Recaps

Velin returned to the Royal Capital with the Lightwing Fleet, ending the kingdom’s crisis and revealing that he intended to move Qixing Territory. He offered Karix a large, interest-free loan for the Islington Astral Sea Port in exchange for the Ilia Kingdom becoming his steadfast ally.

• Duke Moravia lifted martial law, reopened the Commercial District’s restaurants, and welcomed Velin after the Royal Capital’s Magic Shield vanished.
• Velin told Duke Moravia and Karix that the fleet belonged to a Crown of the Heaven Realm and that he planned to move Qixing Territory in its entirety.
• Velin introduced the seraphs Rafelia, Lena, Lucille, and Anzel, then arranged a spar with them and Duke Moravia and Karix for three days later in the Shadow Space.
• Karix explained that the Ilia Kingdom had scraped together 180 million high-grade magic crystals for the Islington Astral Sea Port and was struggling to fund the next installment.
• Velin offered Karix 20 million cubic meters of elemental crystals without interest, with repayment deferred until the port was complete.
• Velin asked Karix to make the Ilia Kingdom his steadfast ally.

Karix agreed to provide troops for Velin’s coming operations, and Velin set out for Qixing Territory after discussing Valient’s wedding. Velin’s return caused a stir across the Ilia Kingdom, and Risis learned that his uncle had come back.

• Karix asked what force Velin needed, and Velin said the Ilia Kingdom should prepare three hundred thousand Silver Rank Transcendents for his operations over the next hundred years.
• Karix agreed to join Velin’s war effort, and Velin said he would return to discuss the details after handling matters in Qixing Territory.
• Velin and Karix discussed notifying Valient’s in-laws about the wedding and arranging for the Lightwing Fleet to attend.
• Velin left the Royal Capital with the Lightwing Fleet and headed across the Ilia Kingdom toward Qixing Territory.
• Valient announced Velin’s return nationwide, stirring memories of the Moon Knight’s legend.
• Risis’s eldest son rushed into his study at Fire Beacon Castle and told him that Uncle Velin had returned.

Risis prepared to return to Qixing Territory and considered handing Fire Beacon Territory over to Galein, who then informed Olthea that Velin had returned. Velin arrived in Star Prayer City, where he greeted the people and listened to a ninety-nine-year-old former soldier recount his life before passing away.

• Risis told Galein to prepare for a trip to Qixing Territory and notify Olthea, then reflected on his long rule and considered giving his position to Galein.
• Galein told Olthea that Velin had returned and that Risis planned to leave within a few days; Olthea asked to be notified when they departed.
• On December 25, 9822, Velin arrived in Star Prayer City and was welcomed by more than a hundred thousand residents.
• Velin spoke with a ninety-nine-year-old former soldier, who recalled serving under him and watching Qixing Territory prosper.
• The old man died while speaking with Velin, and two elderly constables carried him home as Velin offered a blessing.

Velin returned to Star Prayer City and Star Moon Fort, greeted his household, and inspected the fortress and its Underground Treasury. At the banquet, he told Viriu he would show him the Gray Mist Space the next day, leaving Viriu content with his life in the Star-Prayer Kingdom.

• Velin arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, learned that Cyril was handling murders at Blue Gauze Lake, and asked Cyril to visit him at Star Moon Fort when he returned.
• Velin reached Star Moon Fort, greeted Katarina and Bing, and invited the guests to look around his home.
• Velin and Kyle visited the Underground Treasury, where Velin examined the Element Knight puppets and let Kyle decide whether to remove outdated books.
• Velin hosted a banquet, and Celeste joked with Kyle about using wine to defeat Velin before inviting him to play chess.
• Velin told Viriu he would take him to see the Gray Mist Space the next day, and Viriu reflected that he was happy living in the Star-Prayer Kingdom.

Cosmo prepared himself to welcome Velin back to Pink Lake, then learned that Velin had raised his salary and planned to move him. Velin went to inspect the bottom of Pink Lake with Kyle and Viriu, while Kyle made his red dragon work harder in the Demiplane.

• Cosmo dressed carefully for Velin’s return, and Orphus secretly recorded his behavior for Qixing Territory.
• After hearing that Velin had arrived, Cosmo rushed to Pink Lake and nearly fell into it when Viriu caught him with a hand of dream power.
• Velin praised Cosmo for reaching Gold, raised his annual salary to three thousand gold coins, and told him to pack for a move.
• Velin headed to the bottom of Pink Lake with Kyle and Viriu, and Kyle explained that the red dragon was in the Demiplane.
• Kyle saw the red dragon secretly eating an elemental crystal pyramid and struck him with a whip, making him work faster.

Viriu explored the Gray Mist Space, discovered that its gray creatures contained corrupted soul power, and realized the space was likely a Terrifying One’s dream. After erasing his dangerous suspicions and replacing them with false memories, he devised a way to move the passage by drawing it into his soul.

• Velin, Kyle, and Viriu entered a pink spring and emerged through gray mist onto a platform at the Gray Mist Fortress, where Viriu observed the fort’s battle with gray creatures.
• Velin allowed Viriu to explore, and he flew east until he found a thousand-strong swarm of high-tier Soul Intent creatures, which he destroyed with dream law.
• Viriu examined a Gray Crystal and sensed a destructive thought within its soul power, then suspected the Gray Mist Space was a Terrifying One’s dream and erased those suspicions from his soul.
• Twenty hours after Viriu left, Velin worried about his absence and sent someone to search for him.
• Viriu recorded false conjectures about the Gray Mist Space, grew convinced by them, and planned to draw the passage into his soul so he could move it.

Viriu moved the pink spring out of Reality Space by binding it to his Dream Crystal, but its weight left him unable to move freely. Velin placed him in the Cecilia Demiplane and turned to relocating Qixing Territory.

• Viriu told Kyle that he had found a way to move the pink spring, and Velin ordered the fortress garrison to seal it off.
• At Pink Lake, Viriu layered the dream law around the spring until it vanished from Reality Space, and his Dream Crystal appeared in place of his soul.
• The pink spring entered Viriu's Dream Crystal, which sank thousands of kilometers underground before returning to his ethereal body.
• Kyle used creation law to move Viriu's body, while Velin made a passage underground so they could wait for the crystal to return.
• Viriu regained his solid form but said the spring's weight made movement difficult, so Velin settled him in the Cecilia Demiplane.
• Velin returned to the surface with Kyle, and the relocation of Qixing Territory became their next task.

Velin arranged for the Lightwing Fleet to relocate Qixing Territory and thanked Rafelia for choosing a plan that spared him from moving its population. He and Kyle set out to discuss selling the territory’s assets with Aljerta, who was awaiting a dragon egg’s hatching.

• Velin asked Anzel to preserve the West Wind County Teleportation Array and the entrance to the Underground World in Qixing County during the relocation of Qixing Territory.
• Anzel presented two relocation plans, and Rafelia chose the slower option that would not require moving the population; the work was scheduled to begin in seven days.
• Velin promised compensation for the angels involved and asked Rafelia to help distribute it, while Kyle explained why Velin did not want to pressure her through the Crowns’ authority.
• Velin and Kyle decided to meet Aljerta before choosing who would buy the Teleportation Array, and Velin considered giving the Underground World to his niece as her dowry.
• At Aljerta’s castle, Aljerta and Laxia discussed their dragon egg hatching in three hours and argued over whether its greeting gift would be ten or a hundred gold coins.

Velin visited Aljerta and Laxia in time to witness their daughter hatch, and he gave the family a large congratulatory gift. After the hatchling, Veselantia, fell asleep, Aljerta and Laxia decided to keep her gold safe for her.

• Aljerta and Laxia agreed to split a large congratulatory gift between themselves, while their egg rocked unnoticed nearby.
• Velin reunited with Aljerta, offered to give his niece two million gold coins, and agreed to bring Aljerta to the New Continent to open Adventurer's Taverns.
• The dragon egg cracked, and the hatchling recited her true name, Veselantia Salnarda Norianthir... Merrill, before eating her shell and falling asleep.
• Velin gave Aljerta and Laxia a little over one million one hundred thousand gold coins, then left with Kyle.
• Aljerta and Laxia agreed to keep their daughter's gold safe until she was older.

Velin arranged the transfer of several territories and the resettlement of soldiers and families before overseeing the relocation of Qixing Territory. The landmass rose eight thousand meters into the sky, leaving a vast pit that began filling with river water.

• Velin assigned an island to the Black Asia Orcs and planned land grants and resettlement protections for the returning Morning Bay soldiers and their families.
• Velin arranged for Zeferus Territory’s residents to relocate to the Star-Prayer Kingdom or receive a hundred years of tax exemption, then entered a Demiplane to train.
• After two months, Velin authorized Anzel to begin relocating Qixing Territory with twelve Abaddon V-class Floating Battleships.
• The battleships lifted Qixing Territory into the sky as legendary beings and Risis’s family watched in astonishment.
• Qixing Territory reached an altitude of eight thousand meters, and river water began flowing into the enormous pit beneath it.

Velin relocated Qixing Territory into a Demiplane, then set out for the Ilia Kingdom's Royal Capital to attend Valient's wedding. On the way, Risis warned Olthea that Velin would decide her marriage, while Valient weighed how to respond to the Kingdom of Bacio amid the Ilia Kingdom's financial crisis.

• Kyle opened a Demiplane passage, and Velin used it with the twelve Abaddon Type V Floating Battleships to move Qixing Territory inside.
• Velin chose not to fill the resulting hollow with nearby moisture, then departed for the Royal Capital with the Lightwing Fleet.
• Risis changed course for the Royal Capital and warned Olthea to approach Velin about her marriage before he arranged it for political advantage.
• Risis's wife showed Risis and Olthea illustrated books of Qixing Territory's sights after its relocation.
• Valient delayed answering the Kingdom of Bacio's conciliatory letter until after his wedding, hoping to gain more for the nearly bankrupt Ilia Kingdom.

Valient prepared to welcome Velin to the Royal Capital while keeping his plan to extort the Kingdom of Bacio secret. Alva watched Velin arrive, and Velin entered the city as preparations for the wedding continued.

• Valient ordered the ministers to welcome Velin and kept the extortion plan's document with him to prevent it from leaking.
• Alva's student told him that Velin was coming, but Alva declined to go with him and later disguised himself to watch from the crowd.
• Velin's Lightwing Fleet stopped near the Royal Capital, where Valient and tens of thousands of people greeted him.
• Velin raised the crowd with law power, entered the city with Valient, and heard people discussing Alva's book about him.
• Alva watched Velin from the crowd before Velin flew toward the Royal Palace; Rafelia had agreed to provide a wedding honor guard.

Velin discussed Talisha’s wedding, dowries, and Yolia Island with Valient, then began reading a book about building a kingdom. Three days later, Risis and Olthea arrived at Lola Manor, where Kavir welcomed them and Olthea met her nephew.

• Velin confirmed that Valient and Talisha’s wedding would take place on April 8 and said Talisha’s dowry included the Underground World and Yolia Island.
• Velin told Valient he would transfer Yolia Island to the Ilia Kingdom in a year, and Valient promised to treat its residents well.
• Velin asked Kyle to buy copies of “Starting with Fifteen Knights, Ending with a Kingdom” and began reading one critically; Kyle read another copy.
• Three days later, Risis arrived at the Royal Capital and went to Lola Manor to visit his elder brother and sister-in-law.
• Ilisis sent Kavir to welcome Risis, and Kavir greeted Risis and met Olthea.

Velin met with his older sister Olthea in the Royal Capital and offered her a chance to change her circumstances through military service and marriage on his terms. Olthea accepted, leaving herself a hundred years to build a legion and choose a husband who met Velin’s requirements.

• Ilisis urged Olthea to accommodate Velin, then told Risis that their father had caused their grandfather’s predicament and asked him to keep it secret.
• Kavir brought Olthea to Velin’s manor, where Velin sent him away so he could speak with her privately.
• Velin said he had planned to arrange Olthea’s marriage because he saw it as her only remaining value, but offered her a chance to lead a legion in an interstitial space for a hundred years.
• Velin allowed Olthea to choose her own husband, provided the man met his strength, age, religious-affiliation, and family-marriage requirements within a hundred years.
• Olthea accepted Velin’s terms, and he told her she was free and asked her to visit their parents more often.

Velin attended the grand wedding of Valient Silvis and Talisa Exes, which formalized an alliance between the Ilia Kingdom and the Star-Prayer Kingdom. The Goddess of Life blessed the ceremony, and the Lightwing Fleet celebrated the newlyweds as the wedding became a landmark event for the Eastern States.

• Velin greeted Saintess Anastasia at the Grand Cathedral of Life before Valient and Talisa’s wedding procession began.
• Valient and Talisa traveled through the Royal Capital in a grand procession and arrived at the cathedral together.
• Pope Palitzer Habakak Kleichir officiated the wedding and read from the Life Bible.
• The Goddess of Life appeared to bless the couple, and golden light healed living beings throughout the Royal Capital.
• The Pope declared Valient and Talisa husband and wife, and the Lightwing Fleet sent beams of light into the sky to celebrate.
• A Kingdom of Bacio envoy watched the spectacle and concluded that Bacio’s ambitions would turn toward overseas expansion.

After Velin’s wedding, Kyle found Alva, who had tried to leave the city, and brought him to meet Velin. Velin learned Alva had written the book about his life, rewarded him, and failed to persuade him to join the Star-Prayer Kingdom; Alva agreed to attend the wedding banquet and send Krell a letter.

• After the wedding, Velin asked Kyle to find Alva, who was trying to leave the city in disguise.
• Kyle spotted Alva at the city gate, revealed his identity, and took him to Velin.
• Velin confronted Alva about writing “Fifteen Knights at the Start, a Kingdom at the End,” and Alva admitted he was the author.
• Velin gave Alva a high-grade magic crystal and invited him to work for the Church of Life or Oversight Office in the Star-Prayer Kingdom, but Alva declined because he did not want to leave his students, teacher, and friends.
• Alva agreed to attend Valient’s wedding banquet and promised to write Krell a letter for Velin to take back.

Velin gave Talisha the Underground World and Yolia Island as a wedding gift, then said farewell to his family and friends as the Lightwing Fleet left Ilia Kingdom for the New Continent. After reaching the Star-Prayer Kingdom, he struggled to decide where to place Qixing Territory and asked Kyle for advice.

• Velin gave Talisha control of the Underground World and Yolia Island, and reminded her to put her loyalty to Valient and the Silvis Family first.
• Velin reassured Alva that their friendship would not change despite their difference in strength, and Alva reflected on how much he had changed.
• Half a month later, the Lightwing Fleet departed the Ilia Kingdom as Velin and his family said goodbye to Valient and Talisha.
• At Yolia Island, Kyle brought the residents and garrison troops who wished to follow Velin into the Demiplane, and the Ilia Kingdom Army later took over the island's defenses.
• After three months at sea, the fleet reached the New Continent, where Velin asked Kyle where Qixing Territory should be placed.

Velin chose a northern sea location for the Qixing Territory after reviewing Anzel’s survey of three possible sites. The Lightwing Fleet moved the territory from its Demiplane and settled it onto the seabed, where it fused with the surrounding earth.

• Velin designated the waters north of the Star-Prayer Kingdom for the Qixing Territory, and Rafelia ordered Anzel to survey suitable relocation sites.
• Anzel returned with three candidate locations, and Velin and Kyle selected the first site for its abundant food and proximity to the kingdom’s center.
• The Lightwing Fleet resumed its journey east and arrived at the chosen site two days later.
• Kyle opened the Demiplane passage, and twelve Abaddon Type V Floating Battleships brought the Qixing Territory into Reality Space.
• Two Astral Warships parted the seawater as the fleet lowered the landmass onto the seabed, where it fused with the earth.

Velin welcomed Qixing Territory’s integration into the sea as Qixing Province, while the Lightwing Fleet departed for the Heaven Realm. He later brought Viriu to a lake in West Wind County to release the Pink Spring from his soul.

• Velin named his integrated homeland Qixing Province and planned a homecoming banquet for its officials and commanders.
• Rafelia told Velin that the Lightwing Fleet had to report to the Crowns, then departed with the fleet through a passage to the Heaven Realm.
• Velin ordered Kyle to develop the Pioneer Interlayer Space, gather resources, and prepare troops to plunder the Different World, and decided to place the Gray Mist Space in Qixing Province.
• Seven days later, Velin and Kyle visited a lake in West Wind County, where Velin chose a site to place the Pink Spring.
• Velin entered the Cecilia Demiplane, reunited with Cecilia, and helped Viriu reach the lake’s center so he could reverse the process holding the Pink Spring with his soul.

Viriu restored the Pink Spring, and Kyle confirmed that its passage still led safely to the Gray Mist Space. Velin named the area Pink Lake, granted Qixing Province special privileges, and later approved the military reorganization appointments.

• Viriu withdrew the Dream Law power from the Pink Spring, and Kyle tested the passage by traveling to the Gray Mist Space.
• Kyle learned that harsher treatment and unchanged mining quotas had caused more subterranean creatures to escape, so he ordered the quotas halved and promised an investigation.
• Velin named the location Pink Lake, ordered a military garrison for it, appointed Kyle governor of Qixing Province, and abolished all provincial taxes except commercial taxes.
• Velin offered Viriu land near Star Moon Fort, and Viriu accepted; Kyle then summoned the Archons to a meeting in Star Prayer City.
• Half a month later, Velin reviewed and signed Orlando's appointments for the reorganized military legions.

Velin went to the Qixing Legion to check on Hebrew and discovered the commander had been spending his time reading storybooks instead of working. After confronting Hebrew with a recording of his confession, Velin demanded his itinerary records, leaving Hebrew caught between admitting he had slacked off and trying to lie.

• Velin, Orlando, and Kyle went to Hebrew's study after Velin asked what the commander had been doing.
• Velin and the others waited for hours until Hebrew returned through a spatial channel and admitted he had finished all his storybooks.
• Velin revealed himself and questioned Hebrew about his work, then asked to see his itinerary records.
• Hebrew claimed he had been busy and agreed to hang from a flagpole for a month if he had slacked off.
• Kyle accidentally activated the Magic Memory Crystal Orb, which played Hebrew's confession about reading storybooks.
• Velin confronted Hebrew with the recording and demanded to know whether he had been slacking off.

Velin punished Hebrew for neglecting his duties by confiscating his books and having Orlando hang him from the Qixing Legion’s flagpole. The chapter then moved to Holy Law Day, where Velin opened the first court assembly of 9824.

• Velin confronted Hebrew about slacking off and gave him a choice between a month on the flagpole or surrendering his books and hanging for half a year.
• Orlando took Hebrew into the Demiplane, beat him, and learned that he had slacked off on twenty-three days in the past month.
• Hebrew chose the month-long punishment, but Velin confiscated his books and ordered Orlando to hang him from the flagpole.
• The Qixing Legion’s officers disciplined their soldiers to stop them from watching Hebrew, who accepted the punishment but regretted losing his books.
• On January 1, 9824, Velin arrived at the Qixing Grand Hall, and Kyle announced the first court assembly of the year.

Velin reviewed the kingdom’s budget and tax revenue during an exhausting series of court meetings, then appointed five marshals to assist Orlando with the armed forces. He ended the session determined to delegate routine matters to Belder and avoid being dragged into them.

• Belder reported the kingdom’s 455.6-billion-gold-coin budget, and officials described how their offices would spend their allocations.
• Raymond reported 578.6 billion gold coins in tax revenue from the previous year, leaving 123 billion after the annual budget.
• Velin considered the expense of building a kingdom-wide teleportation network as the court meetings continued through six days and nights.
• Velin appointed Ignis, Hebrew, Kavir Ex, Drigos Exes, and Maidmonchi as marshals to assist Orlando.
• After the court session ended, Velin told Kyle to sort the discussed matters and leave decisions Belder could handle off future reports.

Velin set out to bring the Adventurers Association under the kingdom’s control and traveled to Okla City to confront its president, Xerxes. Xerxes denied that adventurers were organizing against the kingdom, while Velin left the meeting’s outcome unresolved.

• Kyle reported that the Adventurers Association had over five hundred thousand members and identified Xerxes as its president.
• Velin ordered Kyle to summon Vickas Ex, Deep Sea Ode Arivat, Desert Ode Hicks, and Blazing Ode Angelia so they could visit Xerxes together.
• Velin traveled with the four leaders to Okla City aboard a Floating Ship.
• Xerxes reflected on rebuilding the Adventurers Association after the war and worried that he should resign, though he could not bear to give up his work.
• Velin told Xerxes that adventurers were reportedly unhappy with the kingdom’s tax and were coordinating to negotiate, and Xerxes denied any opposition to the kingdom.

Velin confronted Xerxes about the Adventurers Association’s independence, and Xerxes agreed to kingdom oversight while revealing his hidden past and origins. After hearing Xerxes’s story, Velin offered him two roles, and Xerxes chose to remain president and serve the kingdom.

• Xerxes offered to resign and help bring the Adventurers Association under kingdom supervision to protect adventurers and the kingdom.
• Velin privately asked Xerxes whether he was Okran, and Xerxes revealed that he was the abandoned illegitimate son of the former emperor of the Iserania Empire.
• Xerxes explained that his younger brother, now emperor, seized the throne with the Holy Blood Church’s support, and Kyle connected the family’s child-swapping scheme to a report.
• Xerxes revealed that he was also a soul mage and had uncovered the Iserania family secrets by reading souls.
• Velin assured Xerxes he had done nothing wrong, insisted on supervising the Adventurers Association, and offered him a choice between staying president or becoming a professor at Qixing Academy.
• Xerxes chose to remain president and serve Velin until he was no longer needed.