Chapter Summaries

Lin Mo and his companions traveled through the Lonia Kingdom toward its Royal Capital, while Lin Mo strengthened his skills and expanded the Portable Space. After arriving in the capital, they went to the Adventurer's Guild to submit desert materials and seek quests for the snowy mountains.

• Lin Mo gained proficiency from defeating the Thunder Lizard, brought [Shockwave Fist] close to Legendary Rank, and improved several other skills.
• Lin Mo stored the Thunder Lizard and traveled with his companions to a border city, where they rested before entering the Lonia Kingdom the next morning.
• Lin Mo expanded the Portable Space and gave Laina more room for her Experimental Field, which promised to become a major source of income.
• Lin Mo and his companions reached the Royal Capital, passed through its entry procedures, and strolled through the city.
• Lin Mo led the group to the largest Adventurer's Guild branch in the Royal Capital and headed for the Quest Board.

Lin Mo turned in dozens of difficult missions at the Lonia Kingdom Adventurer's Guild, earning nearly a million Gold Coins and advancing the Silver Radiance Team to Silver Rank. With the team’s funds exceeding three million Gold Coins, he led everyone to the Ossivius Merchant Guild to buy equipment and supplies.

• Lin Mo submitted materials for fifty or sixty missions, astonishing the Guild’s adventurers and earning 973,000 Gold Coins.
• The Guild promoted Lin Mo, Ally, Flora, and the rest of the Silver Radiance Team to Silver Rank and awarded them gifts and improved benefits.
• Lin Mo learned that Gold Rank required three A-rank missions, ten B-rank missions, and Transcendent Grade strength, then decided to postpone the snow mountain mission until morning.
• Lin Mo led the team to the Ossivius Merchant Guild to spend their funds on equipment and reagents, prioritizing missing equipment for the group.
• Lin Mo asked the sales attendant to show them several pieces of Epic Rank equipment, leaving her stunned.

Lin Mo and his companions shopped at the Ossivius Merchant Guild, buying Epic Rank equipment, four Advanced Elemental Reagents, and Blood Essence Reagents for nearly three million Gold Coins. After boosting his elemental affinities and receiving a Level 3 membership card, Lin Mo brought the group to a luxurious Adventurer's Guild Rest Room, where he planned to enter his Portable Space.

• Lin Mo bought seven pieces of low-tier Epic Rank equipment for 390,000 Gold Coins, including an Ice Soul Bow for himself.
• Lin Mo purchased four high-grade Advanced Elemental Reagents for 1.54 million Gold Coins and drank them, greatly increasing his fire, ice, lightning, and light affinities.
• Lin Mo bought three Blood Essence Reagents for strength, speed, and physique, leaving him with 470,000 Gold Coins after spending nearly three million.
• The Ossivius Merchant Guild gave Lin Mo a Level 3 membership card with discounts on future purchases.
• Lin Mo and his companions returned to the Adventurer's Guild and entered a Silver-ranked Adventurer Rest Room, which Lin Mo intended to use as cover for entering his Portable Space.

After drinking Blood Essence Reagents, Lin Mo greatly increased his attributes and accepted eight quests in the Millennium Cold Cave, including an investigation of the mysterious Abyss of the Ice Cave. After four days of travel toward Frostbreath Snow Mountain, he planned to advance all his professions to Transcendent Grade together in hopes of gaining more special professions.

• Lin Mo drank the Blood Essence Reagents, raised several professions by multiple levels, and boosted his attributes enough to rival powerful professionals.
• Lin Mo trained [Dual Cultivation] to level 5 as Ally, Phini, Shefiliya, Laina, and Eve continued improving their skills and levels.
• Lin Mo accepted eight Adventurer's Guild quests, including hunts for a Phantom Snow Fox and Mountain Giants, plus an exploration of the Abyss of the Ice Cave.
• Lin Mo and his companions left the Royal Capital and traveled for four days toward Frostbreath Snow Mountain while he expanded the Portable Space and trained.
• Lin Mo saw that his Assassin and Ranger Professions were nearing Transcendent Grade and decided to advance all his professions together, with extra effort needed for his lagging Knight Profession.

Lin Mo and the Silver Radiance Team reached Frostbreath Snow Mountain and spent the night at a village hot spring inn. After relaxing in the hot springs, they left the inn the next morning and prepared to enter the mountains.

• Lin Mo decided to use the snow mountain monsters to help the team practice their skills and adapt to their strength.
• Lin Mo led the group to a nearby village and paid an old man for directions to its hot spring inn.
• Lin Mo booked the inn's best room, where the group enjoyed a snowfield hot spring together.
• The Silver Radiance Team emerged from their room refreshed the next morning, drawing curious looks from the inn's adventurers.
• Lin Mo ignored the other adventurers and headed outside, ready to set out for Frostbreath Snow Mountain.

Lin Mo and his team crossed Frostbreath Snow Mountain, fighting monsters and training as they approached the Millennium Cold Cave. At dusk, they reached the Secret Realm entrance and prepared to enter the next morning.

• Lin Mo led the team through the snowy outer region, where he killed Snowtooth Foxes that had tried to lure them in with their cute appearance.
• As the team traveled deeper, Lin Mo fought monsters to raise his skill proficiency while Ally and the others battled increasingly powerful creatures.
• The team rested overnight in the Portable Space, where Lin Mo gave Eve private instruction to help her improve.
• The next day, the team fought Elite-ranked monsters, and Phini used her Fire Element to keep herself warm as the cold grew more severe.
• At dusk, Lin Mo and the others reached the massive ice cave that marked the entrance to the Millennium Cold Cave.

Lin Mo and his party entered the Millennium Cold Cave, a stable Secret Realm, after camping outside and hiding their Portable Space. Inside, Lin Mo advanced his Knight Profession to level 19 and began clearing monsters while heading toward their deeper missions.

• Lin Mo set up camp outside the Secret Realm and reviewed skill gains, evolving [Heavy Shield Spiral] into [Undying Shield] and advancing his Knight Profession from level 17 to level 19.
• Lin Mo brought everyone into the Portable Space for dinner and rest, then returned them to the tent at dawn and led the party toward the Millennium Cold Cave.
• Lin Mo's party entered the stable Secret Realm and found its vast interior formed from glowing, extremely hard ice.
• Lin Mo supported Phini on the slippery ground, and Flora linked arms with him as they continued through the cave.
• Lin Mo killed a level 10 Ice Claw Rat and led the party onward, farming Knight proficiency as they encountered progressively stronger monsters.

Lin Mo’s group completed two B-rank missions and ventured deeper into the Millennium Cold Cave to hunt a Phantom Snow Fox. After helping the Frost Wolf Squad defeat Frost Tooth Silver Wolves, Lin Mo learned that adventurers might be murdering other squads and staging monster attacks, so his group continued their mission on guard against both monsters and people.

• Lin Mo explained the Phantom Snow Fox’s stealth and mental attack to Ally and the others as they searched for it in the deeper ice cave.
• Ally detected a battle ahead, and Lin Mo sent his clone to investigate a fight between the Frost Wolf Squad and a pack of Frost Tooth Silver Wolves.
• Lin Mo joined the battle, used [Knight's Charge] and [Undying Shield] to help defeat the wolves, and declined the corpses when the squad captain appeared wary.
• The captain explained that adventurer squads had recently been found dead under suspicious circumstances, possibly killed by people disguising their crimes as monster attacks.
• The Frost Wolf Squad captain offered to return the favor and warned Lin Mo’s group to beware of cunning adventurers before leaving for Frostbreath City.
• Lin Mo told Ally, Flora, and the others to stay alert as they continued their search for the Phantom Snow Fox.

Lin Mo and his companions followed Kalen deeper into the Millennium Cold Cave, where they found and fought the Phantom Snow Fox. Kalen watched without helping, and Shefiliya accused him of being responsible for the adventurers’ deaths as he began to reveal his true intentions.

• Ally sensed Kalen ahead, and he introduced himself as the Frostbreath City Adventurer's Association Chief Manager, warning them about robbers in the cave.
• Lin Mo invited Kalen to join their party, shared their Phantom Snow Fox mission, and recognized that Kalen might be hiding something.
• Kalen led the group toward signs of the Phantom Snow Fox, and Ally tracked its scent until they found the creature.
• Lin Mo, Ally, and Shefiliya surrounded the Phantom Snow Fox, while Lin Mo resisted its mental attack and fought cautiously as Kalen watched.
• Kalen clapped his hands and made no move to help, prompting Shefiliya to shield Phini and accuse him of causing the adventurers’ deaths.

Lin Mo exposed Adventurer’s Guild manager Kalen as the culprit behind the adventurers’ deaths and defeated him with ease. After recording the evidence and completing the final B-rank mission, Lin Mo and his companions returned to their villa to rest before tackling their remaining A-rank missions.

• Shefiliya revealed that Kalen was behind the adventurers’ deaths, and Lin Mo explained how Kalen’s actions had exposed him.
• Lin Mo’s clone arrived carrying the Frost Wolf Squad captain’s head, confirming that the squad had been eliminated.
• Kalen charged at Lin Mo, but Lin Mo overpowered him in a single clash and killed him with Drawing Slash.
• Flora recorded the events with a Mana Imaging Crystal, and Lin Mo collected Kalen’s corpse and the Phantom Snow Fox before the group returned to the villa.
• The group teased Phini for failing to notice Kalen’s deception, but Lin Mo comforted her and she proudly clung to his arm.

Lin Mo investigated a Mountain Giant attacking an immense ice throne deep within the Millennium Cold Cave and discovered that the throne emitted a terrifying aura and Black Mist. As the mist trapped him and a giant hand reached for him, Holy Light Power suddenly burst from his body.

• Lin Mo advanced deeper into the cave, raised Undying Shield to level 6, and advanced his Knight Profession to level 20.
• Lin Mo left his companions in his Portable Space and approached the source of the distant crashes, where he saw a Mountain Giant attacking a gigantic ice throne.
• Lin Mo sent a Shadow Split clone toward the throne, but an overwhelming ancient pressure and indistinct whispers caused the clone to vanish.
• Lin Mo turned to leave, but Black Mist spread from the throne, engulfed the Mountain Giant, and drove it to attack him.
• Lin Mo tried to escape the Mountain Giant, but a wall of Black Mist blocked his path and formed a giant hand that reached for him.
• Holy Light Power suddenly burst from Lin Mo just as the Black Mist hand was about to catch him.

Lin Mo purified the Dark Tide corrupting the Dragon Throne and learned that the Mountain Giant recognized him as a visitor from another world. The freed Ice Dragon King gave Lin Mo its bloodline, which was devoured during fusion and left him with powerful permanent abilities.

• Lin Mo used Holy Light to free the Mountain Giant from the Dark Tide and learned that the throne was the Dragon Throne, tainted by the Dark Tide.
• The Mountain Giant revealed that the Dark Tide came from the world's dark side, asked Lin Mo to purify the throne, and recognized him as a visitor from another world.
• The Mountain Giant removed and gave Lin Mo its heart before returning to its original form, and Lin Mo purified the Dark Tide within the throne.
• The Dragon Throne shattered, revealing an Ice Dragon King who thanked Lin Mo, asked him to take care of his daughter, and bestowed his bloodline upon him.
• Lin Mo's Ice Dragon King Bloodline was devoured during fusion, granting him the permanent statuses [King of Dragons] and [Ice Dragon Power] along with greatly enhanced abilities.

Lin Mo returned from the Ice Dragon King’s domain with its complete bloodline blessing, which greatly increased his attributes and elemental resistances. After telling his companions about the dragons, Titan Giants, and Black Mist, he was pulled away by Ally to test his enhanced stamina.

• Lin Mo examined his new attributes and reasoned that the Ice Dragon King’s bloodline had been rejected by his body and devoured instead of fused.
• Lin Mo realized he had reached the end of the Abyss of the Ice Cave and decided to take the Ice Dragon statue with him, though his Portable Space was too small.
• Lin Mo returned to the Portable Space, where Ally, Eve, Phini, Laina, Shefiliya, and Flora checked on him and welcomed him back.
• Lin Mo recounted his encounter with the Ice Dragon King, the Titan Giants, and the Black Mist, while leaving out sensitive details.
• Ally asked whether Lin Mo’s enhanced attributes included his stamina, then dragged him away to test how impressive it was; Lin Mo took Laina along, while the others regretted missing their chance to spar with him.

Lin Mo expanded his Portable Space, brought the Ice Dragon statue inside, and returned with his companions to the village hot spring inn. That night, he visited Flora, and they finally grew intimate.

• Lin Mo expanded the Portable Space and stored the Ice Dragon statue inside, while Ally and the others continued improving their levels.
• Lin Mo reviewed his skill and attribute gains, then trained his Strength, Agility, and Constitution while the group hunted monsters on the return journey.
• At the village inn, Lin Mo reflected on the Titan-tainted Mountain Giant heart and remembered the Ice Dragon King's request to care for his daughter.
• After dinner in the Portable Space, Lin Mo visited Flora in her room, and Flora welcomed him in.
• Lin Mo recalled their early meetings, and Flora turned him over and kissed him.

Lin Mo submitted his missions at the Lonia Kingdom Adventurer’s Guild and reported evidence of disappearances and illegal ambushes in the Millennium Cold Cave. The steward accepted the reports and said headquarters would offer an additional Gift of Gratitude, while Lin Mo’s recording of an Ice Dragon in the Deep Valley completed the final mission.

• Lin Mo studied the Ice Dragon statue during the journey and considered whether its material could become a magic sword, though he could not damage it.
• At the Adventurer’s Guild, Lin Mo submitted the mission materials and showed the steward the Giant’s Heart without revealing more about it.
• Lin Mo told the steward that the Deep Valley might exist continuously but become invisible, and that his party had encountered people ambushing adventurers.
• Flora showed the steward magical recordings identifying a familiar Adventurer’s Guild figure among the ambushers, and the steward agreed to report the Guild’s failure and investigate.
• Lin Mo showed a Recording Stone image of an Ice Dragon in the Deep Valley, satisfying the final mission; the steward promised to record the accomplishment and seek an additional gift from headquarters.

After returning to the Doria Kingdom, Lin Mo showed Andre the Mountain Giant’s heart, which Andre identified as a Pseudo-Titan’s Heart too powerful for him to forge. Andre decided to take Lin Mo and Edgar to the Violet Empire to seek help from his father, who lived in Nassadok Dungeon.

• Lin Mo collected his mission rewards and sold monster materials before spending the night at the Association.
• Lin Mo and the Silver Radiance Team returned to the Doria Kingdom, and his Portable Space expanded as his skills improved during the journey.
• Lin Mo visited Preston Forge and told Andre he had obtained a Giant’s Heart for the planned Mithril Gloves.
• Andre examined the heart and identified it as a Pseudo-Titan’s Heart, a rare material beyond his forging ability.
• Andre told Edgar to prepare for a journey to the Violet Empire so they could consult his father, who lived in Nassadok Dungeon.

Lin Mo traveled with Andre and the others to Nassadok Town, planning to settle near Nassadok Dungeon and explore it. After arriving, he bought detailed Dungeon information from the Adventurer's Guild and returned to the inn to review his journey's gains.

• Lin Mo recalled Nassadok Dungeon's vast scale, stable floors, and appeal to Adventurers, and decided to explore there for a while.
• Andre urged Lin Mo and the others to leave, and they traveled toward the Violet Empire over several days, resting in Lin Mo's Portable Space along the way.
• Lin Mo shared Monster meat with Andre and the others at their roadside camp, and they continued west into the Violet Empire.
• Lin Mo and his companions reached Nassadok Town, passed through its Black Iron Bronze District, and found an inn near the Dungeon entrance.
• Lin Mo visited the Adventurer's Guild to buy detailed books about Nassadok Dungeon, then returned to the inn to sort through his gains from the journey.