Recaps

Velin Ex met Noenvi, the archbishop of the Church of the God of Opera and Art, after her fleet accidentally entered his territory. He asked her to sing so he could test whether her music could influence listeners, and the song stirred memories in both him and Kyle.

• Kyle assessed the seventeen-ship fleet, and Noenvi explained that it had lost its way while traveling from the Salomia Subcontinent to the Cypress Subcontinent.
• Kyle escorted Noenvi to Velin, who introduced himself as the ruler of the sea region; Noenvi recognized him as the Eternal Dawn Knight.
• Velin asked Noenvi why the Church was bound for the Xenops Subcontinent, and she said she knew only that it was her god's Divine Oracle.
• Velin asked Noenvi to verify whether devout clergy's music could influence others, citing an account from Mite's Travels.
• Noenvi played her harp, bringing Velin a warm childhood memory and Kyle a troubling memory from his bloodline's past.

Velin lured Noenvi into his Reality Illusion by asking her to perform music, while he and Kyle discussed how to separate her consciousness from her soul. Xuemya then arrived and pretended to accuse Velin of infidelity, drawing Noenvi into a memory-loss test that left her eager to cooperate and leave quickly.

• Velin praised Noenvi's music and persuaded her to enter his Reality Illusion and perform for him.
• Noenvi performed on a city wall in the illusion, and her music helped turn the battle against polluted monsters.
• Velin and Kyle discussed that Noenvi suspected a trap, and Velin sent Kyle to fetch Xuemya as a backup plan.
• Xuemya pretended to catch Velin on a date with Noenvi and demanded that he prove his love through an illusion-based test.
• Velin agreed to the test, while Noenvi decided to cooperate and leave as soon as the matter was over.

Velin sealed Xuemya and Novien’s memories and placed them, along with Celeste, inside an illusion. Celeste woke powerless in a fishing village, where Novien cared for him, and nearly ten years passed as they lived together.

• Velin guided Xuemya and Novien into the illusion after sealing their memories, then sent Celeste’s sleeping consciousness in as well.
• Celeste woke unable to move in a small village, where Novien fed him and introduced herself as the woman meant to be his partner.
• Velin, Kyle, and Xuemya watched Celeste’s first encounter with Novien from outside the illusion, and Xuemya recorded the scene.
• As time accelerated inside the illusion, Celeste gradually regained movement and stayed in the fishing village after giving up on leaving without his powers.
• Nearly ten years later, Celeste stood beneath a locust tree before Novien called him to meet her uncle.

Celeste and Noenvi spent decades together in the illusion, with Noenvi’s uncle urging them to have a child while Celeste remained silent about his feelings. As Noenvi died of old age, Celeste watched their shared memories return, and the story left him grieving her lifetime of companionship.

• Noenvi’s uncle visited Celeste and Noenvi with fish, praised their harvest, and urged them to have a child.
• The uncle recounted Noenvi’s family losses and said he had brought Celeste into her life as someone she could rely on.
• Outside the illusion, Xuemya suggested creating an accident, but Velin chose to let events unfold and promised Noenvi a chance to be cared for in her next life.
• Ten years later, Noenvi’s uncle vanished in a storm, and Celeste quietly helped after hearing the news.
• After thirty years, Noenvi grew old while Celeste remained unchanged, and she thanked him for staying with her before she died.
• Celeste looked at the falling locust blossoms as memories of their forty years together surfaced and sadness stirred in him.

Celeste buried Noenvi and spent three years guarding her grave before leaving the island to seek a way out. Years later, he encountered a girl named Noenvi who resembled his late wife and devised a scheme to gain her trust and take her with him.

• Celeste buried Noenvi beneath the great locust tree, carved her name and dates into a boulder, and promised to guard her grave for three years.
• After three years, Celeste gave his belongings to the villagers, left the island, and became an adventurer.
• Five years later, Celeste saw a blond girl who resembled Noenvi and began looking for her.
• Celeste discovered the girl's name was Noenvi and suspected she might have returned from the dead.
• Three months later, Celeste used chance encounters and schemes to gain Noenvi's trust and trick her into leaving with him.
• Velin, Xuemya, and Kyle watched the illusion and discussed Celeste's unexpected talent for deception.

Celeste brought Noenvi back to his hometown so she could learn about his past and decide how she felt about him. After discovering that he had initially taken her in as a replacement for his late wife, Noenvi struggled with the truth, and Celeste asked her to wait five years before answering him.

• Celeste took Noenvi to an orchard, where she placed a flower wreath on his head and he told her he wanted her to learn about his past before making a decision.
• Three months later, Celeste brought Noenvi to his fishing village, where they met Sean and talked with him.
• Noenvi saw the grave of Celeste's wife and realized why Celeste had treated her so well, then cried alone behind the house.
• Noenvi asked Celeste whether he had found her as a replacement, and he admitted that she had been one at first but had become herself to him.
• Celeste held Noenvi and asked her to wait five years before giving him her answer, and she agreed.

Celeste and Noenvi lived out decades together in Velin’s illusion before Celeste awakened and realized Velin had orchestrated the experience. He drew his sword and demanded a battle with the Eternal Dawn Knight, while Kyle stepped in to protect Velin.

• Outside the illusion, Velin, Xuemya, and Kyle wagered on how Noenvi would confess her feelings to Celeste.
• Five years later in the illusion, Noenvi entered Celeste’s room and told him she wanted to be with him before making her decision.
• The next morning, Noenvi kissed Celeste and confessed her love, and Velin and Kyle each paid Xuemya their wager.
• Celeste and Noenvi traveled together, then returned to the fishing village and lived there for ten years until Noenvi died.
• Celeste’s consciousness returned to his body, and he drew his sword to challenge Velin to a proper battle.
• Kyle admitted that he had led the operation and stood between Celeste and Velin, who was hiding behind him.

Celeste reunited with Noenvi after learning they had spent ninety-five years together in Velin’s illusion, then accepted Velin’s explanation for arranging their meeting. Xuemya apologized to Noenvi and explained Celeste’s past, leaving Noenvi to learn how his losses and trials had shaped him.

• Noenvi woke and embraced Celeste, telling him they had been together for ninety-five years in the illusion.
• Celeste confronted Velin, who admitted arranging the illusion to bring Celeste and Noenvi together and apologized.
• Celeste warned Velin not to repeat the scheme, then Kyle took Celeste and Velin away to talk elsewhere.
• Xuemya apologized to Noenvi for deceiving her and revealed that Celeste had become a Dawn Paladin.
• Xuemya described Celeste’s lost friend, the death of his student, and the three thousand years he spent in the Dawn Paladin trial.

Noenvi asked Xuemya to help her meet Celeste alone, while Velin and Kyle reconciled with Celeste and encouraged him to pursue her. Celeste and Noenvi grew closer during a seaside walk, leaving their relationship hopeful as Xuemya planned to give them her portrait on their wedding day.

• Noenvi asked Xuemya to arrange one more private meeting with Celeste, and Xuemya agreed.
• Velin told Celeste what he knew about Noenvi, including that she was a God-Favored One of the Church of the God of Opera and Art.
• Velin and Kyle urged Celeste to pursue Noenvi, and Celeste agreed to take her to Qixing West District.
• Celeste and Noenvi reunited with Xuemya mediating, then walked together along the seashore after the others gave them privacy.
• Noenvi suggested they plant an acacia tree and build a cabin around it, and Celeste said he looked forward to that future.
• Xuemya revealed that she planned to give her portrait of Celeste and Noenvi to them on their wedding day.

Orlando prepared to leave Baimu Province in secret so he could complete his final law comprehension and become Legendary. He left a knight to impersonate him, while Velin sensed an unexplained unease back at Supreme Command.

• Orlando asked Ignatius to oversee Baimu Province and the First Corps, and Iletos to manage the port and coordinate supplies.
• Orlando replaced the Governor's Mansion guards with the Fire Lion Knights and told Saze to impersonate him with a Thousand Phantom Mask for three months.
• Orlando checked his Sea Chart and secretly left for an unnamed island fifteen thousand kilometers north of the Cross Continent.
• A Shadow Assassin confirmed for three days that Orlando was cultivating before withdrawing from the Governor's Mansion.
• Orlando opened his Demiplane on the island to complete his final law comprehension, while Velin felt that something bad was happening.

Hebrew returned from his mission to the Moon God Church with promises of support and stopped at First Teleportation Array Island, where he challenged an old man to a duel. As thousands gathered to watch, the two prepared to fight at the island’s drill ground.

• Hebrew completed his mission to the Moon God Church, which agreed to provide a Legendary and an army for the New Continent.
• Hebrew chose to visit the Hainas Mermaid Kingdom, but changed plans after seeing the crowds gathered at First Teleportation Array Island.
• Hebrew challenged an old man to a duel, sensing that his air resembled his father-in-law’s.
• Donantas arranged for Hebrew and the old man to use the northern drill ground, and thousands of soldiers gathered to watch.
• Hebrew and the old man arrived at the drill ground and prepared for their duel.

Hebrew sparred with a mysterious old man, who revealed himself as an eleven-hundred-year-old student of the Dawn Sword Saint. The young man learned that his visitor had come to meet Kyle and Celeste, and the visitor hoped to invite them to the Main Continent and fight the Moon Knight.

• Hebrew fought the old man with training swords and lost when the old man swiftly put his blade to Hebrew's throat.
• The old man gave Hebrew a purple sphere containing his sword technique insights, and Hebrew invited him to share wine.
• Hebrew guessed that the old man was Legendary-tier and from the Dawn Kingdom of the Fayagaen Subcontinent.
• The old man changed from his aged appearance into a black-haired youth and revealed that he was the Dawn Sword Saint's third student, over eleven hundred years old.
• The youth explained that he had come to meet Kyle and Celeste and hoped to invite them to the Main Continent, but Hebrew said they would stay with his lord.
• The youth said he also wanted to meet and fight the Moon Knight.

Merovech joined Hebrew’s envoy to the New Continent and met Velin, who hoped to recruit him as a legendary figure. Merovech explained that he had come to visit his two junior brothers and Velin before traveling to the Main Continent to explore a newly discovered World Cluster.

• Merovech told Hebrew he wanted to meet the Moon Knight and challenge him to a swordsmanship contest.
• Three days later, Merovech joined Hebrew’s envoy as a special consultant and traveled with the group to the Sixth Teleportation Array Island.
• A High-tier Gold Arcanist told Hebrew that the Supreme Commander had ordered him to report directly to the Supreme Command.
• Hebrew told Velin that Merovech was a student of the Dawn Sword Saint who wanted to visit and spar with him, and Velin invited Merovech to meet.
• Merovech told Velin that he planned to visit his junior brothers, then travel to the Main Continent to explore a World Cluster discovered by the Lostranea Empire.

Velin planned new rules for the crowded First Teleportation Array and put Hebrew in charge of managing adventurers. As the Qixing Army announced the array’s opening, Orlando emerged from a Demiplane and prepared to break through to Legend.

• Velin learned that the Lostranea Empire had invited the Dawn Sword Saint to a wizard-dominated World Cluster, then arranged for Merovech to wait on Sixth Teleportation Array Island until Kyle or Celeste returned.
• Velin told Hebrew that more than three hundred thousand outsiders had gathered on First Teleportation Array Island and assigned him to lead an Adventurer Management Office enforcing tier-based fees and rules for adventurers’ earnings.
• Hebrew asked how to handle adventurers who wanted to join the Qixing Army, and Velin told him to decide for himself.
• Merovech watched Velin train and reconsidered the Moon Knight’s reputation for slacking off.
• The Qixing Army posted its teleportation rules on First Teleportation Array Island, and the gathered adventurers welcomed the announcement.
• Orlando emerged from a Demiplane on an unnamed island north of the Cross Continent and sensed the barrier he needed to pierce to ascend to Legend.

Orlando broke through to Legendary and returned to Sixth Teleportation Array Island, where Velin recognized him after he removed his mask. Hebrew realized Orlando had come to face their lord’s anger and avoided going back with Merovech.

• Orlando released a sword strike that split the sea, shattered the barrier to Legendary, and completed his transformation.
• Orlando reflected on how far he had come since meeting his lord and flew toward Sixth Teleportation Array Island.
• Merovech continued putting Hebrew through punishing training, and Hebrew regretted agreeing to study under him.
• Merovech sensed a Legendary approaching, and Hebrew recognized the visitor as Orlando and refused to return to their lord.
• Velin prepared to receive the approaching powerhouse, while Orlando landed in disguise and then removed his mask, leaving Velin stunned.

Velin discovered that Orlando had helped Hebrew and summoned Hebrew to face punishment. Hebrew returned after Merovech freed him, then went to Xuemya to ask her to save Orlando.

• Velin accused Orlando of conspiring with Hebrew and ordered a Low-tier Soul Intent arcanist to bring Hebrew back.
• Velin confronted Orlando in his study and threatened to beat Hebrew, while Orlando remained silent.
• The arcanist and two others found Hebrew at sea and told him Velin had ordered his arrest.
• Merovech freed Hebrew and warned him that he and Orlando would suffer unless someone could control Velin.
• Hebrew arrived before Xuemya and asked her to save Orlando.

Xuemya learned that Orlando had become a Kingdom Legendary and hurried to Supreme Command, but Velin sent her to the Cecilia Demiplane before she could intervene. Velin punished Hebrew, then disowned Orlando and told him to leave; Celeste found the devastated Orlando and took him aside.

• Xuemya learned that Orlando had become a Legendary and went with Hebrew to Supreme Command, where Velin sent her into the Cecilia Demiplane.
• Velin bound Hebrew and gave him one hundred soul-lashing strikes after Hebrew admitted that he had encouraged Orlando.
• Velin healed Hebrew's soul, then told Orlando he was free to leave and ordered him never to return.
• Celeste arrived at Sixth Teleportation Array Island with Noenvi, recognized Orlando as a Legend, and left Noenvi to follow him.
• Celeste brought Orlando to a pavilion on North Mountain and listened as he recounted what had happened.

Orlando faced the consequences of deceiving Velin, while Hebrew recovered from Velin’s punishment and searched for his elder brother. Orlando told Hebrew he planned to return to Qixing Territory and urged him not to follow his example, leaving Hebrew struggling to accept that they might part.

• Duke Celeste told Orlando that only Kyle might change the Eternal Dawn Knight’s mind and encouraged him to look toward the future.
• Velin read the report about Orlando, then sought comfort from Xuemya beneath the Life Tree Seedling.
• Hebrew woke healed, worried about Orlando, and searched Supreme Command after guards could not tell him where his brother was.
• Hebrew found Orlando at a Celeste manor, and Orlando assured him Velin had not made things hard for him.
• Orlando admitted he had crossed Velin’s line by deceiving him and told Hebrew not to plead on his behalf.
• Orlando said he planned to visit Qixing Territory and reminded Hebrew that he had already grown up.

Kyle returned to Sixth Teleportation Array Island and learned from Celeste that Orlando had tried to leave after a painful confrontation with Velin. Kyle helped Velin and Orlando face the unresolved dispute, leaving Orlando to watch over his sleeping lord and wait for him to wake.

• Celeste met Kyle on Sixth Teleportation Array Island and told him the matter with Orlando involved the Eternal Dawn Knight.
• Kyle learned that Celeste had repeatedly stopped Orlando from leaving and thanked him for keeping Orlando nearby.
• Kyle spoke with Velin, who admitted his worries about becoming a Legend before drinking himself unconscious.
• Kyle asked Celeste to bring Orlando to Velin and told Orlando that Velin had spoken in anger and was struggling to face him.
• Celeste encouraged Orlando to talk with Velin after he woke, and Orlando settled Velin in a chair, covered him with a blanket, and kept watch.

Velin and Orlando reconciled after half a month of distance, and the island’s residents celebrated their reunion. Merovech later defeated Kyle and Celeste in a bout, then departed while Hebrew promised to work toward becoming Legendary.

• Velin apologized to Orlando for his harsh words and explained that he feared driving him away.
• Velin and Orlando agreed to pursue the Kingdom Legendary path and walked to the seaside together.
• Kyle and Celeste joined Velin and Orlando for a feast on North Mountain, where the group celebrated their reconciliation.
• Half a month later, Merovech fought Kyle and Celeste together and won.
• Merovech declined to pressure Kyle and Celeste to leave with him, encouraged Hebrew to become Legendary, and departed through the teleportation array.

Velin gave Orlando the Legendary title Dawn Flame Wing and promised him territory, troops, people, and funds, while asking him to remain honest and loyal. Days later, Hebrew struggled to manage the newly opened teleportation array’s paperwork and tried to hide his visit from Orlando.

• Velin chose Dawn Flame Wing as Orlando’s Legendary title and ordered it publicized across the Qixing districts.
• Velin granted Orlando at least eight hundred thousand square kilometers of territory, the Fire Lion Knights, West Wind County’s population, funding, and help finding Archons.
• Velin told Orlando that Kyle and Hebrew were special to him, asked him not to deceive him again, and promised to make him the second duke after founding the nation.
• On October 18, 9806, the teleportation array to the New Continent fully opened, and Hebrew complained that he had reviewed thirty thousand applications without help.
• Hebrew went to the teleportation array to ask Velin for staff, then pretended to Orlando that he was inspecting the island’s defenses.

Orlando arrived at First Teleportation Array Island, told Hebrew he would stay for a year, and began planning to supervise his studies while recruiting adventurers. Meanwhile, the Wind Chaser Adventure Squad received permission to travel to several islands and celebrated their approval.

• Orlando learned Hebrew had wanted to go to Sixth Teleportation Array Island and brought him to his study.
• Orlando told Hebrew he had stepped down as commander of First Corps and would stay on First Teleportation Array Island for a year.
• Orlando planned to recruit adventurers and ordered Hebrew to study history with him each night.
• The Wind Chaser Adventure Squad received a seven-day teleportation certificate allowing them to visit Second Teleportation Array Island, Fifth Teleportation Array Island, Sixth Teleportation Array Island, and nearby seas.
• The white-haired youth proposed celebrating at the tavern before the squad members went their separate ways and returned in three days.

Orlando discovered that four members of the Wind Chaser Adventure Squad had concealed their Soul Intent strength and questioned Captain Ronan about their purpose. Ronan revealed that he and the other three were from different worlds in the world cluster, leaving Orlando intrigued.

• Orlando reviewed the Wind Chaser Adventure Squad's files and corrected the recorded strength of Ronan, Iso, Lydia, and Kavir.
• Orlando summoned the five adventurers and invited them to speak with him beneath a pavilion.
• Orlando identified the four disguised members as Soul Intent powerhouses and pointed out that Grim was a genuine Gold Intermediate warrior.
• Grim grew dejected after learning that his longtime companions had hidden their strength, while his teammates revealed their true auras.
• Ronan told Orlando that everyone in the squad except Grim came from other worlds within the world cluster, and Orlando showed immediate interest.

Orlando’s companions described their origins and how they had arrived in Ilyria World. The blond young man revealed that his grandfather had brought him there and showed the group his angelic form, leaving Grim embarrassed after he nearly touched his wings.

• The white-haired young man told Orlando he came from Auricels and had traveled to the Woodland Kingdom with companions from other worlds, while the war priest described his service to the God of War and his conscription to Ilyria.
• The moon elf ranger said she came from Valarian World, had been sent to her father as a child, and later ran away; she explained that her parents and siblings had treated her well.
• The blond young man revealed that his grandfather had brought him to Ilyria around two hundred years earlier and left him with a Demiplane, which he had told Grim he found in ruins.
• The blond young man said his father was likely a Seraph and unfolded four pairs of wings marked with red patterns.
• The moon elf ranger struck the blond young man when he invited her to touch his wings, and Grim pulled back his hand after nearly doing the same.

Orlando invited the Wind Chaser Adventure Squad to meet his lord, the Moon Knight, and gave them a letter and token to arrange the visit. He then sent Hebrew to handle a gathering of nobles seeking to join the army, advising him to create an assessment system.

• Orlando revealed that his lord was the Moon Knight and offered to arrange a meeting for the Wind Chaser Adventure Squad.
• The five adventurers accepted Orlando's letter and token, promising not to deceive his lord.
• A knight reported that nobles had gathered to join the army, and Orlando summoned Hebrew to handle them.
• Hebrew learned that about two thousand candidates had gathered and asked Orlando how to screen them.
• Orlando advised Hebrew to establish repeated assessments, then stopped him from handing the task to Carter.