Recaps

Velin arranged a duel between Cassius and Viscount Clever, then invited Kyle to watch after misinterpreting sounds from Kyle’s study. At Training Ground No. 3, Clever gained the upper hand, and Kyle predicted the fight was nearly over.

• Velin asked Cassius to duel Viscount Clever, and they agreed to fight at Training Ground No. 3.
• Velin overheard Lyanna moaning while Kyle guided her through absorbing soul power from a Seven-Colored Crystal, mistakenly suspected an intimate encounter, and tried to record it.
• Kyle sensed Velin outside the study and discovered him listening; Velin invited Kyle to watch the duel without explaining his misunderstanding.
• Velin and Kyle wagered one gold coin on the outcome, with Kyle choosing Cassius and Velin choosing Clever.
• Clever and Cassius began their duel, and Clever gradually forced Cassius onto the defensive despite Anansi's Sword.
• Kyle said the fight was about to end, and Velin agreed that Clever was much stronger than Cassius.

Velin rewarded Clever after his victory over Cassius, giving Cassius three Combat Skills to master and offering Clever discounted cannons and valuable equipment. Kyle escorted Clever to the warehouse, where the guards opened it immediately at his command, showing Clever how much Velin trusted Kyle.

• Clever defeated Cassius with an illusion-based Combat Skill, and Velin collected his wager from Kyle.
• Velin gave Cassius three Soul Intent-tier Combat Skill books and ordered him to master them within five years.
• Velin offered Clever discounted Magic Energy Cannons, a Transcendent-tier Armor set, and a Red Phosphorus Horse.
• Velin sent Kyle to take Clever to the warehouse to choose equipment.
• The warehouse guards opened the door at Kyle's command, and Clever was surprised by the trust Velin placed in him.

Clever inspected the Transcendent Knight's Longswords in Star Moon Fort's storeroom and selected a weapon before Velin offered him generous terms for taking the remaining items. After Clever and his wife departed, Velin returned to the Floating Battleship construction base to continue working.

• Kyle led Clever through the storeroom archives and opened a room holding hundreds of Transcendent Knight's Longswords.
• Clever examined the weapons and chose one, which Kyle recorded before escorting him out of the storeroom.
• Velin asked Clever whether he would take the remaining items at once, and Clever chose to do so.
• Velin agreed to prepare the items overnight and gave Clever five years to deliver the payment.
• The next morning, Velin saw Clever and his wife off, greeted Xuemya, and returned to the Floating Battleship construction base.

Kavir Ex arrived at the border of Qixing Territory after a costly journey, having kept his troops supplied by raiding bandits and Monster Clan settlements. After his identity was verified at a border outpost, he rested nearby and news of his arrival reached Kyle at Star Moon Fort.

• Kavir reached the Cadro Province border with more than two thousand gold coins and forty-seven seized carriages after spending over 170 days on the road.
• Kavir ordered his troops to wash at a nearby lake before traveling onward to Qixing Territory.
• Kavir halted his army at Ruensha County Outpost No. 7, raised the Eagle Banner, and presented the Ex Family Crest for verification.
• After passing through the border wall, Kavir admired Qixing Territory's orderly rest area and ordered his troops to stay the night before going to Star Prayer City.
• A messenger reported Kavir's arrival to Mike, and Kyle received the urgent document at Star Moon Fort at two in the morning.

Velin learned that Kavir was nearing Star Prayer City and planned an extensive military and administrative training regimen for his nephew. As Kavir traveled toward the city, he worried about the family’s secret war preparations, while Kyle and Belder discussed how Velin would train him.

• Kyle told Velin that Kavir was expected to arrive in Star Prayer City that afternoon, and Velin ordered him to prepare a vacant post in the unruliest battalion of the Star Moon Fort Guard Army.
• Velin planned to put Kavir through years of military service and administrative training before teaching him to judge and employ people.
• Kavir passed Ruensha City and observed the prosperous region’s farming and the scarcity of young men, which he suspected was tied to the family’s secret preparations.
• Kavir worried that Velin’s plans might involve rebellion and considered the possibility that his family could suffer heavy losses.
• On Star Prayer City’s walls, Kyle and Belder discussed Kavir’s character and Velin’s likely training plans, and Belder hoped to take charge of him in the administrative system.

Kavir arrived at Star Prayer City and was brought to Velin, who assigned him to command the Seventh Battalion of the Outer Camp Guard Army without revealing his identity. Velin returned to building the enormous Floating Battleship, while Kavir went to find his aunt.

• Belder told Kyle that his eldest son’s wedding was expected in two years, and Kyle decided to investigate Belder’s eldest daughter and Cassius’s eldest son.
• Kavir arrived at Star Prayer City, left Balder in charge of his party, and flew with Kyle to Star Moon Fort.
• Kavir saw Velin working on a ten-thousand-meter-class Floating Battleship and believed Velin when he claimed to have been looking forward to his arrival.
• Velin offered Kavir command of the Seventh Battalion while its captain was on leave and required him to keep his identity secret.
• Velin sent Kavir to find his aunt and returned to work on the Floating Battleship.

Kavir began his new post as Deputy Captain of the Seventh Battalion while Velin and his companions traveled by Floating Ship toward the sea north of the Xenops Subcontinent. The ship vanished into a Space Rift, where two figures emerged into the ocean, and a Black-haired Youth wondered where he was.

• Nine Squadron Leaders discussed Kavir's appointment and agreed to obey him while watching what happened.
• Kavir met Eisenhart at the East City Gate, and Kyle told the general not to give Kavir special treatment or let anyone target him.
• Velin retrieved the Star Moon Fort Floating Ship, and Kyle set its destination for the sea north of the Xenops Subcontinent.
• The ship entered a Space Rift after leaving the Ilia Kingdom's airspace.
• Two figures fell from a rift into the ocean, and a Black-haired Youth asked why they were not near Chaotic Star City.

A stranded Black-haired Youth and the Death Light Orb tried to hide after arriving in a powerful unknown world, but Velin’s group discovered their presence. As Kyle pursued them across the sea, the Black-haired Youth fled and feared he would not survive.

• The Death Light Orb warned the Black-haired Youth that the world’s immense spatial strength made it dangerous to remain there, and they searched for a way out.
• A spatial rift opened, so the Death Light Orb carried the Black-haired Youth away and concealed their auras with a Psionic Invisibility Device.
• Kyle spotted their floating island near the Star Moon Floating Ship and captured it with a Mage Hand, while Odor dismantled it and Velin ordered Kyle to flush out the stowaway gently.
• Kyle unleashed a vast field of flames, forcing the Black-haired Youth and the Death Light Orb to flee and exposing their location.
• The Black-haired Youth threw Psionic Bombs at Kyle, but they could not damage his magical shield, and Kyle continued chasing them.

Kyle captured the black-haired youth and the Death Light Orb and brought them to the Star Moon Floating Ship, where Velin revealed that he wanted to make a deal with the outsider. After frightening the youth with threats of torture, Velin introduced himself and his companions, but the youth suspected they were descendants of a great being who had been watching him.

• The black-haired youth tried to detonate a Psionic Bomb, but Kyle stopped him, crushed the bomb, and captured him and the Death Light Orb.
• Velin told Xuemya and Odor that the youth and his possessions were stowaways, and confirmed he intended to make a deal with him.
• After reaching the Star Moon Floating Ship, the Death Light Orb offered itself for study to spare its master, while Velin used Language Comprehension to understand them.
• Velin and Kyle frightened the youth by describing drawn-out deaths, and Odor said he had once tortured someone by binding their soul to a Demon.
• Velin reassured the youth that they had been lying, introduced himself and his companions, and used Mechanical Mind to calm him.
• The youth began to believe that a great being had known of his arrival and that Velin and the others were that being's descendants.

Velin learned that Laikaot Starhusk had crossed millions of light-years in only six months after being swept into a second Astral Space-time Channel with at least 180-fold acceleration. The channel’s extraordinary properties prompted Odor to ask whether Laikaot could find it again, while Kyle explained the dangers and limits of accelerated travel.

• Laikaot Starhusk told Velin that he came from the Serdorin World Cluster, thousands of Starlight Years away.
• Laikaot explained that his Astral Shuttle had 30-fold acceleration and his first Astral Space-time Channel had threefold acceleration, but an Astral Space-time Torrent apparently swept him into another channel.
• Odor urgently asked Laikaot whether he could find the entrance to the second channel, but Laikaot could only say that he might encounter it again.
• Kyle explained how the Astral Realm’s space-time laws varied by distance from a world and inferred that Laikaot’s second channel had at least 180-fold acceleration.
• Kyle said the greatest known channel acceleration was 537-fold and explained that only Epic-ranked powerhouses could withstand acceleration above 200.
• Velin suspected that Laikaot, despite his weakness, possessed a precious treasure that let him survive the journey.

Velin and Laikaot grew close aboard the Star Moon Floating Ship, while Laikaot shared stories about his world. After reaching Yolia Island, Velin began arranging a secret message to his grandfather about visiting the World Barrier, hoping to lure him with World Origin Qi.

• Kyle lifted the seal on the ball of light, which rushed to Laikaot, and Velin and Laikaot soon became friendly.
• Laikaot told Velin stories about his hometown as the Star Moon Floating Ship teleported away.
• Three days later, an unnamed young man traced signs of a concealed battle, concluded that the treasure he sought had been claimed, and left without investigating.
• Velin directed Kyle to take the ship to Yolia Island and planned a route of Teleportation Arrays across the sea.
• Velin had Levandor send a coded letter directly to Duke Moravia, then wondered whether five units of World Origin Qi would make his grandfather hurry to Yolia Island.

Duke Moravia accepted Velin Ex’s invitation to travel to Yolia Island, where he met Kyle and learned that Kyle intended to pursue the difficult path of becoming a World Legendary. Duke Moravia supported Kyle’s ambition but advised him to give it up if it proved impossible.

• A Griffin Knight delivered Velin Ex’s letter to Duke Moravia, who considered the offer of five units of World Origin Power and decided to go to Yolia Island at his own pace.
• Velin watched for Duke Moravia in Yolia City, then welcomed his grandfather when he arrived and warned him not to judge his otherworldly friend by his treasures.
• Velin asked Kyle to keep Duke Moravia company while he went to find Laikaot.
• Duke Moravia praised Kyle’s improved strength and recognized that he planned to pursue the World Legendary path.
• Duke Moravia warned Kyle that the path could take more than a thousand years and urged him to give up if necessary, while reassuring him that Velin would value him either way.

Laikaot asked Duke Moravia to vouch for him at the Barrier of the World so he could make amends for entering Ilyria World as a stowaway. Velin joined the trip with Xuemya and Flora, and they arrived at the bustling Astral Sea Port, where Velin surveyed the many beings from other worlds.

• Velin introduced Laikaot to Duke Moravia, and Laikaot truthfully shared what he could about the Astral Realm.
• Laikaot asked Duke Moravia to vouch for him at the Barrier of the World, offering five units of World Origin Power and a Legendary-tier treasure; Duke Moravia agreed.
• Velin asked to accompany them, while Odor declined and suggested that Xuemya go instead.
• Duke Moravia opened a Flowing Light Passage, and he, Velin, Laikaot, Xuemya, and Flora traveled to the outer space of Ilyria World.
• Duke Moravia explained the scale of the Barrier of the World and took the group through a spatial passage to the Astral Sea Port.
• Velin followed Duke Moravia toward the Grand Cathedral of Life and observed the many races and outsiders gathered at the port.

Duke Moravia revealed that he was an archbishop of the Church of Life and brought Laikaot Starhusk to the Grand Cathedral to seek lawful entry into Reality Space. As Moravia and Laikaot began the ritual, Velin remained outside and asked Bishop Isanna Katarias where she was from.

• Two Temple Knights stopped Duke Moravia at the cathedral, but he showed his Sacred Sprout Life Badge and asked them to summon the bishop on duty.
• Velin questioned whether Moravia was really an archbishop, and Moravia produced a holy book whose aura made the Temple Knights kneel and revealed the Goddess of Life's phantom.
• Isanna Katarias greeted Moravia, and he explained that he wanted the Goddess of Life to witness Laikaot Starhusk receiving lawful status to enter Reality Space.
• Isanna allowed Moravia and Laikaot to enter the main hall for the ritual while Velin stayed outside.
• Velin asked Isanna which country she was from.

Isanna explained the Church of Life’s starports, Starfleets, and recruitment worlds to Velin, revealing how its forces were organized across Reality Space. The conversation ended when Duke Moravia emerged from the great hall with Laikaot.

• Isanna told Velin that she had been born in the North Ilsi Kingdom and later become a regional bishop in the Holy Life Kingdom.
• Velin discussed the Metaxia Plane expedition, and Isanna realized he had risen from a Low-tier to a High-tier Soul Intent Knight in just twenty-seven years.
• Isanna described how the Church of Life distributed starports and their wealth among the Holy Life Kingdom, Starfleets, and other faithful nations.
• Isanna explained that thirty Starfleets served the Church of Life, and that the Seventh Fleet had hundreds of recruitment worlds, including Valcam World.
• Duke Moravia emerged from the great hall with Laikaot.

Duke Moravia resolved Laikaot’s stowaway status in Reality Space, and Velin explored Kalluya Starport while learning about its residents and history. The chapter left Velin discovering the starport’s enormous population and the elven maid’s family ties to the Silvarecis Empire’s Third Starfleet.

• Duke Moravia secured Laikaot a hundred years of residence in Reality Space in exchange for fees and compensation.
• Velin persuaded Duke Moravia to stay for three days, and Leokart handed him payment.
• Velin went to a commercial district restaurant to sample local food while Xuemya, Kyle, and Flora let him explore.
• Velin asked an elven maid about her origins, and she explained that her ancestors had come from the Tartaros World Cluster with the Silvarecis Empire’s Third Starfleet.
• The elven maid told Velin that Kalluya Starport had five hundred districts and a population of three hundred and seventy million.

Velin and his companions followed Desa Kalypsa Sarah from a restaurant near the Grand Cathedral of Life to her family’s floating island, where he learned about the family’s history and preparations for the Silvarecis Empire Third Starfleet’s soldier selection. The chapter ended as Desa brought them to her family manor, where several elves—including three striking blond women—waited to greet them.

• Velin accepted Desa’s invitation to visit her family, and he and Leokart ate their way through the restaurant’s dishes before Xuemya paid the bill.
• Desa led Velin, Xuemya, and his three aunts through the starport and explained that her grandfather had sent her to the restaurant as a hostage and guarantee.
• Desa introduced Kalypsa Sarah Floating Island, describing its population and the family’s cultivation of Magic Potion Plants.
• Velin watched the family’s High-rank Silver warriors train for the Silvarecis Empire Third Starfleet’s soldier selection in three years.
• After touring the island, Velin and the others arrived at the manor, where three beautiful blond elves waited at the gate.

Velin met Lerion Kalypsa Sarah and learned why the family had struggled to integrate into the Ilyria World. After Kyle explained the rules governing bloodlines and world recognition, Velin realized his Legendary Tier ancestry made him valuable to outsiders, while Lekaon saw a possible way to fulfill his ancestors’ wish.

• Lerion Kalypsa Sarah welcomed Velin and explained that the family kept its manor plain so its resources could strengthen its members.
• Lerion told Velin that thirty-seven family members served in the Silvarecis Empire's Third Starfleet, but their ranks were limited because they came from small worlds.
• Kyle explained that descendants of outsiders could lose rank and eventually become unable to reproduce in Ilyria, then described three ways to integrate into the world.
• Velin realized his ancestry through his Legendary Tier grandfather made him valuable to the Kalypsa Sarah Family and decided to protect his information.
• Lekaon recognized that Velin might offer the family its closest opportunity to fulfill its ancestors' final wish.

Velin left Lekaon's manor after giving him a Soul Intent-tier Combat Skill and advice about relying on the strength of his own family. In Kalluya Starport’s academic district, Xuemya entered Laikaot in a duel tournament, and Velin persuaded him to take part by promising help and the loan of a treasured storybook.

• Velin gave Lekaon a Combat Skill as thanks for Desa serving as their guide, then advised him to rely on his family’s own power.
• Lekaon told Desa to keep Velin’s origins and the day’s events secret.
• Velin and his companions teleported to Kalluya Starport’s busiest district, where he heard about a tournament at White Willow Warrior Academy.
• Xuemya registered Velin for the tournament, then changed the entry to Laikaot after Velin told her the winner could become Dean Salasin’s daughter’s fiancé.
• Laikaot protested that he was only a Low-tier Soul Intent professional, but Velin promised him a sword, Kyle’s help to reach High-tier Soul Intent strength, and a loan of Mite’s Travels.
• Laikaot agreed to participate, declaring himself filled with strength.

Velin entered White Willow Academy with Laikaot and helped prepare him for the duels by lending him Anansi's Sword and Kyle's power. Laikaot won after unleashing a devastating storm, advanced to the finals through two byes, and learned the final opponent would be the academy head's daughter; Velin and Kyle prepared to intervene.

• Velin teleported Laikaot past the queue at White Willow Academy's entrance, then brought Xuemya, Kyle, and the others to the spectator stands.
• Velin gave Laikaot Anansi's Sword, and Kyle lent him one-fifth of his power before the duels began.
• Laikaot fought a Dusk Orc in the ninth match and unleashed a storm that left most spectators down; the Orc conceded.
• Laikaot received two byes and advanced to the finals, where the academy head announced that the winner would fight his daughter.
• Laikaot considered deliberately losing, and Kyle said he understood.

At the dueling tournament on Kalluya Starport, Laikaot fought the dean of White Willow Warrior Academy while Anansi's Sword secretly took control of him using Kyle's power. The sword defeated the dean, broke the arena barrier, and flew back to Velin, exposing him as the Moon Knight and Eternal Dawn Knight.

• The dean of White Willow Warrior Academy defeated a Moon Elf with a sudden spatial step and a wooden sword strike.
• Laikaot fought a High-tier Soul Intent swordsman, who lost by a single move after asking whether Laikaot was presenting a gift for the sword's true owner.
• Anansi's Sword took control of Laikaot's body, trapping Laikaot's consciousness in a cage and unleashing the Law of Wind against the dean.
• Anansi's Sword sent the dean off the platform, shattered the arena barrier, and flew toward Velin with the message, "Your gift—enjoy it."
• The spectators recognized Velin as the Moon Knight and the Eternal Dawn Knight.

Velin entered the arena, healed the White Willow Swordsman’s soul, and allowed Laikaot’s duel to continue. Laikaot survived his fight with the swordsman’s daughter by relying on his psionic equipment, then learned his reward for winning was to become her fiancé.

• Velin revealed himself to the crowd, healed the White Willow Swordsman’s soul, and returned the arena to Laikaot and his opponent.
• The White Willow Swordsman declared Laikaot the winner and sent his white-haired daughter to fight him.
• Laikaot used thirteen pieces of psionic equipment to withstand the woman’s increasingly powerful ice attacks.
• After half an hour, the white-haired woman conceded, and Laikaot retrieved his equipment.
• The White Willow Swordsman told Laikaot that his victor’s reward was becoming his daughter’s fiancé, leaving Laikaot stunned.

Velin declined invitations from powerful Soul Intent Transcendents and went with Dean Salasin to White Willow Academy. There, Laikaot thanked Velin for his help by offering him a World Origin Crystal and a choice of five Semi-Epic Treasures.

• Thirteen High-tier Soul Intent professionals invited Velin to visit their starports and institutions, but he explained he had only three days in Kalluya Starport and declined.
• Velin left the dueling arena with Xuemya, Flora, and Kyle, while Laikaot remembered that Velin had promised to lend him Mite's Travels and hurried after them.
• Velin suggested that Dean Salasin host them in his study, and Kyle teleported the group to the tallest tower of White Willow Academy.
• Laikaot asked whether Velin was an ordinary noble, then revealed that he was the youngest of eight children.
• Laikaot offered Velin half a World Origin Crystal and five Semi-Epic Treasures, inviting him to choose one as payment for his help.

Laikaot offered Velin several defensive treasures, and Velin accepted the Ember Amulet in exchange for half a World Origin Crystal and settling Laikaot’s debt. Velin and Kyle erased Dean Salasin’s memory of the exchange, after which Salasin described the White Willow Warrior Academy’s history and its succession of legendary deans.

• Laikaot introduced five defensive treasures, and Velin chose the Ember Amulet while telling Laikaot to keep the others.
• Velin said the Ember Amulet and half a World Origin Crystal were enough to settle Laikaot’s favor.
• Velin drew Salasin into an illusion while Kyle altered Salasin’s memories of the treasure exchange.
• After Salasin regained consciousness, Velin asked him about the White Willow Warrior Academy’s history.
• Salasin explained that the academy began as a Church of Life institution and later expanded under legendary deans, though none had emerged in his generation.

Velin left Laikaot at White Willow Warrior Academy with his new fiancée, Melos Oraisla, while he went into town with Xuemya and the others. Two days later, Velin returned to find Laikaot utterly exhausted and told the young couple to restrain themselves.

• Velin disguised himself, left Laikaot behind with Salasin, and went into the commercial district with Xuemya, Kyle, and Flora.
• Melos told Laikaot that, because he had defeated her in the duel, she would marry him, and Laikaot introduced himself as her future husband.
• Laikaot learned that Melos spent her time practicing the sword and teaching classes, then met her affectionate mother, who urged them to take care of each other.
• Melos took Laikaot somewhere, and two days later Velin found him exhausted outside White Willow Warrior Academy and told the youngsters to restrain themselves.