Chapter Summaries

Mu Ningxue and Lu Wu pursued a Hundred Herbs Sparrow after she learned its heart could heal her injured hands. They caught it, but Mu Ningxue revealed that its heart only worked if one person ate all of it.

• Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue spotted a Hundred Herbs Sparrow near their campsite, and Mu Ningxue explained that its heart had powerful healing properties.
• Mu Ningxue asked Lu Wu to help her catch the bird, and he carried her on the Golden-Eyed Tiger as it chased the sparrow through the forest.
• Lu Wu held Mu Ningxue close and urged the Golden-Eyed Tiger to accelerate, allowing it to catch and kill the Hundred Herbs Sparrow.
• Mu Ningxue said the sparrow's freshly dead heart should still be soft enough to eat, then warned Lu Wu that one person had to eat the whole heart for it to work.

Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue reached a strange clearing after Mu Ningxue ate the Hundred Herbs Sparrow’s heart. Lu Wu was drawn into a vision of a fiery bird, and the pair were restrained beside a half skull as the forest burned; the chapter ended with Lu Wu trying to escape.

• Lu Wu fed Mu Ningxue the Hundred Herbs Sparrow’s heart, which healed her enough to meditate and cast magic.
• The Golden-Eyed Tiger’s roar drew Lu Wu’s attention to a barren patch of sand and gravel, and his left eye turned red and grew hot.
• Lu Wu saw a fiery bird with blood-red double pupils in a vision while flames erupted around him, and Mu Ningxue could not wake him.
• Telekinetic power carried Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue to the clearing, where Lu Wu’s flames melted the ground and revealed half of a huge skull.
• The half skull’s spiritual telekinetic power restrained them, and Lu Wu recognized it from his vision before trying to summon Little Fire and flee.

Lu Wu learned that his left eye and the flame in his Contract Space were connected to the Ancient Totem Chongming Bird, whose Nirvana Fire could make him nearly invincible wherever fire existed. The chapter ended with Shen Shitian questioning Lu Wu about the mysterious fire after hearing how it entered his Contract Space.

• A flame burst from the skull into Lu Wu's Contract Space as he and Mu Ningxue fell, and the white bones turned to ash when they landed.
• Lu Wu and Mu Ningxue returned to Great Sparrow City, where he reunited with Mu Nujiao and later searched unsuccessfully for clues about the ancient legend.
• Lu Wu learned from information Hei Guan sent that Great Sparrow City's legend concerned the Chongming Bird, an Ancient Totem.
• Shen Shitian told Lu Wu that the pupil fused with his left eye belonged to the Chongming Bird and that obtaining its Nirvana Fire could let him stand undefeated wherever there was fire.
• Lu Wu described the blood-colored fire that had entered his Contract Space, and Shen Shitian pressed him to clarify what he had seen.

Lu Wu formed a contract with the Chongming Bird undergoing nirvana, whose power and a Thought Stone’s essence pushed his Mental Realm into the Third Realm and remade his body. After being unconscious for ten days, he woke to Mu Nujiao’s worry and went to see Shen Shitian.

• Lu Wu sent a soul contract seal toward the flame in his Contract Space, and the Chongming Bird undergoing nirvana accepted it.
• The contract’s psychic force overwhelmed Lu Wu, while a Thought Stone emerged and poured its essence into him, helping his soul break through to the Third Realm.
• Shen Shitian recognized the Chongming Bird’s involvement and stayed with Lu Wu as the Nirvana Fire remade his body over the next two days.
• Ten days later, Mu Nujiao watched over the unconscious Lu Wu and expressed her frustration at being unable to help him.
• Lu Wu woke, reassured Mu Nujiao, and learned that Shen Shitian had told her he damaged his soul by forcing a breakthrough.
• After kissing Mu Nujiao, Lu Wu left his room to see Shen Shitian while she stayed behind.

After recovering from his breakthrough, Lu Wu sought Dean Xiao’s permission to cultivate in Pearl Academy’s Three-Step Tower. Guided by a purple-haired senior, he learned the tower’s dangers and reached its second layer, then decided to climb higher.

• Lu Wu told Shen Shitian that his soul had grown stronger, his body could support it, and he wanted to cultivate in the Three-Step Tower.
• Lu Wu took Mu Nujiao home, then contacted Dean Xiao after learning the Thought Stone had been used up.
• Dean Xiao brought Lu Wu to the Three-Step Tower, where a purple-haired senior explained its layered spaces and warned that excessive energy could kill him.
• Lu Wu climbed the suspended stairs, reached the first layer, and found its dense elemental energy far richer than the outside world.
• Lu Wu continued to the second layer but was not satisfied and prepared to climb higher despite the increasing energy drain.

Lu Wu spent seven days cultivating on the Three-Step Tower’s fourth floor, raising his Light Element and other systems while the Nirvana Fire absorbed Fire Element energy. After narrowly missing an Advanced Level breakthrough, he left the tower and discussed Wang Qingshan’s payments and future dangers.

• Lu Wu climbed to the fourth floor of the Three-Step Tower, where the Nirvana Fire emerged from his Contract Space and absorbed Fire Element energy.
• Lu Wu cultivated his Light Element to the Intermediate Level and raised his other elements and Summoning System to the third tier of the Intermediate Level over six days.
• The Nirvana Fire returned to Lu Wu’s Contract Space, and Lu Wu spent his final day trying to advance his Fire Element to the Advanced Level.
• Lu Wu failed to break through but reached the Advanced Level threshold for his Fire Element, then left the Three-Step Tower and went to find Mu Nujiao.
• Wang Qingshan explained how he had divided the money from selling the Cloud Rock Sparrow eggs and paid the group for their help.
• Lu Wu told Wang Qingshan to be careful and to contact him if anything happened.

Lu Wu tried to spend time alone with Mu Nujiao, but Ai Tutu repeatedly interrupted them. The chapter ended with Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao walking together as she admitted she wanted to grow strong enough to stand by his side.

• Lu Wu argued with Ai Tutu, who had moved in with him and Mu Nujiao, and then went to cultivate for his upcoming Main Campus assessment.
• After Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu tussled, Lu Wu watched from the doorway because Ai Tutu had locked his room and thrown away the key.
• Lu Wu went into Mu Nujiao's room and kissed her, but Ai Tutu's knocking interrupted them before things went further.
• Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao left for a walk after Ai Tutu returned to her room.
• Mu Nujiao told Lu Wu that she did not want to fall too far behind and wanted to be able to stand by his side.

Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao discussed cultivation and the need to protect one another before Dean Xiao announced the Main Campus assessment. After admitting only Intermediate Level students, he revealed that the assessment was to capture an escaped Shadow Demon Beast, with a chance to enter the Three-Step Tower as the reward.

• Lu Wu reassured Mu Nujiao that he would help protect her and share cultivation resources, and the two spent a quiet moment together before returning to cultivate.
• Dean Xiao announced that only students who had reached the Intermediate Level could take the Main Campus assessment, while those who failed to advance within three years would have to leave Pearl Academy.
• A girl broke up with her boyfriend after he dismissed cultivation and her own achievement of reaching the Intermediate Level.
• Dean Xiao welcomed the remaining students to the Main Campus, then explained that they had to capture a partially tamed Shadow Demon Beast that had escaped in Magic City.
• Dean Xiao promised a chance to enter the Three-Step Tower for those who captured the beast, and the students erupted with excitement.

Lu Wu formed a team with Mu Nujiao, Ai Tutu, Xu Zhaoting, and Zhang Lulu to search for the Shadow Demon Beast, hoping to earn a chance to enter the Three-Step Tower. As the team split up to investigate, Lu Wu and Mo Fan separately sought information through their military contacts.

• Lu Wu recruited Mu Nujiao, Ai Tutu, Xu Zhaoting, and Zhang Lulu to search for the Shadow Demon Beast after Dean Xiao offered a Three-Step Tower reward.
• Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu went to the City Demon Hunting Squad headquarters, while Xu Zhaoting and Zhang Lulu went to the Public Security Bureau to ask about the beast.
• Lu Wu called Hei Guan for information, but no one answered, so he searched online and found little beyond the Shadow Demon Beast’s Shadow Escape ability.
• Mo Fan called Zhang Xiaohou, who said he would ask a friend in the Military Department to find information about the Shadow Demon Beast.

Lu Wu, Mo Fan, and Xu Zhaoting uncovered a Black Vatican ambush at a meat-processing factory and killed the attackers while one gray-cloaked man escaped. Mo Fan and Lu Wu prepared to follow the fugitive, while Xu Zhaoting was sent to report the incident to Dean Xiao.

• Xu Zhaoting found suspected Black Vatican members at the factory and called Lu Wu for help, while Mo Fan arrived looking for the Shadow Demon Beast.
• Lu Wu, Xu Zhaoting, and Mo Fan agreed to approach the factory carefully, with Xu Zhaoting and Zhang Lulu guarding the perimeter and Mo Fan entering alone.
• Five gray-cloaked Black Vatican members and their Black Beast Demons and Cursed Beast Demons attacked Mo Fan, who fought back with his magic and Old Wolf as Lu Wu joined the assault.
• One gray-cloaked man escaped through a window after Xu Zhaoting's lightning attack missed, while Mo Fan and Lu Wu killed the attackers inside.
• Mo Fan proposed waiting before tracking the fugitive, and Lu Wu told Xu Zhaoting and Zhang Lulu to leave and inform Dean Xiao.

Mo Fan, Xu Zhaoting, Zhang Lulu, and Lu Wu tracked a Black Vatican follower to Yu Ang’s courtyard and confronted him. Yu Ang unleashed his Cursed Beast Demons and Black Beast Demons, while Lu Wu summoned powerful beasts and ordered them to attack.

• Xu Zhaoting refused to abandon the hunt, and he and Zhang Lulu joined Mo Fan and Lu Wu in pursuing the gray-cloaked man.
• The gray-cloaked man reached Yu Ang’s courtyard and reported that his companions had been killed and the target had escaped.
• Mo Fan, Xu Zhaoting, and Zhang Lulu entered the courtyard and revealed that they had followed the gray-cloaked man.
• Lu Wu appeared from the opposite side, surrounding Yu Ang and his followers with the others.
• Yu Ang ordered his Cursed Beast Demons and Black Beast Demons to attack, and Lu Wu summoned two powerful beasts and called for them to fight.

Lu Wu unleashed powerful magic against Yu Ang’s Black Beast Demons and Cursed Beast Demons, forcing Yu Ang to focus on killing him. Lu Wu then cast a huge tornado to clear the crowded courtyard, leaving the Cursed Beast Demons still in play.

• Lu Wu burned more than a dozen Black Beast Demons with Fierce Fist: Ground Break while the Slant-Scaled Demon Snake and the others fought off the rest.
• Yu Ang sent his Cursed Beast Demons after Lu Wu, but Lu Wu struck one with Blazing Fist: Sky Breaker and dodged Yu Ang’s Ice Lock.
• The Slant-Scaled Demon Snake swallowed a Cursed Beast Demon, alarming Yu Ang and prompting him to attack Lu Wu with the remaining Cursed Beast Demons.
• Lu Wu used Wind Track: Phantom to evade the attackers and move behind the Golden-Eyed Tiger as he prepared a large wind spell.
• Lu Wu’s tornado swept more than thirty Black Beast Demons through the courtyard, killing many of them, while the faster Cursed Beast Demons dodged it.

Lu Wu fought Yu Ang and the Cursed Beast Demons while a hidden Advanced Mage attacked with Flame Rain, forcing everyone to seek shelter. After the Blue Deacon escaped, Lu Wu took injured Xu Zhaoting and Zhang Lulu to the Magic Court, where Tang Yue began questioning him about the incident.

• Mo Fan sent Xu Zhaoting and Zhang Lulu to check on the fallen Black Beast Demons while he confronted Yu Ang.
• Yu Ang sent a Cursed Beast Demon after Mo Fan and fled, but Lu Wu was pinned down by six Cursed Beast Demons.
• Lu Wu cast Fierce Fist: Nine Palaces, then defended himself from a hidden Advanced Mage’s Flame Rain with his Rock Crocodile Shield.
• Mo Fan escaped into the shadows, while the Flame Rain killed the Cursed Beast Demons and left the courtyard in ruins.
• Lu Wu found Xu Zhaoting carrying an unconscious, injured Zhang Lulu and took them toward the school on the Golden-Eyed Tiger.
• Tang Yue stopped Lu Wu with the Magic Court, arranged for a Healing Mage to treat his classmates, and asked him to explain what had happened.

After the Black Vatican’s Blue Deacon escaped, Lu Wu and Mo Fan discussed their hidden abilities and agreed to help the Magic Court hunt him down. Lu Wu also asked Tang Yue to use the Magic Court’s resources to search for Grandpa Shen’s missing granddaughter.

• Tang Yue left to report that an Advanced Mage involved with the Black Vatican was likely a Blue Deacon, while Lu Wu waited with the injured Xu Zhaoting and Zhang Lulu.
• Mo Fan returned and told Lu Wu that Tang Yue wanted them to help track the Blue Deacon; Lu Wu agreed despite wanting to find the Shadow Demon Beast and enter the Three-Step Tower.
• Lu Wu and Mo Fan discussed their elements, and Lu Wu revealed that he had detected Mo Fan’s Shadow Element when Mo Fan used shadow aura on the gray-cloaked person.
• Tang Yue returned and explained that the Black Vatican still suspected Lu Wu had the Earth Sacred Spring, making it important to capture the Blue Deacon and clear out the organization’s members.
• Lu Wu agreed to help the Magic Court hunt the Blue Deacon on the condition that Tang Yue help him find Grandpa Shen’s missing granddaughter.

Lu Wu returned home after discussing leads on the Shadow Demon Beast and told Mu Nujiao to stay near its cage while he handled a dangerous plan. He reassured her over a late meal and promised to explain everything, leaving their conversation unfinished.

• Mo Fan and Lu Wu compared information about the Shadow Demon Beast, including its preference for beef, then decided to resume searching the next day.
• Lu Wu returned to the apartment and learned that Mu Nujiao had stayed up waiting for him while Ai Tutu kept her company.
• Lu Wu told Mu Nujiao to watch the cage and explained that he would leave the apartment the next afternoon to act as bait in a dangerous plan.
• Mu Nujiao suspected Lu Wu was hiding a dangerous mission and asked when he would leave, while he promised to be home until the afternoon.
• Lu Wu cooked noodles for Mu Nujiao, reassured her that he trusted her strength, and promised to tell her the whole story after she finished eating.

Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao agreed to face the Black Vatican’s trap together, and the Magic Court supplied Lu Wu with counterfeit spring water and two Fire Element Star Constellation Scrolls. Lu Wu led the group to a slaughterhouse to search for the Shadow Demon Beast, suspecting it was already inside.

• Mu Nujiao insisted on joining Lu Wu as bait the next day, and Lu Wu agreed to respect her choice and support her.
• Lu Wu spent the night with Mu Nujiao, then quietly left her room in the morning and encountered a half-asleep Ai Tutu.
• Lu Wu received counterfeit Earth Sacred Spring water and two Fire Element Star Constellation Scrolls from the Magic Court, and Tang Yue questioned his decision to bring Mu Nujiao.
• Lu Wu, Mu Nujiao, Ai Tutu, Mo Fan, and Xu Zhaoting went to the Magic City’s largest slaughterhouse to search for the Shadow Demon Beast.
• Lu Wu suspected the Shadow Demon Beast was inside the slaughterhouse and led the group in.

Lu Wu and the others searched Dali Slaughterhouse for a Shadow Demon Beast, but the Earth Element mage guiding them revealed himself as a Black Vatican enemy seeking Lu Wu’s Earth Sacred Spring. The enemy claimed the Magic Court was over an hour away, leaving Lu Wu and his companions trapped in the warehouse with time running short.

• Mo Fan showed the guard his hunter badge, and the group entered the slaughterhouse to investigate missing beef and search its warehouses.
• Lu Wu led the others through the slaughterhouse, where an Earth Element mage named Yu Ang’s superior offered to guide them into the beef warehouses.
• The man sensed the Earth Sacred Spring on Lu Wu and revealed that it was tempting him, prompting Lu Wu to shield Mu Nujiao and identify him as Yu Ang’s superior.
• Xu Zhaoting realized the group had come to eradicate the Black Vatican, while the enemy claimed the Magic Court was searching elsewhere and would take over an hour to arrive.

Lu Wu, Mo Fan, Mu Nujiao, Xu Zhaoting, and Ai Tutu were ambushed by a Black Vatican middle-aged man using the Evil Spider Grand Formation to trap and attack their souls. After Lu Wu appeared to fall, he sprang up and struck the man with Blazing Fist: Sky Breaker.

• Xu Zhaoting learned that the Magic Court's people were too far away to help, while the middle-aged man revealed that he had used the Hunter Union's information channels to lure them in and reclaim the Earth Sacred Spring.
• Lu Wu led the group toward the warehouse's shadows as Mo Fan and Lu Wu attacked, but the middle-aged man unleashed the Evil Spider Grand Formation, sending soul spiders that disrupted Mo Fan's thunderbolt.
• Mo Fan used his Shadow Element to take Ai Tutu away, and Lu Wu pushed Mu Nujiao into the darkness as the spider silk overwhelmed him and Xu Zhaoting.
• The middle-aged man approached Lu Wu to search for the Earth Sacred Spring, but Lu Wu opened his eyes and attacked with Blazing Fist: Sky Breaker.

Lu Wu overcame the Blue-Clad Deacon’s curse array, then used Little Fire to capture the injured Advanced Mage alive. He reunited with Mo Fan and Mu Nujiao outside the warehouse, carrying the unconscious deacon and Xu Zhaoting away on the Golden-Eyed Tiger.

• Lu Wu broke free of the curse array and blasted the Blue-Clad Deacon with Fierce Fist, though the deacon’s Armor Magic Tool kept him alive.
• Little Fire seized the burned deacon from the shadows and crushed his armor and bones while Lu Wu ordered him not to kill the captive.
• Lu Wu questioned the deacon, then knocked him unconscious with a cow’s hind leg and summoned the Golden-Eyed Tiger to carry him and Xu Zhaoting out of the warehouse.
• Mo Fan recognized Lu Wu and was shaken that he had defeated an Advanced Mage, while suspecting Lu Wu had a Shadow Element.
• Mu Nujiao checked on Lu Wu, and he brought her onto the Golden-Eyed Tiger’s back as he explained Xu Zhaoting would need time to recover.

Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao returned toward school after rescuing the Shadow Demon Beast, while Mo Fan and Ai Tutu were confronted by Luo Song’s group over the beast. Lu Wu arrived and unleashed two tornadoes against the assembled students, leaving Luo Song and Shen Mingxiao preparing to fight back from behind a barrier.

• Lu Wu and Mu Nujiao rode the Golden-Eyed Tiger toward town and discussed the secret abilities Lu Wu had used during the rescue.
• Luo Song and his allies blocked Mo Fan and Ai Tutu as they transported the Shadow Demon Beast, demanding that they hand it over.
• Mo Fan refused to surrender the beast, then grabbed Ai Tutu and fled when two tornadoes formed nearby.
• Luo Song cast Rock Barrier: Mountain Screen to shield his group from Lu Wu’s tornadoes, while students caught in the winds were injured.
• Luo Song and Shen Mingxiao urged the students to prepare their magic and attack Lu Wu once the tornadoes passed.