Chapter Summaries

Bai Pu endured Scarlet Wing’s frenzied assault until Mad Rhino Lutz interrupted her bloodsucking and helped rescue the captive girl. Bai Pu then slowed Scarlet Wing with Flesh Armor and worked with Mad Rhino Lutz to trap her, knowing they had to defeat her before her speed returned.

• Bai Pu used Nine Chapters’ detection skill and learned that Scarlet Wing had low Endurance, which the Inertia Potion had further reduced.
• Scarlet Wing activated Raid Frenzy and overwhelmed Bai Pu with rapid attacks, but he held her off behind his shield while counting down the skill’s duration.
• Scarlet Wing stunned Bai Pu with Super Wave Oscillation and began bloodsucking, but Mad Rhino Lutz struck her away before she could finish.
• Scarlet Wing lunged for the captive girl, but Mad Rhino Lutz had thrown her through the rock crevice, where Blood Spider caught her with spider silk.
• Bai Pu blocked Scarlet Wing and activated Flesh Armor, slowing and pulling her toward him while Mad Rhino Lutz’s Ring of Shock further reduced her speed.
• Bai Pu and Mad Rhino Lutz trapped Scarlet Wing in the rock crevice, and Bai Pu decided they had to end the fight quickly before her speed recovered.

Bai Pu unleashed the Chainsaw Sword against Scarlet Wing, using armor destruction and chained attacks to drive her to the brink of death. After Mad Rhino Lutz blocked Scarlet Wing’s Vacuum Blade and she fled toward a gap in the rocks, Bai Pu turned and brought down his shield-charged sword.

• Bai Pu fused with a Blood Ring Greatswordsman's Gene Fragment, raised his Strength and Stamina, and released the Chainsaw Sword's seal.
• Bai Pu used Cutting to tear through Scarlet Wing's armor, then landed a critical strike that dealt 352 damage.
• Bai Pu followed with a shoulder bash and two more chained sword strikes, leaving Scarlet Wing near death as his Unstable Shield reached Level 4.
• Scarlet Wing unleashed Vacuum Blade to break Bai Pu's shield, but Mad Rhino Lutz rushed in and took the blades instead.
• Scarlet Wing dashed toward a gap in the rocks, and Bai Pu turned around and brought his shield-charged sword down.

Bai Pu killed Scarlet Wing with the Chainsaw Sword and escaped with Blood Spider, delaying the opening of Scarlet Wing’s treasure chest until they reached Malmo City. On the way, they encountered a scout transformed into a new kind of Plague Dead, which Blood Spider captured for the Expeditionary Force.

• Bai Pu used Bombardment to deliver a concussive sword strike that finished Scarlet Wing, then stored her body and took her treasure chest.
• Bai Pu and Blood Spider left the dangerous rock crevice for Malmo City, bringing along the unconscious human girl Blood Spider had rescued.
• In Signa District, Bai Pu noticed an unresponsive Expeditionary Force scout examining a corpse and realized the scout had become an Aberrant.
• Blood Spider identified the scout as a Level 5 Crimson Plague Dead, and Bai Pu suspected Qin’s antidote had failed because it was a new plague variant.
• Blood Spider beat the Crimson Plague Dead into submission, bound and gagged it, and took it with them to Malmo City.

Bai Pu met Qin in Malmo City, where she revealed that the Royal Alchemy Academy had a secret passage beneath it. Qin began studying Scarlet Wing’s body and a new Flesh Plague variant, while Bai Pu opened Scarlet Wing’s treasure chest and gained several valuable rewards.

• Bai Pu showed Qin Scarlet Wing’s severed corpse, and Qin said his recent victories had convinced her he might be able to rescue Christina.
• Qin waited until Blood Spider left, then told Bai Pu that a secret passage lay beneath the Royal Alchemy Academy.
• Qin examined the Crimson Plague Dead and said she needed Bai Pu’s blood to develop a new antidote, which might take about a week.
• Bai Pu learned that Duke William’s legion would arrive within an hour or two, then rested, bathed, and ate dinner while he waited.
• Bai Pu opened Scarlet Wing’s treasure chest and received 10,522 Spirit Energy Points, an A-Grade Enhancement Card, Scarlet Wing’s Tendon, Raid Frenzy, and Bloodwing Cloak.
• Bai Pu examined Raid Frenzy and noted that it could raise his movement and attack speed while resisting many slowing effects for 60 seconds.

Bai Pu reported the threat of a new Flesh Plague toxin to Duke William and proposed a covert strike on the Royal Alchemy Academy. He volunteered to lead the small infiltration team, leaving Duke William to consider the dangerous plan.

• Bai Pu assessed the Bloodwing Cloak as valuable trade goods for the Wu family because he lacked the Agility to wear it.
• Duke William entered Malmo City and awarded Bai Pu reputation, Merit Points, and favor for completing the first stage of the scout quest.
• Zweig reported that Blood Ring's toxin had infected scouts and transformed them into a new type of Crimson Plague Dead.
• Bai Pu advised Duke William that a surprise attack on the Royal Alchemy Academy could stop Blood Ring from developing new plague variants.
• Bai Pu proposed drawing Blood Ring's defenses away with pressure on the fortress, then volunteered to infiltrate it by sea with a warship and guide.

Bai Pu secured Yvette as his guide for infiltrating the Royal Alchemy Academy after Duke William refused to send Qin, who was needed on the front lines. He joined the Blood Rose War and accepted a mission to destroy the Academy, leaving with Charlotte after the conference.

• Duke William refused Bai Pu’s request to take Qin on the infiltration mission and appointed Yvette as his guide instead.
• Yvette accepted the mission to lead Bai Pu into the Royal Alchemy Academy, and Duke William announced the Blood Rose War.
• Bai Pu joined the war as part of the Holy Roman Empire Expeditionary Force and received 300 military merits.
• Bai Pu accepted Main Quest 2, The Fall of the Royal Alchemy Academy, which required him to destroy the Academy within 15 days.
• Duke William noticed Blood Spider and asked who she was, and Bai Pu introduced her as his companion, Charlotte.

Bai Pu advised Blood Spider to earn military merits in the Blood Rose War so she could seek Duke William’s guidance on her class advancement quest. As the war began, the expeditionary force defeated Marshal Horn’s army, and Blood Spider repeatedly infiltrated the Blood Ring camp to assassinate elite enemies.

• Bai Pu told Blood Spider that Duke William could guide her class advancement and advised her to pursue military merits by joining the war.
• The Blood Ring army and the Holy Roman Expeditionary Force fought a daylong battle north of Malmo, and Duke William wounded Marshal Horn in a surprise attack, forcing his army to withdraw.
• Qin proposed assassinating elite Blood Ring Aberrants to disrupt Marshal Horn’s control over lower-ranking troops, and the faction offered Awakened assassination quests.
• Blood Spider repeatedly infiltrated the Blood Ring camp, killed elite targets, and escaped using Hendrick’s Pocket Watch, even after the Blood Ring leaders ambushed her.

Bai Pu infiltrated Kalmar Fortress to find the Alchemy Master Norel and investigate the silver Side Quest Buried Truth. After bribing the alchemist Aidia, he learned that Norel lived in the sewers, and Aidia agreed to lead him there.

• The Holy Roman Expeditionary Force gained ground as Blood Ring orders faltered and its Awakened forces failed to appear.
• Bai Pu scaled Kalmar Fortress's walls during a shift change to pursue the Side Quest Buried Truth.
• Bai Pu searched for Norel at Aidia's Cauldron and learned that the apprentice could not help him.
• Aidia emerged from the workshop, claimed to know Norel, and said the old man lived in the sewers.
• Bai Pu offered Aidia another silver coin to lead the way, and Aidia closed the shop and agreed.

Bai Pu followed Aidia into Kalmar Fortress’s sewers and found the vagrant Norel with the pocket watch taken from the Blood Mist Butcher. Norel revealed that the Butcher had once been his kind, frail child, leaving Bai Pu to realize the Aberrant had been part of Norel’s family.

• Aidia led Bai Pu through the sewer system to the Rat Holes, where Bai Pu subdued vagrants who tried to extort them.
• Bai Pu found Norel and showed him the old pocket watch, triggering an update to the Buried Truth side quest.
• Bai Pu paid Aidia and then knocked him unconscious when he tried to leave.
• Norel recognized the Blood Mist Butcher as the frail youth pictured inside the pocket watch.
• Norel told Bai Pu that the Blood Mist Butcher had once been a kind child, and Bai Pu realized the Aberrant had been Norel’s family.

Bai Pu learned why Norel had secluded himself and recruited him to escape Kalmar Fortress. After discovering that a Saigon Eye had alerted the Blood Ring Troops, Bai Pu led Norel toward an exit and charged the soldiers waiting there.

• Norel explained that his forbidden research to cure his son had turned him into the Blood Mist Butcher, and Bai Pu completed the first step of the Silver Side Quest.
• Bai Pu declined to claim his reward and asked Norel for help, prompting the Spirit Realm Will to assign them the quest to escape Kalmar Fortress with Norel alive.
• Bai Pu discovered that Aidia had crushed a Saigon Eye, which allowed Aidia's apprentice to alert the Blood Ring Troops.
• Bai Pu decided to save Pure Blood for a later mission and followed Norel through the sewers toward an exit outside the city.
• Bai Pu found two elite Blood Ring soldiers and ten Plague Dead waiting at the exit, left Norel in the sewers, and charged the squad.

Bai Pu slaughtered a Blood Ring squad, sent Norel toward the shore, and held off the pursuing soldiers near Kalmar Fortress. After reinforcements began to gather, Bai Pu collected his spoils and escaped.

• Bai Pu killed two Blood Ring elites and ten Plague Dead, then gave Norel a horn and directed him toward the shore while Bai Pu stayed behind to cover his retreat.
• Bai Pu attacked the Blood Ring force pursuing them from Kalmar Fortress, using Unstable Shield and Flesh Armor to batter and withstand the soldiers.
• Bai Pu killed more than half the pursuing force and slew three wounded Blood Ring elites with a charged sword strike.
• A dying Blood Ring Greatswordsman blew a Magic Bone Whistle, drawing more soldiers toward the outskirts of Kalmar Fortress.
• Bai Pu gathered the treasure chests and fled using the Wild Oxhide Boots.

Bai Pu escaped Kalmar Fortress aboard an Expeditionary Force warship with Alchemy Master Norel and gained his help with Bai Pu’s class-change mission. As Blood Ring Emperor Gustav Adolf prepared to lead the war, Bai Pu began sharing an important suggestion with Mad Zen.

• Bai Pu escaped Kalmar Fortress by ship with Norel after defeating two waves of Blood Ring troops.
• Norel offered to repay Bai Pu by helping him restore his alchemy workshop in Stockholm, starting the next step of their side quest.
• Norel agreed to assist Bai Pu’s class-change mission, bringing its completion progress to 40%.
• Ingvar told Bai Pu that the Expeditionary Force had occupied Karlsk and Marshal Horn had retreated to Jutland.
• Bai Pu learned from Mad Zen that Gustav Adolf would personally lead the Blood Ring army, then began offering Mad Zen an important suggestion.

Bai Pu sailed toward Stockholm while studying alchemy with Norel and coordinating research on an antidote for the Crimson Plague Dead. As Emperor Gustav’s forces drove the Expeditionary Force out of the Karlsk region, Bai Pu saw an opening to complete his class advancement quest without the emperor returning to Stockholm.

• Bai Pu offered Mad Zen a chance to defect to the Holy Roman Expeditionary Force, but Mad Zen stayed in Stockholm to help protect him from Hidden Snake.
• Bai Pu chose the Kalmar Strait route to Stockholm, disguised the ship as a Blood Ring vessel, and had Mad Rhino Lutz conceal its true allegiance.
• Bai Pu asked Norel to help develop an antidote, and Norel coordinated with Qin so the two Alchemy Masters could work together using Bai Pu’s blood.
• Bai Pu learned through carrier pigeons that Emperor Gustav’s counterattack had routed the Expeditionary Force and that Blood Spider alone had escaped the Awakened attackers.
• Emperor Gustav drove the Expeditionary Force out of the Karlsk region, leaving him too occupied at the front to return to Stockholm and obstruct Bai Pu.

Bai Pu completed Nore's Alchemy Workshop's silver Side Quest and received the Life Enhancement Serum, then prepared to reach the Royal Alchemy Academy through a secret passage on Mist Island. He and Yvette set out without waiting for Qin, aiming to act quickly and preserve Bai Pu's quest rating.

• Norel revealed his hidden underground workshop and demonstrated the Alchemy Colossi guarding it.
• Norel gave Bai Pu the Life Enhancement Serum, his greatest research achievement, and Bai Pu drank it, gaining 4 Agility, 1 Stamina, and 2 Spirit.
• Bai Pu told Norel to prepare for the Origin Heart transplant and said Qin was on her way with a new antidote.
• Bai Pu declined Yvette's suggestion to wait for Qin and left with her by ship for Mist Island's secret passage.
• Bai Pu hoped the perilous passage would raise his class advancement quest's difficulty before he entered the enemy-filled Royal Alchemy Academy.

Bai Pu, Yvette, and Mad Rhino Lutz entered Mist Island’s underground passage and crossed a crocodile-filled swamp, where the creatures proved far stronger than Qin’s outdated information suggested. They reached a cliff covered in black vines, but climbing it posed a new danger before they could continue toward the Princess.

• Bai Pu, Yvette, and Mad Rhino Lutz jumped into the cavern and discovered an underground river leading to a swamp.
• Bai Pu crossed the bog by stepping across dormant crocodiles, while Yvette followed and Lutz slipped into the mud.
• Bai Pu dragged Lutz across the swamp with a rope, but awakened crocodiles attacked them and broke one of Lutz’s arms and Yvette’s short spear.
• Bai Pu led the group to a vine-covered cliff, where the crocodiles stopped pursuing them.
• Bai Pu realized the crocodiles had been transformed by the Flesh Plague and that Qin’s information was outdated, leaving the group to face the dangerous cliff.

Bai Pu, Yvette, and Mad Rhino Lutz crossed the deadly hazards beneath the cliffs and reached the Royal Alchemy Academy. The chapter left them emerging from a secret passage into the academy after Bai Pu held off a pursuing swarm of bats.

• Bai Pu discovered that Flesh-Devouring Beetles lived among the Black Vines and used Flesh Armor to protect the group as they climbed the cliff.
• Bai Pu led Yvette and Mad Rhino Lutz through the underground darkness, fighting mutated creatures while Lutz ate them to recover his broken arm.
• Bai Pu sensed human-made carvings and a narrowing passage, and the group encountered a swarm of blood-eyed bats.
• Bai Pu used Unstable Shield: Bombardment to kill many bats and distract the rest, allowing Yvette and Lutz to climb the stone stairs and open a rusted hatch.
• Bai Pu followed Yvette and Lutz out of the secret passage, and the three reached the Royal Alchemy Academy.

Bai Pu and Lutz infiltrated the Royal Alchemy Academy to find Dean Harvey and learn where Princess Christina was being held, while Yvette went to seek Guardian Knight Gawain. Harvey confirmed Qin’s secret letter was genuine and dismissed General Ralph’s suspicious patrol, allowing Bai Pu’s group to remain undiscovered.

• Bai Pu identified the dean’s office and prison cells as their destinations, then stopped Yvette when an elite Blood Ring Guard patrol crossed the Great Walkway.
• Bai Pu gave Yvette Qin’s secret order for Guardian Knight Gawain and sent her toward the Queen’s chambers while he and Lutz headed for Harvey’s residence.
• Bai Pu detected General Ralph’s patrol approaching and used Light Object Manipulation to get himself and Lutz inside Harvey’s room.
• Bai Pu showed Harvey Qin’s letter, and Harvey verified its seal with a magical liquid as Ralph’s Giant Wolf lingered outside.
• Harvey assured Ralph he was conducting an experiment, and the general led his patrol away after Harvey’s relationship with Bai Pu improved to neutral.

Bai Pu reached the bunker where Princess Christina was confined, but General Ralph and Hidden Snake attacked as he tried to free her. Inside, Bai Pu and his companions faced the Flesh Plague’s dangerous effects, and Lutz sealed Christina back in the coffin.

• Harvey agreed to take Bai Pu and Lutz to Princess Christina but refused to join the transplant plan because he had sworn loyalty to Emperor Gustav.
• As Harvey prepared to unlock Christina’s bunker, General Ralph shot him and declared him under arrest for suspected betrayal of the Empire.
• Bai Pu ordered Lutz to carry Harvey into the bunker, then dodged Hidden Snake’s attack as they entered.
• Bai Pu found Christina and learned that the Flesh Plague would begin mutating him within 300 seconds, while Harvey and Lutz also showed signs of exposure.
• At Harvey’s urgent command, Lutz pressed Christina back into the coffin and closed its lid.

Bai Pu used the Lead Coffin to shield Princess Christina while he and his allies tried to escape the bunker. Hidden Snake realized too late that Bai Pu had blasted through to an existing passage, and the group had vanished.

• General Ralph delayed the assault while waiting for Lord Schroeder, but Hidden Snake rushed into the bunker to stop Bai Pu.
• Bai Pu continued cutting into the rock wall as Lutz fought Hidden Snake and protected the Lead Coffin.
• Hidden Snake attacked Mad Rhino Lutz and targeted the Lead Coffin, forcing Lutz to defend it while taking heavy damage.
• Bai Pu charged a powerful strike, and Hidden Snake retreated, expecting the attack to be aimed at him.
• Bai Pu's strike opened a hole into an existing passage, allowing Bai Pu, Lutz, the Lead Coffin, and Director Harvey to escape.
• Hidden Snake found the empty bunker and warned General Ralph that they had been fooled.

Bai Pu escaped through the ancient passage with Harvey and Lutz while Aberrant Blood Bats attacked the pursuing Imperial Guard. John Schroeder joined the pursuit, ordered Stockholm placed under martial law, and cleared the passage’s deadly obstacles as he followed Bai Pu.

• Bai Pu used Harvey’s Aura Concealing Potion to hide himself, Lutz, and Harvey from the Aberrant Blood Bats, then continued through the passage with Harvey and the Lead Coffin.
• Ralph, Hidden Snake, and Mad Zen led Imperial Guard soldiers into the passage, where the Aberrant Blood Bats killed many of their men.
• John Schroeder arrived and used Blood Magic to kill the bats, then ordered Hidden Snake and Mad Zen to pursue Bai Pu while Ralph alerted the Prime Minister and arranged a search of Stockholm and its waters.
• Schroeder and the Blood Ring group passed through the bat-filled tunnel, and Hidden Snake brought him a hard-shelled beetle after a soldier was bitten.
• Schroeder used Blood Extraction to drain the beetles among the black vines, killing them and clearing the route.