Recaps

Anvil received food and water from the Slime Envoys, then asked to share it with Kane and the other prisoners. The Slime Kingdom prepared to support believers willing to undergo a trial before the demon tide, while Chen Yu waited for Goblin Ripper to finish reconstructing.

• Anvil hid the truth about the Slime Kingdom from Kane and said the gods had revealed a path to face the demon tide in three days.
• Anvil fell asleep hungry, then woke when Little Fatty and the Nanny Brothers came through a hole in the rock wall with food.
• Anvil eagerly ate a roasted tuber, drank clean water, and ate a crispy Moss Monster, overwhelmed with gratitude to the Slime Kingdom.
• Anvil asked whether he could share the food with Kane and the others, and the Nanny Brothers approved and promised further supplies.
• The Nanny Brothers asked Anvil to prepare a list of believers willing to accept the trial, while Chen Yu privately relied on Goblin Ripper as a secret weapon.

Chen Yu successfully tested the Goblin Ripper Type I, while Anvil and Kane organized a secret plan to help the mine slaves escape during the coming demon tide. After Hammer Bone arrived and threatened to attack East Swamp, the Nanny Brothers reassured Anvil that their secret weapon was ready.

• Chen Yu activated the Jierluofu Ten Star Ginza formation and destroyed its targets with the Goblin Ripper’s silver beam.
• Anvil secretly gave Kane food and water, explained that a faction from East Swamp was supporting the prisoners, and urged him to escape with Little John during the demon tide.
• Kane passed news of the food and escape plan to the scattered Corrupted Believers working in the mine.
• Hammer Bone visited the mine and announced that he would attack East Swamp with the Goblin Shaman after the demon tide began.
• Kane warned Anvil about Hammer Bone, and the Nanny Brothers said their secret weapon had already been installed.

Kane’s secret food deliveries reached the Corrupted Believers, while a Mana anomaly in the Goblin fortress threatened to disrupt the rebellion. The Nanny Brothers reassured Anvil, supplied Healing Potions, and gave him a strange cannon blueprint to prepare for the coming magic tide.

• Corrupted Believers followed Kane’s instructions and received food and water delivered by beetles, deepening their faith in him.
• Kane learned from a fellow believer’s gesture that the delivery had succeeded, then overheard Goblins investigating a Mana anomaly and nearby Demonic Beasts.
• Kane told Anvil about the anomaly, and Anvil worried that it could endanger their plan.
• The Nanny Brothers brought Anvil Healing Potions and relayed the King’s instruction to stick to the original plan.
• The Nanny Brothers gave Anvil a carved Gray Grit Crystal, Magic Paper, and a blueprint for a device they said could help against Goblins.

Chen Yu discovered Earth Elementals overrunning the Obsidian Mining Area, gained Earth Affinity and Energy Storage by devouring their cores, and escaped with his avatars. As the Goblins locked down the slave camp, Anvil agreed to launch their escape plan ahead of schedule.

• Chen Yu found an Earth Elemental in the mine passage, destroyed its rocky body, and had the Nanny Brothers devour its crystal core.
• Chen Yu’s avatars hunted more Earth Elementals chewing Gray Grit Crystal, gaining Earth Affinity and Energy Storage as their Spiritual Power dwindled.
• A swarm of Earth Elementals flooded the passage, forcing Chen Yu’s avatars to flee through the narrow tunnel and order the Demonic Beast units to retreat.
• Kane noticed Goblin Warriors rushing deeper into the fortress and learned that Goblin Overseers had sealed the slave camp.
• Kane told Anvil that the Goblins’ distraction created a chance to act, and Anvil accepted the Slime Envoy’s support and ordered the operation to begin immediately.

Kane began Morgul’s trial while Anvil’s staged madness signaled the Corrupted Believers to prepare for rebellion. As the trial unleashed Kane’s fury over Lina’s death and the camp erupted into chaos, Anvil fought the goblins to protect him, until Kane burst from the hut transformed by grayish-purple mist.

• Anvil feigned madness to signal the Corrupted Believers, who withdrew to prepare for the trial.
• Kane sacrificed his ring finger to Morgul and was dragged into a vision of Lina’s death, where he charged the goblin phantom in a rage.
• Anvil and Little John began setting up the magic formation as Kane’s screams drew Goblin Overseers toward the huts.
• The Corrupted Believers sparked fights among the slaves to distract the goblins, and Anvil attacked the guards to protect the trial.
• Anvil fought off goblins with a hammer, recovering from his wounds through the Slime’s Healing Spell, but reinforcements arrived.
• Kane burst from the hut through the torn curtain, shrouded in grayish-purple mist, and charged the goblins.

Kane and the escaped slaves fought back after several believers passed Morgul’s trial, but Hammer Bone’s arrival forced them to retreat into the slave camp. Anvil used Chen Yu’s silver-light formation to blast the goblins and stagger Hammer Bone, but the formation ran out of energy, and Chen Yu asked Anvil to throw him toward the enemy to buy time.

• Kane and Anvil joined the newly advanced mage and warrior in leading the slaves’ counterattack, while Chen Yu received the Chaos Missionary title.
• Anvil urged Kane to lead the believers and slaves toward the fortress exit, but goblin reinforcements and Hammer Bone forced them to retreat into the slave camp.
• Anvil activated the jade talisman and Gray Grit Crystal formation, blasting the goblin ranks and knocking Hammer Bone off its feet.
• Hammer Bone endured another cannon blast, and the formation’s Gray Grit Crystals crumbled before Anvil could fire again.
• Kane charged at Hammer Bone to hold it off, while Chen Yu told Anvil to throw him toward the Bear Goblin so he could buy time.

Anvil and Chen Yu used Chaotic Preaching to turn Hammer Bone against the goblins, allowing the slaves to escape the fortress. Their flight was interrupted by creatures pouring from a planar rift, but the Demonic Beast army arrived as they faced another Stone Giant.

• Kane and the believers fought Hammer Bone, but his strength overwhelmed them until the mage blinded him and Anvil arrived.
• Anvil threw Chen Yu at Hammer Bone, and Chen Yu used Chaotic Preaching and the Beast Stupefaction Technique to make Hammer Bone repent and order the goblins to let the slaves leave.
• Hammer Bone told Chen Yu that a planar rift had opened near the main mine shaft, and monsters erupted from the mining area as the group reached the fortress gates.
• Anvil led the slaves out of the fortress while earth creatures attacked the goblins, but a Stone Giant formed in their path and then suddenly burst apart.
• A giant boar carrying a Slime and a crow appeared with the Demonic Beast army behind it.

Chen Yu’s demonic beast army seized the Obsidian Mining Area, defeated its defenders, and drove off a giant earthworm. After freeing the slaves and gaining Anvil as a companion, Chen Yu prepared to explore the mining area’s depths and investigate the Planar Rift.

• Anvil and Kane joined Chen Yu’s army as it advanced into the Obsidian Mining Area, where Pei Qi and the Stinger Bee soldiers routed the goblins and Earth Elemental creatures.
• A giant earthworm burst from the ground and scattered the Self-Destructing Bee Soldiers, but Anvil and Kane used Goblin Ripper cannons to wound it and force it to retreat.
• Chen Yu ordered the army to secure the mining area, gather spoils, and begin mining after acquiring Earth Softening and Earth Hardening talents from crystal cores.
• Chen Yu declared the rescued slaves free; most departed, while Anvil stayed and Kane and two believers temporarily joined before leaving to escort Little John and attend to their dead companions.
• Chen Yu created three Earthwork Slimes to build a temporary fortress, then set out with Anvil to explore the mining area’s depths and investigate the Planar Rift.

Chen Yu used the Black Copper Ring to contract with a group of Earth Elementals by tempting them with glowing ore, then followed Anvil deeper into the mine. They found the route to the main mining area blocked by an enormous, exceptionally hard boulder that fascinated Anvil as a possible source of forging material.

• Anvil guided Chen Yu through the ruined Copperfire Clan mines and explained how goblins had destroyed the clan’s former home.
• Chen Yu scared off a Stone Ball Monster with Vaporous Illusion after the little Earth Elementals tricked it into turning away.
• Anvil recognized Chen Yu’s Black Copper Ring as the Copperfire Clan’s heirloom, Earth’s Whisper, and learned that it had been found in the bat boss’s stomach.
• Chen Yu used glowing Spirit Stones to win over the little Earth Elementals, and the Black Copper Ring dissolved after their contract formed.
• The Earth Elementals told Chen Yu that a strange boulder blocked the way ahead, and Anvil discovered that it was as hard as metal when he struck it with his Battle Axe.

Chen Yu returned from the mining area with a large haul, and the Slime Kingdom’s defenses repelled the demonic tide with little trouble. With resources secured and the Goblin Legion mysteriously absent, he began planning specialized careers to develop the kingdom’s slime population.

• Chen Yu returned to the East Swamp fortress with Count Bran and the Demonic Beast army, while Anvil stayed behind to guard the reclaimed mining area.
• Arthur defeated an undead force attacking the fortress and then welcomed Chen Yu’s returning party through the rain.
• The demonic tide attacked the next day, but the Goblin Ripper array and Self-Destructing Bee Soldiers stopped the beasts before they could reach the fortress walls.
• Chen Yu learned the expedition had brought back 245 Gray Grit Crystals and a large quantity of ores, weapons, and equipment, while the goblins had vanished from the mining area.
• Chen Yu began planning specialized slime professions, including Agronomists, Engineers, Mages, and Artillerymen, to strengthen the kingdom’s food production, construction, magic, and defenses.

Chen Yu discovered that Little Flower could stamp talismans, then learned that rumors of a mysterious Demonic Beast force in the East Swamp were spreading among adventurers. At Cracked Stone Pass, Legion Commander Cracked Tooth planned to use human mercenaries against the Swamp and Viola while the Goblin Legion investigated a petrified Dragon buried in its mine.

• Little Flower showed Chen Yu how she stamped talismans onto Magic Paper, easing the territory’s shortage of talisman makers.
• Yano reported that adventurers were spreading news of a mysterious Demonic Beast force and lost treasures in the East Swamp; Chen Yu sent him to gather information at the Outpost Ruins.
• Chen Yu equipped Yano with stealth, illusion, defensive talismans, and a Little Fatty before sending him back toward the Outpost Ruins.
• Cracked Tooth rebuked Hammer Bone for letting slaves escape and refused his offer to lead an attack on the East Swamp.
• Cracked Tooth said human mercenaries would clear the way against the East Swamp and that Viola would face plague, then looked down at a huge petrified Dragon in the ruined mine.

Steel Mud served as a gunner atop the fortress wall and helped the Metal Slimes operate its Artillery Arrays. When three mercenaries sent by Blackfang discovered the fortress, the defenders overwhelmed them and forced them to surrender.

• Steel Mud patrolled the fortress wall, inspected an Artillery Array, and supplied it with stored energy.
• Barr, Rex, and Hank crossed the Swamp to confirm the fortress’s location for Blackfang.
• The mercenaries spotted the Metal Slimes and the cannons, but Steel Mud’s companions detected them as they tried to withdraw.
• The Artillery Arrays bombarded the mercenaries while Stinger Bees cut off their escape.
• The fifth cannon shot wounded Hank, and Barr surrendered with Rex and Hank surrounded by the bees.

Chen Yu and Yano traveled to the Outpost Ruins camp to investigate the Black Fang Mercenary Group, which had hired scouts to probe the Swamp fortress. There, Yano followed a suspicious man and discovered that he was Kane, who recognized Chen Yu.

• Black Fang scouts judged the Swamp forces a serious threat after their probe failed and recommended raising their danger rating to A-rank.
• Chen Yu learned that the captured Skullcrusher squad had been hired by Black Fang and decided to gather intelligence about the mercenary group.
• Yano told Chen Yu that the Lizardfolk were driving adventurers away from the Swamp, and Chen Yu planned a trip to the Outpost Ruins camp.
• Yano and Chen Yu traveled to the camp, where Yano used Vaporous Illusion to disguise himself after attracting attention.
• Yano followed a hooded man who was asking about the Swamp, but the man confronted him with a dagger before recognizing Chen Yu as His Majesty.

Chen Yu reunited with Kane in the Outpost Ruins and learned why Kane’s group had been hiding there, as well as the Black Fang Mercenary Group’s growing power and its Bloody Scroll scheme. After hearing about a guarded warehouse near Skullcrusher Path, Chen Yu agreed with Yano to investigate it.

• Kane recognized Chen Yu, led him and Yano to a hidden room, and explained that his group had stayed in the Outpost Ruins because the route to the Wuhan Port Merchant Alliance was dangerous and Black Fang was hunting them.
• Yano explained the Wuhan Port Merchant Alliance’s background and strict rules for mercenaries seeking entry to its city-states.
• Kane told Chen Yu that Black Fang had taken over local gray industries and was working with forbidden-knowledge mages, possibly Vampires, to mass-produce low-cost Bloody Scrolls.
• Kane warned that Black Fang’s main forces and secret markets were scattered throughout the ruins and tunnels of The Gloomy Lands, beyond the reach of a simple strike at its Outpost Ruins stations.
• One of Kane’s followers reported that Black Fang guarded a temporary warehouse near Skullcrusher Path, where newly arrived Bloody Scrolls were stored.
• Yano proposed checking the warehouse, Chen Yu agreed, and Kane began to suspect that Yano was the adventurer who had destroyed Rusty Keys.

Chen Yu, Yano, and Kane watched three unknown assassins raid a Black Fang warehouse and steal crates of scrolls. Yano followed them and revealed Stoneborn-like powers, leaving the assassins baffled about his identity.

• Yano, Kane, and Chen Yu found the Black Fang warehouse guarded by sentries, a warning Magic Array, and spellcasters.
• Three assassins killed the guards, triggered the alarm while raiding the warehouse, and fled with crates of scrolls in a horse-drawn cart.
• Black Fang mercenaries pursued the assassins, but the three revealed their Stoneborn skin and escaped into the ruins with most of the scrolls.
• Chen Yu sent Yano after the assassins and told Kane to return to the stronghold.
• When an assassin attacked him, Yano caught the poisoned dagger with his hardened hand, prompting the assassins to mistake him for Henry before realizing they did not know him.

Yano and Chen Yu escaped the Black Fang Mercenary Group with three stonekin assassins, then learned they all belonged to House of Belmont. Yano agreed to travel with them toward Belmont Castle, where they hoped the ancestor could explain his origins, while the group remained several days from their destination.

• Lyon, Ella, and Max fled into The Gloomy Lands with Yano, and Ella used Shadow Glide to evade the pursuing mercenaries.
• At a concealed cabin, Chen Yu revealed his strength by firing a stone shortsword, and Yano fought the three stonekin until they called a halt.
• The three identified themselves as Belmonts, and Yano introduced himself as Yano Belmont from Iron Boot Town.
• Lyon urged Yano to return with them to Belmont Castle, and Yano agreed after Chen Yu gave his approval.
• The group set out toward the castle through the ruins, learning they would need to pass through gargoyle-occupied Gor and travel at least four or five more days.

Chen Yu approved Anvil’s plan to improve the Artillery Arrays and proposed mounting them on Earth Elemental Giants, while Anvil set off to seek funds and supplies. After Arthur returned with food, he reported that Plague Poison Wind from the Goblin Legion was mutating plants in the Treant territory and brought Chen Yu two Mana-infused beans from Viola.

• Anvil visited Chen Yu with the Earth Elementals, asked to rebuild a forging workshop, and proposed mobile cannon bases with sliding crystal slots.
• Chen Yu approved Anvil’s improvements and suggested embedding Artillery Arrays into Earth Elemental Giants as mobile cannons.
• Anvil hurried to seek funding from Count Bran and procure supplies, while Chen Yu completed the talismans and installed the sixth Artillery Array.
• Arthur returned from the Treant territory with food and reported that Plague Poison Wind was mutating its plants.
• Arthur gave Chen Yu two Mana-infused beans that Viola had sent with a request for help.

Chen Yu led Slime Kingdom forces to help Viola’s territory contain the Goblin Legion’s poison and corrupted beasts, while Isolde and Arthur held the forest defenses. After the army defeated a giant Man-eating Flower grown from a mysterious seed, Chen Yu devoured its Magic Organ and began incubating an unidentified talent.

• Chen Yu tasted a raw Magic Pea Pod, discovered he could record plant Demonic Beast traits, and agreed to send Slime Kingdom forces to help Viola in exchange for supplies.
• Isolde’s squad repelled Goblin lackeys, but the fleeing Goblin Shaman unleashed a stronger Plague Poison Wind that threatened the forest fields.
• Arthur and Chen Yu arrived with reinforcements; Chen Yu gained Pea Shooter, Repairing Mucus, and Soil Improvement while the defenders held the line.
• Captain Beet led the Stinger Bees in clearing corrupted Demonic Beasts as the beetles and Metal Slimes deployed their artillery array.
• The Goblin Shaman grew a giant Man-eating Flower from a Sacred Object seed, but the Slime artillery, Isolde, and Arthur destroyed it.
• Arthur brought Chen Yu the Man-eating Flower’s Magic Organ, and Chen Yu began incubating an unnamed trait.

Chen Yu gained the Promote Growth talent and negotiated a preliminary defense-and-grain agreement with Viola’s territory, while learning that the sprout inside him was tied to a god-devoured alchemical tree. At Cracked Stone Pass, Rex’s mercenaries planned an attack on East Swamp as Hammer Bone rejected reports that Slimes commanded its forces.

• Chen Yu discovered a sprout inside his body and gained Promote Growth after devouring Magic Vine traits, then considered using it with Soil Improvement to grow crops and Spirit Medicine.
• Chen Yu proposed an alliance of mutual offense and defense to Viola, and Isolde agreed to lead an inspection visit to the Slime Kingdom in three days; some Slime forces would remain to help defend the Treant territory.
• Viola warned Chen Yu that the sprout’s seed came from an alchemical tree whose fragments had been devoured by gods, and urged him to keep it secret.
• Rex challenged Hammer Bone’s claim that East Swamp’s cannons could fire only four times, and the Goblin Shaman reported seeing them fire repeatedly while Slimes fought alongside the Treants.
• Hammer Bone rejected the Shaman’s claim that an Undead Knight ruled East Swamp, while Rex told his mercenaries to prepare to move once their Magic Scrolls arrived and to watch for the Knight.

Yano and three Stonekin encountered Black Fang’s vampire Vladimir in the Gore Ruins, then fled into Gargoyle territory, where Chen Yu helped them fight. A mysterious girl rescued them from the Gargoyles and recognized Yano as an outsider Stone-Descendant.

• Chen Yu learned that the Black Fang Mercenary Group served the Vampire Grand Dukes, and Yano overheard Vladimir ordering scrolls sent to the Outpost Ruins to deal with the East Swamp trouble.
• Vladimir ambushed Yano, Lyon, Ella, and Max, but Chen Yu awakened and used spells and stone swords to help drive him back.
• The four fled into ancient ruins, where a Gargoyle petrified mercenaries and chased them; Chen Yu blasted it with a magic explosion but was left weakened.
• Two more Gargoyles cornered the group, and a mysterious girl swiftly beheaded them before Ella tearfully greeted her as her aunt.
• The girl learned that Yano was an outsider Stone-Descendant and reacted with surprise that an ancestor’s descendant had returned.

Yano learned that his Belmont ancestors left Gore to seek a cure for Petrification Disease, while Nili investigated his unusual resistance to the curse. Back in the Swamp, Chen Yu woke, tested his Bat Wings, and surveyed his territory before planning to expand its Spirit Gathering Arrays and improve his Dao techniques.

• Nili told Yano that his ancestors and the Stonekin of Gore shared a lineage, and that his ancestors left to find a way to cure Petrification Disease.
• Nili examined Yano after Ella explained that he still bore the curse, and judged him unusually healthy as he petrified himself before her.
• Chen Yu woke after losing contact with his distant clone, gave talismans to the Metal Slime for a ninth Artillery Array, and successfully flew with Bat Wings.
• Metal Slimes watched Chen Yu fly over the territory, while Count Bran mistook him for a flying monster and dropped his Gray Grit Crystal.
• Chen Yu surveyed the farms and experimental herb fields, then recognized that his territory lacked enough spiritual energy to recharge its Gray Grit Crystal.
• Chen Yu decided to ask Senior Brother to modify Spirit Gathering Arrays and resolved to strengthen his Dao techniques before confronting the Vampire in The Gloomy Lands.

Chen Yu helped Little Card awaken fiery breath and bat wings, allowing it to fly and earn the Pseudo-Dragon Species title. Meanwhile, the Treant territory delegation reached the Slime village, where its members spotted a dragonlike figure approaching in the sky.

• Chen Yu bought Water Arrow Technique and Grass and Trees Become Soldiers, then copied Yang Hongli’s array materials for Little Flower to study.
• Count Bran asked Chen Yu for leave before the Treant delegation arrived, warned him about an unknown flying Demonic Beast, and flew west.
• Chen Yu found Little Card overheating in the swamp; after it released fire qi, he recognized that it had gained a fire-element ability and was evolving.
• Chen Yu gave Little Card Bat Wings and Flame Affinity talents, and Little Card learned to fly and use powerful Dragon Breath, earning the Pseudo-Dragon Species title.
• Arthur guided Isolde, Old Bloom, five elven inspectors, and fifteen Glimlins through the passage into the Slime village, where they observed the Slimes’ organized society and welcoming ceremony.
• An elven ranger spotted a dragonlike figure approaching the delegation from the sky.

Chen Yu welcomed Isolde’s delegation to the Slime Kingdom, where the elves inspected its defenses and bustling settlement. He developed new Dao arts and a psychic communication network, then learned from Yano that the Black Fang Mercenary Group was gathering to threaten their territory.

• Chen Yu greeted Isolde’s delegation from atop Little Card, then left Arthur to guide the visitors through the territory.
• Isolde’s delegation inspected the castle, its Artillery Arrays, and the orderly Slime settlement before settling into temporary treehouse lodgings.
• Chen Yu advanced the Water Arrow Technique and learned Grass and Trees Become Soldiers, then considered using talismans to create a Rune Oak Guardian.
• Chen Yu’s Splitting Proliferation reached Lv.5, allowing him to distribute blank clones as communicators and appoint a Strategist Slime to relay messages.
• In Gore, Yano woke Chen Yu’s Slime clone and warned him that members of the Black Fang Mercenary Group were gathering at the Outpost Ruins to target their territory.

Chen Yu learned that the Black Fang Mercenary Group was preparing to attack and put the Slime Kingdom on war footing. At the mining district, Anvil successfully activated a prototype Demonic Beast cannon built onto an Earth Elemental Giant, leaving the kingdom with a powerful new weapon for the coming battle.

• Yano showed Chen Yu intelligence on the Black Fang Mercenary Group, and they discussed using a mobile assassin squad to disrupt its heavily armored formation.
• Chen Yu let Yano accompany Nili to the Stonekin's ancient castle, then ordered the territory into war preparedness after learning an attack could come within days.
• Arthur informed Isolde that the mercenaries were approaching, and she offered the elves' help as allies while Arthur arranged for Old Bloom and the Glimlins to shelter in the castle.
• Chen Yu visited the mining district and watched Anvil assemble the Demonic Beast cannon from an Earth Elemental Giant, metal parts, Gray Grit Crystals, and talismans.
• Chen Yu installed the crystal talisman, and the cannon's array lit up successfully on its first test.

The Black Fang Mercenary Group prepared to invade the Slime Kingdom under Calvin’s command, while Chen Yu and his allies received intelligence on the approaching force. As the defenders assembled their army at the fortress, Chen Yu hinted that he had a backup plan but did not reveal it.

• Calvin briefed the Black Fang squad captains on their route and formation, and said he would personally handle the suspected Undead Knight.
• Rex dismissed Calvin’s rigid attitude and told a subordinate that a third Planar Rift had appeared in The Gloomy Lands, drawing Elite Professionals away from the campaign.
• Chen Yu’s beetle scouts secretly relayed the mercenaries’ deployment and equipment details to the Swamp Fortress.
• Isolde warned Chen Yu that Calvin was a dangerous Elite Professional and that Black Fang’s shields and Protection Scrolls could counter the fortress’s Magic Crystal Cannons, but Chen Yu said they had a backup plan.
• Chen Yu and the elves gathered at the Training Ground as hundreds of Stinger Bees, beetles, Pei Qi, Little Card, and Slimes prepared to defend the fortress.