Chapter Summaries

Li Chuan learned that the Night Mother had chosen him as the Listener and suspected Mephala, rather than Sithis, was behind her. He sent Cicero to the remaining Dark Brotherhood branch while he and Lydia headed for High Hrothgar, intending to take control of the Brotherhood and use its network to search for resurrected dragons.

• The Night Mother told Li Chuan that Sithis had chosen him as Listener and instructed him to give Cicero the phrase that would lead him to the Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim.
• Li Chuan declined to accompany the Night Mother to the Brotherhood and suspected Mephala might be the power behind her.
• Li Chuan freed Cicero, gave him the Night Mother's phrase, and revealed that he was the Listener, prompting Cicero to welcome him.
• Cicero explained that the Dark Brotherhood had been weakened across Tamriel and that the Falkreath Hold branch was its last relatively active one.
• Li Chuan ordered Cicero to take the Night Mother to the branch and keep his identity secret until he arrived, then set off with Lydia for High Hrothgar.
• Lydia told Li Chuan she would remain loyal to him even if he chose to attack Whiterun.

Li Chuan visited High Hrothgar and demonstrated a remarkably powerful Dragon Shout to the Greybeards. After learning about their history and purpose, he agreed to spend a few days learning dragon language and more shouts before returning to his plans to hunt dragons.

• Li Chuan and Lydia arrived at High Hrothgar, where Arngeir welcomed them and asked Li Chuan to demonstrate his Thu'um.
• Li Chuan used Unrelenting Force and shook the monastery, astonishing the four Greybeards with the strength of his Dragon Shout.
• Arngeir welcomed Li Chuan and explained the origins of the Greybeards, the Way of the Voice, and their role in guiding Dragonborns.
• Li Chuan asked how long it would take to learn dragon language and Dragon Shouts, and Arngeir said his Dragonborn talent could let him learn in a few days.
• Li Chuan agreed to study with the Greybeards after realizing his strengthened Dragon Shouts could be useful.

Li Chuan learned the second word of Unrelenting Force from Einarth, then spent three days studying dragon language, dragon script, and Shouts at High Hrothgar. Arngeir began teaching him Whirlwind Sprint, while Li Chuan realized that learning more Shouts would require exploring Skyrim’s ruins and hunting dragons.

• Arngeir had Einarth teach Li Chuan the word “Balance” by directly imparting its knowledge, which weakened Einarth’s spirit.
• Li Chuan learned that the other Greybeards could not speak safely because their Shouts were difficult to control, and Arngeir offered to answer his questions and teach him.
• Arngeir arranged rooms for Li Chuan and Lydia and gave them a tour of the monastery while teaching Li Chuan about Shouts and dragon language.
• Over three days, Li Chuan mastered dragon language and script and read the monastery’s books using Multiple Shadow Clone.
• After studying The Complete Book of Shouts, Li Chuan recognized the value of abilities such as Ethereal Form, Life Drain, and Slow Time, and concluded he would need to explore ancient ruins and hunt dragons to learn more Shouts.
• Arngeir brought Li Chuan to the Cloud Terrace and announced that Borri would teach him Whirlwind Sprint.

Li Chuan learned Whirlwind Sprint and accepted Arngeir’s trial to retrieve the Horn of Windcaller from Chillwind Depths. He reached the tomb and discovered necromancers had already entered, leaving him to pursue them inside.

• Master Borri taught Li Chuan Whirlwind Sprint, and Arngeir offered him a trial to retrieve the Horn of Windcaller from Chillwind Depths in exchange for the third word of Unrelenting Force.
• Li Chuan asked Arngeir about the sealed path to High Hrothgar’s summit and learned that the Greybeards’ teacher lived there and disliked being disturbed.
• Li Chuan left Lydia at the monastery and flew to Chillwind Depths, astonishing the Greybeards with his ability to fly.
• A Dark Elf necromancer sent two reanimated bandits to attack Li Chuan, but Li Chuan destroyed them and captured the necromancer.
• Li Chuan learned that six other necromancers had entered the tomb seeking treasure, killed the guard, took his spellbook, and entered Chillwind Depths.

Li Chuan explored Ysgramor’s tomb, learned the Ethereal Form Dragon Shout, and found that someone had taken Ysgramor’s horn to lure him to Riverwood. After arriving, he reunited with Kemira, whose recognition of him as the Golden Dragonborn drew the attention of masked cultists.

• Li Chuan restrained the powerful draugr in Ysgramor’s tomb and reached its Word Wall, where he learned the Ethereal Form Dragon Shout.
• Li Chuan found Ysgramor’s horn missing and read a note from a supposed friend asking him to meet in the attic room of The Sleeping Giant Inn.
• Li Chuan used Apparition to reach Riverwood and met Kemira, who told him she loved the enchanted hand axe he had given her.
• A patrolling soldier saluted Li Chuan as Guardian, and Kemira realized he was the Golden Dragonborn.
• Masked cultists heard Kemira identify Li Chuan and approached, calling him a fake Dragonborn.

Li Chuan defeated three cultists who attacked him in Riverwood, claiming Miraak was the true Dragonborn. After healing the injured and repairing the damage, he left for The Sleeping Giant Inn as Svan began composing a song about him.

• Three cultists ambushed Li Chuan and accused him of being a counterfeit Dragonborn serving as Miraak’s shadow.
• Riverwood’s guards and villagers fought the cultists but were overwhelmed by their magic, so Li Chuan told everyone to stand back.
• Li Chuan used Fus Ro Dah to shatter the cultists’ shields and knock them unconscious, then stored them in the Tsukuyomi World.
• Li Chuan used the Repairing Charm to restore the damaged street and houses and healed several injured guards.
• Li Chuan headed toward The Sleeping Giant Inn, while Svan decided to compose a Song of the Golden Dragonborn.

Li Chuan met Delphine in a hidden chamber beneath The Sleeping Giant Inn and learned that she was a surviving member of the Blades. She returned Ysgramor's Horn but said the Blades would help him fight dragons only after he proved he was the Dragonborn.

• Delphine led Li Chuan through a secret passage beneath the inn and gave him Ysgramor's Horn.
• Delphine introduced herself as a Blade and explained that she had arranged for Farengar to send Li Chuan after the Dragon Stone, which mapped dragon burial sites.
• Li Chuan asked the Blades to serve him and help locate dragons, claiming that his Shout proved he was the Dragonborn.
• Delphine said that using a Shout was not proof and required Li Chuan to demonstrate his identity before the Blades would help him.

Li Chuan agreed to help Delphine hunt a dragon near the Forest of Kyne, then returned the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller and absorbed the dragon soul sealed within it. After completing the Greybeards’ trial, he was formally declared the new Dragon of the North, and the announcement reached all of Tamriel.

• Delphine told Li Chuan that her informants had spotted a black dragon near the Forest of Kyne, and he agreed to hunt it with her.
• Delphine changed into armor while Li Chuan teleported away to complete the Greybeards’ trial first.
• Li Chuan returned the horn to Jurgen Windcaller’s coffin and absorbed the dragon soul, unlocking the first word of Ethereal Form.
• Li Chuan brought the horn to Arngeir, and Wulfgar taught him the third word of Unrelenting Force.
• The four Greybeards performed a ceremony and proclaimed Li Chuan the new Dragon of the North, making the announcement heard across Tamriel.

After the Greybeards named Li Chuan the Dragon of the North, he considered using his claim to unify Tamriel but chose to focus first on hunting dragons and learning shouts. While flying with Delphine toward the Forest of Kyne, he interrogated the cultists who had attacked him and learned they served Miraak on Solstheim.

• Arngeir declared Li Chuan the Dragon of the North and told him the Greybeards would not take part in worldly wars.
• Li Chuan considered unifying Tamriel and decided to strengthen himself by hunting dragons while watching for an opportunity in the Civil War.
• Arngeir told Li Chuan the Greybeards could sense Word Walls, and Li Chuan left a Shadow Clone at High Hrothgar before returning to The Sleeping Giant Inn.
• Li Chuan flew with Delphine toward the Forest of Kyne after telling her they could reach the dragon faster by air.
• Li Chuan interrogated the three cultists in his Tsukuyomi World, and they revealed they came from Solstheim and followed the Dragonborn Miraak.

After interrogating Miraak’s cultists, Li Chuan learned about the First Dragonborn and chose to focus on hunting dragons before confronting him. At the Forest of Kyne, Li Chuan and Delphine arrived just as Alduin resurrected Saloknir, and Li Chuan flew toward the dragons, eager to fight Alduin.

• Li Chuan learned that Miraak had betrayed the dragons, been defeated by Valok, and later reached his followers again through a Daedric Prince’s plane.
• The cultists explained that they had come to kill Li Chuan because they believed he was an impostor claiming to be Dragonborn.
• Li Chuan decided to hunt dragons and deal with Alduin before seeking out Miraak, then continued toward the Forest of Kyne with Delphine.
• Delphine warned Li Chuan that a dragon near the Dragon Tomb might be stronger than the one he had killed, but he remained unconcerned.
• Alduin used a Dragon Shout to resurrect Saloknir, and Li Chuan sensed the dragon’s powerful life force.
• Li Chuan grabbed Delphine and flew toward the Dragon Tomb, where he saw Alduin and the newly resurrected Saloknir take flight.

Li Chuan confronted Alduin while Delphine fought the revived dragon Saloknir. Alduin’s attacks proved powerful, and the chapter ended with Li Chuan blocking Alduin’s claw while wearing his Gold Cloth.

• Li Chuan identified Saloknir and Alduin, then sent Delphine to fight Saloknir while he pursued Alduin.
• Delphine blocked Saloknir’s bite with her shield and began fighting the dragon.
• Li Chuan attacked Alduin with a Rasenshuriken, but Alduin’s dragonfire forced him to evade.
• Li Chuan teleported onto Alduin’s back and blasted him to the ground with a five-element attack, but Alduin quickly recovered.
• Li Chuan and four Shadow Clones fired amplified Killing Curses at Alduin, but they had no effect.
• Alduin used Slow Time to destroy Li Chuan’s clones, then attacked Li Chuan, who blocked the claw with his Gold Cloth.

Li Chuan overwhelmed Alduin, but discovered the dragon could not be killed in the mortal realm. After stopping Alduin from fleeing, Li Chuan bound him and threatened him into talking.

• Li Chuan countered Alduin’s Time Slow with a Light Speed Punch and battered him into a crater, but Alduin emerged unharmed.
• Alduin declared himself immortal in the mortal realm and tried to flee so he could recover his strength.
• Li Chuan dragged Alduin back with Heavenly Kingdom in the Palm and knocked him down again with Demon Invocation.
• Alduin used Ethereal Form to escape, but Li Chuan trapped him with the Three-Headed Six-Armed Susanoo’s law-governed Golden Rope.
• Li Chuan demanded to know how many dragons Alduin had resurrected and how he had been killed before, then threatened him with a golden spear until Alduin pleaded to talk.

Li Chuan defeated Saloknir, forced Alduin to reveal how many dragons he had resurrected, and learned how the Nord heroes had banished Alduin with an Elder Scroll. He deduced that Alduin might be vulnerable if he could be drawn out of the mortal realm, but he still needed to test the idea.

• Li Chuan impaled Saloknir as the Azure Dragon tried to rescue Alduin, absorbed his soul, and saw Delphine regain consciousness with healing potions.
• Delphine recognized Li Chuan's overwhelming power, and Li Chuan decided he no longer needed to control her with the Phantom Demon Emperor Fist.
• Li Chuan threatened Alduin with his spear, and Alduin admitted that he had resurrected one hundred and twenty dragons, with eighty more still to revive.
• Alduin explained that the three Nord heroes had used an Elder Scroll to send him into the river of time rather than kill him.
• Li Chuan concluded that Alduin might be vulnerable outside the mortal realm, where his consciousness would be separated from the world's law of time, and resolved to verify the theory.

Li Chuan imprisoned Alduin in his Tsukuyomi World and forced him to agree to resurrect two hundred dragons for a final battle. He then enlisted Delphine and the Blades to spread word of the coming battle, which he planned to use to build support for unifying the continent.

• Li Chuan drew Alduin into his Tsukuyomi World and discovered that Alduin could be wounded there.
• Li Chuan threatened to kill Alduin unless he resurrected two hundred dragons and fought him; Alduin accepted after Li Chuan promised not to kill him if he lost.
• Li Chuan returned with Delphine to The Sleeping Giant Inn and learned that the Empire and Thalmor were hunting the Blades.
• Li Chuan told Delphine that the Blades could regain their former status by supporting him, and she pledged their loyalty.
• Li Chuan ordered Delphine to have the Blades spread news of a decisive battle against Alduin and the resurrected dragons on the Plains of Whiterun in two months.

Li Chuan gathered the dragons Alduin had revived and brought them to the plains of Whiterun for a decisive battle before crowds from across Tamriel. As two hundred dragons assembled, Alduin prepared to fight while secretly considering how to survive.

• Li Chuan traveled Skyrim to learn Dragon Shouts, collected magical items, and had Alduin revive dragons that he stored in the Tsukuyomi World.
• Li Chuan took control of the Dark Brotherhood and ordered it to expand and assassinate members of the Imperial royal family, especially Emperor Titus Mede II.
• Alduin told Li Chuan that Miraak had been rescued by Hermaeus Mora and had gained knowledge to create a Dragon Shout that enslaved dragons.
• Two months later, people from across Tamriel gathered on the plains of Whiterun to witness the battle, while Jarl Balgruuf feared the dragons would destroy the city.
• Li Chuan released Alduin and eighty dragons, then Alduin summoned the other dragons until two hundred gathered above the plains.
• Li Chuan told Alduin to descend first and planned to make his entrance last, while Alduin considered attacking if they gained the advantage or fleeing if they did not.

Li Chuan faced Alduin and more than two hundred resurrected dragons on Whiterun Plain, then slaughtered them with his enormous Susanoo. Alduin fled, revealing that the dragons had seemed weak only because Li Chuan was so terrifying.

• More than two hundred dragons led by Alduin descended on Whiterun Plain, and the spectators feared no force could defeat them.
• Li Chuan appeared in golden armor and challenged Alduin, who ordered the dragons to attack while he stayed back.
• The dragons unleashed their Thu'um attacks, but Li Chuan transformed into an eight-hundred-meter-tall Three-Headed Six-Armed Susanoo.
• Li Chuan killed the dragons with his weapons and flying swords, absorbing their dragon souls as their corpses fell across the plain.
• Alduin fled, burning to ashes the people who tried to block his escape, and the spectators realized Li Chuan was far more terrifying than the dragons.

After reaching the Peak Nascent Soul Stage by absorbing 160 dragon souls, Li Chuan spared the remaining dragons after they agreed to submit and serve him. He tracked Alduin to Skuldafn, stopped him from entering the Hall of Valor, and drew the Dragon Cultist Nahkriin into a fight.

• Li Chuan reached the Peak Nascent Soul Stage after absorbing 160 dragon souls, though he still needed several years to stabilize his cultivation.
• Li Chuan offered the surviving dragons a choice between submission and death, and Odahviing agreed to lead them.
• Li Chuan marked the dragons and teleported after Alduin, who fled toward Skuldafn to enter the Hall of Valor and regain his strength.
• Alduin ordered Nahkriin to open the passage to the Hall of Valor, but Li Chuan bound him with a golden rope and pulled him back.
• Li Chuan used Tsukuyomi on Alduin, then Nahkriin attacked Li Chuan in fury.

Li Chuan defeated Alduin, proclaimed himself the Dragon of the North, and called on Tamriel’s factions to swear loyalty. He secured Balgruuf’s allegiance and, through his growing prestige and ultimatum, united Skyrim without further bloodshed.

• Li Chuan forced Nahkriin to close the portal and guard the site before returning to the Whiterun Plains, where he bound Alduin and demanded allegiance from the gathered factions.
• Nord Warriors and soldiers rallied to Li Chuan, and Balgruuf led Whiterun in swearing loyalty.
• Li Chuan appointed Balgruuf High King of Skyrim, named Whiterun the future capital, and gave the other factions one week to submit.
• Li Chuan’s victory over Alduin and the dragons drew followers and soldiers from across the continent, while Skyrim’s lords began arriving to pledge allegiance.
• The Queen of Solitude and Ulfric of Windhelm eventually submitted, leaving Li Chuan in control of all Skyrim without further bloodshed.

Li Chuan returned to the main world after ordering the New Empire to demand the Ancestral Divine Continent’s surrender, then confirmed that the Tsukuyomi World let him carry living beings between worlds. He brought back a Puffapod for Wanda and joined her yoga practice.

• Lydia told Li Chuan that Ulfric’s army had captured the Imperial capital and that the Ancestral Divine Continent was the New Empire’s last remaining enemy.
• Li Chuan ordered Balgruuf to give the High Elves one week to surrender or face his personal intervention.
• After returning to the main world, Li Chuan found Alduin and the other beings he had stored in the Tsukuyomi World safe, confirming that he could transport living creatures between worlds.
• Li Chuan visited the Wizarding World and Ninja World, then confirmed on returning that the Tsukuyomi World had lifted the panel’s restriction.
• Li Chuan brought Wanda a pink Puffapod and joined her yoga practice in the living room.

Li Chuan and Wanda enjoyed their newfound free time while Li Chuan waited for his primordial spirit to stabilize enough for a tribulation. Thor invited them to his wedding, where the Avengers gathered in New York.

• Li Chuan told Wanda he would have about two years of free time, and the two traveled and relaxed together.
• Thor called Li Chuan and invited him to his wedding to Jane in three days, and Li Chuan agreed to attend.
• Li Chuan explained that changes in his timeline had kept Thor and Jane together and allowed Loki to remain away from the wedding.
• The Avengers gathered outside a New York church for Thor and Jane's wedding.
• Li Chuan's changes had helped shape the Avengers, including Pietro joining with a Vibranium suit and Banner completing his Hulk fusion.