Recaps

Kyle escorted Zos to a hidden outpost in an unfamiliar world and rewarded the explorers for their service, promoting Spott while transferring Zos out of the Shadow Assassin forces. Afterward, Kyle investigated the region and discovered that space was weak and magical beasts carried a strange black aura.

• Kyle flew with Zos to the underground outpost, killing an enormous bird on the way and collecting its wings and legs.
• Spott and fifteen Shadow Assassins welcomed Kyle, who ordered the agents in Xos City to gather at the outpost.
• Kyle recommended Zos for a Squadron Leader position at Qixing Camp, explaining that his adventurous nature made him unsuitable for the Shadow Assassin forces.
• Kyle appointed Spott Captain of the Third Sea Exploration Team, then left to inspect the surrounding area.
• Kyle tore open space and found it weak, then captured magical beasts and observed a faint black aura emerge from their souls.

Kyle investigated the black miasma inside magical beasts and suspected it could be harvested to reach Legendary rank, then reorganized the Shadow Assassins and sent them to survey the jungle. He left for Xos City with Zos while the unit began its mission.

• Kyle found that creatures with mana accumulated black miasma in their souls through slaughter, and that the miasma departed when they died by other causes.
• Kyle speculated that the region might serve as a pasture for harvesting faith-like power to extend a person's lifespan and reach Legendary rank.
• Kyle returned to the great tree outpost, praised the thirty-six Shadow Assassins, and promised rewards for their service.
• Kyle questioned the Shadow Assassins individually, learned about parts of the Kingdom of Salaphis's southern territory, and ordered them to map the jungle and record magical beast populations.
• Kyle told Zos to accompany him to Xos City, and they flew through the night as Kyle killed or captured magical beasts that blocked their path.

Kyle bought a map to find a hidden base in Count Xos's Territory, discovered it was partly forged, and dealt with the fraud. The Weaver of Morning Dew then descended into Saintess Lois and ordered Pope Aurianne to accompany her to the territory.

• Kyle and Zos entered a settlement in disguise, where Kyle paid five gold coins for a detailed map of Count Xos's Territory.
• Kyle verified that the map was partly fake, destroyed it, and produced a genuine map; the map shop and a patrol captain later burst into flames.
• The local church's intervention prompted the Weaver of Morning Dew to tell Pope Aurianne to prepare for a Divine Descent in the Kingdom of Salaphis.
• Two days later, the Weaver of Morning Dew descended into Saintess Lois during a ritual at the church.
• The Weaver of Morning Dew ordered Aurianne to accompany her to Count Xos's Territory.

Kyle met Selvia, the Dew Weaver, who proposed that her Church help him seize the Kingdom of Salaphis in exchange for becoming the land’s mainstream faith. After learning that the black mist came from the Moon God’s territory, Kyle finished the underground base and headed back toward the gateway, while Velin completed a massive Floating Battleship.

• Kyle followed Selvia’s invitation north and learned that she wanted to cooperate with him to seize the Kingdom of Salaphis in exchange for her Church becoming the mainstream faith.
• Selvia revealed that Elfrea, the Bud Watcher, was her elder sister and that the black mist was called Black Faith Crystal, originating in a vast forest ruled by the Moon God’s Crown.
• Kyle said he needed his lord’s approval before accepting, then returned to the underground base and finished it before leaving with Zos for the gateway.
• In December of the 9783rd year of the Radiant Calendar, Velin watched his completed three-thousand-meter-class Floating Battleship rise outside Star Moon Fort.
• Velin decided to seal the battleship until Qixing Territory could operate it properly, and Odor told him to rest before meeting him in the Gray Mist Space.

Velin rested at the Main Castle while learning that Xuemya had taken Kmelia to train with her in the Ice Region, where Kmelia struggled under her sister’s harsh instruction. Xuemya agreed to let Zeflin lead the Ice Legion against Monster Clans near Pink Lake, but insisted on joining the operation herself.

• Velin summoned Hilda, asked her to prepare pastries and fruit, and learned that Xuemya had been personally teaching Kmelia for three months in the Ice Region.
• Xuemya supervised the Ice Legion’s training while Kmelia pleaded for more time to study and remembered how often she had been punished by being hung from a flagpole.
• After inspecting the army, Xuemya returned to her tent and considered the many Transcendent magic books that had recently arrived.
• Zeflin asked Xuemya to let the Ice Legion clear out Monster Clans near Pink Lake, and Xuemya approved the mission.
• Xuemya told Zeflin she would join the operation despite her warning that Velin would object, then discussed ice magic with her.

Xuemya returned to Star Moon Fort and told Velin she wanted to lead the Ice Legion against the Monster Clans near Pink Lake; Velin arranged for Cassius and the Qixing Legion to accompany her. After Kyle returned from beyond the gateway, he told Velin about the rival churches in the Kingdom of Salaphis, and Velin chose to postpone involvement in that world.

• Xuemya visited Velin and said she wanted to take the Ice Legion to fight the Monster Clans near Pink Lake.
• Velin agreed to send Cassius and the Qixing Legion with Xuemya so the inexperienced Ice Legion could gain combat and command experience.
• Xisina told Velin that Kyle had returned, and Velin hurried to meet him at Fountain Square.
• Kyle described the world beyond the gateway and explained that the Weaver of Morning Dew Church had proposed joining forces against the Sprout Watcher Church.
• Velin declined the alliance and agreed with Kyle to delay committing their troops to the Kingdom of Salaphis.

The fifty-thousand-strong army marched toward Pink Lake as Cassius taught Zeflin how to lead troops, preparing her for command of the Ice Legion. The Ice Legion was assigned to clear the twenty-three Monster Clans north of Pink Lake, with the Qixing Legion providing support.

• Velin kept the war ten years in the future from Kyle because he had promised Saint Gerard not to reveal it.
• A fifty-thousand-strong army marched toward Pink Lake while Cassius taught Zeflin about marching, scouting, discipline, and choosing campsites.
• Xuemya urged Zeflin to learn from Cassius, explaining that she was expected to lead the Ice Legion in the future.
• At dawn, Cassius told Zeflin that the Ice Legion would clear the twenty-three Monster Clans north of Pink Lake while the Qixing Legion supported it.
• Cassius reflected that he could not make Zeflin his student because their positions and his command over a quarter of the Qixing Territory's standing army could invite suspicion.

Velin continued Qixing Territory’s war preparations and finished memorizing the theory for five-thousand-meter-class Floating Battleships. He discussed his five Alp Island Banquet invitations with Xuemya and named Orlando and Hebrew as the people he wanted to take, while Xuemya had not yet chosen her own guest.

• Qixing Territory secretly bought grain and potions, stored military rations, and introduced stricter logistics rules as war preparations continued.
• Velin completed his theoretical studies on five-thousand-meter-class Floating Battleships, then checked the assembled materials at the construction base.
• Velin read the end of a storybook and considered visiting its reclusive author to recruit another fleet commander.
• Velin returned to his room, where Xuemya asked about the war against the Monster Clans and he laughed at her account of their flight.
• Velin showed Xuemya his five Alp Island Banquet invitations and explained that he had assigned one each to himself, Kyle, Xuemya, his uncle, and his eldest brother.
• Velin said he wanted Orlando and Hebrew to accompany him, while Xuemya said she still needed time to choose her guest.

Velin weighed conflicting predictions about a new subcontinent and told Xuemya he planned to establish a kingdom there by bringing her grandfather into the venture early. He left her understanding that a major conflict would erupt on the new land and that he intended to ask her grandfather for support.

• Fate Guidance's prediction about landmasses near the Xenops Subcontinent conflicted with what Saint Glerd had told Velin, and Velin leaned toward Fate Guidance.
• Velin asked Xuemya whether she wanted to be queen and said he planned to rebel, then explained that the coming war would be on a new subcontinent rather than in the Xenops Subcontinent.
• Xuemya realized Velin intended to involve her grandfather, and Velin said he would ask him to support an early principality.
• Velin told Xuemya he believed her grandfather would agree because Velin was the grandchild he favored most.
• Xuemya asked whether Velin had promised Saint Glerd not to share the information, and Velin said his news came from outside what Glerd had told him.

Velin witnessed the Gray Mist Fortress destroy a wave of gray creatures before learning that his aunt and Calista had gone north, then set out for Kadelo Province. At Windsor Castle, Ilisis punished Kavir for risking himself and his sister, then ordered him to remain in the Wind Listening Tower until he understood the lesson.

• Velin woke beside Xuemya, gave Kyle an invitation letter, and traveled to the Gray Mist Space to find his aunt.
• The Gray Mist Fortress garrison swiftly killed the attacking gray creatures with magic energy cannons and VI-type triple ballistas.
• Velin learned from Congreve that his aunt had taken Calista north, then left to deliver the invitation to his aunt for his uncle.
• Velin took guards to the provincial capital of Kadelo Province that night.
• Ilisis beat Kavir for entering an evil cult den and taking his younger sister with him, then explained that Kavir's survival mattered more to the family than hers.
• Ilisis ordered Kavir to stay in the Wind Listening Tower until he had learned from the incident.

Kavir recovered from his injuries and was sent to the Wind Listening Tower after his father punished him, while Aisilia explained the responsibilities of being the Ex Family heir. Velin returned to Windsor Castle, found Kavir in the tower, and helped him realize that his father had been watching him there.

• Aisilia comforted Kavir and warned him that the Ex Family heir had to protect himself and make difficult choices for the family.
• Aisilia let a Low-tier Soul Intent Knight take Kavir to the Wind Listening Tower, where he received food and watched the young knights train before falling asleep.
• Isis watched the Wind Listening Tower from the study and asked Winston to bring Kavir a blanket.
• Velin arrived at Windsor Castle aboard the Star Moon Floating Ship, recognized the Qixing Territory flag, and flew down to investigate the tower.
• Velin found Kavir eating bread, cleaned him with a spell, and told him how his grandmother used to bring him treats when he was confined there.
• Kavir realized that his father had been watching him for the past half month, waiting for him to admit his mistake.

Velin visited his brother Ilisis and asked for Eagle Territory’s troops and Spellcasters to support a major war he was preparing for. Ilisis agreed to help, and Velin planned to seek support from their grandfather and the other counts.

• Velin met Ilisis at the castle and took Talisha from the Head Maid, reassuring her that only her father could decide whether her big brother would be let down.
• Velin gave Ilisis an invitation to the Alp Province banquet and said he could not stay long.
• Velin asked Ilisis to lend him between two hundred thousand and five hundred thousand troops, explaining that he was preparing to rise to the top, not rebel.
• Ilisis agreed to help and warned that Eagle Territory could not supply five hundred thousand troops alone, so Velin would need to persuade the other four counts.
• Velin said Qixing Territory would cover the costs and asked for all of Eagle Territory’s Spellcasters beyond those needed for basic operations, citing plans to buy two hundred and thirty more Floating Battleships.

Velin learned that the king planned to abdicate in favor of Prince Valient, who had proposed a political marriage involving Ilisis’s family. After Ilisis agreed to have Valient’s future daughter raised at Windsor Castle, the brothers spent the evening together and Velin recorded Talisha’s reaction to his stories.

• Velin asked about Fourth Brother and learned that he had built a powerful army, subdued nearby nobles, and secured a Magic Crystal Mine in the Leya Great Forest.
• Ilisis told Velin that the king was expected to abdicate and had chosen Prince Valient as his successor.
• Ilisis revealed that Valient had first proposed marrying Velin’s Second Sister, but Ilisis refused.
• Ilisis explained that Valient then proposed betrothing his eldest legitimate daughter to Kavir and sending her to Windsor Castle for the Ex Family to educate, and Ilisis accepted.
• At dinner, Velin entertained Talisha with stories about Kavir and recorded her reaction on a Memory Crystal as a future coming-of-age gift.

Velin left Ilisis’s household after teasing and comforting the tearful Talisha, then traveled by Floating Ship to visit his grandfather, Duke Moravia. Duke Moravia recognized Velin’s rapid advancement and took him inside, while Velin insisted he had come with good news.

• Velin frightened Talisha by threatening to beat her brother, then soothed her as she cried herself back to sleep.
• Velin gave the sleeping Talisha a high-grade Magic Mirror, and Aisilia set it aside for safekeeping after he left.
• Ilisis promised to send Velin the people he needed, and Velin departed aboard the Star Moon Floating Ship.
• Velin reflected on seeing his grandfather again while the ship traveled toward Moravia Duke's Territory.
• Duke Moravia met Velin outside Kala Floating City and was surprised by how far Velin had advanced.
• Velin followed Duke Moravia inside and said he had come to discuss something good.

Velin asked Duke Moravia for forces to support his plan to establish a country overseas, and the two negotiated a loan of troops and equipment. Duke Moravia agreed to send Velin’s younger cousins to Qixing Territory for training and offered a substantial force, though he had not yet stated his conditions.

• Velin asked Duke Moravia to lend him Magic Puppet legions, Spellcasters, Floating Fleets, and two Floating Cities, then explained that he planned to establish a country overseas.
• Duke Moravia agreed to send Velin’s younger cousins to Qixing Territory for training, while Velin set limits on their attendants and supplies.
• Velin listed the forces he had gathered from Qixing Territory, Zephyrus Territory, the Holy Dragon Kingdom, and his relatives, estimating roughly six hundred and eighty thousand troops.
• Duke Moravia offered Velin one hundred and fifty thousand troops, five thousand Spellcasters, eighty Floating Ships, and six Magic Puppet legions, but said he had conditions.

Velin negotiated with Duke Moravia to borrow troops, while trying to protect himself from his grandfather’s safeguards. Duke Moravia appointed Ankrol to command the Magic Puppet legions and left him responsible for accounting for every puppet, warning him that Velin had already reached the threshold of becoming Legendary.

• Velin agreed to Duke Moravia’s credit for a favor, then tried to add a limit to his obligation but failed.
• Velin attempted to make his fifth uncle a staff officer, but Duke Moravia forced him to accept the uncle as commander of the six Magic Puppet legions.
• After Velin left, Duke Moravia summoned Ankrol and ordered him to command the legions and track every Magic Puppet’s losses.
• Duke Moravia warned Ankrol that unexplained losses would make him and then members of his family serve time with his third brother.
• Duke Moravia told Ankrol that Velin could become Legendary at any time and that Ankrol could no longer treat him as an elder would treat a junior.

Ankrol obeyed his father’s order to summon Siden, Lionel, Sylvie, and Melissino to Kala Floating City with strict limits on their attendants and money. He collected his daughter Melissino and set off for Kala, leaving the other three to make their own way there.

• Ankrol left the Central Mage Tower after his father ordered him to bring Siden, Lionel, Sylvie, and Melissino to the hall tomorrow morning with no more than ten attendants and one hundred gold coins each.
• After returning to Moravia City, Ankrol sent orders to his Second Brother and Fourth Brother, making clear that the summons came from his father.
• Ankrol visited his daughter Melissino at her estate and told her that her grandfather wanted to see her at dawn in Kala Floating City.
• Melissino packed and brought two swordsmen and the Head Maid; Ankrol checked her Space Equipment, left her one hundred gold coins, and took the remaining gold and Magic Crystals.
• Ankrol and Melissino’s small group boarded a Floating Ship and departed for Kala Floating City.

Velin slept through the summons while Duke Moravia’s sons and grandsons waited in the Central Mage Tower. After arriving, Duke Moravia sent his sons away and ordered the four young people to kneel, while Velin continued sleeping.

• Velin went back to sleep, leaving Duke Moravia’s sons and four young relatives waiting in the Central Mage Tower.
• Imol repeatedly took his frustration out on Siden, ordering him outside to be beaten while the others waited.
• Velin woke at sunset, ate the food Duke Moravia had arranged, then returned to bed and slept again.
• Duke Moravia arrived the next morning, dismissed Ankrol, Imol, and Casbert, and ordered the four young people to kneel.
• Duke Moravia went to his study without addressing the kneeling youths, and Velin slept through the rest of the morning.

Velin was tasked by Duke Moravia with disciplining four younger cousins and plundered the Duke’s Demiplane for magic potion plants before leaving. Duke Moravia then sent him to face 120 Soul Intent High-level Magic Combat Puppets, leaving Velin protesting the surprise challenge.

• Duke Moravia told four of Velin’s younger cousins that they had to earn Velin’s approval or remain in Qixing Territory and lose their status as his grandchildren.
• Velin ordered the cousins to wait at the harbor, struck Siden when he resisted, and had the others carry him away.
• Duke Moravia allowed Velin to enter his Demiplane, where Velin used thousands of Greenwood Clones to harvest most of the magic potion plants.
• After five hours, Velin called to leave and emerged before 120 Soul Intent High-level Magic Combat Puppets.
• Duke Moravia revealed that the puppets were his way of venting after Velin took so much from the Demiplane.

After completing his trial, Velin reunited with his cousins at the port and tricked them into surrendering their hidden Magic Crystals and property. When Siden refused to pay, Velin maimed him and ordered him hung from the flagpole.

• Velin emerged from the Central Mage Tower and went to the Star Moon Floating Ship, where Mien and the knights were waiting.
• Velin had Mien bring Siden, Melissino, Lionel, and Sylvie to him, then feigned heartbreak to persuade them to hand over their property.
• Siden and Melissino realized Velin had deceived them, while Sylvie and Lionel decided to give him their Magic Crystals rather than risk his retaliation.
• At dawn, Sylvie, Lionel, and Melissino returned with their goods and offered them to Velin, but Siden arrived empty-handed.
• Velin twisted Siden’s right arm and ordered Mien to hang him from the flagpole.

Velin returned to Star Moon Fort with four of Duke Moravia’s grandchildren and ordered Kyle to put them to hard work and discipline them if they resisted. Kyle and Lyanna began carrying out his orders, and Lyanna dragged Melissino away after she insulted Kyle.

• Velin disciplined Siden on the floating ship, then ordered the other three grandchildren to keep only one servant each and send the rest into the army.
• Two days later, Velin returned to Qixing Territory with the grandchildren and told Kyle to put all four to exhausting work, allowing him to beat them if they refused.
• Kyle saw the riches in Velin’s Demiplane and understood that they were military funds supplied by Velin’s grandfather.
• At the hall, Melissino treated Kyle as a servant and demanded wine, while Lionel and Sylvie stayed quiet and Siden held back his requests.
• Kyle restrained Melissino and handed her over to Lyanna, who seized her by the hair and dragged her out.

Kyle introduced himself as the Moravia siblings’ instructor in Qixing Territory and stripped the four youths of their strength before assigning them menial work to earn food. Melissino chose pig-raising over scrubbing the outer walls, and Kyle summoned Head Maid Xisina after arranging the assignments.

• Kyle introduced himself to Siden, Sylvie, and Lionel while Lyanna whipped Melissino outside the hall.
• Lyanna brought Melissino inside, and Kyle cleansed her before she introduced herself.
• Kyle placed spell formations on all four youths, weakening them and making them earn money for food over the next two years.
• Kyle assigned Siden to cut grass, Lionel to tend plants, Sylvie to work as a groom, and Melissino to choose between raising pigs and scrubbing the outer walls.
• Melissino chose to raise pigs, and Kyle directed Lyanna to send her to the Blackhide Pork Pig farm.
• Kyle sent Lyanna to relay his orders, then summoned Xisina, who arrived at his study.

Kyle considered whom to bring to Alp Island, while Xuemya struggled to choose the final person for her invitation. Odor chose Flora and Isla to accompany him, then discovered that Theo liked Lady Calista and encouraged them to get to know each other.

• Kyle instructed Xisina to educate Duke Moravia's grandsons and considered which two people to take to Alp Island.
• Xuemya decided to reserve two places for herself and Kemeiya, then considered who should get the last place.
• Odor offered his invitation to Flora and his apprentices, and Theo declined so Flora and Isla could accompany their teacher.
• Flora pressed Theo about whether he liked anyone, and Theo admitted he liked Lady Calista.
• Theo revealed that he and Calista had only held hands, and Odor reduced Theo's study workload so they could spend time together.

Velin and his companions traveled by Floating Ship to Alp Island for the banquet, passing through the Moon Ring Sea and seeing the Twin Moon Tower. Priest Sara welcomed them but explained that most of Velin’s guests lacked the strength required for the banquet, so she issued them substitute invitations with limited access, leaving six banquet slots unused.

• Velin set sail for West River Province with Kyle, Xuemya, and the others, then collected Kavir from Ilisis at Eagle Territory.
• The Floating Ship crossed the Moon Ring Sea along a golden path summoned by Velin’s invitation and reached Alp Island.
• Velin and his companions saw the Twin Moon Tower as they approached the island.
• Priest Sara met the ship and reminded Velin that banquet guests needed to have reached Low-tier Soul Intent.
• Sara gave Lyanna, Seraphina, Trisa, Flora, Isla, and Kavir invitations allowing them to explore most of Alp Island, but not attend the banquet or enter the Twin Moon Tower above its six-hundredth floor.

Velin and his companions arrived on Alp Island for the approaching banquet and settled into an estate provided through Sara. The next morning, Velin, Xuemya, and Kyle witnessed the city’s glowing plants gather their light into a vast phantom of the Moon Goddess, which then dispersed its light over the surrounding land.

• Sara guided the Star Moon Floating Ship to South Moon Port and brought Velin and his companions to an estate beneath the Twin Moon Tower.
• Sara gave Velin her Half-Moon Stone so his companions could request help from the guards, then left them to explore the estate.
• Velin asked Odor whether he had known the island’s rules, and Odor privately admitted to himself that he had concealed what he knew about access restrictions.
• Velin and Xuemya agreed to explore the city the following day and look for talented visitors attending the banquet.
• Velin, Xuemya, and Kyle left the estate and watched the glowing plants’ light gather above the churches into a phantom of the Moon Goddess.
• After the city’s prayers ended, the phantom vanished and its light fell into the bodies of every living being within a hundred miles.