Chapter Summaries

Lin Mo and the adventurers escaped a collapsing Goblin cave after rescuing the surviving captives, then camped nearby while he hunted monsters to improve his skills. Concealment reached its maximum level and evolved into the Epic-level skill Shadow Split, leaving Lin Mo excited to test its potential.

• Lin Mo and Shefiliya killed a Giant Goblin, but an undead creature detonated itself and triggered the cave’s collapse.
• Landon ordered most adventurers to retreat while Lute led Rangers and Assassins deeper into the cave to rescue the captives.
• Lin Mo and Shefiliya joined Lute, broke open the dungeon gate, and helped carry the surviving girls out before the cave collapsed.
• The group learned they had rescued only twenty-one girls and lost more than ten adventurers, then established camp and sent Lin Mo hunting with Lute.
• Lin Mo selected Blizzard’s Frost evolution path and raised Concealment to its maximum level, gaining stat points and evolving it into Shadow Split.

Lin Mo chose Position Swap for Shadow Split and extended Concealment's duration, then reviewed his growth and helped the survivors recover after the battle. As he asked Phini about renting a manor and showed affection to Ally, Phini realized she envied their closeness while Shefiliya worried about the young lady's feelings.

• Lin Mo chose Position Swap for Shadow Split and Endurance for Concealment, then noticed that his Epic skill required more proficiency to level up.
• Lin Mo reviewed his balanced class levels and attributes while the adventurers prepared food for the twenty-one surviving girls.
• Lin Mo comforted Phini and resolved to grow stronger so the Goblins, corrupt nobles, and Necromancer would pay for their crimes.
• Lin Mo asked Phini about renting an unused manor, but she offered to let him stay there for free.
• Lin Mo affectionately petted Ally as she leaned against him, and Phini felt envious before guiltily reminding herself that he saw her as a friend.
• Shefiliya recognized Phini's feelings for Lin Mo and worried as she watched him with Ally.

Lin Mo and the others shared a meal before continuing their return journey with the rescued girls, while Lin Mo tested and upgraded Shadow Split. The chapter left him with a stronger clone and a newly upgraded Flame Arrow as the group traveled onward.

• Lin Mo roasted monster beef, and Ally, Phini, and Shefiliya ate with him before the group rested for the night.
• After setting out at dawn, Lin Mo tested Shadow Split and found that his clone shared his senses, duplicated his equipment, and could hunt monsters.
• Lin Mo used Flame Arrow to kill a passing monster, raising the skill to Level 2.
• Lin Mo directed his clone to defeat a powerful Minotaur, gaining enough proficiency to upgrade Shadow Split to Level 2.
• Shadow Split’s clone inherited 55% of Lin Mo’s attributes and could last for 350 seconds, though it still could not use skills.

Lin Mo trained Shadow Split, discovered its proficiency gains and attribute rewards as it evolved, and returned to Silver Creek City worried about the necromancer’s growing threat. After spending the night with Ally, he woke to find Dual Cultivation had reached Level 4, while Ally and Phini were nearing their next levels.

• Lin Mo raised Shadow Split to Level 3, gained Agility and Strength, and chose Self-Destruct as its evolution path.
• Lin Mo tested the upgraded clone, confirming its attributes and duration increased while proficiency gains from monsters varied by level.
• Lin Mo returned to Silver Creek City and learned that undead creatures had attacked the city, leading him to suspect the necromancer was testing its defenses.
• Lin Mo delivered the rescued girls to the City Lord's Mansion, celebrated with Ally, Phini, and Landon's Azure Orchid Team, and discussed the manor with Phini.
• Lin Mo spent the night training Dual Cultivation with Ally and woke to find the skill had reached Level 4.

Lin Mo and Ally collected their rewards for the Goblin rescue operation, and Ally received 248 Gold Coins. When Lin Mo’s turn came, the vice guild leader brought him to the Guild Leader’s office, where Landon, Toren, and Lute waited as the Association began calculating his much larger reward.

• Lin Mo and Ally went to the Association to collect their mission rewards, and Lin Mo waited while other adventurers received theirs.
• Lin Mo heard newcomers discuss the rescue operation’s heavy losses and the damage dealt to the Goblin tribe.
• Ally collected 248 Gold Coins for her rescues and Goblin kills.
• The vice guild leader led Lin Mo upstairs to the Guild Leader’s office, where Landon, Toren, and Lute greeted him.
• The vice guild leader listed Lin Mo’s base, rescue, and kill rewards, including his kills of Goblins up to Level 5.

Lin Mo received 2,000 Gold Coins and chose a Frosty Robe and Calming Bracelet as his two Excellent Grade rewards, then bought a Flame Ring for 950 Gold Coins. He left the Association with three pieces of Excellent Grade Equipment and 1,261 Gold Coins, while Landon planned to rest with Huck and Shera for a week or so.

• The Association awarded Lin Mo 2,000 Gold Coins and let him choose two pieces of Excellent Grade Equipment; Landon, Toren, and Lute selected equipment as well.
• Lin Mo chose the Frosty Robe for its ice-magic bonuses and preferred appearance.
• Lin Mo selected the Calming Bracelet to improve Mental Strength recovery and reduce the burden of casting magic.
• Lin Mo bought the Flame Ring for 950 Gold Coins, leaving him with 1,261 Gold Coins and three new Excellent Grade items.
• Landon said he, Huck, and Shera planned to rest for about a week, leaving Lin Mo's group temporarily as a three-person party.

Lin Mo and Ally moved with Laina into a manor that Phini arranged for them, only to discover that it was Shefiliya’s home. Shefiliya cooked and served them dinner, while Lin Mo planned to train with Ally the next day and ended the night answering another knock at his door.

• Lin Mo declined Phini’s reward for the conscription order, and Phini told him that City Lord Bexila had permitted them to use a manor.
• Phini announced that she would take several days off to prepare for her advancement to Level 2, while Lin Mo and Ally bought seeds for Laina and moved their belongings out of the inn.
• Lin Mo, Ally, and Laina settled into the manor, where Shefiliya arrived and explained that it was her home.
• Shefiliya cooked dinner for Lin Mo, Ally, and Laina, then brought Lin Mo a platter of fruit after the meal.
• Lin Mo planned to hunt Goblins with Ally the next day, and after Shefiliya left his room, he answered a second knock from his Big-Tailed Wolf.

Lin Mo let Ally practice her skills while he soloed Goblin extermination missions to build proficiency and adventurer credentials. After gaining experience and skill progress in the forest, he sparred with Shefiliya and left with her for the evening.

• Ally asked to focus on honing her skills, so Lin Mo went alone to hunt Goblins in Lorraine Forest.
• Lin Mo accepted a mission to kill one hundred Goblins and trained Charge Punch, Backstab, Shadow Strike, and Wind Blade while clearing the forest.
• Lin Mo rescued a rookie adventurer party from Goblins, earning the group’s gratitude and strengthening his reputation as the Living Angel.
• Lin Mo completed the mission and checked his gains, including Shadow Strike reaching Level 4 and Charge Punch nearing its next level.
• Lin Mo visited Shefiliya at the City Lord's Mansion and sparred with her for an hour, improving his combat awareness and skill proficiency.
• Shefiliya silently followed Lin Mo when he asked whether she would return with him for the evening.

After several days of training, Lin Mo evolved multiple skills and advanced to Level 4 Assassin and Level 4 Mage. On his way home, he discovered unusual monsters gathering near a newly appeared Secret Realm entrance and hesitated over whether to enter.

• Lin Mo trained Charge Punch, Backstab, and Wind Blade to their limits, learning Ferocious Charge Fist, Bone-Piercing Stab, and Wind Bind Blade.
• Lin Mo advanced to Level 4 Assassin and Level 4 Mage, joining his Level 4 Warrior and Level 3 Knight classes.
• Lin Mo killed a Venom Slime and a black Cat Demon while heading home, then found other unusually rare monsters nearby.
• Lin Mo tested Wind Bind Blade on a Flame Slime that resisted his Flame Arrow, then encountered more strange monsters in the area.
• Lin Mo traced the monsters to a newly appeared Secret Realm entrance and stopped to consider whether to enter.

Lin Mo entered the maze-like Secret Realm with Shefiliya to strengthen himself and help Silver Creek City, then fought through its chambers and discovered that the Dungeon used spatial teleportation. After defeating Minotaurs in a Bronze-rank room and claiming a new short blade, they continued deeper into the Secret Realm.

• Lin Mo decided to enter the Secret Realm, and Shefiliya joined him after sending a message to Silver Creek City.
• Lin Mo and Shefiliya arrived in the same maze Dungeon as before, where Lin Mo defeated Goblins and Slimes while searching its rooms for treasure.
• Lin Mo and Shefiliya used rock-paper-scissors to choose paths, and Lin Mo found evidence that adventurers could reach rooms through routes beyond their visible doors.
• Shefiliya concluded that the Dungeon's creator had used Space Magic to connect its chambers through spatial teleportation, and Lin Mo hoped the Secret Realm might reward them with a Space Magic Skill Scroll.
• Lin Mo defeated Cat Demons and Minotaurs in later chambers, then opened a Bronze-rank chest and took its Gold Coins and Excellent-grade Hound's Fang short blade.

Lin Mo used Shadow Split clones to scout the four Silver Rank secret chambers, fighting their monsters and checking each room’s treasure before committing to a path. After finding no chest in the third chamber, he sent a clone into the final passage and discovered a powerful Crimson Flame Tiger, leaving the outcome unknown.

• Lin Mo and Shefiliya reached four passageways, and Lin Mo sent a Shadow Split clone down the leftmost path while Shefiliya wondered how he had acquired such a powerful skill.
• Lin Mo’s clone defeated an Ice Armored Ape and its underlings, then found a silver chest containing a one-handed sword and Gold Coins.
• Lin Mo sent another clone down the second path, where it defeated a Minotaur Chieftain and its minions and found a crossbow and Gold Coins.
• Lin Mo’s clone cleared the third chamber against Goblins but found no treasure chest, suggesting someone had already taken it.
• Lin Mo sent a clone down the final path, where it encountered Goblins catching rats and then found a near-Level 3 Crimson Flame Tiger alone in the chamber.

Lin Mo used his clone to scout and fight through a Silver Rank chamber, earning a Knight skill scroll and testing how Shadow Split gained proficiency. He began exploring the next set of paths and was surprised by what the third one revealed.

• Lin Mo's clone fought the Crimson Flame Tiger, wounded it, then vanished when Shadow Split's duration expired; Lin Mo returned with Shefiliya and finished the tiger alongside his clone, gaining proficiency in Shadow Split and Consecutive Thrust.
• Lin Mo collected the Crimson Flame Tiger's valuable materials and opened the chamber's silver chest, finding eight Crystal Coins and an Excellent Grade Knight skill scroll for Taunt.
• Lin Mo learned Taunt, gaining two physique points, then sent a clone down the first path of the next branching corridor and used its self-destruction to kill a Flame Scorpion.
• Lin Mo sent a second clone down the next path, where it defeated a level-three Goblin and raised Shadow Split to level four, extending the clone's maximum duration to 600 seconds.
• Lin Mo sent a third clone down the third path and was startled by what he found.

Lin Mo explored the remaining secret rooms, defeated a powerful Blackwater Snake, and gained a Frost Reagent and the Frost Guard skill from a gold-trimmed silver chest. He chose an Ogre’s Gold Rank secret room and stood before its open door with Shefiliya, preparing to fight.

• Lin Mo used a clone to test a gold-trimmed silver room, injured the Blackwater Snake with Self-Destruct, then returned with Shefiliya and killed it using Flame Arrow, Shadow Split, and Blood Qi Blade.
• Lin Mo found a Basic Frost Reagent and a Frost Guard skill scroll in the room’s gold-edged chest, drank the reagent, and learned Frost Guard.
• Lin Mo sent clones into the Gold Rank rooms, identified a Frost Bear and an Ogre among the monsters, and chose the Ogre’s room because its valuable teeth took up less space.
• Lin Mo and Shefiliya reached the Ogre’s golden door and saw the roughly three-meter-tall monster inside.

Lin Mo defeated a level 5 ogre in a Gold Rank hidden chamber and found an Intermediate Flame Reagent, whose effects raised his Fire Element Affinity after Shefiliya helped him manage the dangerous reaction. He and Shefiliya then entered a Purple-Wrapped Gold chamber, where a Hurricane Wolf ambushed Lin Mo’s duplicate.

• Lin Mo used Shadow Split to bait the ogre into destroying his duplicate, then wore it down with sword skills and finished it with Blood Qi Blade before collecting its teeth.
• Lin Mo found an Intermediate Flame Reagent in the golden treasure chest, and Shefiliya warned him to consume it carefully while balancing its heat with ice and water magic.
• Lin Mo drank the reagent in two halves, endured its burning effects, and gained 35% Fire Element Affinity; he discovered Shefiliya had removed his burned clothes and thanked her.
• Lin Mo scouted the chamber’s five paths, chose the Purple-Wrapped Gold door, and asked Shefiliya to help with the battle because his Blood Qi and mana were low.
• Lin Mo’s duplicate opened the door and was cut in half by a wind blade from a Hurricane Wolf.

Lin Mo and Shefiliya defeated a Level 6 Hurricane Wolf, and Lin Mo learned the principles behind the Space Magic skill Flash from a treasure chest. After resting and entering a Trial Gate, Lin Mo found himself alone in a featureless white void and discovered that the Space Magic scroll had disappeared.

• Shefiliya killed the Hurricane Wolf with a throwing knife, and Lin Mo gained Lightning Strike proficiency before they collected the monster's materials.
• Lin Mo opened a golden chest and received a one-use scroll that imprinted information about Space Magic and Flash into his mind.
• Lin Mo and Shefiliya rested by the Trial Gate, and Lin Mo began practicing the mana fluctuations needed for Space Magic.
• Lin Mo and Shefiliya entered the Trial Gate, but Lin Mo found himself alone in an endless white space with no visible ground or exit.
• Lin Mo checked his belongings and realized the Space Magic scroll was missing.

Lin Mo mastered Flash in the Secret Realm, escaped its folded space, and received a Ring of Space as his reward. After returning to Silver Creek City, he trained Flame Arrow on the way home and reunited with Ally and Laina.

• Lin Mo learned Flash, chose its distance-increasing evolution, and used it to escape the trial space.
• Lin Mo and Shefiliya found a Purple Rosewood box containing a Ring of Space with a 100-cubic-meter storage capacity, then left the Secret Realm together.
• Lin Mo and Shefiliya traveled back toward Silver Creek City, and Lin Mo raised Flame Arrow to Level 5 while fighting monsters along the way.
• Ally and Laina worried about Lin Mo while he was away, and Lin Mo returned to the manor and embraced them both.

Lin Mo visited Beshila, who made clear that she supported his relationship with Phini and urged him to look after her, then learned that Silver Creek City was preparing for a coming conflict. He sold the materials from his Secret Realm expedition and went to Xia Che'er's shop to buy magic power potions, where she immediately asked why he had not brought Phini.

• Lin Mo visited Shefiliya at the City Lord's Mansion and learned that Phini had advanced to Level 2 and gone to the church.
• Beshila asked Lin Mo how he felt about Phini, approved of his refusal to abandon the two Half-beastmen, and asked him to be attentive to Phini's shy, unspoken feelings.
• Beshila told Lin Mo that Silver Creek City was calm for now but that she and the city's allies were preparing for the danger posed by the Goblins and Lawrence.
• Lin Mo reassured Phini at the church, then sold his Crimson Flame Tiger, Blackwater Snake, Ogre, and Hurricane Wolf materials for 2,205 Gold Coins.
• Lin Mo went to Xia Che'er's Alchemy Shop to buy water, light, and wind magic power potions, and Xia Che'er asked why he had not brought Phini.

Lin Mo bought more Elemental Reagents, chose a Steelbreaker Sword to replace his Black Sword, and sold the skill scrolls he had gained in the Secret Realm. Back at the manor, he reunited with Ally, Laina, and Shefiliya, while Laina secretly wondered how to win his affection.

• Lin Mo bought ice-, water-, wind-, and light-element reagents from Xia Che'er, then checked his affinities and found fire and ice remained his strongest elements.
• Lin Mo visited the Adventurer's Guild, greeted Soran, and chose the Steelbreaker Sword over the Frost Shadow Sword.
• Lin Mo bought the Steelbreaker Sword, sold his Black Sword, and consigned the Taunt and Frost Guard scrolls at the auction house.
• Lin Mo returned to the manor, where Ally and Shefiliya greeted him and Laina nervously welcomed him home.
• Shefiliya prepared dinner and handled the cleanup while Laina recorded her planting notes and privately considered Ally's romantic advice.

Vick discovered strange cracks in the air in Lorraine Forest, while Lin Mo accepted Madam Bexila’s mission to stop Goblins and the Blood Sea Gang from stealing mithril. Lin Mo and the Azure Orchid Team traveled toward the mine, where they expected the thieves might return.

• Vick sensed an unusual spatial fluctuation and found countless cracks appearing in the air in Lorraine Forest.
• Lin Mo confirmed that Ally’s increased strength had sped up his Dual Cultivation skill’s proficiency growth, then set out with Ally and Laina for the Association.
• Madam Bexila told Lin Mo that Goblins and the Blood Sea Gang had attacked the Mithril Mine, and Lin Mo agreed to handle the threat with the Azure Orchid Team.
• Landon organized the teams’ preparations, and Lin Mo traveled with Ally, Phini, and Shefiliya toward the mine in a carriage.
• Lin Mo leveled up Basic Meditation Technique to level three during the journey.
• The group stopped for lunch, and Lin Mo prepared to cook while Phini watched his food with interest.

Lin Mo joined the Mithril Mine’s defense, discovered the Guard Captain had arranged the guards suspiciously, and ambushed Blood Sea Gang thieves before a much larger Goblin force arrived. He leveled up to a Level 5 Mage and evolved Explosive Fireball into Starfall Blaze, then left the remaining defense to Shefiliya as he rushed toward the mine’s main passage.

• Shefiliya cooked a meal based on Lin Mo’s ideas, and Phini enjoyed the spicy meat while the Azure Orchid Team borrowed cooking gear and ingredients.
• Lin Mo spotted Goblins on the road and killed eighteen with Explosive Fireball, raising the skill to level 5 before the group reached the Mithril Mine.
• The Guard Captain explained that the Blood Sea Gang and Goblins had fought over stolen mithril, then assigned Lin Mo’s and Landon’s teams to separate outer entrances.
• Lin Mo and Ally ambushed Blood Sea Gang thieves at the western entrance, and Lin Mo killed their leader after suspecting the thieves’ attack was staged.
• Lin Mo fought hundreds of Goblins, evolved Explosive Fireball into Starfall Blaze, advanced to Mage level 5, and drove most of the horde to flee.
• Lin Mo left Phini and Ally with Shefiliya and hurried toward the mine’s main passage, suspecting that ore was being moved there.