everyone is back while mofan, alex and lingling were having a chat in the sky cleric hunter association office or old man bow base. flame belly is hovering over alex as he is feeding flame seeds lingling is explaining what flame belly can achieve in adult phase. alex already knows that she will be a ruler level in future atleast listen lingling quietly. he explains that he is going to ancient city back in the mountains for cultivation for which lingling frowns showing paperwork and assignment that are unattended which should be his to take alex dodges the bullet by offering a high yield mission when he will be back and he asks mofan what's his plan to which he says he will be challenging rankers to meet his end for participating in world college tournament where alex suggests to challenge no 9 or lower rather than no 10 ding yumina because she is cute and alex adores her and she is his friend and hard nut to crack as she has psychic element as back up which he accepts and takes his leave, alex similarly calls his contact for unauthorised travel and finally mets with asharuiya who was completely surrounded by veil even in the canon there aren't much information and background about her she was a complete mystery that's why when alex got a chance to meet her in ancient city as she was already there searching for her interest alex followed her and when they met asharuiya already has the information about him. alex did try to flirt with her as she is a heavenly beauty with perfect figure, black eyes and long black hair for a moment alex lost his complete focus but gets back on his track ultimately and had dinner with her they did talk about ancient city and its history undead element and lost relics. they hit of quite good so they traveled together with her team in the undead zone for few months where they act like friends where she told him about she is searching for relics from past and alex simply shrugged it off by saying he likes her company and looking for a way to improve his cultivation and had been doing training here. after spending time with her, he did get troubled as her flirtatious nature made him uncomfortable as it is quite hard to control his harmones when she is with him but alex knows trying something with her will get him killed without letting him know how he died so with his stiff and polite smile he followed her in the undead region with a heavy heart. Asharuiya noticed alex glances towards her and guard which he creates, well she is quite impressed with alex power level and control over himself she did try to seduce and stimulate him to know his inner desire but with his caring and clearing the road for her where he unloads his frustration she always had a smile on her face and follows him to tease, she did got interested in alex due to these acts and always try to tease him where they grew fond of each other.
few weeks were gone by as mofan was gaining rank he is already in the top 50 he did challenge no- 9 that wasn't any special and who loose within a minute. he did gain back his reputation of demon mofan, his college life remains the same where dong fang gets jealous of him and as in the canon ai tutu takes mofan place for group battle where she gets insulted and mofan takes revenge for her and with ai Jiang tu entry the person who insulted his sister was beaten half dead, no body objected though. In the next group battle mofan got information about monkey's disappearence and leave the stage after beating dong fang black and blue he immediately takes the flight for ancient city. he make his way towards the undead region with Li ru but with a difference that Li ru isn't here for mofan she is here because of alex's call and her sister is alive saved by alex as at that time vampire is killed on the 1st run for Li ru sister. but for revenge another member of blood tribe has gone for Li ru where mofan enters the stage and saved her she did got transformed due to this, even after alex interventions. they travelled in the undead zone finally meets with alex and asharuiya where they are showing quite intimate relationship with each other by locking their hand. mofan get shocked by sudden action but he knew it's best to not to pry over this as he can see sweat and stiffness on Alex's face. he told alex about monkey's disappearence and alex agrees to help and go with them. they make their way towards the village with some trouble but with asharuiya commander level undead and alex presence it was easy to exterminate undead horde and when the time to separate form the group came, it came with asharuiya sadness in the eyes. after spending months together she did get some attachments but alex knew she is manipulative and stone hearted women so for revenge of months of teasing he forcefully kissed her in the lips without letting her channel any element for a minute and blinks away as fastest as he can he can hear curses and explosion towards his route mofan and Li ru silently takes their steps back as they don't wanna squashed in their personal love quarrel as after getting a distance they take a cold breathe about the sheer power she unleashes and curses, alex appears beside them where mofan smiles and asks about the kiss and Li ru complains about being pervert which he shrugged off by saying she will be going to be his mistress in future so that's a way of showing his love to which mofan gives a thumbs up.
they travelled near the village and seeing a boy and a girl getting attacked mofan saves them and hugs the boy who was none other than monkey where alex simply patted him as he doesn't recognise both to which alex knows the reason but doesn't point it out because he knew black Vatican members were observing monkey and he doesn't wanna grab higher ups attention this early. they makes they their way in the village with chiefs son frowning and villagers being praising them.