Chapter Summaries

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.

Calvin led the Black Fang Mercenary Group through the swamp toward the fortress, where Chen Yu’s forces used scouts, illusionary formations, and explosive Slime gel to wear them down. After surviving thirteen formations and several traps, the battered mercenaries reached the fortress, furious and eager to attack.

• Calvin rallied the mercenaries to obey orders and survive for the bounty before leading them into the swamp.
• Rex and other scouts discovered gel-capped beetles, and Calvin realized the Demonic Beasts had been monitoring the corps.
• Chen Yu ordered the beetle scouts to retreat while Isolde and Chen Yu prepared traps along the mercenaries’ route.
• Calvin’s mages dispelled illusionary formations, but buried explosive Slime gel injured several thieves and forced the corps to spend protection supplies.
• After passing the thirteenth illusionary formation, Calvin and the mercenaries reached the fortress and prepared to attack.

Chen Yu’s defenders fought Calvin’s mercenary expedition with bees, cannons, and elven magic, but the attackers endured the assault and pushed toward the wall. Chen Yu then sent an Earth Elemental Giant armed with a Goblin Ripper into their rear, leaving the expedition force under attack from both sides.

• Calvin ordered the mercenaries to attack, and Chen Yu sent Stinger Bees to meet their advance.
• The mercenaries endured the bees’ explosive stingers and volleys from six Artillery Arrays, then counterattacked as Chen Yu’s Sprayer Bee Soldiers and Isolde’s elves defended the wall.
• After more than a dozen cannon volleys, the Artillery Arrays ran low on energy, and Calvin ordered a full assault that destroyed two of them.
• Chen Yu revealed an Earth Elemental Giant fitted with a Goblin Ripper, which fired into the expedition force from behind.
• Assassin Bee Soldiers ambushed the rear sentries, and Calvin ordered his troops to split their attention between the giant and the wall.

Chen Yu’s defenders unleashed Pea Qi, Little Card, and Arthur against Calvin’s mercenary regiment, turning the assault into a chaotic battle. Arthur confronted Calvin and was recognized, but he did not remember him.

• Chen Yu animated and enhanced a Magic Pea plant, which attacked the mercenaries before they destroyed it; the Earth Elemental Giant split into small elementals and escaped concentrated fire.
• Calvin strengthened his mercenaries with Bloodlust and Bear’s Tenacity, then led their advance toward the city wall despite his growing suspicion that the defenders had more trump cards.
• Pei Qi burst through the city gate and smashed into the mercenary shield wall while Little Card’s Lava Breath burned the rear ranks, causing the mercenaries’ morale to falter.
• Calvin awakened his Gray Eagle power and struck Little Card down with Gray Eagle Slash, but the Earth Elementals carried Little Card away to safety.
• Chen Yu ordered Arthur to test Calvin, and Arthur’s attack revealed the Arevalo emblem on his armor; Calvin recognized Arthur and confronted him, but Arthur asked who he was.

Arthur recovered his forgotten Frost Wolf power and defeated Calvin, ending their long rivalry in battle. He spared Calvin for judgment by Chen Yu, whom he insisted Calvin address as His Majesty the King.

• Calvin recognized Arthur as his former rival and unleashed four Knight Trials, overwhelming him with wind, speed, defense, and battle intent.
• Arthur recalled his past as the Arevalo Family’s youngest Frost Wolf Knight and summoned a frost sword through the Frost Wolf Trial.
• Calvin charged with a decisive Gray Eagle Slash, but Arthur froze and shattered the attack, then knocked him down and held the frost sword over him.
• Calvin accepted defeat and asked Arthur to give him a Knight’s ending, but Arthur said His Majesty would judge his crimes.
• Calvin questioned Arthur for serving a Slime, and Arthur told him to address Chen Yu as His Majesty the King.

After defeating the Black Fang Mercenary Group, Chen Yu secured an alliance with the Treant territory and discovered a second mysterious seed. Calvin then revealed that Arthur had been killed after uncovering a secret trade between Border Guard Legion Knights and the Goblin Legion, which served the demon Casaric.

• Chen Yu ordered the captured mercenaries imprisoned and put to work, while Arthur reported that he and Calvin had each passed four trials.
• Chen Yu collected the mercenaries’ spoils and absorbed a second seed that triggered the same talent incubation, leaving him one seed short.
• Chen Yu imprisoned Calvin separately, and Isolde agreed to an offensive and defensive alliance that would supply food to the Slime Kingdom.
• Isolde returned to the Treant territory with an escort of Stinger Bees and beetles, while Chen Yu planned to expand into the West Marsh and deeper dungeon.
• Calvin told Chen Yu that he and Arthur had discovered Border Guard Legion Knights trading with the Goblin Legion at the Outpost Ruins, and that a demon named Casaric controlled the Goblins and their mining of orichalcum gemstones.

Arthur remembered that he had hidden the Crown of Ignis with Belly Brooks and asked Chen Yu to let him retrieve it for a coronation tied to the King's Trial. Count Bran returned with another seed, revealed that it came from the dangerous World Tree in a Bottle, and agreed to accompany Arthur to the White Horse Kingdom; Chen Yu ate the seed and was left wondering how to test the growing sapling inside him.

• Arthur recalled that he had entrusted the Crown of Ignis to Belly Brooks and explained that the crown could prove a king’s legitimacy in the King's Trial.
• Arthur asked Chen Yu to let him return to the White Horse Kingdom and retrieve the crown, but Chen Yu waited for Count Bran’s advice.
• Count Bran returned with a seed and warned Chen Yu that it came from the World Tree in a Bottle, a perilous alchemical creation sought by powerful beings.
• Chen Yu swallowed Bran’s seed, causing the sapling inside him to grow, though he noticed only increased vitality and gained the talent Xixiulong: First of the Series.
• Chen Yu agreed to send Count Bran with Arthur after a few days of preparation, and Bran eagerly went to tell Arthur.
• After Bran left, Chen Yu studied the sapling and decided he needed to test whether it had any special effects.

Chen Yu discovered that Bountiful Soil could permanently enrich land and stack with Promote Growth, allowing Slime Agronomists to cultivate Zeyarila’s first two Spirit Medicines. Meanwhile, mercenaries in Ashstone Fortress learned that Black Fang’s corps had been wiped out and Calvin captured, and they chased the fleeing goblins who had supplied false intelligence.

• Chen Yu used Bountiful Soil on barren ground, then discovered it stacked with Promote Growth and accelerated plant growth without consuming extra fertilizer.
• Chen Yu applied Bountiful Soil and Promote Growth to the experimental fields, where the Slime Agronomists’ Giant Frog Fungus and Moonlight Moss produced the first two true Spirit Medicines in Zeyarila.
• Chen Yu decided he would need pill formulas and cultivation knowledge to make full use of the Spirit Medicines.
• At Ashstone Fortress, Black Crow received a message reporting that Black Fang’s corps had been wiped out and Calvin captured by a drake and an Undead Knight.
• The mercenaries accused the goblins of misleading them about the target’s rank, and the goblins fled toward Cracked Stone Pass on Lizard Mounts.
• Tock chased the goblins, demanding payment for his winning wager.

Chen Yu broke through to Silver Lv.7 and gained Gelatinous Mimicry, then helped Arthur prepare to travel with Count Bran and Calvin to seek the Crown of Ignis. After they departed, Chen Yu turned his attention to the icy Planar Rift in West Marsh.

• Chen Yu reached Qi Cultivation Lv.7 and Silver Lv.7, awakened Gelatinous Mimicry, and learned from Count Bran about a cold Planar Rift near West Marsh.
• Isolde returned with food and delivered Viola's letter to Arthur, who learned that the Sunpetal Daisy and raven tail feather were key to the Trial of Nature.
• Arthur and Calvin agreed to seek the Crown of Ignis together, while Count Bran prepared to accompany them.
• Chen Yu used a small Slime to disguise Arthur's skull as a human face, then sent Arthur, Calvin, and Count Bran off with supplies.
• After they left, Chen Yu planned to investigate the West Marsh Planar Rift and its ice-and-snow Demonic Beasts.

Casimir learned that Calvin Douglas had been captured by the force in East Swamp and was ordered by Salazar to seek contact with it. Meanwhile, Chen Yu explored a nearby Planar Rift with Isolde and discovered a Lizardfolk kneeling in the snow beyond it.

• Casimir and Deng Lun found a petrified mercenary in a coffin and suspected he had been caught in the Gor Ruins.
• Deng Lun received word that Calvin Douglas had been defeated and captured, and that Salazar had raised the target's bounty to S-Rank.
• Deng Lun told Casimir that Salazar wanted him to appease the force in East Swamp and establish contact, so Casimir agreed to go.
• Chen Yu traveled with Isolde, Little Card, and Pei Qi to investigate a Planar Rift, while Viola sent a temporary spirit projection to accompany them.
• Chen Yu sent a Flame Affinity Slime through the Rift, endured the extreme cold, and found a scale-covered humanoid Lizardfolk kneeling in the snow.

Seja entered the Ice Elemental Plane to seek an Ice Elemental creature for her transformation trial, but after making contact with a wary Ice Wolf, she found the plane empty on her next visit. A fiery unknown being struck her consciousness and revealed itself as someone who recognized her.

• Seja healed an injured hunter, and the old shaman gave her an Everfrost Orchid and warned her about the dangers of entering the Ice Elemental Plane.
• Semiya worried about Seja's safety, but Seja ate a petal and sent her consciousness into the Ice Elemental Plane.
• Seja failed to communicate with several Ice Elemental creatures, then found a curious young Ice Wolf and memorized its energy frequency before returning to her body.
• After resting, Seja returned to find the plane empty, then saw a fiery cluster of light rush toward her.
• Seja called out for the Evil God to spare her, but the being enveloped her in familiar warmth and asked, "Seja?"