Chapter Summaries

Kang De stopped the mass projectile moments before it destroyed the elven army, then demanded that Dairila end the fighting and punish those responsible for the renewed attack. Dairila declared the war over, executed the conspirators, and left Kang De and the Goth People celebrating victory while she departed in sorrow.

• Kang De and Horus sent a burning building through a spatial gate toward the elven expeditionary force, but Horus stopped it with an unseen power moments before impact.
• Dairila arrived on her phoenix, and Kang De warned her to end the war and account for the surprise attack before he would stop the mass projectile.
• Dairila announced that the attack had been a betrayal, ordered the elves to lay down their weapons, and promised to take her soldiers home.
• Dairila wounded Xierfankai Le and killed more than two hundred high elves who had orchestrated the attack, while Kang De agreed to let her gather her troops.
• Dairila told the Goth People that the war was over, and Kang De reunited with Tina as the city celebrated.
• Dairila left with Xierfankai Le and looked back at Kang De and the cheering Goth People, recognizing the losses that had separated them.

Three days after the Battle of Danfeng Lucerne, Kang De enjoyed a brief rest while considering how his victory had made him a target of the world’s powers. A Xing interrupted his morning when she told him Big Goldie had arrived.

• Kang De reflected on the political consequences of the war and the attention his forbidden spells and victories had drawn from nations across both worlds.
• Kang De recalled the Goth People’s celebration, his kiss with Tina, and the painting that depicted him kissing Tina while Dairila looked on sadly.
• Horus teased Kang De by suggesting the painting be titled “Wang Xiaoman on Earth,” and Kang De told him to get lost.
• A Xing demanded a kiss from Kang De, received two forehead kisses, and then announced that Big Goldie had arrived.

A Xing tried to change Kang De’s view of her after becoming jealous of Tina, while Kang De rushed to the reception room to find Tina waiting. Their reunion grew more comfortable when Tina returned the axe she had recovered from Glittering Sand, and the chapter ended as Kang De noticed the sheer fabric beneath her dress.

• A Xing followed Horus’s romantic advice and tried to act more like a girl so Kang De would stop seeing her only as a gorilla.
• Horus told Kang De that A Xing was alone with Tina, prompting him to hurry to the reception room.
• A Xing left Kang De and Tina alone after warning Tina not to do anything improper, then ran off.
• Kang De and Tina reflected on their long separation before Tina showed him the axe she had recovered in Glittering Sand.
• Kang De gave the axe back to Tina, and they laughed together as their awkward reunion became more relaxed.
• Kang De noticed a sheer fabric covering Tina’s leg beneath her modest dress.

Kang De reassured Tina that he had come to help Goth out of friendship and concern, not to demand anything from her, and Tina admitted that Goth wanted him to stay. She proposed making him genuinely fall in love with her, then began openly flirting with him as they prepared to take a walk.

• Kang De stopped Tina from leaning toward him and told her that he had joined the war to protect people, honor his promises, and see her smile—not to claim a reward.
• Kang De explained that the palace treated him like a temperamental god, making him feel distant from Tina’s family, and Tina admitted that Goth needed him but did not know how to keep him there.
• Tina embraced Kang De and said she wanted him to fall in love with her so they could build a real bond and resolve Goth’s need for his protection.
• Kang De agreed to take a walk with Tina, who said she would try to make him love her and teased him about wearing the underwear he had given her on the island.

After Tina and A Xing competed for Kang De’s affection, Tina explained Goth’s need for the elven war reparations, and Kang De agreed to discuss how they could help rebuild the country with Hong San. When Tina asked where he wanted to go, Kang De said he wanted to visit the family of the knight who died for him.

• Tina hugged Kang De in the corridor, but A Xing interrupted and clung to him in a jealous challenge.
• A Xing questioned Kang De about Tina’s scent on him, and he explained that Tina had needed comfort.
• Tina told Kang De that Goth needed the elven reparations to recover from the war, while Grand Duke Teldrassil wanted to borrow money from him with collateral.
• Kang De said Goth could use the reparations and that he wanted to discuss the rebuilding plans with Hong San.
• Tina asked Kang De where he wanted to go, and he asked to visit the family of the knight who had died for him.

Kang De struggled with his guilt over Cleveland’s death and went with Tina and A Xing to visit Cleveland’s father, Prime Minister Xide. Xide initially welcomed them as Goth’s saviors, but when Kang De explained he had come as Cleveland’s friend, Xide’s grief turned to anger and he demanded to know why Kang De and Tina were still alive.

• Kang De reflected on how Cleveland’s sacrifice had shaped him and driven him to protect Tina and Goth.
• Tina and A Xing encouraged Kang De to visit Cleveland’s family, and they traveled together to Prime Minister Xide’s residence.
• Kang De and Tina met Xide as he prepared to return to work, and he thanked Kang De for saving Goth.
• Kang De said he had come as Cleveland’s friend to visit his father, and Xide’s warm manner gave way to grief and anger.
• Xide told Kang De that his son was dead and asked why Kang De and Tina were still alive.

Kang De and Tina visited Xide Kailamu, who refused to forgive Kang De for surviving when his son Cleveland died. As they left, Tina worried that Xide’s grief and political power could bring further trouble to Goth, while Kang De resolved to keep doing what he believed was right.

• Xide Kailamu confronted Kang De and said that, as Cleveland’s father, he neither forgave nor felt grateful to him.
• Tina defended Kang De and blamed the Good Family and the Empire for Cleveland’s death, but Xide challenged Kang De over why he had failed to save Cleveland at Glittering Sand Town.
• Xide accused Kang De of seeking forgiveness to ease his conscience and told him that the Kailamu Family did not welcome him.
• Xide departed for the Privy Council with his political faction, leaving Tina troubled by his hostility and his declaration that Kang De could take nothing more from him.
• In the carriage, A Xing tried to lighten the mood, and Kang De said he would continue doing what he believed was right despite Xide’s refusal to forgive him.
• Tina worried that Xide’s influence and Kang De’s power could complicate Goth’s fragile peace, then comforted Kang De as they returned to the palace.

After Chancellor Xide's hostility left Kang De questioning whether he could trust Tina's father, Tina went to confront Grand Duke Reknos while Kang De tried to distract himself with a game. Princess Stella arrived to ask about Tina and raised the matter of the third giant dragon Kang De had killed.

• Kang De played Civilization VI and wondered whether he could trust Parrot and Chancellor Xide, whose grief over Cleveland's death made him hostile toward him.
• Tina left to see Grand Duke Reknos, and Kang De realized she intended to pressure him over Chancellor Xide's position.
• A Xing told Kang De that a woman claiming to be Big Goldie's older sister had come to see him, and Kang De put away his computer and generator before meeting her.
• Princess Stella traded teasing remarks with Kang De, then said Tina had argued with their father, run off crying, and locked herself in her room.
• Stella told Kang De she had come about the third giant dragon he had killed.

Stella warned Kang De that killing three dragons threatened Dragon Island’s military sales and could provoke retaliation, especially since Kang De could not return the third dragon’s body. As Goth prepared to stand with him, Tina invited Kang De to a banquet where her father had agreed to give him Teldrassil’s most precious treasure, leaving Kang De to wonder if the treasure was Tina herself.

• Stella explained that Dragon Island sold dragons’ military services and that Kang De’s victories could damage its contracts and profits.
• Stella warned that the Dragon Emperor might target Kang De and said Dragon Island would demand the bodies of its dead dragons; Kang De admitted he could not produce the third body.
• Kang De declined to make Goth bear the burden of a conflict with Dragon Island, while Stella promised Goth would stand with him.
• Tina arrived and told Kang De that her father had agreed to give him Teldrassil’s most precious treasure.
• Tina said the treasure would complete Kang De’s life, prompting him to ask whether she meant herself.

Tina and Kang De grew closer as she explained that his presence gave her the courage to pursue what she wanted. At dinner, Grand Duke Reknos raised concerns about Prime Minister Xide before directly asking Kang De to marry Tina.

• Kang De misunderstood Tina’s offer of Teldrassil’s treasure, and Tina and Stella teased each other before Tina left with him.
• Tina told Kang De that he had given her the courage to act on her wishes, then playfully asked him to protect and indulge her.
• Grand Duke Reknos hosted Kang De and Tina for a private dinner with Hilmeria, while A Xing stayed in her room watching anime.
• Reknos brought up Kang De’s meeting with Xide, and Hilmeria criticized the prime minister’s blame toward Kang De over his son’s death.
• Kang De declined to interfere in Goth’s internal affairs, and Reknos asked him directly whether he would marry Tina.

Grand Duke Reknos asked Kang De to marry Tina, but Kang De accepted his feelings for her while refusing a political marriage, insisting they should pursue love first. After teasing the grand duke by exposing his intentions, Kang De went to comfort him, while Tina and Hilmeria were left exasperated.

• Grand Duke Reknos asked Kang De to marry Tina, hoping Kang De would refuse so Goth could negotiate a clearer political alliance without relying on Tina's relationship with him.
• Kang De said he wanted to marry Tina someday but refused the proposal because he wanted their marriage to be based on love rather than politics.
• Hilmeria scolded Reknos for his indecision and criticized his fitness to rule, prompting him to leave the room.
• Hilmeria suggested a coup to Tina, who defended her father and explained his intentions to Kang De.
• Kang De revealed that he had understood Reknos's plan and had deliberately embarrassed him, then left to offer him comfort and gain his favor.
• Tina and Hilmeria sighed together after Kang De left.

Kang De spoke with the drunken Grand Duke Reknos about his refusal to celebrate, his feelings about Kang De marrying Tina, and the losses caused by war. Reknos gave Kang De the Taidariel Family’s Crimson Scroll and fell asleep, while the scroll began to glow faintly in Kang De’s hand.

• Kang De told Reknos he had refused the many invitations and gifts sent by people hoping to meet him, and Reknos praised him for giving Tina the love letters.
• Reknos drunkenly insisted that he would never kneel to Kang De or sell Tina, then admitted that he struggled to separate his duties as ruler from his role as a father.
• Kang De reassured Reknos that his power could help Tina and him obtain a pure love, and Reknos handed him the Taidariel Family’s Crimson Scroll.
• Reknos explained that he could hear the grief of people who had suffered in the war beneath the city’s celebrations, then fell asleep while speaking about caring for those still in darkness.
• Kang De noticed that the Crimson Scroll in his hand seemed to glow faintly.

Kang De carried the drunken grand duke to bed, then shared a tender, interrupted evening with Tina and learned more about the Sun God Sura. After an awkward encounter with A Xing, he woke to Stella’s news that the dragons had arrived.

• Kang De carried the drunken grand duke to his bedroom, where Tina explained how their father had cherished the gifts and paintings his children made for him.
• Kang De and Tina recalled the gifts they had exchanged and grew flirtatious, but Cascading Snow startled the grand duke awake, and he loudly objected to Tina’s closeness with Kang De.
• Tina explained that Sura was the Goth People’s guardian deity and blessed Kang De with the Sun God’s light as the Crimson Scroll glimmered.
• Cascading Snow took Tina away for the night, leaving Kang De disappointed, and A Xing blushed before fleeing when he returned to his room.
• Kang De could not figure out how to use the Crimson Scroll, then woke the next day to Stella’s news that the dragons had arrived.

Three hours before Kang De woke, Santos-Chacel and a disguised dragon assassin traveled toward Danfeng Lucerne while discussing Kang De’s power and rumored preferences. Dairila confronted the dragon girl, identified her as the Brotherhood’s ultimate assassin, and demanded to know why the Dragon Emperor had sent her.

• Santos-Chacel reviewed intelligence on Kang De, including reports about his destruction of the Goth army and his preference for powerful or high-status women.
• Santos-Chacel and the dragon girl traveled safely through Goth, where soldiers hunted bandits and even ordered elves to help suppress them.
• Santos-Chacel wondered aloud whether Dairila was having an affair with Kang De, and the dragon girl warned him that Dairila was listening.
• Dairila appeared in phoenix armor and asked what they were doing in Danfeng Lucerne.
• Dairila recognized the dragon girl as the Dragon Emperor’s shadow, the Brotherhood assassin codenamed Dragon, and the founder of the Dragon Clan Assassination Fist.
• The dragon girl answered Dairila’s questions by saying she had come because she was beautiful.

Santos and a dragon girl negotiated with Dairila outside Danfeng Lucerne, where Dairila warned them not to target Kang De and admitted she wanted him alive. The Dragon Security Company entered the city to retrieve its fallen dragons and meet Kang De, who prepared Horus for the visitors while A Xing waited behind.

• Santos accompanied a dragon girl to Danfeng Lucerne, where Dairila intercepted them and accused the dragons of planning to seduce or kill Kang De.
• The dragon girl said the dragons had come to negotiate and seek compensation, not take revenge, and Dairila warned them not to target Kang De.
• Dairila admitted she did not want Kang De to die, then left; the dragon girl wrote down her words and said she envied her love story.
• The Dragon Security Company convoy reached Danfeng Lucerne and requested to redeem the fallen dragons' remains and meet Kang De.
• Kang De agreed to meet the delegation and asked Horus to prepare for trouble; after they entered the White Mist World, Horus gave A Xing a thumbs-up while she worried about what she had to wear.

Kang De and Grand Duke Reknos discussed Goth’s danger from Dragon Island and agreed that Kang De would negotiate with its envoy, accompanied by Tina, Stella, A Xing, and Cascading Snow. At the meeting, the dragon girl introduced herself and said the Phoenix King had sent Kang De a message.

• Kang De explained that Goth needed to combine its national strength with his deterrence to face threats, while Dragon Island posed an immediate danger after he damaged Dragon Defense’s reputation.
• Grand Duke Reknos offered to negotiate with Dragon Island and mobilize troops, but Kang De said he would handle the talks and use Phoenix Vision to detect disguised dragons.
• Kang De teased Reknos about Tina and Stella accompanying him, while Reknos warned him not to pursue Stella; Tina and Stella then joined Kang De, followed by A Xing and Cascading Snow as bodyguards.
• Santos introduced himself as Dragon Defense’s chief marketing officer and greeted Kang De, while an unannounced dragon girl studied Kang De.
• The dragon girl said she was a dragon and told Kang De that the Phoenix King had sent him a message.

Dragon Island envoy Santos negotiated with Kang De over compensation for three dragons killed in battle, while the dragon girl’s message from Dairila stirred tension between Kang De and Tina. As Santos presented the ransom, Kang De raised the question of whether dragon corpses had ever been withheld, hinting that he might keep them and concealing that one body had vanished.

• The dragon girl told Kang De that Dairila had forbidden her from harming him and had asked her to tell him not to forget her, prompting Tina to steer the meeting back to business.
• Santos presented his authority and Dragon Defense Company's compensation rules, then offered Kang De a multilingual memorandum and a substantial ransom for the three dead dragons.
• Kang De accepted the memorandum for Tina and Stella to review, while worrying that the dragons would discover the Power of the Fire Thief had consumed one corpse entirely.
• Kang De asked Santos whether Dragon Defense Company's recovery process always secured the return of slain dragons' bodies, and Santos realized Kang De might refuse to return the remains.

Santos privately explained Dragon Defense’s monopoly on dragon materials and offered Kang De a share of the goods and discounted future supplies in exchange for the dragon corpses. Kang De recognized that both sides wanted to avoid war and proposed that he lose to Santos once, leaving the negotiation on the edge of a deal.

• Santos asked Kang De to meet privately, then offered dragon materials and future supplies at eighty percent of market price for the return of the corpses.
• Santos revealed that Dragon Defense controlled the dragon-material market by suppressing illicit sellers and supplying authorized goods.
• Santos explained that Dragon Defense sourced materials from dead dragons deemed guilty and living dragons imprisoned to atone through repeated harvesting.
• Kang De concluded that Dragon Defense cared most about trade and profits, and he and Santos exchanged apologies and discussed resolving the dispute.
• Kang De acknowledged that killing three dragons had harmed Dragon Defense’s reputation and proposed that he lose to Santos once.

Kang De and Santos negotiated a staged defeat that would restore Dragon Defense’s reputation and help Goth hire a dragon battle group. They settled the main terms, and Kang De admitted he could not return the third dragon’s remains because his forbidden spell had destroyed them.

• Kang De offered to lose a fight to Santos, who recognized the opportunity to make a deal with him.
• Santos proposed having seven dragons defeat and force Kang De back, while Kang De suggested Goth publicly sign a contract with Dragon Defense afterward.
• Kang De offered the money Santos had brought as the battle group’s employment fee, and Santos agreed to select the dragons for the contract.
• Kang De told Santos that the third dragon’s remains had been blasted apart by his forbidden spell, and Santos said the damaged remains would not be a problem.

Kang De and Santos reached a deal to settle Dragon Island’s crisis and send dragon mercenaries to help Goth. As the group prepared to stage a fixed fight, Horus agreed to take part only if Kang De compensated him.

• Santos and Kang De finalized an arrangement involving the dragon remains, the ransom, and a dragon mercenary squad for Goth.
• The One-Punch Dragon Girl tried to stay behind to question Kang De, but Santos persuaded her to leave with him.
• Kang De warned Tina, Stella, Hilmeria, and A Xing that the dragon girl might be a male dragon in female form, then explained the deal with Dragon Island.
• Tina celebrated how the agreement would help Goth, while A Xing grew jealous of her affection toward Kang De.
• Kang De asked Horus to fight in the staged match, and Horus agreed after demanding compensation from his father.