Chapter Summaries

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.

Lu Wu confronted Kaso, the leader of the Red Ornament Guild, after Kaso threatened to keep Mu Ningxue, Mu Nujiao, and Jiang Shaoxu in the Caribbean Sea. Lu Wu crippled Kaso with a single punch, then used dark matter to stop him from casting magic and blasted away the guild’s attacking mages.

• Kaso welcomed Mu Ningxue, Mu Nujiao, and Jiang Shaoxu while boasting about his influence around the Caribbean Sea.
• Lu Wu exposed Kaso as a bandit, and Kaso threatened to make the three women serve him.
• Jiang Shaoxu said they would stay if Kaso could defeat Lu Wu, and Kaso ordered his men to throw Lu Wu to the sea monsters.
• Lu Wu struck Kaso with a punch that shattered his shoulder and disrupted his star map.
• Lu Wu seized Kaso and flooded his body with dark matter, leaving him unable to cast magic.
• Lu Wu used Nirvana Fire: Fierce Fist: Heaven Blast to blast away the advanced mages who charged at him.

Lu Wu and the National Team wiped out the Red Ornament Guild at Baitou Port, killing Kaso and more than a thousand guild members. After returning to recover, they learned a Dark Noble Cloak could be awarded to them, pending verification by the Japanese and Indian teams.

• Lu Wu protected himself with a Space Barrier, killed Kaso’s Advanced Mage subordinates, and sealed the area with his Nirvana Domain.
• Mo Fan and the National Team joined the battle, and Lu Wu burned Kaso to ashes while the team hunted down and killed the remaining Red Ornament Guild members.
• After the fighting, Nan Rongni treated the team, and Lu Wu gave them potions before they left, accepting the guild members’ bounties as compensation for the damage.
• Nan Jue and Ai Jiangtu contacted the mentors and learned that the next assignment had been to join forces with the Japanese and Indian teams against the Red Ornament Guild.
• Ai Jiangtu said the mentors would negotiate to award the Dark Noble Cloak to the National Team, but the Japanese and Indian teams would first verify the guild’s destruction and who had carried it out.

After Japan and India questioned the National Team’s handling of the Red Ornament Guild and Dark Noble Cloak, Lu Wu learned he could still compete if he wore a curse bracelet that restricted his magic. He discovered the bracelet also tempered his soul, then went to watch the team’s elimination duels.

• Ai Jiangtu met the Japanese and Indian teams at Seagull Park, where they exchanged threats over the Red Ornament Guild’s destruction and the Dark Noble Cloak before going their separate ways.
• Song He and Feng Li told Lu Wu that the organizing committee was using the Magic Convention’s restrictions to require him to wear a magic artifact if he wanted to compete.
• Lu Wu accepted the bracelet, which restricted Super Level magic and limited his use of Advanced Level spells, and found that its curse aura also tempered his soul.
• Song He explained that the bracelet had come from the Dubai Mage Tower and that he and Feng Li had negotiated for it after Lu Wu dealt with the Red Ornament Guild.
• Lu Wu joined the others to watch the sparring matches that would determine which team member was eliminated.

Lu Wu and Mo Fan learned that Zhan Kong had made a deal with the Ancient King to gain power to rescue Qin Yuer, risking a gradual merger with the black Armor Robe. After the team secured Mexico’s National Pavilion badge, they arrived at the United States’ Temple of Freedom, where Aoluna questioned them about defeating Kaso.

• Zhang Xiaohou told Lu Wu and Mo Fan that Zhan Kong had willingly made a deal with the Ancient King and could eventually merge with the black Armor Robe unless Lu Wu found a body and provided Nirvana Origin.
• Lu Wu reassured Zhang Xiaohou that Zhan Kong would be all right for now, though the three could not contact him.
• Lu Wu and Mo Fan returned to the elimination arena and saw Jiang Yu defeat Li Kaifeng in a brutal duel, while Feng Li and Song He left without eliminating anyone.
• The National Team obtained Mexico’s National Pavilion badge and traveled to Liberty Island in the United States.
• Aoluna met the National Team beneath the goddess statue housing the Temple of Freedom and asked how they had defeated Kaso.

Lu Wu, Ai Jiangtu, and Mo Fan faced the undefeated American National Pavilion team after its members mocked the Chinese team. They chose to fight three against five, and the chapter ended as Aoluna and the Americans took their lineup as an insult.

• Jiang Shaoxu discovered the American Pavilion's record board, which showed a cross beside every challenger, including China before the match began.
• Feilomu mocked the Chinese team, and Lu Wu decided they would answer the disrespect with their strength.
• Nan Jue and Ai Jiangtu agreed to a team battle, and Lu Wu proposed that he, Ai Jiangtu, and Mo Fan fight five opponents.
• The American team, led by Boblin and including Feilomu, prepared seriously for the match.
• Ai Jiangtu told Feilomu that three fighters were enough, prompting Aoluna to accuse the Chinese team of arrogance.

Lu Wu and his teammates faced Boblin’s five-person American team with only three fighters, then Lu Wu effortlessly defeated Wang Chi and turned him into a weapon. The match escalated as Boblin ordered his team to attack without holding back.

• Ai Jiangtu said China would withdraw from the competition if their three-person team lost, and Boblin vowed to make that happen.
• When the match began, Lu Wu, Mo Fan, and Ai Jiangtu stood still while Boblin and his teammates grew furious at their apparent disregard for the fight.
• Wang Chi charged at Lu Wu with his body hardened by stone, but Lu Wu blocked his punch and cracked the petrified skin on his arm.
• Feilomu attacked with an ice spike, but Lu Wu coated Wang Chi in gold, grabbed him by the ankle, and smashed him into the spell, using him as a weapon.
• Boblin ordered his team to forget Wang Chi and attack without holding back after recognizing that Lu Wu and his teammates were far stronger than expected.

Lu Wu, Ai Jiangtu, and Mo Fan defeated the American National Pavilion Team after Lu Wu used his Nirvana Domain to suppress their magic and the three overwhelmed them with Nirvana Fire. The Americans admitted defeat, apologized, and received a reprimand from Aoluna, while Lu Wu’s abilities drew her suspicion.

• Lu Wu used Wang Chi as a club against Boblin, then threw him down as Boblin ordered the American team to attack.
• Lu Wu activated Nirvana Domain, stopping the Americans from completing their Advanced Level Magic.
• Lu Wu, Ai Jiangtu, and Mo Fan each unleashed two Fierce Fists of Nirvana Fire, breaking through the Americans’ defenses until Aoluna protected them with a shield magic tool.
• Aoluna withdrew her protection and reprimanded the Americans for persisting with Advanced Level Magic instead of adapting, while praising Wang Chi for defending himself.
• Boblin admitted defeat and apologized for the team’s earlier arrogance, and Aoluna presented medals to the victors.
• Wang Chi asked about Lu Wu’s golden markings, and Lu Wu said he had snatched them along the way.

Lu Wu and his companions investigated a mysterious hailstorm in New York and learned that a forbidden object had been stolen from the Temple of Freedom. Meanwhile, Salang discussed failed plans to kill Lu Wu, and Mo Fan's group arrived in Tinoaya, where an enormous sea-creature skeleton had drifted into the harbor.

• Lu Wu, Mu Ningxue, and Mu Nujiao encountered a huge hailstorm in New York and searched a café for the concealed person behind it.
• Lu Wu sensed the presence again after leaving the café, but it vanished before he could identify its source.
• Lu Wu learned that a forbidden object had been stolen from the Temple of Freedom and told Ai Jiangtu about the cautious person they had encountered.
• Salang and an accomplice discussed how Lu Wu had detected their executioner and decided not to risk another attack near the Temple of Freedom.
• Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, Nan Jue, Jiang Yu, and Lu Wu arrived in Tinoaya and found an enormous, fleshless skeleton drifting toward the harbor.
• Lu Wu identified the skeleton as a Sea Territory Mammoth, a savage creature that lived in distant deep waters.

Lu Wu and his companions investigated a strange Sea Territory Mammoth skeleton in Portugal and discovered that the Drowning Curse had appeared there as well. Ling Ling joined the investigation and revealed a worldwide Hunter Union bounty, leaving the group with leads to pursue and a prize pool worth over three hundred million.

• Jiang Yu judged that the nearly Sub-Monarch Sea Territory Mammoth had died within two days, though its flesh and organs were gone and its intact skeleton floated at sea.
• Lu Wu, Mu Ningxue, and Mu Nujiao learned from an old man that eight people in the city had rushed into the sea and drowned, matching the Drowning Curse they had encountered in Japan.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan confirmed that the mammoth's bones were hollow, and Lu Wu connected the skeleton to the local Drowning Curse cases.
• Mo Fan contacted Ling Ling, who traveled to Portugal and shared leads about the worldwide Hunter Union investigation.
• Ling Ling explained that the Drowning Curse bounty had accumulated to over three hundred million, and Lu Wu found the reward unimpressive.

Ling Ling led the investigation into the Drowning Curse and discovered a nearly invisible Jellyfish Vile Maggot in a victim’s blood. She suspected the creature could grow into whatever it attached to, then demonstrated how it could disappear into seawater.

• Ling Ling mapped more than a thousand Drowning Curse incidents and found that they had all occurred in coastal cities.
• Mo Fan found Bobby’s younger brother Noke dead after he had begun acting strangely and eating far more than usual.
• Ling Ling examined Noke’s body and found that he was severely starved despite appearing swollen with water.
• Lu Wu and Mo Fan helped Ling Ling filter Noke’s blood, revealing a tiny, transparent Jellyfish Vile Maggot.
• Ling Ling explained that the maggot could take many forms as it grew, though Bobby and Mo Fan doubted it could become humanlike.
• Ling Ling placed the maggot in seawater and showed that it became nearly impossible to detect, suggesting how it had evaded examinations.

Ling Ling explained that the Drowning Curse came from parasitic Vile Maggots and that they needed a fully grown specimen to develop a vaccine. Lu Wu, Mo Fan, and their companions followed their tracked Vile Maggot out to sea, where it reached a Reef Cave.

• Ling Ling explained how Vile Maggots controlled hosts, drained their bodies, and developed into complete forms in the ocean.
• Ling Ling said the complete form might contain vaccine tissue, so Lu Wu and Mo Fan released their tracked Vile Maggot and were told to protect it as it grew.
• Lu Wu, Mo Fan, Mu Ningxue, Mu Nujiao, and Bobby agreed to pursue the assignment, while Zhao Manyan returned to support the National Team.
• Bobby piloted a speedboat as the group followed the Vile Maggot farther offshore and fought Sea Monsters along the way.
• The Vile Maggot transformed and approached an island reef, which Bobby identified as a Reef Cave and a Sea Monster Fortress.

Lu Wu and Mo Fan fought the Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon underwater while trying to protect the Vile Maggot. Their battle shook the sea, leaving Bobby stunned aboard the speedboat.

• Bobby identified Sea Monkey Monsters, Thunderstorm Squids, and a Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon beneath the Reef Cave, while Mu Ningxue explained the dragon's abilities.
• Lu Wu decided to descend and protect the Vile Maggot, despite Bobby's fear that the group would be killed.
• A Thunderstorm Squid storm erupted beneath the sea, and Mu Ningxue froze the water around the speedboat while Mo Fan held the lightning back with spatial will.
• Lu Wu killed the Thunderstorm Squids and pinned the Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon to the seabed with a spatial rift.
• Mo Fan joined Lu Wu and attacked the struggling Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon with Mystic Lightning as Lu Wu gathered golden light.
• Bobby watched the violent disturbance from the speedboat while Mu Ningxue formed ice beneath it to steady the group.

Lu Wu, Mo Fan, and their companions defeated the Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon after the Vile Maggot evolved, then helped produce a vaccine for the Drowning Curse and collected the bounty. On their way to Egypt, Lu Wu joined a dangerous Sahara rescue mission, and the team later arrived in Egypt seeking a National Pavilion Badge while Lu Wu scouted the land of the Undead for the Ancient King.

• Lu Wu and Mo Fan waited for the Vile Maggot to finish evolving, then easily killed the Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon it had become and took its Demon Core.
• Ling Ling handled the vaccine tissue, and Lu Wu, Mo Fan, and Ling Ling each received over a hundred million from the bounty for solving the Drowning Curse.
• After leaving Portugal for Egypt, the team received an emergency Sahara rescue mission, and Ai Jiangtu split them between Nan Jue’s group and the team members who stayed behind.
• Lu Wu joined Nan Jue’s group, and they found no missing people but profited from a battle between two Demon Beast packs, especially Mo Fan, who gained many Soul Essences.
• The group reached Egypt’s National Pavilion to seek the Badge they needed for Venice, while Lu Wu kept in mind the Ancient King’s plan to challenge Khufu and become the Underworld King.

Mo Fan reunited with Ye Xin Xia in Egypt, where she was healing the injured as a trainee of the Goddess Hall. As Xin Xia joined Mu Ningxue and the others, Lu Wu considered the danger posed by the Khufu Pyramid and its mirage.

• Ye Xin Xia regenerated an injured mage’s legs with her Healing Element magic, and her assistant praised her as a member of the Goddess Hall.
• Mo Fan recognized Xin Xia and kissed her forehead when she greeted him, prompting her assistant Kulen to challenge him to a duel.
• Mu Ningxue wheeled Xin Xia away from Mo Fan and Kulen, while Nan Rongni asked about Xin Xia’s place in the Goddess Hall.
• Xin Xia explained that she had come to Egypt for the Parthenon Temple’s annual assessment after a mirage appeared there, and Mu Ningxue said their meeting was a coincidence.
• Lu Wu reasoned that the mirage could make Egyptian undead mistake another area for a pyramid and concluded that he would need demonification to defeat Khufu.

Lu Wu and Mo Fan agreed to hunt undead near the mirage pyramid and split the Soul Essences they collected. After learning which creatures guarded the area, they set out before nightfall, planning to target Poison Gold Zombies first and then face the Vicious Sword Death Soldiers.

• Nan Jue explained that Poison Gold Zombies were causing severe wounds among the city's guards and that earlier powerful mages sent against the undead had not returned.
• Mo Fan asked Lu Wu to cooperate in collecting Soul Essences, and they agreed to split their gains equally.
• Lu Wu asked Nan Jue about the undead near the city, and she warned them about Poison Gold Zombies and Vicious Sword Death Soldiers.
• Lu Wu said they would eliminate the Poison Gold Zombies before approaching the pyramid's inner region to fight the Vicious Sword Death Soldiers.
• Lu Wu and Mo Fan left before nightfall and saw the lifelike mirage pyramid where the undead had gathered.