Recaps

Kang De arrived at Glittering Sand with Tina and saw the power and formality surrounding the Good Family. Viscount Samuel welcomed them and presented Hong San, a fellow eastern man who knelt and kowtowed to Kang De, leaving him facing the crowd’s contemptuous amusement.

• The harbor was cleared as professional soldiers and knights arrived to prepare for the Good Family’s welcome.
• Kang De noticed a knight’s contemptuous stare and memorized his face.
• Tina and Kang De went ashore to greet Viscount Samuel, Hannah, Lynch, and the other members of the Good Family.
• Tina introduced Kang De as a noble-born eastern visitor who had helped her during the voyage.
• Samuel presented Hong San as a personal attendant for Kang De, and Hong San knelt and struck his head against the ground in greeting.

Kang De met Hong San, a Cathayan refugee serving the Glittering Sand Viscounty, and was disgusted by his servile behavior. As the party prepared to travel to Glittering Sand Castle, Hong San’s submission and Glen’s provocation angered Kang De, until Tina invited him into her carriage.

• Hong San knelt and kowtowed to Kang De, who told him to get up and criticized him for kneeling so readily.
• Viscount Samuel explained that Hong San had been rescued at sea and offered him as Kang De’s guide and attendant; Kang De accepted after noticing Hong San’s mistreatment.
• Samuel introduced his family, including Lynch, Lost, Hannah, and Glen, then invited the Goth party and Kang De to a welcoming banquet at Glittering Sand Castle.
• Glen brought Kang De a fierce-tempered horse, but Hong San intervened and knelt for Kang De to mount; Kang De ordered him to get up.
• The horse panicked and backed away as Kang De’s anger rose, and Tina called him to join her carriage for a discussion.

Kang De confronted Knight Glen for mocking Hong San and used a threatened duel to force him and the other knights to apologize. After standing up for Hong San, Kang De went to speak with Princess Tina, leaving Viscount Samuel wary of him.

• Kang De challenged Knight Glen to a duel after accusing him of insulting him, prompting Viscount Samuel to intervene.
• Kang De demanded that Glen apologize to Hong San, arguing that the knight had mocked Hong San's loyalty and insulted both Hong San and Kang De.
• Viscount Samuel praised Kang De's conduct, and Glen apologized to Hong San in front of the other knights.
• Kang De told Hong San to stand straight or return to serving the viscount, then accepted Samuel's apology for the poor reception.
• Kang De calmly handled Glen's ill-tempered horse, Iron Halberd, before heading to Princess Tina's carriage.
• Hong San praised Kang De for intimidating the knights, but Kang De said he had only vented his bad mood.

Kang De discussed the dockside confrontation with Princess Tina and learned why Viscount Samuel may have arranged for Hong San to serve him. He resolved to make amends to the viscount while keeping his own grudge against those who slighted him, leaving Tina worried about what he intended.

• Kang De apologized to Tina and said he would keep to himself, but Tina insisted Goth would not abandon a friend who had been treated unfairly.
• Tina explained that Samuel may have considered Hong San’s deferential behavior appropriate Cathayan etiquette, prompting Kang De to reconsider what he knew about Cathay.
• Tina described reports of Cathay’s war, the fall of territory, and refugees fleeing the brutal new regime; Kang De declined to question Hong San and agreed he might learn more from Tina’s father.
• Kang De said he should make amends to Samuel for causing him to lose face, while Tina suggested he sell the viscount an alchemical work at a friendly price.
• Tina explained that Hannah had apologized because Knight Glen was her guardian knight, and Kang De compared him unfavorably with Cleveland.
• Kang De told Tina he had not stood up for Hong San but had been dealing with him, leaving Tina horrified as she considered what that meant.

Kang De explained why he intended to change Hong San’s circumstances, despite Tina’s concern that he might be manipulating him or provoking retaliation. As the party reached the viscount’s estate, Hong San tried to help Kang De, and Kang De sensed a faint force probing him through their touch.

• Kang De told Tina that Hong San’s self-debasement and Viscount Samuel’s treatment of him had helped make the knights despise him.
• Kang De promised Tina he would not act recklessly, then said he wanted to teach Hong San to respect himself and show him a way to change his life.
• Kang De declared that if Hong San chose to remain submissive after being given that chance, he would accept the consequences of his choice.
• The procession entered Glittering Sand Town and arrived at Viscount Samuel’s estate, where Hong San hurried to help Kang De out of the carriage.
• When Hong San touched Kang De’s hand, Kang De sensed a subtle force probing him before it quickly withdrew.

Kang De arrived at Glimmering Sand Castle and found the Good Family’s residence far more comfortable and elegant than he had expected. Viscount Samuel welcomed him and his companions warmly, and the chapter ended with Hong San asking where Kang De’s immortal home was.

• Kang De admired the manor’s beauty and teased Hong San with a farewell poem.
• Kang De exchanged compliments with Viscount Samuel, whose family became more warmly disposed toward him.
• Viscount Samuel arranged a formal welcome with music and introduced Kang De to the viscountess.
• Viscount Samuel escorted Kang De to a furnished room and offered him the servants’ help before inviting him to an evening banquet.
• Hong San praised Kang De’s exchange with the viscount and asked whether his immortal home was in the north or the south.

Kang De learned how Hong San interpreted his master’s teaching to follow his heart, then decided to visit town despite Hong San’s warnings. He revealed that he planned to use the outing to find a way to kill Knight Glenn and asked Hong San to protect him.

• Hong San asked whether Kang De was a northerner or southerner, and Kang De replied that there was no distinction between north and south.
• Hong San told Kang De that his master had taught him skills and stories from their lost homeland, urging his disciples to follow their hearts rather than prescribing principles.
• Hong San explained how he had chosen to serve Lord Samuel because wealthy nobles valued Eastern attendants, while Kang De criticized him for twisting his master’s teachings.
• Kang De dismissed Hong San’s defense of his servile life and decided to go sightseeing in town rather than explore the manor.
• Kang De said he intended to find a way to kill Knight Glenn and asked Hong San to protect him.

Kang De went into Glittering Sand with Hong San and turned a little beggar’s plea for money into an effort to improve the boy’s future. After learning the boy was named Lister, Kang De left him with help and the hope that he would become a knight and aid others.

• Kang De made Hong San report his plans to Viscount Samuel, while privately reflecting on how his thoughts had grown colder and more manipulative.
• Kang De and Hong San walked through Glittering Sand, where Hong San kicked a little beggar who asked Kang De for money.
• Kang De gave the boy money and ordered Hong San to arrange help for him; Hong San promised to find him an apprenticeship.
• Kang De learned the boy’s name was Lister and told him he hoped his life would improve.
• Lister ran after Kang De, thanked him, and vowed to repay him by becoming a knight; Kang De urged him to help others instead.
• Hong San dismissed Lister’s ambition, and Kang De explained that he helped because he could and believed kindness might bear fruit.

Kang De met with Viscount Samuel’s children, Hannah and Lynch, who apologized for Knight Glenn’s rudeness and offered to help him find a way to support the town’s beggars. After a friendly conversation, the siblings invited Kang De to the evening banquet, while Hong San seemed to have something troubling him.

• Kang De returned to Glimmering Sand Castle and learned that Tina had gone with the knight to visit Viscount Samuel.
• Hannah and Lynch visited Kang De so Hannah could apologize for Knight Glenn’s behavior, and Kang De said he would not pursue the dockside incident unless Glenn caused trouble again.
• Kang De told the siblings about the little beggar’s family and proposed finding a lasting way to help poor people; Hannah and Lynch eagerly agreed to assist.
• Kang De talked with the siblings about Glittering Sand, Goth, and Cathay, and they invited him to join them at the evening banquet.
• After Hannah and Lynch left, Hong San asked whether their conversation had gone well, then hesitated to say what was on his mind.

Kang De learned that Tina had contacted her aunt and that they would meet soon, then heard warnings that Viscount Glimmering Sand Castle’s eldest son, Knight Lost, was unusually interested in him. Cleveland confirmed that Knight Lost had questioned him about Kang De and warned him to keep secret that Tina had passed on the Armor-Donning Ritual.

• Tina told Kang De she had informed the viscount about their mission and used Eternal Tranquility's Protection to signal her aunt, who was traveling to meet them.
• Kang De examined Tina’s sapphire necklace and learned that it could help its owner and her aunt sense each other’s locations.
• Hong San warned Kang De that Knight Lost had watched him closely, especially when he was with Tina, and accepted Kang De’s money for the information.
• Cleveland arrived with a bruise and told Kang De that Knight Lost had asked about him during their sword bout.
• Cleveland warned Kang De not to tell anyone that Tina had passed the Armor-Donning Ritual on to him.

At the Good Family banquet, Kang De clashed with Knight Lost over his contempt for commoners, while Hannah apologized and supported Kang De’s plan to help them. After she left him a bottle of homemade wine, Kang De examined it with Element extraction and discovered it contained poison.

• At the banquet, Knight Lost challenged Kang De and claimed that commoners were disposable, while Kang De defended their worth and Viscount Samuel tried to keep the gathering civil.
• Lynch and Hannah expressed interest in helping Kang De support people in need, but Lost dismissed the idea and urged Lynch to treat commoners as tools.
• Kang De left the banquet upset, and Hannah visited his room to apologize for her brother and offer her and Lynch’s support.
• Hannah left Kang De a bottle of homemade wine as an apology gift and said she shared his sympathy for commoners.
• Kang De poured out some wine and used Element extraction to reveal a dark green, nearly black sphere of poison.

Kang De discovered that Hannah had poisoned his wine and tried to evacuate Tina, Cleveland, and Head Maid Bedela from Glimmering Sand Castle. When Viscount Samuel appeared in Kang De’s room and attacked through the wall, Kang De grabbed Tina and jumped from the third floor.

• Viscount Samuel slapped Hannah for poisoning Kang De without permission, while Lost argued that Kang De was only a lowborn Joker and posed no threat to their plan against Goth.
• Kang De identified the poison in Hannah’s wine, armed himself, and decided to warn Tina and leave with the Goth delegation.
• Kang De entered Tina’s room through the wall, warned her and Head Maid Bedela about the poison, and asked Bedela to fetch Cleveland.
• Tina and Cleveland initially doubted that Viscount Samuel was involved, but agreed with Kang De and Head Maid Bedela that they should leave quickly.
• When Cleveland asked for the poisoned wine as evidence, Kang De spotted Viscount Samuel examining it in his room; Samuel sensed him and attacked through the wall.
• Kang De shouted for everyone to run, drank a strength potion, swept Tina into his arms, and leaped with her from the third floor.

Kang De and Tina were surrounded after Viscount Samuel revealed his betrayal and the Good Family threatened their companions. Captain Oswald sacrificed the poisoned sailors to attack Hannah, giving Kang De and the others a chance to break through the cavalry and escape the manor.

• Viscount Samuel admitted he believed Tina’s warning about the Veil but said it would not stop the political war, while Hannah threatened Tina and Kang De with the poisoned Gothian sailors.
• Hannah used a bone flute to torment the sailors and ordered them to seize Kang De, but Captain Oswald gave them a sword and killed them rather than let them attack their friends.
• Oswald charged Hannah, but Knight Lost defeated and beheaded him after Hannah used the flute to incapacitate him.
• Kang De charged the knights and shouted, frightening their horses into breaking formation and causing a cavalry pileup.
• Kang De killed a knight with his axe and shot three others, while Bedela and Cleveland took horses; Kang De mounted one and rode out of Glittering Sand Manor with them.

Kang De and his companions fled the Good Family’s forces, but Knight Lost caught up with them. As Lost prepared a powerful attack, Bedela sacrificed herself to hold him off and protect Tina.

• Viscount Samuel ordered Hong San imprisoned and sent Mage Richard to ensure Tina’s capture.
• Knight Lost examined the dead knight’s wound, found a metal bullet, and pursued Kang De on foot while warning the others not to use horses.
• Kang De led Tina, Bedela, and Cleveland toward the docks, furious and intent on destroying the Good Family.
• Lost caught up and hurled a sword at Kang De, who blocked it with his axe; Lost then charged his next attack with golden light.
• Bedela revealed that she had been poisoned by pastries at the banquet and urged Tina not to blame herself for trusting others.
• Bedela leaped from the horse, struck down Lost’s flying sword, and declared herself the first line of defense protecting Tina.

Kang De and Cleveland tried to get Tina to safety after they discovered that the Penguin was burning, while Knight Lost pursued them. Tina teleported away using Eternal Tranquility's Protection, leaving Kang De and Cleveland to face Lost.

• Kang De saw that the Penguin was burning and realized Viscount Samuel had likely prepared an ambush.
• Cleveland urged Tina to teleport to safety, and Kang De gave her supplies and weapons for the journey.
• Knight Lost caught up as Tina prepared to teleport, and his thrown sword killed their horse.
• Kang De used potions and threatened Lost with his firearms while Cleveland fought him, buying Tina time to finish communicating with the necklace.
• Tina vanished in a black halo, and Lost demanded to know where the princess had gone.

Knight Lost abandoned his fight with Kang De and Cleveland to pursue Princess Tina, while the Viscount’s bounty turned Glittering Sand’s residents against the fugitives. After escaping the mob, Kang De saw the little beggar Lister betray their hiding place for the promised silver and chance to become a knight’s squire.

• Knight Lost used a feint to wound Cleveland, then fled to have Mage Richard track Princess Tina’s teleportation.
• Kang De and Cleveland ran toward town, but the Viscount’s announcement offered fifty silver coins and a knight’s squire position to anyone who captured them or gave a useful lead.
• Townspeople surrounded Kang De and Cleveland, and Kang De killed several attackers before Cleveland persuaded him to leave without setting the town ablaze.
• Kang De and the exhausted Cleveland escaped toward the outskirts and encountered Lister, who said he would keep their presence secret.
• After hearing the bounty announced nearby, Lister ran toward the torchlight and shouted that Kang De and Cleveland were there.

After Lister betrayed Kang De and led Knight Glenn’s men to him, Kang De and Cleveland fought their way through the alley. Kang De killed Glenn by extracting his power, then used Earth’s Roar against the approaching townspeople; when the knights arrived, Kang De, Cleveland, and Glenn were all gone.

• Knight Lost accepted the cursed shortsword Death Coil, Night's Silent Kiss, from Viscount Samuel and set out to pursue the princess and Sword Saint Cascading Snow.
• Lister betrayed Kang De for the promised fifty silver coins and a squire’s position, leading Knight Glenn and his forces to the alley.
• Kang De fought Glenn’s men while Cleveland faced Glenn, and Cleveland unleashed a powerful strike that cut down several soldiers before Glenn wounded him.
• Kang De used his mental power to extract Glenn’s life and the golden seed behind his strength, causing Glenn to vanish.
• Kang De used Earth’s Roar against the townspeople closing in, and the arriving knights found a ruined alley with Kang De, Cleveland, and Glenn missing.

Kang De watched Cleveland die after extracting his Dou Qi, then returned to Earth and accepted the possibility that its civilization had vanished. He left a tombstone for humanity and set out from his home, resolved to kill those responsible for what had happened.

• Cleveland asked Kang De to take his Dou Qi and sword and protect the princess, then warned him not to seek revenge on the Good Family before dying in a burst of light.
• The animals on the Holy Seal Archipelago sensed Cleveland's death and the disappearance of the final shackle, and their forms began to change.
• Kang De returned to Earth, burned his diary, and revealed a multilingual tombstone declaring himself the last human survivor of Earth.
• Kang De planted Cleveland's sword before the tombstone and walked away, determined to act on his own and kill his enemies.

Kang De returned to Glittering Sand Town and launched a brutal attack on the port, killing its guards and a mage before driving a weaponized SUV into town. After taunting the townspeople and escaping by motorcycle, he watched Viscount Samuel ride out and turned his attention to Glittering Sand Manor.

• Viscount Samuel concealed the previous night's losses, strengthened local patrols, and arranged for bodies recovered from the port to be cremated.
• Kang De attacked Knight Finuos at Glittering Sand Port, killed him and several guards, and killed Mage Richard's disciple after learning Mage Richard was with the viscount.
• Kang De emerged from a warehouse in a spiked, enchanted SUV and cut down a patrol, impaling its knight and soldiers on the vehicle.
• Kang De drove into Glittering Sand Town, tortured and burned the surviving knight, announced his name to the townspeople, and escaped on a motorcycle.
• Viscount Samuel rode out with several knights while Kang De watched from concealment and planned to target the viscount's son at Glittering Sand Manor.

Kang De broke into the Good Family manor and attacked Lynch and Hannah, then seized Lynch and escaped while fighting off the butler. He returned on his motorcycle, dragging Lynch behind him as he fled and sang, leaving the butler and servants in pursuit.

• Lynch and Hannah discussed the failed operation and admitted their true feelings about Knight Glenn and Kang De.
• Kang De entered through the ceiling, locked the door, and kicked Lynch into the wall when Lynch tried to pretend he was glad to see him.
• Kang De silenced Hannah and shot the butler after he charged into the room and stepped into a bear trap.
• Kang De disarmed the butler, grabbed Lynch, and escaped through a window while telling the butler to inform Viscount Samuel that he had taken his son.
• Kang De returned on a motorcycle after killing the manor’s horses, tied Lynch to it, and rode away while singing as the butler shouted after them.

Viscount Samuel pursued Kang De after learning that Lynch had been abducted, while Hannah sought protection from the wounded butler. Kang De returned to the manor, captured the butler, and used his power to extract the man’s memories, leaving him with clues to investigate.

• Viscount Samuel blamed Hannah for provoking Kang De, then set off with Mage Richard to pursue him and rescue Lynch.
• Hannah persuaded the wounded butler to protect her, but Kang De attacked, overpowered him, and dragged him away while telling Hannah it was not her turn yet.
• After Samuel’s pursuit failed, he learned that Kang De had attacked the manor a second time and taken only the butler.
• Kang De tortured the butler to weaken his soul, then extracted and searched his memories instead of trusting his answers.
• Kang De recorded clues from the memories: mercenaries, the treasure room, and the little beggar.

Kang De learned that Lister had betrayed him and Cleveland, causing Cleveland’s death, and confronted the boy with a revenge he framed as justice for the dead knight. After Lister and his grandmother died, Kang De left to settle his own grudge against Viscount Samuel and his people.

• Kang De learned from the steward’s memories that Lister had informed on him and Cleveland in exchange for promised silver and status, but the steward had rejected the boy after Glen’s search party was wiped out.
• Kang De seized Lister, explained that his betrayal had led to Cleveland’s death, and dressed him as a noble before tying him to a gas cylinder and preparing molten silver.
• Lister begged to visit his blind grandmother, but Kang De refused, saying Cleveland had called for his mother before he died.
• Viscount Samuel’s forces reached the house, where the gas cylinder exploded and killed Lister, leaving Samuel devastated.
• Kang De went to Lister’s home, falsely promised the blind grandmother that Lister would become a knight’s squire, then killed her painlessly and left, resolved to pursue his own revenge.

After Lynch was killed, Viscount Samuel tried to rally his forces against the Joker, but the Joker burned the barracks, stole the viscount’s treasure, and killed the mercenaries Samuel had summoned. Discovering that his abducted butler may have betrayed him, Samuel broke down and ordered Lost and the patrols recalled.

• Viscount Samuel gathered Lynch’s remains and vowed to cut the Joker to pieces before ordering a town-wide search and militia call-up.
• Samuel learned the barracks were burning, with its guards killed and its soldiers, supplies, and weapons lost.
• Samuel returned to the manor and found the secret treasure chamber emptied through a hole in its adamantine wall, but he feared pursuing the Joker through the tunnel.
• A carriage arrived carrying the dead Vicious Eagle Mercenary Squad, whom Samuel had summoned from a nearby city.
• Samuel concluded that his abducted butler had revealed his secrets to the Joker and ordered Lost, the soldiers, and the knights on patrol to return.

After Kang De’s attacks devastated the viscount’s forces, Viscount Samuel gathered his remaining people at Glittering Sand Manor and prepared for a siege. While the manor spent the night in fear, Kang De was on Earth gathering supplies and preparing his next move.

• Viscount Samuel ordered his forces recalled, sought reinforcements, and called Knight Lost back to hunt Kang De.
• Samuel concentrated his elite fighters at Glittering Sand Manor and strengthened its defenses, while Mage Richard promised to watch for tunnels.
• Hannah found Glen’s secret rose signal and decided to meet him and escape the manor.
• Hong San, left under house arrest, reflected on Kang De’s power and pulled a piece of wire from his hair.
• As the manor’s people waited through the night, Kang De pushed a cart of supplies out of a shopping mall on Earth and prepared to return.

Kang De used Lynch as part of a plan to destroy Glittering Sand Manor and kill the Good Family. The tanker truck crashed into the manor and exploded, leaving Glittering Sand Town shaken by the blast.

• Kang De told the bound Lynch that he had misled the Good Family into gathering at Glittering Sand Manor so he could kill them all at once.
• Kang De put Lynch in an enchanted tanker truck and explained that he intended to drive it into the manor and detonate it.
• Kang De started the truck, freed Lynch’s hands, and let him discover that the steering wheel was locked before jumping out.
• The tanker truck crashed into the manor’s main building and exploded, unleashing a massive fireball and shock wave across Glittering Sand Town.
• Kang De watched the destruction and declared that he felt better.