Chapter Summaries

George reconstructed the Source of Qi cultivation art from Zhang Chulan’s memories and explained its formidable abilities. Zhang Chulan chose to remain with Nadootung and Feng Baobao, while George urged him to cultivate and then departed.

• George used Zhang Chulan’s memories to reconstruct the Source of Qi and learned that it could dispel spells, enhance the body, and provide other defenses, but consumed substantial qi.
• George explained his ability to read memories by touch or eye contact, then teased Zhang Chulan about his private life.
• Zhang Chulan said he would stay with Nadootung so he and Feng Baobao could remain protected.
• George advised Zhang Chulan to cultivate until he reached the Old Heavenly Master’s level, so no one would dare threaten him or Feng Baobao.
• Zhang Chulan began asking whether George was immortal, but George said he already was and vanished.

George, posing as Jin Baobao, confronted Ma Xianhong and offered to trade for Divine Machine Hundred Refinements. After revealing that Nadootung’s forces were targeting Ma Xianhong and warning him about the Body Refining Furnace’s dangers, George offered a new deal to help him recover his lost memories.

• George entered Ma Xianhong’s workshop and demanded Divine Machine Hundred Refinements, then destroyed Ma Xianhong’s puppets with lightning.
• George revealed his identity as Jin Baobao, repaired the puppets, and proposed trading for the technique.
• Ma Xianhong said Nadootung was there to capture Chen Duo and vowed to protect her.
• George warned that Nadootung’s true target was Ma Xianhong and explained the danger of creating Inhumans with the Body Refining Furnace.
• Ma Xianhong said he could not leave before perfecting the furnace and recovering his lost memories, so George offered to help him recover them in exchange for Divine Machine Hundred Refinements.

George restored Ma Xianhong’s sealed memories and exposed Qu Tong’s deception, leaving Ma Xianhong devastated and willing to surrender Biyou Village to the company if Zhang Chulan fulfilled two conditions.

• Ma Xianhong offered George anything in exchange for recovering his lost memories, and George asked for Divine Machine Hundred Refinements.
• George broke the seal on Ma Xianhong’s memories and discovered that Qu Tong had erased the Ma Family’s memories and manipulated Ma Xianhong to make him create the Perfect Body Refining Furnace.
• Ma Xianhong remembered Qu Tong’s betrayal and broke down, while George left with Divine Machine Hundred Refinements and set his sights on Qu Tong.
• Zhang Chulan and the villagers came to Ma Xianhong after hearing his anguished cries, and Ma Xianhong agreed to have them follow the company’s arrangements if Zhang Chulan promised him two things.

Ma Xianhong agreed to join the company in exchange for Chen Duo’s safety and help rescuing his family from Qu Tong. Meanwhile, George demanded Qu Tong’s Dual Hand in a trade, and she learned the company had exposed her and sent Inhumans to arrest her.

• Zhang Chulan secured the company’s agreement to protect Chen Duo and help Ma Xianhong rescue his family from Qu Tong.
• Ma Xianhong explained how Qu Tong had deceived him and arranged for his parents to be taken.
• Qu Tong ordered her subordinates to retrieve Ma Xianhong from Biyou Village, but George appeared in her office.
• George offered to trade for Qu Tong’s Dual Hand, and Qu Tong asked for time to consider her terms.
• Qu Tong questioned George over tea, then received a warning that Ma Xianhong had joined the company and that Inhumans were coming to arrest her.

Qu Tong escaped Nadootung’s encirclement with George’s help, promising him the Dual Hand technique in exchange. When she tried to make him obtain it by having a child with her, George invaded her mind and took the technique directly, learning her secrets and its powers.

• Qu Tong learned that Nadootung had surrounded the Society and reluctantly accepted George’s offer to get her and her core members to safety.
• Qu Tong gathered her people and important records, and George transported them all to a forest.
• Qu Tong offered to have a child with George so the child could inherit the Dual Hand, but George rejected her proposal and invaded her mind to collect his payment.
• Qu Tong’s subordinates attacked George, who crushed them with a gravity field while reading Qu Tong’s memories.
• George obtained the Dual Hand and learned that its Blue Hand could manipulate souls and memories while its Red Hand could heal and regenerate the body.

George traded for Dual Hand, then gathered more of the Eight Wonders while preparing to visit the Isle of Nasan. After a month, a new clone awakened in Zaun as Sil, an orphan from the world of War of Arcane.

• George left Qu Tong stranded on an island near New York after obtaining Dual Hand, then teleported to Jia Family Village and traded for the Art of Object Manipulation.
• George reflected on the remaining Eight Wonders, including Great Luo Cave Observation and Six Treasuries Immortal Thief, and planned to visit the Isle of Nasan once it opened.
• George searched members of Quanxing and obtained their techniques, including Borrowing, then traded with Lu Jin for Reverse Life Triple in exchange for finding Li Muxuan.
• George learned from Qu Tong's memories that Li Muxuan was hiding on the Isle of Nasan, so he prepared to settle the related matters there.
• A new George clone awakened in Zaun as Sil, an eleven-year-old orphan who had died in a sewage river, and recognized the world as War of Arcane and League of Legends.

George, newly arrived in Zaun, saved Jinx from a boy pursuing her and met Vi. After claiming to be a traveler from Demacia, he followed Vi and her companions toward a bookstore in the Undercity.

• George used magic to clean and repair his clothes, then set out to find a bookstore and learn about Runeterra.
• George recognized Jinx and the Hextech crystal in her backpack as a large boy chased her through the Undercity.
• George tripped the boy and knocked him unconscious with a slap after the boy attacked him.
• George introduced himself to Jinx, and Vi arrived with two followers to check on her.
• George told Vi he had come from Demacia to travel, and Vi offered to lead him to a bookstore.
• George followed Vi and the others to Black Alley, the Undercity's largest trading market.

George bought Vi’s Hextech Magic Crystals, studied Piltover and Zaun, and decided to take control of both within a week. When Vander offered to return his payment for the crystals, George produced nine more pieces of gold and began considering how to use the conflict between the Upper City and the Undercity to secure his goal.

• Vi guided George through Black Alley, where he asked about the energy in her backpack and offered to buy the Hextech Magic Crystals.
• George gave Vi a large piece of gold in exchange for the crystals, then went to a bookstore and read every book there.
• George decided to seize Piltover and Zaun within a week, hoping to use Piltover’s trade network as his base.
• Vander met George outside the bookstore and offered to return the gold for the crystals, along with free food and lodging at his tavern.
• George offered Vander ten pieces of gold, surprising Vander, Vi, and her companions.

George handed the Hextech crystals to Vander, then won the respect of Black Alley by drinking him under the table. Grayson arrived to demand the children responsible for the Academy District attack, and the general store owner’s attempt to settle the matter failed.

• George accepted Vander’s payment and returned the bag of Hextech crystals, hoping the conflict with the Upper City would escalate.
• George drank with Vander at Fuggen Tavern and outlasted him, earning the admiration of the tavern’s patrons.
• Grayson and another Enforcer entered the tavern to find Vander, while Vi hid Jinx from them.
• The general store owner offered Grayson the crystals and promised the children would not cause trouble again.
• Grayson refused the offer and insisted that the children be handed over or that she be allowed to search for them.

George engineered a tavern brawl while Vander was incapacitated, causing the conflict between Black Alley and Piltover to escalate. As the Enforcers, Vander’s followers, and Silco’s forces gathered at Black Alley, Vi chased after George, and Vander remained missing from the confrontation.

• Marcus recognized Vi and Jinx, but Vi fled with Jinx before the Enforcers could catch them.
• George used his ability to make Marcus’s pistol fire and kept Vander unconscious, provoking a fight in which Grayson and Marcus were beaten and tied up.
• Vi offered to surrender herself to protect Vander and his followers, but a messenger reported that a large force of Enforcers was approaching Black Alley.
• The general store owner and the burly men went to confront the Enforcers, while Vi decided to join the fight and George punched a hole through the tavern’s stone wall.
• At Black Alley, the Enforcers and Vander’s followers faced off as Silco arrived with his men, expecting to find Vander but seeing no sign of him.

George entered a standoff between Piltover enforcers and Vander’s people, claiming Vander as his sworn older brother and taking his side. After knocking six enforcers unconscious with slaps, he challenged the remaining enforcers to send ten men.

• Silco learned Vander was still drunk, while the Grocery Department boss held Grayson and Marcus and refused to surrender them.
• George stumbled into the standoff, claimed he had become Vander’s sworn brother, and told the enforcers to leave.
• Vi tried to pull George away, but he flung her back toward the Grocery Department boss.
• Two enforcers rushed George, and he slapped them unconscious before taunting the opposing force.
• The deputy enforcer sent four more men, and George knocked all four unconscious with slaps.
• George held up ten fingers and declared that he wanted to fight ten.

George’s slaps crippled the Piltover Enforcers’ morale, but the council ordered a purge of Black Alley, triggering a full battle. George led the charge and shattered the enforcers’ formation, leaving the fight as a chaotic brawl.

• George sent ten of Piltover’s strongest enforcers flying with a barrage of slaps, unsettling Silco and his Shimmer-enhanced Augmented Human.
• The council ordered the people of Black Alley to surrender, then authorized a purge and commanded the enforcers to kill anyone who resisted.
• Silco withdrew his men from the fighting, while George rallied the strongmen of Black Alley and charged the enforcers.
• George knocked the enforcer commander aside and scattered the guards, allowing the strongmen to break through with their cold weapons.
• The fighting turned into a chaotic brawl, with Black Alley’s forces still unharmed and nearly half the enforcer force already knocked down.

George helped Vi and the people of the Undercity defeat the Piltover Enforcers, and Vi led them across the bridge to invade the Upper City. The chapter ended by recounting how the Sun Gate disaster split Zaun into Piltover and the Undercity.

• Silco led his men into the battle, but George knocked him unconscious and slapped away his followers.
• After the last Piltover guard fell, Vi urged the Undercity fighters to seize the Upper City before its defenses recovered.
• Vi asked George to help her, and he agreed before joining her charge toward the bridge.
• Vi led the fighters across the bridge, overwhelming the guards who tried to stop them from entering the Upper City.
• The chapter explained that the Sun Gate explosions split Zaun, with the elevated section becoming Piltover and the sunken section retaining the name Zaun.

After George and Vi’s forces seized Piltover, George secretly woke Vander, who hurried to find Vi and learn how the rebellion had succeeded. Vander reunited with Vi but worried that New Zaun would need enough strength to protect the captured city from outside powers.

• George lifted Vander’s Stunning Spell while pretending to sleep in the council hall.
• Jinx told Vander that Vi and the others were fighting the Upper City Enforcers, so he grabbed his gauntlets and rushed out.
• Vander learned that George had defeated the Enforcers and Silco’s people, then crossed Piltover Bridge toward the Upper City.
• Vander found Vi safe in the council hall, and she told him that they had taken the Upper City.
• Vander considered the threat from outside powers, especially Noxus, and thought about keeping George in New Zaun.

After Vander took control of Piltover and founded New Zaun, he made George his younger brother and named him Prince of New Zaun. George accepted the title and gave Vi and Jinx magical weapons, while Vander discovered that George was a mage.

• Under Vander's leadership, the resistance was defeated, and he took control of both Piltover and the Undercity while stripping the councilors of their political rights.
• Vander told George that their drinking had made them brothers and declared him Prince of New Zaun, after the city established a kingdom with Vander as its king.
• Vi and Jinx called George Uncle, and he forged magical gauntlets for Vi and a heavy machine gun for Jinx.
• Vi tested the gauntlets by blasting through a reinforced wall, and Jinx fired the machine gun into the sky.
• George showed Vi and Jinx how to bind and store their weapons, leaving Vander stunned to learn George was a mage.

George secured Vander’s support to study magic in New Zaun and sought out the creator of the Hextech crystal. At Piltover Academy, he arranged for Jayce and Viktor to collaborate on Hextech research, then began treating Viktor’s illness.

• George told Vander that he was a Demacian mage whose body had been changed by magic, and Vander promised that he could study magic in New Zaun.
• George promised to protect the city and used Reparo to restore the damaged wall before asking Vander to find the creator of the magic crystal.
• Three days later, George met Jayce at Piltover Academy, praised his plan to control magic with technology, and offered to support his research.
• George had the guards bring in Viktor and assigned him to assist Jayce with Hextech research.
• George learned that Viktor had congenital muscular ossification and pressed his qi-wrapped hand to Viktor’s head to cure him.

George healed Viktor and joined Jayce in Hextech research, then used magic to transform New Zaun’s Undercity into a clean, sunlit landscape. Vander hoped the changes would help unite the Upper City and Undercity as New Zaun settled into its new rule.

• George healed Viktor, who swore to serve him, and George told him to help Jayce develop Hextech.
• George told Jayce he was a mage and would take part in Hextech research.
• Vander, Vi, and Jinx dressed for their new royal roles in New Zaun, while Vander worried about how to improve the Undercity.
• George used magic to remove the Undercity’s pollution, open it to sunlight, and fill it with trees, flowers, and grass.
• Vander believed the transformed Undercity could attract Upper City residents and help ease divisions between the two cities.

George joined New Zaun and earned Heimerdinger’s support for Hextech after Jayce and Viktor activated their rune device. Studying its runes strengthened George’s Small World, and he then prepared to collect Index’s One Hundred and Three Thousand Magic Books using that world’s laws.

• George joined New Zaun, and Vander thanked him for helping transform the Undercity.
• George persuaded Heimerdinger that magic and Hextech could benefit ordinary people, and Heimerdinger agreed to help.
• Jayce and Viktor activated the Hextech rune device, and George studied its runes to comprehend Rune Magic and strengthen his Small World.
• George told Jayce and Viktor to consult Heimerdinger as they continued developing Hextech, then withdrew to absorb the magic he had learned.
• Aleister invited George to meet, and George decided he was ready to obtain Index’s One Hundred and Three Thousand Magic Books by bringing her into his Small World.

George’s power had grown to rival Aleister’s, and he exchanged help with Aleister for detailed intelligence on the Magic Gods. After agreeing to suppress Kakine Teitoku and protect Kamijo Touma in the United Kingdom, George searched Academy City for Kakine.

• George sensed that Aleister’s strength was now roughly equal to his own, though he believed his wider knowledge of magic gave him the advantage.
• Aleister asked George to suppress the rebellious Kakine Teitoku and travel to the United Kingdom to protect Kamijo Touma.
• George requested a thorough explanation of the Magic Gods instead of magic, and Aleister described their powers, origins, and threat to the world.
• George agreed to Aleister’s tasks after learning that Aleister needed Kamijo Touma’s power to deal with the Magic Gods.
• George used Eye of Scrutiny to search Academy City, found Kakine Teitoku, and teleported toward him.

George arrived at Item’s headquarters, where Hangun Didu had been overpowering Mugino Shizuri, and defeated him with magic that pierced his White Wings. She left the unconscious Hangun Didu for Mugino Shizuri to send to Judgment and teleported away.

• Hangun Didu used his White Wings to block Mugino Shizuri’s attacks and force her to consider fleeing.
• George arrived and declared that she had come on Aleister Crowley’s orders to arrest Hangun Didu.
• Hangun Didu attacked George, but she caught his White Wing barehanded and identified it as Uncreated Matter.
• George fired Thor’s Rune Electric Particle Cannon, piercing Hangun Didu’s six White Wings and knocking him unconscious.
• George told Mugino Shizuri to send Hangun Didu to Judgment, then teleported away.