Recaps

Kelly recovered after Lester removed the Evil God's power, and she resolved to repay him as her magic advanced. Velin was publicly invested as an Eternal Dawn Knight, and the ceremony revealed his achievements against two Outer Gods to the people of the Holy Third Dawn Kingdom.

• Lester learned that Kelly had no home or surviving family and arranged for a paladin to take her to a monastery.
• After Lester left, Kelly understood his warning, resolved to repay him, and advanced to a high-level Mage Apprentice.
• The next morning, a paladin took Kelly away, and Velin had a letter delivered to Beckley Barun before turning his attention elsewhere.
• On November 15, 9767, the Dawn Grand Cathedral broadcast Velin’s investiture ceremony across the Holy Third Dawn Kingdom.
• Dawn Pontiff Emicilia invested Velin as an Eternal Dawn Knight and announced his role in defeating the schemes of the God of Seven Emotions and the God of Black Prison.
• After the Veil of All Souls ended, people throughout the kingdom reacted to the revelation and discussed Velin’s achievements.

After receiving news that the Ilroge Organization had been destroyed, Velin prepared to leave the capital with Lester. In Gracie, the North Wind Adventure Team wondered about Velin’s past intentions, then resolved to ask him directly if they met again.

• Velin read Gerrard’s letter confirming the matter was resolved and asking him to look after Lester, then told Kyle they would leave for Dawnlight Duchy and Kingdom of Belfas before returning to Ilia Kingdom.
• Amond and the North Wind Adventure Team discussed whether Velin had deliberately approached them years earlier and why he had helped them.
• Elder Ente visited his granddaughter Lilia and listened as Amond explained his doubts about Velin.
• Elder Ente advised the team to ask Velin directly when they met him, easing their doubts and reaffirming that he remained their friend.
• Elder Ente reflected on the team’s growing abilities before preparing to leave.

Velin, Kyle, and Lester arrived in the military Duchy of Morning Light, where Lester recognized a possible lead connected to his enemy, Rosalind. The chapter ended with Lester refusing to explain their history as he walked away with Velin.

• Velin, Kyle, and Lester reached the Duchy of Morning Light and concealed their appearances while seeking an inn.
• Kyle waited at a food stall while Velin watched Bagri defeat the assassin Reni in an arena fight.
• Lester stopped the departing Reni and asked what Rosalind meant to her, but Reni denied knowing her and hurried away.
• Lester told Velin that Reni was a lead on his enemy, Rosalind.
• Lester explained that Rosalind had killed his only disciple and that he had killed her parents and two younger sisters, then left without giving Velin more details.

Lester tracked Rosalind into the forest, where she held his disciple’s daughter, Ka Jiashe, hostage. Kyle captured Rosalind and recovered Ka Jiashe’s soul fragment, while Lester began telling the girl about her true mother; the chapter ended with Lester asking to kill Rosalind himself.

• Lester confronted Rosalind in the forest, and she threatened to kill Ka Jiashe, revealing that she had devoured part of the girl’s soul.
• Velin asked Kyle to capture Rosalind alive so he could preserve Ka Jiashe’s soul fragment, and Kyle agreed.
• Kyle suddenly incapacitated Rosalind, freed Ka Jiashe, and extracted Rosalind’s Soul Body while Lester protected the girl with Dawn Power.
• Lester told Ka Jiashe how he had chosen her mother, Tavel, as his disciple and later hunted the Famine Cult after her death.
• Kyle found a black core in Rosalind that may have blocked divination, then extracted three soul fragments from her Soul Body.
• Lester asked Kyle to let him end Rosalind, and Kyle returned her Soul Body to her flesh.

Lester killed Rosalind, then mourned his disciple by destroying the Priest Scepter at dawn and welcomed the rescued assassin as Milna Tavel. He and Kyle traveled with Velin to Violet Port, where Velin considered the struggling Pittman Shipyard before tax officials approached.

• Lester burned away Rosalind's soul with holy light, then carried the confused female assassin back to Morning Light City.
• Lester told Kyle about his disciple and, at dawn, destroyed the Priest Scepter to end a farewell delayed by thirty-five years.
• The female assassin agreed to go with Lester, accepted the name Milna Tavel, and asked to follow the path of a knight.
• Kyle opened the Messier Demiplane so Milna could stay with the soldiers, then Velin, Lester, and Kyle traveled southeast to Violet Port.
• Velin assessed the struggling Pittman Shipyard, but several ostentatiously dressed tax officials approached before he entered.

Velin discovered that officials in Violet Port were exploiting the Eagle Chamber of Commerce’s properties and suspected its local president, Robin, of stealing profits. He sent Kyle to bring Robin back from the provincial capital for questioning.

• Tax officer Soxie extorted twenty-five thousand Gold Coins from Pittman Shipyard by threatening to stop its ship repair orders.
• Velin showed Manager Walter the Eagle Emblem and questioned him about the shipyard and President Robin.
• Walter revealed that he had not seen Robin for eight months and that the shipyard earned only thirty thousand Gold Coins in annual profit.
• Velin concluded that Robin might be stealing from the company and ordered Kyle to bring him back from the provincial capital.
• Kyle took Walter and flew toward the provincial capital while Velin recalled Robin’s background as a former guard officer assigned to manage the Duchy of Morning Light’s properties.

Kyle tracked down Robin in Sudak Province and fought Bayantha Siruk, who had sworn to protect him. Kyle captured Robin and returned to Violet Port, while Bayantha arranged to protect Robin’s family.

• Kyle forced Walter to lead him to an inn, where he soul-searched Durut for Robin’s whereabouts and ordered Walter to kill him.
• Kyle followed Durut’s memories to a manor, where Robin was playing chess with Bayantha Siruk.
• Bayantha refused to hand Robin over and fought Kyle, but Kyle defeated him after dozens of exchanges.
• Robin accepted responsibility for his past greed and asked Bayantha to protect his family, and Bayantha promised to do so.
• Kyle seized Robin and returned to Sudak’s provincial capital to collect Walter before taking them both to Violet Port.

Velin interrogated Robin, who confessed to years of theft and admitted responsibility for Kahn’s death and the tax extortion in Violet Port. Velin ordered Robin’s family and the other beneficiaries of his crimes punished and the stolen assets recovered, while Blood Moon Count Miyali prepared to confront Robin herself.

• Kyle brought Robin and Walter to Velin, and Robin confessed that greed had driven his crimes and that he had killed Kahn.
• Velin sealed Robin’s professional rank, ordered Walter to imprison him, and said his fate would be decided in a month.
• After Kyle reported that Robin’s family had sought protection from a local powerhouse, Velin ordered the Ode Organization to kill all but Robin’s three youngest relatives and recover the stolen property.
• Velin sent Kyle to deliver orders to Arivat, who was to act in the name of an Eternal Dawn Knight without restraint.
• Blood Moon Count Miyali read Velin’s letter and summoned Derrigos.
• Miyali ordered Derrigos to go to the Duchy of Morning Light, kill Robin, and ask why he had deceived her.

Derrigos executed Robin, who confessed to betraying Blood Moon Count, and Velin made his own arrangements for Robin’s surviving family. After settling the Eagle Chamber of Commerce’s affairs and returning to Qixing Territory, Velin reunited with his household and left Lester and Milna there.

• Derrigos confronted Robin, who admitted betraying Blood Moon Count and killed himself with Derrigos’s Knight Sword.
• Derrigos disposed of Robin’s body and ordered his family’s removal, but Velin told his men to spare the three youngest and monitor their descendants.
• Velin sold or transferred the Eagle Chamber of Commerce’s assets and personnel in the Duchy of Morning Light, then traveled through several kingdoms before returning to Cadro Province.
• Velin arrived at Qixing Territory after ten months away, while Belder worried that he might be summoned to take over the remaining Eagle Chamber of Commerce branches.
• Kyle arranged lodging for Lester and released Milna from the Messier Demiplane, and Lester agreed to look around Qixing Territory.

Kyle arranged for his ninth retainer, Bing, to study under Katarina while she learned painting and how to strengthen her Physique. The chapter ended with Kyle returning to Blue, who had destroyed and replaced the blanket after seeing Bing on his bed.

• Kyle considered who could train Bing and decided to leave her with Katarina.
• Blue saw Bing sitting on Kyle's bed and grew jealous, then destroyed the blanket and replaced it after Kyle left.
• Kyle brought Bing to the Training Ground and introduced her to Katarina as his ninth retainer.
• Kyle asked Katarina to guide Bing, who would study painting and strengthen her Physique.
• Katarina encouraged Bing to hold her head up, called her Nora, and offered to show her around Star Moon Fort.
• Kyle returned to his room and found Blue waiting beside the new blanket.

Kyle gave Lan the Azurewood Sword, helping her reach Gold rank as a Phoenix Dancer, while Velin reunited with Xuemiyya and gave her the Winterspring Gem. The chapter ended as Xuemiyya put the gem away and extinguished the lamp.

• Kyle took Lan away from Star Moon Fort and gave her the Azurewood Sword, which formed a spiritual contract with her and helped her break through to Gold rank.
• Lan performed a sword dance for Kyle, who praised its beauty while pointing out flaws in her technique.
• Kyle made a dancing doll from flower petals and later returned to Star Moon Fort with Lan.
• Velin arranged for Hilda to invite Belder, then waited at the fort until Xuemiyya came home that evening.
• Velin gave Xuemiyya the Winterspring Gem, and she began examining it before putting it away and turning off the Magic Lamp.

Velin learned that Belder had claimed to be seriously ill and flew to Star Prayer City with Kyle to visit him. After Belder tried to use the illness to secure more manpower, Velin began healing him.

• Velin asked Xuemiyya about his apprentice Trisa and learned she was studying magical herb cultivation with Green.
• Hilda told Velin that Belder had reported a serious illness and could not come to Star Moon Fort.
• Velin ordered Kyle to prepare tonics and accompany him to visit Belder, keeping the trip confidential.
• Belder admitted to Iyetah that he was pretending to be ill to ask for more manpower, while his wives and daughter Lansha helped stage the scene.
• Velin confronted Belder telepathically about the act, then dispersed the stagnant knots in his body and began treating him.

Velin arranged for Belder to take over the Eagle Chamber of Commerce across three kingdoms, then devised a plan to keep Belder from demanding more workers. Meanwhile, Lester inspected White Wolf Village and learned that its guard captain was a former soldier who had lost his right arm.

• Velin asked Belder to manage the Eagle Chamber of Commerce in three kingdoms, and Belder demanded people and written authorization.
• Belder agreed to Velin’s terms, then sent Iyetah to bring Lansha to him.
• Kyle warned Velin that Belder might ignore his official promise, so Velin decided to trade retired officers for the people Belder recruited.
• Lester and Milna inspected White Wolf Village and found it sparsely populated, with supplies stored in every household.
• The village’s one-armed Guard Captain told Lester he had once served in the army and now led the village’s young and strong in guarding the border.

Lester and Milna helped White Wolf Village repel a pack of wolves while Lester secretly observed the villagers’ lives and assisted their defenders. After the battle, Captain Yams recognized Lester’s hidden help and Lester acknowledged his perceptiveness.

• Captain Yams learned that a large pack of beasts was approaching White Wolf Village and gathered the Guard Team at the eastern Earth Wall.
• Lester joined the village defenders to observe their living conditions, while Milna prepared to fight under his instructions.
• More than a hundred wild wolves attacked, and the villagers fought back as Lester secretly helped protect the defenders.
• Captain Yams killed the Bronze-grade White Wolf Magical Beast, Milna hunted stronger wolves, and the remaining pack was defeated with only three minor injuries.
• Captain Yams explained that he had deduced Lester’s intervention from the battle, and Lester agreed that he was perceptive.

Lester restored Yams's missing right arm in exchange for hearing his story and honest opinion of his lord. Yams recounted his life from slavery and military service to becoming chief of White Wolf Village, where he found a new purpose.

• Lester regrew Yams's right arm, and Yams thanked him and agreed to tell his story.
• Yams explained that Lord Orlando had named him after buying him as a young slave for a Knight Order, but Yams failed training and later joined the army.
• Yams described his military service and losing his right arm in a battle during the Wind Campaign, when half his company survived.
• Yams told Lester that Priest Hayes was Priest Lavia's successor and was exceptionally skilled at farming, while the Church of Life received its taxes through Qixing Territory's tax system.
• Yams recounted leaving his constable post during Qixing Territory's fourth expansion, settling in a remote numbered village, and naming it White Wolf Village after killing a White Wolf Magical Beast.
• Yams said that living among villagers with backgrounds like his had given him a new meaning in life.

Lester and Milna traveled through Qixing Territory, while Velin welcomed the newly arrived Qixing Legion and appointed Pryte Haitas its first Chief of Staff. Pryte began organizing the troops into two battalions.

• Yams told Lester about his respect for Lord Velin and described Qixing Territory as a place without slaves or serfs.
• Lester shared a meal with Milna in White Wolf Village, then left with her to visit other border villages; Milna defeated wild beasts along the way.
• At the beginning of February, Radiant Calendar 9768, an army of 10,010 warriors arrived at Qixing Territory under Pryte Haitas's command.
• Velin appointed Pryte Haitas as the Qixing Legion's first Chief of Staff and ordered him to divide the Bronze Warriors into two battalions and distribute the Silver Warriors as officers.
• Pryte formed ten military formations and began sorting the troops by professional tier.

Velin established the Qixing Legion, met its ten Gold Warriors, and discussed its training and command structure with Kyle. After returning to Star Moon Fort, he rotated the Star Prayer and Ice Sword Camp commanders, and Cassius told Congreve that the new assignment would test him before he commanded troops on his own.

• Velin completed the Qixing Legion’s initial organization, ordered it to garrison Eastern Mountain Camp, and hosted a banquet to learn about the ten Gold Warriors.
• Velin and Kyle discussed having Cassius oversee the Qixing Legion’s training and arranged command roles for Hebrew, Congreve, and Abrien.
• Velin discussed the Gray Fog Space rules and battalion titles with Kyle, then encouraged the legion’s officers to help make the new army feared.
• After three days at Eastern Mountain Camp, Velin returned to Star Moon Fort and issued orders rotating the Star Prayer and Ice Sword Camp command officers.
• Cassius gave Congreve the transfer order and offered him half his Cultivation Resources, explaining that the assignment would test him before independent command.

Velin mustered troops to develop the Gray Fog Space, the hidden source of Gray Crystals, and assigned forces to secure the entrance and support the operation. After revealing the campaign’s purpose and issuing secret orders, he prepared to enter the region and build a fortress beyond the fog.

• Cassius told Congrefe that his new post as deputy battalion commander would test his ability and loyalty, then visited Velin for instructions.
• Three months later, Velin ordered four units to assemble at Laitis County’s western border and summoned fifty thousand docile miners from the Underground World.
• Belder puzzled over the growing flow of supplies and manpower but could not determine Velin’s plans.
• Velin told the gathered generals that the army would develop the Gray Fog Space, whose entrance lay in a lake beyond Laitis County, with Blue Gauze Camp leading the effort.
• Velin assigned the Fourth and Fifth Battalions to support, the Ninth Battalion to logistics, and ordered the campaign’s plans kept secret.
• Velin asked O'dor to forge a fortress beyond the gray fog and told Knight Lester he would rely on him for the operation.

Velin led his army to Pink Lake and brought them into the Gray Fog Space to begin adapting to its expanded territory. After exploring beyond the fog, Velin and Kyle encountered a Gray creature, and Lance revealed that he could consume its crystal and absorb the energy from its corpse.

• Cosmo and Orphus welcomed Velin and his army at Pink Lake, where Velin ordered a camp built and led his officers to the lake’s spring.
• Velin instructed everyone to stay within the gray fog, then entered the Gray Fog Space with Kyle, Lester, and the High-Silver Warriors.
• The High-Silver Warriors began learning to navigate the fog, while Velin and Kyle left it and found a silent landscape dotted with small Earthen Forts.
• Lester emerged from the fog and flew into the sky to search the lifeless surroundings as Velin and Kyle continued exploring.
• A Gray creature attacked Velin and Kyle, but Kyle brought it down, and Velin took its Gray Crystal.
• Velin let Lance out of the Messier Demiplane, and Lance ate the crystal before tearing into the creature’s corpse to absorb its gray energy.

Velin and Kyle tested whether Lance-purified Gray creature flesh could be consumed and measured its effects on a Silver High-Tier Swordsman. They found that rapid absorption caused red mist and bodily injury, then planned further experiments on Monster Clan members and Third-class slaves.

• Velin examined the purified Gray creature flesh, found it free of mental contamination, and asked Kyle to bring a Silver High-Tier Warrior for testing.
• The Silver High-Tier Swordsman ate the flesh and absorbed its energy while Velin and Kyle monitored his body and soul.
• Kyle accelerated the absorption until red mist accumulated in the swordsman's soul and his body became red and blistered, then blocked further absorption so the symptoms could subside.
• Velin healed the swordsman's injuries, and he and Kyle concluded that the flesh produced Gray Force and red mist, with rapid absorption causing harmful side effects.
• Velin told Kyle to capture kobolds, Gnolls, and Centaurs for more experiments, and added that they could also test on Third-class slaves.

Velin investigated the Gray creatures’ energy and established a standard unit for Seven-Colored Crystals after Lance killed another group of beasts. He ordered the High-Silver Warriors to acclimate to the Gray Fog Space in batches and gave Gray creature corpses to O'dor for study.

• Velin rewarded Gugode with a purified Gray Crystal and told him to keep its use secret.
• Dozens of Silver Rank Gray creatures emerged from the ground, and Lance killed fifty-seven of them and devoured their Gray Crystals.
• Lance produced two Seven-Colored Crystals, and Velin measured their energy against the Gray creature corpses, dividing one crystal into 133 pieces.
• Velin named a crystal of that size one Keck, while Kyle estimated that each piece held about half a Low-level Silver demon’s soul power.
• More than a hundred High-Silver Warriors returned to the Gray Fog Space, and Velin ordered them to explore it in teams over the next half month.
• Velin gave several Gray creature corpses to O'dor so he could study them.

Velin led three battalions into the Gray Fog Space to begin hunting Gray creatures and train the army. After the first battle, he assigned the soldiers Gray creature corpses to process and went to ask his uncle about the ground fortress plans.

• Velin, Kyle, O'dor, and Lester watched as tens of thousands of Bronze Rank Gray creatures and more than a hundred Gold rank creatures emerged to attack the army.
• Iden led the troops, with Greg and Isius assisting, as the soldiers held the Shield Wall and fought the Gray creature horde.
• Velin told Kyle to clear the field after the army suffered 206 deaths, and Kyle used Silver Rank clones and golden flames to kill the remaining creatures.
• Velin reported the army's casualties and priestly treatment totals, while Kyle reported killing 23,573 Gray creatures; they wondered why no Soul Intent rank creatures had appeared.
• After the soldiers gathered the corpses, Velin divided them among squads and ordered Iden, Greg, and Isius to assign officers extra corpses.
• Velin entered a tent and asked his uncle how the ground fortress plans were progressing.

O'dor discovered that Blue Substance could purify negative emotions and aid meditation, while Velin focused on turning Gray creature remains into Cultivation Material and building a fortress around the gray fog. Months later, Belder managed the construction effort as Aljettah waited for Velin to depart for the Sea-Sky Ice Abyss.

• O'dor explained that a fortress could be built around the gray fog and showed Velin Blue Substance extracted from a Mid-Gold Gray creature.
• Velin learned that Blue Substance helped purify negative emotions and aid meditation, then prioritized processing Gray creature remains into Cultivation Material.
• Velin joked about punishing his guards and grew accustomed to Lance visiting him to discharge waste.
• Half a month later, O'dor supervised construction of the fortress, and Velin assigned Belder to manage slaves and detailed construction work.
• On August 17, 9768, Belder received another transfer order for three capable subordinates and resolved to recruit more talents before Velin noticed.
• Aljettah complained to Laxia that Velin had not set off for the approaching Sea-Sky Ice Abyss, and Laxia reminded him that he had not given Velin the exact date.

Aljettah sent word that the Sea-Sky Ice Abyss was approaching and urged Velin to go to the Silver Dragon Kingdom's capital before Aljettah's father died. Velin arranged for the Gray Fog Space's development to pause during his absence and left O'dor responsible for major decisions and defending the fortress.

• Aljettah visited Belder and asked him to tell Velin to hurry to the Silver Dragon Kingdom's capital; Belder sent a messenger northwestern toward the border.
• While inspecting the nearly completed fortress, Velin learned from Kyle that Aljettah had come to urge him to leave.
• Velin summoned his generals and officials and announced that he, Kyle, and Lester would leave the Gray Fog Space the next day for at least a year.
• Velin ordered the Gray Fog Space's development suspended, assigned Greg to handle routine affairs with several officials assisting, and left major decisions to O'dor.
• Velin met O'dor and Lester in the temporary meeting room and asked O'dor to protect the area around the fortress while they were gone; O'dor agreed.

Velin entrusted Xuemiyya and his subordinates with managing Qixing Territory during his absence, then set out with Kyle and Lester for the Sea-Sky Ice Abyss. At Garcia Port, they joined the gathered travelers and met Hilea, a legendary Moon Elf, as the group prepared to depart.

• Lester said he would have Milna train for a year in White Wolf Village after returning to Star Moon Fort, and Velin left sleeping Lance before returning to Pink Lake.
• Velin instructed Cosmo to guard the surface, then told Xuemiyya how to manage the Gray Fog Space, the Teleportation Array, Lord Tadius, and upcoming military rewards.
• Velin and Kyle traveled to Star Prayer City, where Velin left instructions for Belder, then met Lester in West Wind County and used the Teleportation Array to reach Zeferus Territory.
• Velin, Kyle, and Lester flew toward the Silver Dragon Burke Kingdom's Royal Capital, where Alarick intercepted them and led them toward the Moon Elf Kingdom's border.
• At Garcia Port, Hilea played the Miral Forest Melody before the gathered travelers, and Velin recognized the legendary Moon Elf when the group arrived.