Chapter Summaries

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.