Recaps

Velin and Angus entered a trade fair held inside a Legendary Mage’s Demiplane, while Adrien and Gerrard played a chess match that concealed a larger bargain and warnings about looming events. Velin avoided a mysterious road to the castle, so Adrien abandoned his attempt to lure him there and chose another method.

• Velin and Angus boarded Floating Ship No. 001 and entered the Demiplane trade fair, where Velin left Angus to explore.
• Adrien asked Gerrard whether he should meet Velin, and Gerrard told him to guide Velin to him and hand over the Floating Ship.
• Adrien and Gerrard discussed the Church of Dawn, the planar war, and the danger of investigating forbidden events as they battled with magical chess pieces.
• Gerrard won the match, and Adrien promised that the Ailan Kingdom’s current king would abdicate within a hundred years in favor of the Third Prince.
• Gerrard warned that the Time Ancient God might awaken within a thousand years, and a faint bolt of lightning struck him after he accepted it as forgiveness.
• Velin found a road toward the castle but chose to leave, so Adrien decided against using an illusion and resolved to try another method.

Velin met Adrien in his Demiplane and handed over the purple cross sword Gerrard had entrusted to him. Adrien exchanged it for a Floating Ship capable of traveling through space, then sent Velin back to the trade fair with the ship stored in a ring.

• A maid escorted Velin from the banquet hall to Adrien's castle in a flying carriage.
• Velin met Adrien above the clouds and gave him the purple cross sword.
• Adrien recognized the sword as a sacred artifact containing an incarnation of the God of Dawn's divine power.
• Adrien revealed the Floating Ship and exchanged it for the sword, explaining that the ship could travel through space.
• Adrien sent Velin back to the trade fair, where the ship's Spatial Bubble had become a ring on Velin's middle finger.

Velin entered the Adrien Trade Fair, learned how its magical orbs enabled anonymous trades, and examined several offers while waiting for the Ailan Kingdom's goods. He found the Radiant Sun Floating Ship tempting but could not afford it, and continued looking through the golden orbs.

• Velin watched Angus chat with a Moon Elf noblewoman, then waited alone for the trade fair to begin.
• A purple orb transported Velin and the other guests into a starry space and gave him the trade rules, an anonymous mask, and the number 876.
• Velin inspected colored request orbs, including a request for a Shadow Octopus heart, but could not trade because his heart was stored in the Treasure Vault.
• Velin examined a white orb offering a Spear of Eternal Night fragment but declined to trade for it.
• At three o'clock, golden orbs descended, and Velin read the details of the Radiant Sun Floating Ship, valued at 1.3 billion Gold Coins.
• Velin released the golden orb because he lacked the wealth to buy the ship and continued searching the Ailan Kingdom's offerings.

Velin bought the Soul Intent grade Mind Spell Pure Gauze at the Adrien Trade Fair, then spent the banquet eating and plotting whether to tell his mother that Angus was dancing with a Moon Elf. The fair ended with Angus and Velin returning to Karida Manor, where Velin went to sleep while Angus wondered what had seemed strange about his son.

• Velin traded Magic Crystals for the original copy of Pure Gauze and stored it in his Spatial Ring.
• After the six-hour trade fair ended, Velin attended the banquet, ate pastries, and spotted Angus dancing with a Moon Elf.
• Velin rigged a coin toss to decide whether to tell his mother about Angus, then left without approaching his father.
• Adrien sent the guests out of the Demiplane at midnight, and Velin asked Angus about the three Floating Ships he had bought.
• Velin and Angus returned to Karida Manor, where Velin went to sleep and Angus wondered what was unusual about him.

Velin returned to Karida Manor and learned that Kyle had brought back Xiya, a five-year-old girl with a natural healing ability. After Xiya said she wanted Kyle to be her father, Kyle asked her if she truly meant it.

• Velin found that his mother had left with his father, so he spent the next half month sightseeing around Angara Port with Xuemiyya and Morris.
• Kyle returned to Karida Manor with Xiya, then let her explore the grounds while Putlock's Spear replenished its energy from his mana.
• Kyle practiced modifying Wings of Aurora, a spell derived from a fragment of the Flame Demon Lord's soul.
• Velin returned to the manor and overheard his parents discussing his contact with a Moon Elf, leaving him convinced his revenge would have to wait.
• Kyle introduced Xiya to Velin and explained that she could heal injured animals despite not having entered the Transcendent path.
• Xiya told Velin she wanted Kyle to be her father, and Kyle asked her whether that was truly what she wanted.

Kyle explained the structure and manpower of the angels’ Astral Fleets to Velin, who began considering whether he could build a fleet of his own. The chapter ended with Kyle insisting Velin would achieve that goal if he pursued his path to becoming a Legend.

• Xiya accepted Kyle as her father and happily took the name Xiya Harkins.
• Velin showed Kyle a space-traveling Floating Ship he had received in exchange for the purple cross sword, but neither knew how many operators it required.
• Kyle described the crew, legions, and forces used by a Zephyr-class Astral Ship and a full Astral Fleet.
• Kyle explained that the Angel Council conscripted vassal forces for campaigns, with Norrisians often serving as cannon fodder but receiving most of the rewards.
• Velin wondered whether he could build his own Astral Fleet, and Kyle encouraged him by saying he would succeed if he became a Legend.

Velin returned to Qixing Territory after recommending Reginald to Orlando as a promising commander. Orlando offered Reginald a choice between remaining in the Zeferus Legion and becoming Pakp City's First Secretary, and Reginald chose to leave the legion.

• Velin arrived in Zeferus Territory and told Orlando to reward the Guard Team and nurture Reginald's command ability.
• Orlando reviewed Reginald's background, then left Dolores behind and went to the Zeferus Legion's garrison.
• Orlando summoned Reginald and offered him a deputy commander's post if he reached Gold rank within five years, or a First Secretary position in Pakp City.
• Reginald chose to become First Secretary, and Orlando told him to pack for their return to the city.
• Orlando learned that Deputy Legion Commander Redley had been hunting during work and ordered the Training Ground cleared so he could discipline him.

Velin offered Eunice a silver leaf badge that would let her pursue further studies, and she chose to remain in Star Moon Fort for now. He and O'dor and Kyle finished testing the Floating Ship, named Star Moon, before Velin stored it in the Druid's Book and returned to cultivation.

• Velin asked Eunice about her advancement and homeland, and she said she might visit her family if she reached Gold-grade.
• Velin gave Eunice the silver leaf badge and promised to have Orlando escort her to the Moon Elf Kingdom's border in mid-July, leaving her free to decide whether to return.
• Two months after returning to Qixing Territory, Velin, O'dor, and Kyle completed their research and tests on the Floating Ship.
• Velin stored Star Moon in the Druid's Book, whose internal space had expanded to one square kilometer.
• Velin resumed diligent cultivation and his former daily routine.

Velin learned that a Tanyula Deer herd from the Grantham Plane would appear near Qixing Territory and planned to capture it for its valuable blood and meat. Three months later, he led the Star Prayer Camp and Blue Gauze Camp westward, discussing his knights and Kyle’s adopted daughter along the way.

• Velin and Xuemiyya discussed the Seven Emotions Clone, her students, and how Hilda and Sisina managed the Shadow Guards.
• The Guidance of Fate revealed that a Tanyula Deer herd would appear west of Qixing Territory in three months, and Velin resolved to capture it.
• Velin explained that the herd’s blood and meat could become important resources for Qixing Territory and promised Xuemiyya a deer feast.
• In mid-September, Velin led the Star Prayer Camp and Blue Gauze Camp west to encircle and capture the herd.
• Velin asked Cassius about his strict treatment of his sons, then asked Kyle about his adopted daughter and whether he planned to marry.

Velin’s army waited for the Tanyula Deer herd to arrive, then began capturing the fawns in a storm and blinding mist. Kaifis, a former Favored Knight who had reincarnated as a deer, was killed by Ratmen, and his soul’s destruction left a Ratman warrior clear-minded and fleeing with the deer’s body.

• Gege Wu spotted Velin’s army and told his clan to keep its distance rather than relocate at once.
• Three days later, Velin ordered Cassius and Iden to prepare as twenty-five clusters of light appeared across the rain-soaked plains.
• The soldiers began capturing the Tanyula Deer fawns while rain and mist obscured everyone’s vision.
• Kaifis, a former Favored Knight living as a deer, hid from passing humans but crawled into a group of Ratmen.
• A Ratman warrior stabbed Kaifis, and the Ratmen hacked the deer to death.
• Thunder destroyed Kaifis’s soul, clearing the Ratman warrior’s vision; he killed the thirteen Ratmen around him and escaped with the deer’s body.

Velin organized the captured Tanyula Deer for breeding in Qixing Territory, then set out with Kyle and O'dor to find the Demiplane in Outer Space. The three appeared beside a river southwest of the territory, where Kyle swiftly destroyed an attacking Goblin horde as O'dor began calculating their route.

• Cassius and Iden reported that Star Prayer Camp and Blue Gauze Camp had captured more than six thousand Tanyula Deer in total, and Velin ordered two hundred older deer slaughtered to reward the soldiers.
• After returning to Qixing Territory, Velin tasked Lahael with finding a site for a Tanyula Deer breeding farm and spent three months cultivating and inspecting the territory.
• Velin visited Lady Anastasia and arranged for her to protect Qixing Territory while he traveled to obtain the Demiplane with Kyle and O'dor.
• Velin said goodbye to Xuemiyya, while O'dor and Kyle parted from Flora, An, and Xiya, and the three men departed Star Moon Fort using a Teleportation Spell.
• The trio appeared beside a river five hundred kilometers southwest of Qixing Territory, where Kyle used holy flames to eliminate a Goblin attack without harming the surrounding plants.
• O'dor took out his directional compass and began calculating their bearings.

Velin, Kyle, and O'dor entered the Shadow World to find a route to Outer Space, avoiding its guardian and negotiating passage on Mount Ushuaia. After learning about the requirements for reaching Legend, they stood ready to continue their journey.

• Kyle blasted away the hill above O'dor's calculated entrance point, and a Two-Headed Ogre sensed the distant tremor and ordered its slaves to migrate west.
• O'dor opened a Shadow Passage, and Velin, Kyle, and O'dor entered the Shadow World.
• Kyle identified a Shadow Void Giant in their path, so O'dor shifted them sixty kilometers away until it passed.
• O'dor repeatedly used Spatial Shift—Reversal to guide the group east, recalculating their position every two hundred kilometers.
• At Mount Ushuaia, O'dor offered two Black-skinned Meat Pigs to the Caldera, and the Shadow Priest agreed to let them travel to Outer Space if they did not damage the mountain.
• O'dor explained that reaching Legend required a world-famous story, an elevated soul, and the world's approval.

Velin, O'dor, and Kyle traveled through the Illusion Layer and the dangerous Magic Layer toward their final destination. After reaching the other side, O'dor cast Magic Detection—True World, and Velin opened his eyes to a completely changed sight.

• O'dor opened an Outer Space Passage into the Illusion Layer, and he, Velin, and Kyle entered it.
• The three crossed the Illusion Layer and endured a violent storm in the Magic Layer, where O'dor warned them that the Melo Magic Stones could corrupt anyone who absorbed their magic power.
• O'dor bound the three together with a Light Chain, led them through the darkness, and tore open the Magic Layer's boundary.
• After they emerged, O'dor moved them two hundred kilometers away from a black torrent and cast Magic Detection—True World on Velin.
• Velin opened his eyes and saw that everything before him had changed.

Velin, O'dor, and Kyle navigated Outer Space's planes toward the target Demiplane, with O'dor explaining its strange structure along the way. Just as O'dor prepared to break through the Demiplane's membranes, Velin revealed that a Lorich Fragment could open them safely, though neither O'dor nor Kyle knew what it was.

• O'dor and Kyle calculated a route through Outer Space, then Kyle began tearing through planar nodes while O'dor guided Velin to safety.
• After Kyle opened several nodes and rested, O'dor explained the planes, the Safe Zone, and the Time Boundary to Velin.
• O'dor led Velin and Kyle through dangerous nodes until they reached the destination plane and measured the Demiplane's location.
• The three traveled to the Demiplane, where O'dor prepared to break its membranes by force.
• Velin stopped O'dor and said a Lorich Fragment three hundred kilometers above them could open the barrier, leaving O'dor and Kyle confused by the unfamiliar name.

Velin, O'dor, and Kyle entered a newly discovered Demiplane through the Loxixi Fragment and began exploring it for the Demiplane Core. They captured a Three-tailed White Tiger, but Velin let it go hunt Unicorn Deer to prepare a meal, leaving Kyle ready to cook its prey.

• Kyle retrieved the Loxixi Fragment, which merged into the Time Boundary and opened a passage into the Demiplane.
• Velin, O'dor, and Kyle entered the Demiplane before the Time Boundary expelled the Loxixi Fragment into an unknown plane.
• The group landed in a forest, where O'dor captured a Three-tailed White Tiger and Velin dispelled its attack.
• Kyle prepared cooking utensils while O'dor studied the tiger, and Velin agreed to let it go in exchange for a chance to return.
• The Three-tailed White Tiger hunted three Unicorn Deer and dragged them back to camp, where Kyle prepared them for cooking.

Velin and Kyle began searching the Demiplane for its Heart, while O'dor entered the Chaos Consciousness Space to look for it. They reached a human settlement and headed for a lord’s castle, where Viscount Pres worried over an order to assemble troops as the world’s powers faded.

• After a venison feast, O'dor explained that the Heart of the Demiplane could be hidden in either the Chaos Consciousness Space or the Reality Space.
• Velin sent O'dor into the Chaos Consciousness Space and set off with Kyle to search the Reality Space.
• Velin let the Three-tailed White Tiger go after it had fulfilled its promise to hunt for them.
• Kyle carried Velin west to a human settlement, where they saw serfs working farmland and overseers supervising them.
• Velin and Kyle flew to the local lord’s castle to ask about recent unusual illusions.
• Viscount Pres fretted over Count Rudolf’s order to gather troops at Besimer as his world’s Transcendent powers continued to disappear.

Velin and Kyle arrived at Podance Territory, where Kyle used magic to identify the castle’s inhabitants, extract information, and teach Velin the local language. After learning about the enormous demiplane formed from fragments of Grantham World, Velin discussed with Kyle how to stabilize it and take control.

• Pres rushed to the castle gates after hearing that two intruders had descended from the sky and were confronting Knight Tracy.
• Velin asked Kyle how to learn the local language, and Kyle cast an Alignment Check spell over the castle.
• Kyle identified the evil inhabitants, extracted the souls of twenty-three people for information, and destroyed their souls; Velin then learned Keltish from the information Kyle transmitted.
• Velin questioned Pres and learned that the demiplane contained about 660,000 square kilometers and 1.3 to 1.5 million people, formed from regions of several lands after Grantham World was devoured.
• Kyle explained that demiplanes formed when worlds fed had unstable rules and could split apart, and Velin concluded that he should divide the demiplane after taking control of it.

Velin and Kyle traveled to the center of the Besimer Count Territory, where they found a demon in the castle and questioned the survivors. Kyle learned from the Snake Demon’s memories that mages had summoned an invading demon army before Grantham World began collapsing.

• Velin learned from Pres that the center of the Besimer Count Territory lay two hundred kilometers southwest and headed there with Kyle.
• Velin and Kyle reached the count’s castle, where Kyle sensed a demon and unleashed holy flames throughout the building.
• Velin bound the four-armed Snake Demon with vines, and Kyle burned her, severed her arms, and kept her alive for questioning.
• The surviving castle residents fled after Marcus, the head chef, told Velin that Count Rudolf’s guests had discussed colored mist in Tarinan Town.
• Kyle searched the Snake Demon’s soul and discovered that mages had summoned demons from the Abyss, though the world’s collapse had killed most of the invading army.
• Kyle destroyed the Snake Demon’s body after learning how the demons had reached Grantham World.

Velin and Kyle set out for Tarinan Town to find the Heart of the Demiplane, but first they destroyed Count Besimer’s camp and executed its surviving criminals. They rested for the night, leaving Tarinan Town shrouded in multicolored mist for the next day’s investigation.

• Velin chose to leave the hidden demons alone and head with Kyle toward Tarinan Town to find the Heart of the Demiplane.
• Velin and Kyle departed the burning castle, and Velin used vines to kill bandits attacking it.
• Kyle attacked Count Besimer’s camp after Velin gave him permission, while Velin waited at the camp.
• Velin learned that Kyle had captured and punished two people for abusing children and others, and Kyle burned two more criminals at the flagpole.
• After three hours, Velin and Kyle decided to rest and investigate Tarinan Town the following day.

Velin and Kyle entered the colored mist, where Kyle’s clones defeated the Colored Mist Soldiers and found the great tree that produced the mist. They met Mina, a Dream Fairy who agreed to return with Velin, and Velin asked her about the Heart of the Demiplane.

• Velin and Kyle traveled to Tarinan Town after learning that Colored Mist Soldiers had destroyed previous expeditions.
• Velin and Kyle wagered over whether the Heart of the Demiplane lay within the colored mist, and Kyle summoned faceless clones to defeat the attacking soldiers.
• Kyle’s clones cleared Tarinan Town and reported that a great tree at its center was the source of the colored mist.
• Velin stopped Kyle from touching the tree and met Mina, a Dream Fairy who explained that she and her friend Philo had fallen into the Demiplane through a Space Rift.
• Velin invited Mina to return with him, and Mina accepted before he asked her about the Heart of the Demiplane.

Velin learned that a Calamity Demon named Woodrow and two Balrogs planned to use the Heart of the Demiplane to escape, so he and Kyle hurried to Count Belick's Territory. There, Kyle pursued a group of demons, and Woodrow fled from him while searching for a way to escape.

• The Dream Fairy showed Velin a vision of Woodrow and two Balrogs planning to lure the Heart of the Demiplane to Count Belick's Territory by creating a Safe Zone.
• Velin sent the Dream Fairy and the Dream Tree into the Druid's Book, then used Besimer's map to locate Count Belick's Territory north of Tarinan Town.
• Kyle carried Velin north and destroyed demons and their followers as they traveled through deserted settlements marked by signs of slaughter.
• Velin and Kyle reached a Small City and spotted a winged demon chasing other demons, so Velin ordered Kyle to capture them gently and ask about the Heart.
• Woodrow, having devoured the two Balrogs, recognized Kyle as a threat and fled while trying to find a way to escape.

Kyle captured a Calamity Demon, learned that the Heart of the Demiplane might be in Cascara Lake, and uncovered the demon’s escape plan. Kyle headed for the lake while Velin began dissecting the demon’s soul for his Woodification—Soul Severing experiment.

• Kyle crushed captured demon souls for information, then Velin chose to test the Gold-grade spell Woodification—Soul Severing on the Calamity Demon.
• The Calamity Demon claimed the Heart of the Demiplane had fled into Cascara Lake, and Kyle searched its soul to verify the claim.
• Kyle discovered the demon had secretly released Soul Worms and used a Mechanical Consciousness Device to preserve its life, though it had forgotten where the device was hidden.
• Kyle told Velin what he had learned and left for Cascara Lake to retrieve the Heart of the Demiplane.
• Velin secured the Calamity Demon’s soul to an illusory operating table and began cutting away pieces of it and replacing them with mana.

Velin used the Druid Spell Woodification—Soul Severance—Woodfang Blossom to consume the Calamity Demon, then accepted the Heart of the Demiplane, which formed a Halo Contract with him and began strengthening him. While the contract continued, Kyle and O'dor guarded and purified the Demiplane, and Velin’s soul began to transform as a Dream Spirit granted him a second blessing.

• Velin cast Woodification—Soul Severance—Woodfang Blossom on the Calamity Demon, then rested as the flower consumed the demon over six hours.
• Kyle returned with the Heart of the Demiplane, and Velin exchanged the Woodfang Blossom for it.
• The Heart of the Demiplane recognized Velin and formed a vast Halo Contract, replacing the Demiplane’s rules with those of Elairilia and sending origin power into him.
• O'dor arrived two days later, and Kyle began purifying the Demiplane while O'dor guarded Velin.
• Half a month later, Velin’s Cycle of Life and Death took root in his soul and his first Soul Ring began to condense.
• A Dream Spirit sensed the change, located Velin, and bestowed a second blessing before returning to sleep.

Velin completed the Halo Contract ritual and received the World Mother's blessing as the Demiplane's halos shattered and its Mana Energy increased. The World Elf appeared, named herself Cecilia, and entered an equal contract with Velin.

• Velin formed Life—Knight, a powerful healing combat skill, and sensed that his next skill would be Death—Knight.
• Velin completed the Halo Contract oath, and the Heart of the Demiplane merged into his soul as a green mark on his chest.
• The eighteenth, tenth, and third halos shattered, while the Demiplane's Mana Energy concentration rose and Kyle received three High-Grade Magic Crystals.
• The World Mother's light spheres touched Velin, and the second halo shattered to form a Magic Crystal Mine.
• The first halo split, revealing the World Elf, who introduced herself as Cecilia and agreed to remain with Velin as his contractor.

Velin received the Legendary Grade sword Anansi and a key to the Deep Illusion Realm, then learned that the World Consciousness had exiled all intelligent beings from the Grantham Plane in Cecilia’s Demiplane. After Cecilia gave O'dor a record of the Annabelle Time Corridor, Velin prepared to rest before returning to the real world.

• Cecilia explained Anansi’s abilities, and Velin named the sword and felt wind surround him as he wielded it.
• Velin received a key to the Deep Illusion Realm and stored it in the Druid's Book before the barrier around the Demiplane broke.
• Velin reunited with Kyle and O'dor, and Cecilia admitted she could not explain how to break the Annabelle Time Corridor.
• Kyle told Velin that the World Consciousness had exiled all intelligent beings from the Grantham Plane to the Interlayer Space, and Velin accepted their loss.
• Velin agreed to govern diligently after taking six months to rest, and Cecilia gave O'dor a light orb containing the Annabelle Time Corridor.