Vol. 2Valentan Under Siege

Kang De returned to Goth, reunited with his allies, and helped Valentan resist the elves while Tina’s scheme threatened to collapse. After escaping an elven trap, he returned to the besieged city and refused to abandon it as the assault began.

  • Kang De killed Lost, explored his ability to travel between worlds, and returned to the other world, where his Autobot companion helped him defeat the First Prince’s forces.
  • Kang De set out for Goth to find Tina and support her cause, while Leona arranged to draw the First Prince’s forces toward him.
  • Kang De returned to Valentan, reunited with Hong San, and joined preparations to defend the city against the elves.
  • Leona revealed that Tina was financing her northern army by selling shares in the promised wealth of an ancient ruin, and Kang De considered how to prevent the scheme from collapsing.
  • Kang De used the Crimson Scroll to gain new powers and helped Hong San organize Valentan’s defense against the elven attack.
  • After the elves withdrew, Kang De promised to help Hong San protect the people and prepared the city for another assault with the approaching greenskins.
  • Kang De and the greenskins helped Valentan destroy the elves’ wooden golems, and he organized a factory to make crude guns and gunpowder.
  • Kang De escaped Garcia’s spatial trap, returned as the elves began bombarding Valentan, and refused to leave the city when they demanded his surrender.
Chapters 103–203 Read from Ch. 103

Arc 5The Road to Goth

Kang De returned to Earth after settling his blood debt with Lost, then prepared for the conflicts ahead while learning to travel between worlds. Back in the other world, he fought off the First Prince’s forces with his newly awakened Autobot and continued toward Goth to find Tina and help her cause.

  • Kang De killed Lost in their final fight, returned to Earth through the gateway, and learned that the Blade of Curse had formed a bridge between three worlds.
  • Kang De explored his travel ability, investigated the White Mist World, and used a haunted house to purify Li Jing’s ghost while Wang Xiaoman pieced together evidence of his journeys.
  • Kang De left Wang Xiaoman a note and supplies, returned to Glittering Sand, and killed Weir and the mercenaries who attacked him for the Good Family’s treasure.
  • Kang De learned Tina was rallying support against the First Prince, then set out for Goth while Leona Vidal arranged for orcs to draw the First Prince’s forces toward him.
  • After pursuers drove Kang De’s Hummer into a river, his White Mist power transformed it into an Autobot, who rescued him and helped destroy the attacking force.
  • Kang De and the Autobot discussed his plans to help Goth and fight his enemies, and Kang De welcomed him as a companion named Invincible Iron Bull.
Chapters 103–12725 summaries Read

Arc 6War and Tina’s Scheme

Kang De returned to Goth, fought elven raiders, and reunited with Hong San as Valentan prepared for war. After joining forces with Leona, he learned Tina was financing her northern army through a dangerous ruin-wealth scheme and faced the choice of what to do next.

  • Kang De and the Autobot found a massacred Goth village, pursued the elven riders responsible, and killed them before Kang De returned to Earth and reunited with Xiaoman.
  • Kang De returned to Valentan on the forty-ninth day after his supposed death, recovered Tina’s Crimson Scroll from Hong San, and learned Hong San had organized refugees but felt trapped by their dependence on him.
  • As Valentan prepared to defend against the elves, Kang De disguised himself as Hong San’s martial uncle and military adviser, then accompanied him to Mayor Nick’s council.
  • Leona pledged the Vidal Family’s resources to Kang De, and Kang De confronted her afterward before agreeing to hear her explanation about Tina.
  • Leona told Kang De that Tina had gathered northern supporters by selling shares in the promised wealth of an ancient ruin, and Kang De realized the scheme could bring disaster if exposed.
  • Leona urged Kang De to reach Tina and stop the scheme, while Kang De considered ways to prevent it from collapsing and asked what would happen to Leona if he left alone.
Chapters 128–15225 summaries Read

Arc 7The Defense of Valentan

Kang De discovered new powers in the Crimson Scroll and chose to help defend Valentan as the elves attacked. He and Hong San began preparing the city for another assault while the Autobot traveled toward them with the greenskins.

  • Kang De used the Crimson Scroll to gain a golden time-acceleration ability and later reset the White Mist World, gaining a spatial symbol in his right eye.
  • Kang De returned to Valentan, where Hong San asked him to help defend the city against the approaching elves.
  • Kang De helped organize the conscription of eight hundred militiamen and joined Hong San and the defenders on the western wall.
  • When the elves attacked with magic, arrows, and cavalry, Kang De protected the defenders and destroyed the cavalry with collapsed ramps, gas cylinders, and gunfire.
  • After the elves withdrew, Nick admitted he had put the militia on the wall as expendable troops, and Hong San collapsed after challenging his decision.
  • Leona proposed killing Nick, but Kang De refused and promised to help Hong San protect the people, and Hong San then agreed to investigate the city’s defenses and the enemy.
  • Nick asked Kang De and Hong San to help defend Valentan, and Kang De agreed while warning Nick not to exploit the people or deceive him.
  • Kang De tested Flame-infused arrows and told Nick that a companion was coming to strengthen the city’s defenses as the Autobot traveled toward Valentan with Kan Fantian and other greenskins.
Chapters 154–17825 summaries Read

Arc 8The Siege of Valentan

Kang De helped Valentan defeat the elves’ wooden golems with the greenskins and their machines, then organized them to produce crude gunpowder as the siege continued. After escaping an elven trap, he refused to abandon Valentan and prepared for the next assault while hoping the Gladiolus Legion would arrive.

  • Kang De joined Valentan’s defense, used Fantasy Enchantment to repair the damaged catapult, and helped the defenders destroy the elves’ wooden golems.
  • Kan Fantian and the greenskins arrived with motorcycles and the Autobot, helping Kang De destroy the final golem and drive back the assault.
  • Kang De refused Nick’s request to lead the greenskins south for Goth, and told him he would not betray their trust by sending them into war.
  • Kang De discovered that the greenskins could make crude guns and gunpowder, then established a munitions factory and planned to use their ammunition to defend Valentan.
  • Hong San warned Kang De that the elves were preparing an all-out attack, while the defenders faced mounting casualties and the elves publicly identified Kang De as Tina’s husband.
  • Kang De accepted Selendron’s invitation, escaped Garcia’s spatial trap with the Crimson Scroll, and returned to Valentan as the elves’ bombardment began.
  • The elves demanded that Valentan surrender Kang De or face slaughter, but Kang De and the defenders fought back and he refused to leave the city.
Chapters 179–20325 summaries Read
Volume 2 of 10
Volume 2 of 10