Mo Fan as Zhang Xiaohou's teacher and said he had contacted Mo Fan after learning Zhang Xiaohou was alive.

Lu Wu and the others learned that the Sha Yuan had appeared closer to the Ancient Capital again, while the Ghost Tyrant threatened the North City Wall. Zhu Meng proposed leading a strike against the Undead Monarch, and Hunter King Du Xiao joined the plan as the chapter ended.

• Lu Wu asked Zhu Meng whether the Sha Yuan was approaching the Ancient Capital, and the military commander confirmed its appearances had drawn closer three times in a row.
• Zhu Meng ordered the assembled mages to defend the gate towers and destroy the powerful undead drawn to the Sha Yuan’s death energy.
• A roar announced the Ghost Tyrant’s arrival, and Zhu Meng warned that it would soon lead its undead army toward the North City Wall.
• Zhu Meng proposed that the gathered leaders attack the Ghost Tyrant, despite Commander Zhu’s objections about the danger and the shortage of defenders.
• Hunter King Du Xiao offered to join the strike, and Mo Fan and Lu Wu recognized him as the man connected to the Scale-Skin Mother Demon.

As the commanders prepared an assault on the Ghost Tyrant, Lu Wu volunteered to deal with the White Ghost Minister and White Yin Ghosts. The operation’s forces assembled under Demon Man, while Lu Wu chose to act alone and support teams as needed.

• Du Xiao arrived and agreed to join the hunt, persuading Military Commander Zhu to proceed with the assassination plan against the Ghost Tyrant.
• Lu Xu and Zhu Meng identified the White Ghost Minister and White Yin Ghosts as major obstacles, and Lu Wu offered to handle them after Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue encouraged him to go.
• Lu Wu revealed his Advanced Mage aura, convincing the gathered mages that he was capable despite his appearance and age.
• Five Advanced Mages and additional Military Mage forces volunteered for the operation, and Lu Xu explained the plan to activate a Light Element magic formation against the White Yin Ghost Swarm.
• Lu Wu declined to lead the gathered force and chose to act alone, while Demon Man took command and requested Mo Fan for his team.