Chapter Summaries

Li Yu watched from the Shadow Domain as Storm Lord Landis struggled against the Two-Headed Ogre while Golia faced the Legendary Voodoo Shaman. After Li Yu urged Landis to seek the Holy Light, she awakened to its power and unleashed a series of holy attacks against the ogre.

• Li Yu killed the Gnoll Assassin but remained hidden inside the Shadow Domain to watch the battle.
• Landis fought the Two-Headed Ogre while Golia was overwhelmed by the Legendary Voodoo Shaman's curses.
• Landis's attack failed, and the Two-Headed Ogre forced her onto the defensive as she feared for Golia and Li Yu.
• Li Yu told Landis that he had defeated the Gnoll Assassin but was too exhausted to help, then urged her to seek the Holy Light.
• Landis declared her faith in protecting her land and people, touched the Holy Light's origin, and mastered its powers.
• Landis spread radiant wings and attacked the Two-Headed Ogre with the Hammer of Judgment, Crusader Strike, and Holy Storm.

After the Storm Lord killed Gorol and defeated the Legendary Voodoo Shaman, Li Yu used his Victor disguise to rally White Horse City against the berserk ogres. The defenders and Silver Hand Knights overwhelmed the Monster Legion and pursued the fleeing creatures.

• The Storm Lord killed Gorol, and the Northern Witch immobilized the fleeing Voodoo Shaman long enough for the Storm Lord to attack him.
• The Bonecrusher Clan's ogres continued their frenzied assault, pushing White Horse City's defensive line to the brink of collapse.
• Li Yu shattered the Shadow Domain, appeared as the supposedly injured Your Highness Victor, and used Consecration and Holy Storm to stop the ogres.
• Inspired by Victor, White Horse City's soldiers charged, while the Silver Hand Knights attacked the ogres from behind.
• The Storm Lord defeated the Voodoo Shaman and cut off his head, then led White Horse City's army in pursuing the fleeing enemies.

After securing victory in White Horse City, Li Yu planned to use the threat of the Ancient Red Dragon to unite the southern nations and spread the Holy Light. He left to recruit powerful allies for an expedition to face the dragon within half a year.

• Landis became a Legendary Paladin and accepted command of the Silver Hand Knights, while Li Yu declared White Horse City would become a land of the Holy Light.
• Li Yu warned Landis and Golia that the Ancient Red Dragon would awaken within half a year and threaten the southern nations.
• Golia promised to seek support from the Legendary Witches, and Landis said she would write to her mother to recruit Amazon warriors.
• Li Yu expected Count Antares and Amber City to join the effort but knew they needed more Legendary allies to defeat the dragon.
• Li Yu announced he would travel through the southern nations to unite their powerful figures and gather in White Horse City in half a year.

After parting with Sauron and his sister, Li Yu entered the Duchy of Rhine to spread the Holy Light and seek out its legendary powerhouse. He left Shim City’s soldiers awed by his power, then headed for the local Mage Tower to find a teleportation array, where an explosion interrupted him.

• Li Yu gave Sauron the epic shortsword taken from the Legendary Gnoll Assassin before riding north from White Horse City.
• After a week’s travel, Li Yu entered the Duchy of Rhine and found its warriors battling gray dwarves, bugbears, and kobolds.
• Li Yu burned the enemy creatures to ashes with Holy Flame and healed the wounded warriors with Holy Light Rain.
• The Shim City guards told Li Yu the city’s name and directed him toward Rhine City, a journey of half a month on foot.
• Li Yu went to Shim City’s Mage Tower to look for a teleportation array, but an explosion sent a blackened mage falling from a second-floor window.

Li Yu saved Angelina, a reckless mage who claimed to be a Three-ring Mage and the disciple of Legendary Archmage Langre, then asked her for a teleportation array to Rhine City. Angelina led him into the Mage Tower after Li Yu opened its magically sealed doors, and he discovered that its interior was protected by runes inscribed by a Legendary Mage.

• Li Yu healed Angelina after her experiment left her charred, and she thanked him for saving her.
• Angelina recognized that Li Yu had come seeking help and told him that the Mage Tower had a teleportation array.
• Angelina introduced herself as a Three-ring Mage and Langre's personal disciple, then admitted she had been sent away after blowing up her teacher's study.
• Angelina said her experiment had drained her magic, so Li Yu opened the Mage Tower doors by activating their runes himself.
• Li Yu entered the tower and saw that its interior bore powerful runes inscribed by a Legendary Mage.

Li Yu showed Angelina the empty teleportation array and learned that she had used its magic crystals to fund her gem-magic experiments. After learning why Angelina sought power, he introduced her to Holy Light, and she embraced its power through her conviction to protect herself, her family, and her people.

• Angelina led Li Yu to the Mage Tower’s teleportation array, where he found that she had pried out all its magic crystals for her experiments.
• Angelina explained that she studied gem magic because she lacked the aptitude to cast spells and needed power to protect herself, her family, and her people.
• Li Yu decided Angelina was suited to receive a cheat and told her that Holy Light offered another path to power.
• Angelina responded to Holy Light with her conviction and gained its sacred power.
• Angelina recognized the Way of Holy Light and released a dazzling wave of radiance.

Li Yu brought Angelina to Rhine City, where he revealed that an Ancient Red Dragon threatened the southern continent and tried to persuade Master Langre to embrace Holy Light. Langre was surprised by Li Yu’s claim that Holy Light required no deity or faith, and Angelina vouched for the power she had gained.

• Angelina cleaned up, introduced herself to Li Yu, and agreed to take him to meet her father and teacher in Rhine City.
• Li Yu and Angelina teleported to Langre’s Mage Tower, where Angelina showed Langre her Holy Light and introduced Li Yu as its Emissary.
• Langre recognized Li Yu from reports of a Holy Light miracle in Amber City and welcomed him to discuss an important matter.
• Li Yu told Langre that an Ancient Red Dragon slept beneath the Kamo Mountain Range and would soon awaken, threatening the southern continent.
• Li Yu explained that Holy Light came from the Origin of Order and required no deity or faith, while Angelina confirmed that her belief in protecting people had earned her its power.

Li Yu drew Master Langre into the Justice Alliance by presenting Holy Light as a law he could study, while Angelina began spreading Holy Light through the Duchy of Rhine. Her efforts quickly provoked the established churches and nobles, who mobilized against her.

• Langre perceived Holy Light as an Origin Law and joined the Justice Alliance so he could study its power and help fight the Ancient Red Dragon.
• Li Yu told Langre that the Storm Lord, the Legendary Amazon, the Witch Queen of the North, and Antares had also joined, then agreed to discuss Holy Light with him.
• Angelina returned to the royal palace and began converting the Golden Lion Knights, producing more than a hundred Paladins in one week.
• The churches of Rhine City joined forces to oppose the Holy Light Church and threatened to drive it from the Duchy of Rhine.
• Nobles and ministers impeached Angelina, accusing her of betraying the Duchy's traditions by turning the Golden Lion Knights into clerics.

Angelina slowed the Holy Light Church’s expansion after Li Yu advised her to proceed cautiously, while Langre pursued a way to simulate the conviction needed to use Holy Light. When other churches confronted Li Yu and imposed a limit on new followers, he declared that Holy Light was not a god and required neither faith nor followers.

• Angelina told Li Yu that nobles and temples were resisting the spread of Holy Light, and he advised her to take things slowly.
• Angelina returned to the palace and slowed the Holy Light Church’s expansion.
• Langre showed Li Yu his incomplete Holy Light Technique, and Li Yu suggested that conviction could be treated as spiritual power.
• Langre decided to use mind magic to hypnotize himself into believing in the Way of Holy Light and left to continue his research.
• An apprentice warned Li Yu that bishops and priests from many churches had gathered outside the Mage Tower.
• The bishops announced a yearly limit of one thousand new followers for the Holy Light Church, and Li Yu replied that Holy Light was not a god and needed no church, faith, or followers.

Li Yu announced that Holy Light was an Origin Law rather than a deity and required no faith, persuading the churches and gods that priests could wield it without using divine power. The churches adopted Holy Light as standard equipment, while Li Yu anticipated ascending to godhood and facing the weakened gods in the mortal world.

• Li Yu told the assembled bishops and priests that Holy Light was an Origin Law with no conflict of interest with their churches.
• The bishops and priests apologized to Li Yu and returned to their temples to ask their deities about Holy Light.
• The gods investigated Holy Light and confirmed it was an Origin Power that priests could use.
• The gods and their churches approved promoting Holy Light because it strengthened priests without consuming divine power.
• Li Yu looked toward the gods' thrones and planned to ascend to godhood, confident the gods would soon fall into the mortal world.

Li Yu used the churches of the gods to spread Holy Light and encouraged Master Langre to develop an academic method for wielding it. Langre succeeded and invited Legendary practitioners to witness his discovery, setting up Li Yu’s plan to persuade powerful figures across the world to adopt Holy Light.

• Li Yu decided to make Holy Light Power a shared, paid service for the churches and relied on them to spread it.
• Li Yu returned to the Mage Tower, hoping Master Langre would produce research that made Holy Light acceptable to Legendary practitioners.
• Master Langre emerged from his laboratory and demonstrated the Holy Light Technique, explaining that Holy Light was a law of nature rather than a god or faith.
• Master Langre said he would interpret Holy Light spells and paladin powers, and Li Yu encouraged him to share his findings with other practitioners.
• Master Langre invited his colleagues to an academic exchange, while Li Yu planned to use the gathering to draw Legendary powerhouses into studying Holy Light.
• Li Yu anticipated that Holy Light practitioners would help defeat the Ancient Red Dragon and later capture gods, demons, and devils for research.

Master Langre opened his Holy Light academic conference before thirty-four legendary powerhouses, most of whom ignored his lecture until he demonstrated the power himself. The audience finally took notice when Langre unleashed a vast surge of Holy Light.

• Angelina welcomed thirty-four legendary powerhouses to Master Langre's conference and distributed his lecture manuscripts.
• Langre and Li Yu took the stage, but the attendees kept chatting and cracking sunflower seeds instead of listening.
• Langre explained that Holy Light was a source power that people of any class could wield.
• Li Yu urged Langre to demonstrate his claims, and Langre released a powerful wave of Holy Light that startled the audience.
• The legendary powerhouses began paying serious attention to Langre's research.

Langre demonstrated the power of Holy Light, then used Li Yu’s suggestion to challenge the warrior Lord Gangyan to an arm-wrestling match. The chapter ended with Langre’s thin arm holding firm against Gangyan’s immense strength, shocking the Legendary Warriors.

• Langre unleashed Holy Light in the hall, impressing the Legendary Warriors with its power.
• The mages and melee fighters argued over whether Holy Light could help warriors like them.
• Li Yu suggested Langre prove that Holy Light could strengthen a mage’s body by challenging the muscleheads.
• Langre challenged Lord Gangyan to an arm-wrestling match, and Gangyan accepted.
• Langre’s arm did not budge under Gangyan’s strength, leaving the onlookers stunned.

Master Langre demonstrated that Holy Light could enhance a mage’s strength, prompting Legendary practitioners to ask Li Yu to teach them how to wield it. Li Yu’s enlightenment helped several professions gain Holy Light powers, though he was left unsure how to classify the new abilities of swordmasters, monks, and rogues.

• Master Langre showed that Holy Light let him match Lord Gangyan in strength, and male mages eagerly asked him to teach them.
• Langre introduced Li Yu as the true Holy Light Mentor, and Legendary powerhouses crowded around Li Yu for instruction.
• Li Yu explained the Eight Virtues of Holy Light and used Holy Light Enlightenment to help the Legends connect with its power.
• Legendary Warriors became Retribution Knights, while most legendary knights became Guardian Knights.
• Swordmasters, monks, and rogues also began gaining Holy Light, leaving Li Yu wondering what their new professions should be called.

Li Yu organized a Legendary team to prepare for the Ancient Red Dragon’s awakening and helped Golia advance to Legendary through Holy Light. He named her the Libra Saint and planned to consult Sauron about the dragon raid.

• Li Yu gathered the faction representatives, reviewed a dossier on the Ancient Red Dragon, and set the raid for three months later.
• After the others left, Golia told Li Yu she was not yet Legendary and did not want to miss the battle.
• Golia said justice was the Holy Light virtue she believed in most, and Li Yu bestowed the Seal of Justice upon her.
• The Seal of Justice advanced Golia to Legendary, and Li Yu granted her the title of Libra Saint.
• Li Yu considered Golia’s future role in the Holy Light Church and decided to seek Sauron’s advice on the Ancient Red Dragon raid.

Li Yu contacted Sauron and Vivian while they fought beastmen at the Northern Kingdom’s border, then asked Sauron for information about the Ancient Red Dragon. Sauron offered to join Li Yu’s campaign against the dragon, hoping to claim its rewards.

• Li Yu tracked Sauron to the Northern Kingdom’s border and saw that beastmen had surrounded him and Vivian.
• Sauron killed a werewolf with Holy Light Blessing, and Vivian burned the remaining beastmen to ash with Holy Nova.
• Li Yu projected himself beside Sauron and Vivian and explained that he was gathering Legendary powerhouses to challenge the Ancient Red Dragon.
• Sauron said his late father’s materials had burned as firewood, but claimed he still remembered information about the dragon.
• Sauron asked Li Yu to let him join the campaign against the Ancient Red Dragon.

Li Yu recruited Sauron to advise the campaign against the Ancient Red Dragon, and Golia brought Sauron and Vivian to the Tower of Truth. Sauron proved his expertise by giving the dragon’s precise length and explaining how it had lost part of a horn.

• Sauron asked Li Yu to let him join the dragon-slaying effort as a battle commander, and Li Yu agreed to bring him in.
• Li Yu summoned Golia and Langre and had them open a portal using Sauron’s location marker.
• Golia found Sauron and Vivian and brought them to the Tower of Truth, where Vivian happily jumped into Li Yu’s arms.
• Langre doubted that the children could know much about the Ancient Red Dragon, so Sauron offered to prove his knowledge.
• Sauron stated that the dragon was 1,548 meters long after Beast God Ugs severed part of one horn, astonishing Langre.

Sauron briefed the legendary powerhouses on the environmental hazards, entry requirements, and tactics for attacking the Nest of Calamity. He left them prepared to break the sealing runes, rush through the guards, and face the Ancient Red Dragon.

• Sauron explained that fire resistance and protection from sulfurous fumes were essential, and the Witch Queen of the North secured Nature Purification Runes from the druids.
• Sauron presented a restored map of the Nest of Calamity and said the group needed to break its Dragon Language sealing array to enter.
• Master Glandom, known as Rune Speech, volunteered to break the rune array, and Li Yu acknowledged him after Sauron confirmed the plan.
• Sauron warned that the group had to defeat the Lava Lizards and Half-Dragon People within two hours before the Ancient Red Dragon fully awakened and trapped them in the narrow passages.
• Sauron described the Ancient Red Dragon's defenses, fire immunity, and formidable warrior and warlock abilities, while Li Yu recognized the value of his expertise.

Li Yu used Sauron’s knowledge and information gathered by the legendary powerhouses to create a Virtual Illusionary Realm for rehearsing the battle at the Nest of Calamity. A month later, he introduced the realm to the group, and they entered a simulated Kamo Mountain Range.

• Li Yu told Sauron he planned to simulate the Nest of Calamity and the Ancient Red Dragon so the group could refine their tactics.
• Sauron supplied details about the Nest of Calamity, including its monsters and their abilities, while Li Yu secretly relied on his own means to build the simulation.
• Over the next month, Li Yu completed the Virtual Illusionary Realm as the legendary powerhouses practiced using Holy Light.
• Li Yu gave everyone rune-activated eye masks and led them into the virtual realm.
• The group found themselves in a scorching valley that resembled the entrance to the Nest of Calamity.

Li Yu brought the legendary experts into a realistic Virtual Illusionary Realm to prepare for fighting the Ancient Red Dragon, then recruited Elder Oak to help. The first full battle simulation ended in a crushing defeat, and the experts resolved to keep trying while Li Yu concealed that he had doubled the monsters’ strength.

• Li Yu showed the legendary experts the Nest of Calamity illusion, where they were burned, hurt, and poisoned by its realistic hazards.
• The Witch King brought Elder Oak to the Tower of Truth, and Elder Oak agreed to fight the Ancient Red Dragon to protect nature.
• Li Yu gathered the group in the Virtual Illusionary Realm for a battle simulation and stayed outside while Sauron joined the team.
• The Ancient Red Dragon ambushed the team before they reached the Half-Dragon Person area, killing most of them with Lava Spit and Dragon Wing Strike.
• The legendary experts vowed to keep attempting the simulation, while Li Yu admitted he had doubled the monsters’ strength as training.