Recaps

Li Xing explained his encounter with a wild mage who commanded undead, and Old Turner confirmed the evidence before the hunters discussed how dangerous mages could be. Angie Turner organized new safety measures for the town, then stopped Li Xing as he was leaving and showed him something familiar.

• Li Xing recounted his confrontation with the undead wizard, and the hunters debated whether the wizard’s claims about a mass of energy and light were trustworthy.
• Old Turner returned in the silver-white armor from the smithy and confirmed that he had found nonhuman bone fragments and a broken bone blade at the site of Li Xing’s confrontation.
• Li Xing claimed he had learned about undead wizards from two wild mages on an island, and Old Turner explained that ordinary mages could be killed, especially without warriors protecting them.
• Angie Turner ordered hunters to travel in parties of at least four and remain on standby, then asked them to notify their teams and households about the rules and a residents’ meeting.
• Angie Turner told Li Xing to bring Little Jerry back from Lucy’s with Old Turner and showed him a familiar object.

Li Xing discussed building an academy on the high ground with Angie Turner and proposed that town elders teach their skills there. After leaving the smithy with Little Jerry, Li Xing went to Lucy’s house, where a misunderstanding led her to call him her friend.

• Li Xing confirmed to Angie Turner that he wanted to build an academy on the high ground and share knowledge with the town.
• Angie Turner told Li Xing about his past efforts to learn a craft and offered to teach him his skills after the traveling merchants’ visit.
• Li Xing proposed that townspeople help build the academy and that elders teach there, but Angie Turner and Old Turner laughed at the idea before agreeing that Little Jerry would follow Li Xing.
• Old Turner invited Li Xing to a residents’ meeting, then suspected he was going to Lucy’s house and hurried to tell Angie Turner.
• Li Xing arrived at Lucy’s door to take Little Jerry, and Lucy, believing he had indulged her request out of loneliness, declared him her friend.

Li Xing watched Lucy's children while she attended a residents' meeting, and he promised Little Jerry he would cook for them again. When townspeople mistook Li Xing and Lucy for lovers, Li Xing clarified that they had only become friends that day, but Lucy became angry after learning he had promised Jerry more meals.

• Lucy asked Li Xing to watch the children while she attended the residents' meeting, and he agreed.
• Little Jerry praised Li Xing's cooking and asked him to return the next day, so Li Xing promised to cook for the children again.
• Old Turner arrived with Lucy, the Turner brothers, and other townspeople, who questioned Li Xing about his relationship with Lucy.
• Li Xing explained that he and Lucy had only become friends that day, and Little Jerry confirmed what they had done together.
• Lucy asked Little Jerry what else Li Xing had promised to cook, then glared at Li Xing and slammed the door without telling him what happened at the meeting.

After dreaming that he played as a Blademaster, Li Xing woke with new swordsmanship and discovered he could use the hero’s abilities. He tested Mirror Image to build a house, then learned that his doubles’ exertion and hunger were shared with him.

• On the way home, Old Turner explained that the townspeople had speculated Li Xing and Lucy were romantically involved because they cared about her marriage prospects.
• Li Xing slept and dreamed he became a Blademaster, fighting the Lich instead of advancing the battle.
• After waking, Li Xing noticed his swordsmanship had improved and discovered through meditation that he could create two doubles.
• Li Xing realized he had mastered Critical Strike, had limited skill in Wind Walk and Mirror Image, and had not learned Blade Storm.
• Li Xing used his doubles to help build a house, but they vanished when the frame was complete, leaving him overwhelmed by their hunger and fatigue.
• Li Xing rushed back to his cabin, ate bread and drank water, then considered whether his new abilities had come from the dream.

Li Xing tested his newly comprehended Gale Leap in the river and agreed to teach Old Turner and Little Jerry after the townspeople helped build an academy. He used his abilities to travel to the smithy, where his shoes broke, and realized he had forgotten Little Jerry.

• Li Xing jumped from the bridge into the river, tested his strengthened body, and used Gale Leap to spring back beside Old Turner.
• Li Xing told Old Turner he would teach him and Little Jerry after the town helped build an academy, then raced across the highlands to his cabin.
• Li Xing used Wind Walk to reach the smithy, where his casual shoes came apart from the strain.
• Li Xing made wooden clogs with his tools, and Uncle Turner suggested he take a suitable pair of boots from Aniekra's.
• Li Xing hurried to get boots, then remembered he had forgotten Little Jerry.

Li Xing demonstrated his Miracle forging skill at Angie Turner's smithy, impressing the older blacksmith and finishing armor orders to his satisfaction. After reflecting on Angie Turner's thoughts about fairness, Li Xing went to Aniekra's house to have shoes made and found Lucy there; Aniekra suggested he escort them out of town.

• Li Xing used his knowledge of forging and his farmer-class skill to demonstrate his Miracle to Angie Turner.
• Angie Turner gave Li Xing some armor orders, and the finished armor exceeded his standards.
• Angie Turner told Li Xing that although Miracles seemed unfair, forging had become part of his life and he could still appreciate its beauty.
• Lucy explained that the town's alert rules required Aniekra to be accompanied by at least four people when going out.
• Li Xing arrived at Aniekra's house and found Lucy and Aniekra playing together, then learned Little Jerry was at Lucy's house.
• Aniekra suggested that Li Xing take her and Lucy out of town.

Lucy and Aniekra arranged for Li Xing to escort them to bathe at the river, with Little Jerry accompanying them for safety. Li Xing went to fetch Little Jerry and borrow a horse, leaving Lucy and Aniekra to prepare.

• Aniekra persuaded Lucy to let Li Xing guard them at the river with Little Jerry present, and Lucy explained the plan to Li Xing.
• Li Xing admitted he felt tempted, and Lucy said his honesty and visible feelings made him a reliable choice for guard duty.
• Aniekra emerged in a cloak, then said she had packed their things in a carriage and wanted to take it to the river.
• Li Xing offered to fetch Little Jerry from Lucy's house and borrow a horse near the lumber mill, and Aniekra promised to make his custom shoes for free.
• Lucy prepared to give Li Xing five gold coins, but he entered Gale State and left before she could hand them over.
• Aniekra teased Lucy about Li Xing refusing her help, and Lucy hugged her and playfully scolded her.

Li Xing visited Lucy's house, promised the children a meal, and left with Little Jerry, Lucy, and Aniekra to wash up outside town. After admitting he could not ride a horse, he rode in the carriage while Lucy drove, and the group arrived at their destination with Li Xing still guarded.

• Little Jerry entertained the children at Lucy's house with tales of Li Xing's promised food, then tested Li Xing at the door before letting him in.
• Li Xing reassured the children that he would cook for them later and left with Little Jerry to collect horses from the lumberyard.
• Li Xing and Little Jerry admitted neither could ride, so they led the horses on foot to Aniekra's house, where Lucy and Aniekra harnessed them to a carriage.
• Lucy drove the group out of town and asked Li Xing to promise that he would explain his identity to her and Aniekra.
• After the hunters checked their carriage at the west checkpoint, Lucy drove across a stone bridge, stopped, and told Li Xing to follow them.

Li Xing stood guard while Lucy and Aniekra bathed in the river, then learned from Little Jerry that bathing outside summer was difficult because heating water consumed too much firewood. Inspired by Jerry’s enthusiasm, Li Xing considered building a bathhouse, and Jerry said it would make him the most respected person in Hunter Town.

• Lucy told Li Xing to stay outside the thicket until she or Aniekra called him, and he swore he would obey.
• Lucy asked Little Jerry to watch Li Xing, so the two waited outside while the women bathed.
• Little Jerry asked Li Xing for a stick, and Li Xing made him a wooden sword from a branch.
• Little Jerry explained that he and his father rarely bathed in cool weather because baths used too much firewood.
• Li Xing considered building a bathhouse, and Little Jerry enthusiastically said it would make Li Xing the most respected person in Hunter Town.

Li Xing rushed to Lucy and Aniekra after hearing Lucy cry out while they washed in the river, but Lucy mistook his concern for peeping and drove him away. Meanwhile, a bandit group searching the forest for something unusual complained that their mage lord kept the women they had captured for himself.

• Lucy cried out while washing, and Aniekra hurried to check on her.
• Li Xing rushed out of the bushes to ask what had happened, but Lucy splashed him and accused him of peeping.
• Little Jerry told Li Xing that Lucy had not called for him, and Aniekra persuaded Lucy that he had only come because he was worried.
• Lucy agreed to apologize to Li Xing after she and Aniekra finished washing.
• A group of masked bandits continued searching the forest for something unusual on their master's orders.
• The bandits complained to their burly Big Brother that their mage lord kept the captured merchant women for himself.

Li Xing, Lucy, Aniekra, and Little Jerry finished bathing by the river and made peace after Lucy apologized for startling and splashing Li Xing. Bandits nearby planned to attack them, and the chapter left the group unaware of the danger.

• A bandit leader and his men decided to seek victims near Hunter Town despite warnings not to provoke its hunters.
• The bandits spotted Lucy and Aniekra bathing with Li Xing and Little Jerry, then planned to assault them after they finished.
• Lucy apologized to Li Xing for screaming and splashing him, and Aniekra urged him to accept their apologies.
• Li Xing accepted the apologies and told Aniekra to put on her outer clothes after she sneezed.
• Lucy teased Li Xing about washing, and Little Jerry said Li Xing had already washed that morning because Dad had told him.

Li Xing and Lucy shared an unspoken understanding after a tense encounter, but bandits soon attacked while Aniekra was alone by the carriage. Li Xing promised to protect Aniekra, sent Lucy and Little Jerry across the river, and rushed to her rescue as his clones held off the bandits.

• Lucy teased Li Xing about his arousal, and he offered to provide Little Jerry's meals the next day as thanks for her help.
• Aniekra found several black-clad bandits by the carriage, and their leader advanced on her as she cried for Lucy.
• Li Xing and Lucy heard Aniekra's cries, then discovered they were surrounded by armed bandits at the riverbank.
• Li Xing told Lucy to take Little Jerry across the river and promised to keep Aniekra safe; Lucy trusted him and swam away with Jerry.
• Li Xing created two clones, entered Gale State, and rushed toward Aniekra while his clones fought the bandits.

Li Xing rescued Aniekra from the bandit leader and signaled Hunter Town for help. With the bandits closing in and his clone killed by an arrow, he warned them that anyone who approached would die.

• The bandit leader bound Aniekra to the carriage and tried to rape her, but Li Xing arrived, freed her, and kicked him away, killing him.
• Li Xing comforted Aniekra and fired the signal firework from Lucy's bag.
• Lucy saw the signal and led Jerry toward town to bring the hunter patrols to Li Xing and Aniekra's aid.
• Hunter Town's alarm bell rang, and Yilaikesi and Alex led their squads toward the western bridge after learning Li Xing's group had not returned.
• Li Xing told Aniekra to stay behind him and warned the bandits not to approach, then realized an arrow had killed his clone and repeated the warning.

Li Xing bluffed the bandits into retreating by claiming Hunter Town’s alarm meant reinforcements were near, then escaped with Aniekra in the carriage. The bandits realized they had been tricked and turned back, while Yilaikesi’s party encountered Lucy and Jerry outside Hunter Town.

• Three more bandits arrived, recognized Li Xing as a Miracle Controller, and warned the others about his swordsmanship.
• Li Xing claimed Hunter Town’s alarm had sounded and challenged the bandits to fight, inspiring Aniekra to take a knife and prepare to help him.
• The bandits feared Hunter Town’s reinforcements and fled, leaving Li Xing to free the horses and put Aniekra in charge of the carriage.
• Li Xing told Aniekra that he had been bluffing to protect her, and she drove the carriage away.
• The bandits realized Li Xing and the carriage were gone, understood they had been tricked, and hurried back.
• Yilaikesi’s party and Alex’s party rode west from Hunter Town, where the hunters ahead encountered Lucy and Jerry.

Lucy and the Hunter Town riders rescued Li Xing and Aniekra from the bandits, and Li Xing hid his use of clones while recounting the battle. On the journey back, Lucy realized Aniekra had fallen for Li Xing.

• Lucy gave Jerry to a hunter, then led Yilaikesi and Alex’s riders toward Li Xing’s carriage and identified the men in black as bandits.
• Yilaikesi and Alex led the hunters in attacking the bandits while Aniekra stopped the carriage and reunited tearfully with Lucy.
• Lucy checked that Aniekra was safe, thanked Li Xing for keeping his promise, and noticed Aniekra’s affection for him.
• Li Xing described the battle to the hunters, claiming he had used Gale Swordsmanship to defeat the enemies by himself and concealing his clone skill.
• Alex offered Li Xing a deputy captain’s position, while Yilaikesi argued that Li Xing was too strong for the role.
• As the group returned to Hunter Town, Lucy confirmed that Aniekra had fallen for Li Xing.

Li Xing and the hunting parties returned to Hunter Town after defeating the bandits, and the townspeople celebrated their victory. After the bandits’ bodies were burned to prevent trouble from their necromancer, Li Xing made scallion pancakes and soup for Lucy and the children, who eagerly devoured them.

• Yilaikesi and Alex praised Li Xing’s strength as the group approached Hunter Town.
• The townspeople welcomed the returning hunters, and Yilaikesi and Alex reported that Li Xing had killed the enemies on one of the carts.
• Angie Turner trusted Li Xing, while Old Turner ordered the bandits’ corpses displayed at the town gate.
• Li Xing warned Yilaikesi that the bandits had a necromancer, so the townspeople burned the corpses by the roadside.
• Li Xing cooked scallion pancakes and meat soup, and Lucy and the children eagerly ate them.

After Lucy explained that she was Hunter Town’s craftswoman, she asked Li Xing to watch the children while she helped Aniekra finish orders for the traveling merchants and comfort her after the day’s shock. Lucy left, and Li Xing settled in to keep the children company.

• Li Xing complained to Lucy that the children had eaten the last of his scallion pancake, and Lucy admitted she had taken the final bite.
• Lucy told Li Xing she made the shoes and other goods sold by Aniekra and Uncle Turner, though she had no workshop of her own.
• Lucy asked Li Xing to look after the children while she helped Aniekra with unfinished orders and comforted her after the day’s events.
• Li Xing agreed to keep the children from feeling lonely, and Lucy left after telling them to listen to him.
• The children worried Li Xing was angry about the pancake, but he reassured them that he knew who had taken the bite.
• Lucy arrived outside Aniekra’s house, rubbed her nose, and wondered if she had caught a chill.

Lucy visited Aniekra to comfort her and apologized for being unable to protect her, while Aniekra reassured her that their friendship did not depend on Lucy's power. Meanwhile, Li Xing charmed Lucy's wards with a story and his cooking, and Lucy began to suspect that Aniekra had fallen for him.

• Lucy visited Aniekra and embraced her, apologizing for failing to protect her and fearing she might break her promise.
• Aniekra comforted Lucy, reaffirmed their friendship, and teased that they were friends, not master and retainer.
• Li Xing told the children the story of Snow White, then sent them to bed by threatening not to cook for them if they stayed up.
• After Li Xing left, the children discussed his kindness and hoped he would marry Lucy.
• Lucy brought Aniekra some of Li Xing's scallion pancakes, and Aniekra praised them eagerly.
• Lucy asked Aniekra whether she had fallen for Li Xing.

Aniekra and Lucy shared a late-night meal and discussed Aniekra’s feelings for Li Xing, while Lucy urged her to wait until she investigated his background. After the two went to sleep, Li Xing dreamed of a statue of the Orc Blademaster taking shape.

• Lucy teased Aniekra about how she had called Li Xing “Brother Li Xing” and made Little Jerry jealous.
• Aniekra and Lucy shared Li Xing’s scallion pancakes and reminisced about their past.
• Aniekra explained that she was drawn to Li Xing’s strength, humility, and kindness, but felt conflicted about starting a relationship with him.
• Lucy agreed that Li Xing seemed unusual but said she would investigate his questionable identity and told Aniekra to wait before pursuing him.
• Lucy playfully attacked Aniekra, and the two went to sleep together.
• Li Xing dreamed of a giant statue of the Orc Blademaster gradually taking shape.

After reliving his battles in a dream, Li Xing prepared breakfast for Lucy’s children and wondered why he had not mastered Bladestorm. He decided to visit the Resurrection Stone to check his level, then took leftover food to Aniekra’s house while fretting about using up Lucy’s flour.

• Li Xing touched the Blademaster statue in his dream and relived his past battles, after which the statue gained some color.
• Li Xing made egg pancakes for Lucy’s children and decided he would choose the Tauren Chieftain’s resurrection skill if he entered the 3C dream again.
• Li Xing used Wind Walk to move the pancakes away from the children and made them wash up before eating.
• Li Xing suspected that he could not master Bladestorm because he had not reached LV10 and resolved to visit the Resurrection Stone to check his status.
• After feeding the children, Li Xing arranged for them to sleep, took the extra food to Aniekra’s house, and worried about having emptied Lucy’s flour jar.

Li Xing brought egg flatbreads to Aniekra’s home and explained breakfast to Lucy, who worried that he had used up their flour. The chapter ended with Li Xing saying he had a solution to the food shortage.

• Li Xing arrived at Aniekra’s home with breakfast, and Lucy let him in after seeing the flatbreads.
• Lucy ate several flatbreads while Li Xing asked where Aniekra was and tried to talk to her.
• Li Xing told Lucy their flour jar was nearly empty because he had fed the children and made breakfast for everyone.
• Li Xing explained the idea of three meals a day, and Aniekra came in and asked to call him Big Brother Li Xing.
• Lucy scolded Li Xing for using their borrowed food, and he said he had come to discuss a solution, leaving her startled.

Li Xing arranged to trade wild boar meat for flour and promised Aniekra meals while he hunted, then returned with Lucy to care for the children before going to Angie Turner's smithy. After demonstrating Void Forging and earning Angie’s praise, Li Xing was invited to ask for a reward.

• Li Xing told Lucy he wanted her to trade processed wild boar meat for flour and said he would hunt another boar to replace it.
• Li Xing discussed three meals a day with Aniekra, promising to feed her and the children while Lucy arranged their care.
• Li Xing and Lucy returned to the children, where Lucy soothed Little Jerry by sharing her egg pancake; Li Xing then left for the smithy.
• Li Xing used Void Forging to make equipment while Angie Turner watched and praised the Miracle’s perfect success rate.
• Angie Turner thanked Li Xing for the silver-white liquor flask and told him to ask for any reward he wanted.

Li Xing asked Angie Turner to let him finish work early so he could help Lucy care for the children, and Angie agreed after Li Xing promised to maintain his forging quality. After making a shortsword and visiting Lucy’s house, Li Xing cooked for the children, where Lucy asked about the chopsticks he used.

• Li Xing asked Angie Turner for permission to leave early after finishing his work so he could help Lucy care for the children, and Angie agreed on the condition that Li Xing keep improving his forging.
• Li Xing forged a well-balanced shortsword that met Angie’s requirements, and Angie said he would begin paying Li Xing wages.
• Li Xing asked to use the smithy’s equipment after work and agreed to save Angie one of his future good creations.
• Lucy questioned Li Xing about the bedtime stories he had told the children, and he said he had heard the fairy tales on another continent.
• Li Xing prepared red-braised pork and flatbreads for Lucy and the children, then Lucy asked whether people from his homeland ate with wooden sticks.

Li Xing described his enormous hometown to Lucy and learned to drive a wagon under her instruction. After replacing the exhausted horse, he returned to the Resurrection Stone and checked his status, wondering why his race was listed as unknown.

• Li Xing told Lucy that his hometown was many times larger than the Eastern Kingdoms and explained that people there traveled using technology like the Dwarves' inventions.
• Lucy agreed to teach Li Xing to drive a carriage, and he rented a cargo wagon to practice with her on the mountain road north of town.
• Lucy taught Li Xing to drive and agreed to make him a back-carried bag for his sword sheath if he supplied the hide.
• Lucy advised Li Xing to replace the tired nag, so he exchanged the horse and drove west toward the Resurrection Stone.
• Li Xing checked his status at the Resurrection Stone and saw that his race remained unknown, prompting him to recall what he had heard about Humans in Azeroth.

Li Xing confronted the necromancer who had tried to recruit him and attacked him with his clones and bows. The necromancer fled into the forest, where Li Xing caught up and struck down the skeleton carrying him, but the mage dodged the blow.

• The necromancer offered Li Xing a place in his master’s service, but Li Xing mocked his promises and challenged him over the mage’s earlier attacks on him and his friend.
• The necromancer summoned skeleton warriors, and Li Xing used a bow to pierce one through its shield and spine.
• Li Xing’s clones continued shooting while the necromancer used skeletons as cover, then fled into the forest on one of them.
• Li Xing left his clones to fight the skeletons and pursued the necromancer in Gale State.
• The necromancer leaped from his mount as Li Xing struck it in two, and Li Xing complained that the mage had dodged his attack.