Recaps

Chen Yu learned how to build Spirit Stone-powered formations from talismans and named his new weapons Goblin Ripper Type I and Type II. In West Marsh, Arthur encountered timid Glimlins and their skeleton farmer protector Bloom, just as a Slime appeared from Arthur’s chest.

• Chen Yu asked the Scripture Pavilion elder about powerful formations that could run on Spirit Stones, and the elder showed him the Seven Light Armor Piercing Array and the Greedy Wolf Piercing Rainbow Array.
• Chen Yu studied the formation diagrams, recognized that their framework relied on talismans he could draw, and named the two formations Goblin Ripper Type I and Type II.
• Arthur wandered into a lush forest in West Marsh and discovered several frightened Glimlins gathering berries.
• Arthur lowered his lance after recognizing the Glimlins as timid forest-dwelling goblins, but his attempt to reassure them only frightened them further.
• Bloom, a skeleton farmer, arrived to shield the Glimlins and challenged Arthur to leave the forest.
• A Slime poked its head out from Arthur’s chest as Arthur stood speechless before Bloom.

Chen Yu and Arthur encountered Old Bloom and the residents of Root Language Forest, a settlement protected by Treant Lord Viola. Old Bloom invited them to stay, and Chen Yu planned to meet Viola and potentially use the visit to hinder the Goblin Legion.

• Old Bloom mistook Arthur's arrival for a threat, but Arthur explained that he and his slime lord had lost their way while pursuing goblins.
• Old Bloom learned that Arthur had come from East Swamp and invited him and Chen Yu to his farmhouse for shelter.
• Old Bloom led Arthur and Chen Yu through Root Language Forest, where living Treants watched over a peaceful farming settlement.
• Old Bloom left Arthur and Chen Yu in an empty farmhouse room and said Lord Viola might invite them to talk the next day.
• Chen Yu told Arthur that meeting Lord Viola could bring unexpected gains and offer a chance to cause trouble for the Goblin Legion.

Little One reached the drier land near the Goblin Legion and witnessed Hammer Bone subdue a rampaging Wild Boar King. After learning that Bone Shatter and Poison Fang had gone missing in the Eastern Marsh, Hammer Bone sent his Shaman to investigate, but the boar bolted into the forest with him on its back.

• Little One left the misty West Marsh and detoured around the Goblin Legion’s fortress.
• Hammer Bone stopped the charging Wild Boar King by gripping its tusks and forced it to its knees.
• The Goblin Shaman told Hammer Bone that Bone Shatter and Poison Fang had lost contact while investigating the Eastern Marsh.
• Hammer Bone threw the Shaman onto the bound Wild Boar King and ordered him to find the danger and the Undead Lord in the east.
• The Wild Boar King charged into the forest with the screaming Shaman on its back, and Hammer Bone sent Goblin Warriors after them.

Chen Yu fed Spirit Feed to the Slimes and other creatures, then learned that Arthur had reached the Treant forest and Count Bran feared its guardian, Viola. He turned to making a talisman for the Goblin Ripper, but a sudden disturbance made his first attempt go crooked.

• Count Bran taught the Slimes Common Tongue while Little Flower studied the sky and sketched at the observatory.
• Chen Yu returned to Tree Hall and used his cultivation technique to feed Spirit Feed to the Slimes and Count Bran.
• Chen Yu told Count Bran that Arthur had reached a forest of Treants, and Count Bran panicked when he heard Viola was there.
• Count Bran fled to hide, and Chen Yu had the Slimes warn Arthur not to mention him in the Root Language Forest.
• Chen Yu pondered the Goblin Ripper's need for a Spirit Jade core and began drawing a Spirit Gathering Talisman, but howls and screams outside distracted him and spoiled the attempt.

Chen Yu confronted the Goblin Legion’s attack and used the Beast Stupefaction Technique to calm its enormous Wild Boar King. The Goblin Shaman fled after the beast shook him off, leaving the siege attack in disarray.

• Count Bran warned Chen Yu that a gigantic Wild Boar King was charging toward the city with a Goblin Shaman riding it.
• The Goblin Shaman ordered the Wild Boar King to smash the wall, but its charge left the fortress undamaged.
• The shaman mistook Count Bran for the lord and taunted him, prompting Chen Yu to launch himself from the battlements at the boar.
• Chen Yu landed on the Wild Boar King’s nose and touched it, using the Beast Stupefaction Technique to erase its rage and leave it confused.
• The Wild Boar King rubbed its nose against the wall, knocked the Goblin Shaman into the mud, and sent him fleeing.

Chen Yu learned that the Goblin Legion was guarding a dungeon mining area and decided to keep the captured goblins as tree-felling slaves. He recruited the young Wild Boar King Pei Qi by giving her the ability to digest trees and named her his second guard.

• Count Bran interrogated the Goblin Shaman, who revealed that Hammer Bone's Goblin Legion drove other forces away from the dungeon and mined orichalcum, gemstones, and Gray Grit Crystals there.
• Chen Yu decided to keep the goblins as slaves to clear the Forest Path leading to the Ruined Village.
• Chen Yu learned that the Wild Boar King was named Pei Qi, was not yet an adult, and had attacked because she was hungry and the goblins had struck her.
• Chen Yu gave Pei Qi the Lv.4 Acid Secretion talent, allowing her to digest trees without stomach pain.
• Chen Yu welcomed Pei Qi into his group as guard number two and introduced Little Card as her big brother.

Arthur and Chen Yu were escorted through Root Language Forest to meet Viola, the ancient elf who ruled it. Viola welcomed them and showed particular curiosity toward Arthur and the little Slime lord.

• Arthur told Chen Yu about his recent work in the territory, including subduing a boar, enslaving goblins, and opening a Forest Path.
• Old Bloom told Arthur and Chen Yu that Viola had summoned them, and Iserin Moonshadow led them into the forest.
• Iserin guided the party past curious Glimlins and across a stream to Viola's enormous tree residence.
• Iserin opened the Tree Hall, where Viola appeared from glowing particles gathered among the bookshelves.
• Viola welcomed Arthur and Chen Yu, remarked on Arthur's unusual existence, and greeted the little Slime as a lord.

Arthur and Chen Yu learned that the Goblin Legion controlled the routes back to the East Swamp, so Arthur decided to wait in Root Language Forest. Viola restored Arthur’s Sunpetal Daisy and gave him a crow’s feather to return, leaving the crow’s connection to the flower unexplained.

• Viola explained that Cracked Stone Pass and the Goblin Legion’s dungeon blockade made returning to the East Swamp dangerous, while Isolde warned that attacking the fortress would be nearly suicidal.
• Viola offered Arthur a place to stay in Root Language Forest, but Arthur agreed to wait for the kingdom’s army to map the dungeon routes and open a way home.
• Viola recognized Arthur’s withered Sunpetal Daisy and used her magic to restore it, saying the flower had chosen him and reflected his soul’s nature.
• Viola asked Arthur whether he had met a black-feathered, gold-eyed crow, then gave him a metallic-looking feather to return to it.

Chen Yu led the Slime Kingdom’s first large-scale expedition beyond its borders, taking Count Bran and a formidable Demonic Beast army toward the Goblin Legion’s Obsidian Mining Area. After the army passed through the dungeon outpost and entered the fog zone, Count Bran studied a map showing three possible routes to the mining area.

• Count Bran panicked when Chen Yu told him Arthur had been captured, then grew furious upon learning Arthur was safe and staying with an elf.
• Chen Yu persuaded Count Bran to join the expedition, and they set out with Little Card, Pei Qi, and the assembled Demonic Beast army.
• The army marched through the Ruined Village fortress, where Slime Big Brother and the other Slimes watched their King pass in awe.
• The army entered the fog zone, and Count Bran showed Chen Yu Dog Tooth’s map marking three routes to the Obsidian Mining Area.

Chen Yu led his army through the Sulfur Hot Spring Area toward the Lava Well, gaining new talents and battling Lava Demon Bats. After a Bee Guard unexpectedly controlled the hot spring water to defeat two wounded bats, the chapter left Chen Yu facing a newly revealed water-control ability.

• Count Bran showed Chen Yu three routes to the Obsidian Mining Area, and Chen Yu chose the Lava Well to avoid the Goblin Legion and the dangerous Storm Area.
• Chen Yu brought his army through the Sulfur Hot Spring Area, gave Little Card Flame Resistance, and ordered the beasts to hunt the creatures living there.
• Chen Yu gained Heat Recovery and Vaporous Illusion, while his army also gained Flame Resistance; more than twenty Stinger Bees died crossing the dangerous springs.
• Count Bran drew four Lava Demon Bats toward the army, and the Self-Destructing Bee Soldiers and Bee Guards killed them with explosive stinger attacks.
• Eight more Lava Demon Bats attacked, and a Bee Guard unexpectedly drew up hot spring water to extinguish and defeat two wounded bats.

Chen Yu discovered that a Stinger Bee had awakened Water Control, then named it Beet after testing its explosive synergy with Magic Explosion. His army defeated the Lava Demon Bat boss, and Chen Yu found its still-beating lava heart and a black ring among the remains.

• Chen Yu tested the Bee Guard's Water Control ability and found that it could combine with Magic Explosion to create a powerful blast, though the effort exhausted the bee.
• Chen Yu named the Bee Guard Beet and led the rested army deeper into the Lava Well, where dozens of Lava Demon Bats attacked under a commanding shriek.
• Count Bran directed the Stone Stinger Bees to raise Stone Wards, while Chen Yu and his forces counterattacked and killed most of the bats.
• A Silver Tier Boss Demon Bat emerged from the lava, but Chen Yu broke its wing and then destroyed it with an explosive gel-coated stone sword.
• Count Bran was burned by the boss's lava rain, while Chen Yu found the boss's beating lava heart and a pitch-black ring on Sulphur Hillock.

Chen Yu gained Flame Affinity after devouring the Lava Demon Bat and led his Demonic Beast army toward Twilight Forest. Later, three adventurers entered the emptied Sulfur Hot Spring Area, mistook its traces of battle for evidence of a terrifying demon tide, and fled.

• Chen Yu devoured the Lava Demon Bat's heart, gained Flame Affinity Lv.3, and recovered gel using the hot spring's heat.
• Chen Yu examined the Boss Demon Bat's ring, and Count Bran identified it as an orichalcum magical item that needed proper appraisal.
• Count Bran guided Chen Yu's army toward Twilight Forest, with Pei Qi leading and Little Card carrying Chen Yu.
• William, Tork, and Allen entered the Sulfur Hot Spring Area with fire-resistance potions but found no Demonic Beasts.
• Allen spotted the battlefield damage, and the three adventurers fled, convinced a demon tide had devoured everything.

Chen Yu sent spies into the Obsidian Mining Area to assess the goblins’ defenses and locate Gray Grit Crystals for a hidden outpost and a future Goblin Ripper. Little Fatty and the Nanny Brothers infiltrated the mine, where Chen Yu spotted a large raw crystal among the discarded slag.

• Chen Yu rejected Count Bran’s plan to attack the goblins and decided to build a hidden outpost and secretly mine high-quality Gray Grit Crystals.
• Chen Yu sent Count Bran and the Bee Guards to catch earthworms, then dispatched Little Fatty and the Nanny Brothers to scout the Obsidian Mining Area.
• Little Fatty and the Nanny Brothers used stealth and Vaporous Illusion to slip past goblin patrols and infiltrate the fortress.
• They entered the vast mine, where enslaved humans, dwarves, and other humanoids labored under goblin overseers.
• Chen Yu noticed a palm-sized raw Gray Grit Crystal discarded beside a pile of mining waste.

Chen Yu’s army began building an underground outpost beneath the Obsidian Mining Area, then returned to the kingdom. There, Little Flower became the first Slime Scholar, inspiring Chen Yu to consider training slimes to draw talismans.

• Chen Yu used beetles with Accelerated Digging to start an underground tunnel and outpost, while the Little Fatty brothers helped turn mud into stone bricks.
• Count Bran returned with an earthworm, saw the construction, and joined Chen Yu’s group as they left Twilight Forest for home.
• Pei Qi, Little Card, Chen Yu, and the others reached the territory and reunited with the slimes in the Tree Hall.
• A panel announced that Little Flower had earned the Slime Scholar title and its 10% learning-efficiency bonus.
• Chen Yu wondered whether the title could help slimes learn talisman drawing and imagined opening a talisman factory.

Chen Yu envisioned using Slime Scholars and a factory to produce talismans, but Yano returned with a Gray Grit Crystal and a translated report containing two trials linked to Corrupted Faith. The chapter ended with the group learning why the kingdom’s academy planned to destroy the report.

• Chen Yu imagined Slime Scholars producing talismans in a factory and making Slimes a force capable of shaping war.
• Yano returned with a Gray Grit Crystal and Laura’s translated parchment letter, then startled at Pei Qi before Count Bran identified her as a royal guard.
• Yano presented the Gray Grit Crystal, and Chen Yu planned to use it to test production of the Goblin Ripper.
• Yano explained that the report recorded two complete trials and had been secretly copied by a scholar.
• Yano revealed that the trials concerned Corrupted Faith, a heretical belief the kingdom could not tolerate.

Chen Yu learned that Morgul’s corrupted faith had once spread through the kingdom and decided to keep the believers’ records. The letters described Kelvin’s path of revenge and Fabian Garrett’s self-sacrificing healing, leaving Chen Yu with accounts of two very different forms of corrupted power.

• Yano explained that Morgul’s power had once aided the weak but later enabled Grey Mages to unleash demons, while Count Bran argued that its use depended on the wielder’s intentions.
• Chen Yu chose to keep the letters, and Yano used his translation notes to help him decipher them.
• Chen Yu learned that Kelvin, a former Border Guard Knight, joined Morgul’s followers after Calon Scott destroyed his family and became a Corrupted Avenger through trials fueled by vengeance.
• Count Bran read that Kelvin’s corrupted power strengthened him but risked weakening his sanity whenever he failed its mental trials.
• Chen Yu and Count Bran read how Fabian Garrett left the Church of the Sun and became a Corrupted Compassionate, healing the dying by taking their wounds and diseases into himself.
• Yano’s record revealed that Fabian’s healing deepened his corruption and mutated his body until he died two years later, no longer recognizably human.

Yano learned that Kelvin’s revenge ended in tragedy and reflected on how his old dreams of knighthood had given way to protecting the Slime Kingdom. Chen Yu planned to use the Corrupted Avenger trial to aid slave miners and attempted to build a Goblin Ripper, but the unfamiliar stars of Zeyarila caused its first activation to fail.

• Yano and Count Bran discussed priest Fabian and avenger Kelvin, whose last letters suggested he never returned from the Swamp.
• Yano recalled his shattered dream of becoming a knight and affirmed that protecting his current life mattered most to him.
• Chen Yu decided to use the Corrupted Avenger trial to help the slave miners who secretly prayed to Morgul.
• Chen Yu began carving a Goblin Ripper array from a Gray Grit Crystal while Yano laid out its base and talismans.
• Chen Yu activated the array, but its energy failed to follow the star map, dimming and cracking the crystals.

After advancing to Qi Cultivation Lv.6, Chen Yu traveled with Shao Qingsong to inspect the secluded Cloud Deep residence and learn about array cultivation. On the way, he witnessed Sword Ancestor’s spectacular return to the Heavenly Palace, then continued toward Cloud Deep.

• Chen Yu reached Qi Cultivation Lv.6, and Shao Qingsong arrived with news of several potential residences.
• Chen Yu asked about array masters, chose to visit the Cloud Deep residence first, and gave Shao Qingsong two Spirit Stones.
• As they traveled to Nanqiao Market and boarded a Cloud Carriage, Shao Qingsong told Chen Yu about Sword Ancestor and the realms beyond Golden Core.
• Sword Ancestor’s golden radiance filled the southern sky, and a torrent of ten thousand swords returned to the Heavenly Palace.
• Chen Yu marveled at the Earth Immortal’s power, and the Cloud Carriage continued toward Cloud Deep.

Chen Yu moved into Cloud Deep, where Yang Hongli recognized the value of his star chart and agreed to revise its array design. After waking in the Slime Kingdom, Chen Yu learned that the kingdom faced a looming small demon tide and a shortage of food for its Moss Monsters, and Count Bran proposed trading with Root Language Forest.

• Chen Yu settled into a bamboo cottage at Cloud Deep and visited Yang Hongli with a star chart for an ancient array.
• Yang Hongli explained the challenge of reconstructing the Celestial Phenomenon Array, paid Chen Yu one hundred Spirit Stones for the chart, and promised a revised plan in three days.
• Chen Yu returned home and assigned his four newly born little Slimes tasks such as drawing talismans and studying swordsmanship.
• Chen Yu woke in Fortress Tree Hall during a heavy rain and gave Count Bran a warm Flame Affinity Slime to hold.
• Count Bran told Chen Yu that Knight Yano had gone to town to prepare for a small demon tide expected in about five days.
• Count Bran warned that the Moss Monsters were running short of food and suggested sending Arthur to trade with the forest goblins of Root Language Forest.

Arthur observed daily life in the Treant territory to learn what its inhabitants needed in exchange for food. After witnessing the damage caused by undead and goblin raids, he realized the territory urgently needed protection.

• Chen Yu told Arthur to observe the elves, Glimlin, Bloom, and the trees to discover what they needed.
• Arthur learned from Bloom that the forest traded Elf Scrolls and Glimlin crafts for goods such as iron tools, salt, and cloth.
• Glimlin rushed to warn Bloom and Isolde that undead and goblins were fighting near the forest.
• Arthur followed Bloom and saw the aftermath of a skirmish, including injured Treants that Isolde healed with magic.
• Bloom explained that raids from nearby undead and goblins were a constant danger and that Elf Scrolls were too scarce and valuable to use for defense.
• Arthur understood that the Treant territory needed protection most.

Chen Yu planned to trade Magic Leaves with the Treants and establish mage education for the Slime Kingdom while preparing for the minor magic tide. After the Beetle Miners found a large Gray Grit Crystal, he set out for the Obsidian Mining Area to surprise the goblins.

• As Count Bran worried that trading Magic Leaves for food would be a loss, Chen Yu explained that the Treants were important allies and that talismans cost far less to make than Magic Scrolls.
• Count Bran realized the Magic Leaves could bring a large profit and became excited about Chen Yu's plans for the kingdom.
• Chen Yu announced a plan for compulsory mage education through a Magic Tree Academy, where Slimes could learn magic and other disciplines.
• The next day, Chen Yu learned that the Beetle Miners had found a large Gray Grit Crystal before opening the passage to Root Language Forest.
• Chen Yu sent the crystal back to the territory and ventured into the Obsidian Mining Area to surprise the goblins before the magic tide.

Chen Yu used Little Fatty and Nanny Brothers to enter the slave camp, where goblins punished the slaves for an attempted escape. After seeing Anvil badly wounded and recognizing his companions as Corrupted Believers, Chen Yu devised a way to contact them and moved his slimes toward the dwarf.

• Little Fatty landed in the slave camp disguised as a rock, but the Goblin Overseer kicked it aside and demanded that the slaves identify whoever had tried to escape.
• Anvil stepped forward to protect the others, and the Goblin Overseer whipped him severely before beating several more slaves and threatening the camp.
• Kane and the other slaves secretly carried the unconscious Anvil to a shack, where Little John blamed himself for Anvil's injuries.
• Chen Yu recognized the slaves caring for Anvil as Corrupted Believers and saw an opportunity to contact them.
• Chen Yu ordered Little Fatty and Nanny Brothers to sneak through the camp toward Anvil.

Chen Yu used the Nanny Brothers to heal Anvil, who had nearly died from hunger and torture in the mine. Anvil awoke believing Morgul had given him knowledge of a trial, leaving Kane and the other Corrupted Believers stunned.

• Chen Yu sent the Nanny Brothers to Anvil and used their life energy to heal his wounds.
• Anvil relived the fall of Blackrock Bastion and his clansmen’s enslavement as he drifted toward death.
• A soft voice jolted Anvil awake, and Little John, Kane, and the other believers saw that his wounds had mostly healed.
• Anvil told the gathered believers that Morgul had bestowed knowledge on him during his despair.
• Anvil said the knowledge seemed to be a trial, shocking the Corrupted Believers.

Anvil met Chen Yu’s Slime envoys and agreed to help overthrow the Goblin Legion during an approaching beast tide, but warned that the slaves needed food. Chen Yu dug a passage to the Treant territory to open trade, then worried that Arthur would negotiate poorly.

• After Little John left, Anvil knocked on the wall and met the Nanny Brothers, who revealed they came from the Slime Kingdom of the East Swamp.
• The Nanny Brothers told Anvil that a demonic beast tide would strike in four days and that the Kingdom would support a slave uprising during the Corruption Trial.
• Anvil asked whether the Slime Kingdom could provide food for the slaves, and Chen Yu realized he needed to establish trade with the Treant territory.
• Chen Yu organized fifty beetles to dig a passage, then used magic and tree roots to reinforce it until it reached a poison-mist chamber connected to the Treant territory.
• After building defenses in the chamber, Chen Yu assessed his remaining talismans and worried that Arthur would mishandle the grain negotiations.

Arthur and Chen Yu traded Magic Leaves with Isolde and Lord Viola for food supplies and seeds, establishing a route between the Slime Kingdom and Root Language Forest. As Arthur brought the supplies home, Anvil waited in the slave camp for the Slime Kingdom’s promised relief rations.

• Isolde met Arthur and Chen Yu on Lord Viola’s behalf and asked to see goods valuable enough to interest the forest.
• Arthur offered Magic Leaves, and Chen Yu revealed that the Slime Kingdom had dug a secret tunnel to Root Language Forest.
• Beets and the disciplined Stinger Bees delivered a Magic Leaf, which Isolde tested and Lord Viola confirmed was as strong as an ordinary Magic Scroll.
• Isolde negotiated the price down to sixteen gold coins per leaf and traded fifteen leaves for three carts of food and Elf Crop Seeds.
• Arthur returned with the supplies, and Chen Yu reassured him that securing food, seeds, and a stable trade route mattered more than earning a few extra coins.
• At the Obsidian Mining Area slave camp, Anvil endured the Greenskins’ meager rations while waiting for relief supplies from the Slime Kingdom.