Chapter Summaries

Zi Di discovered Lan Zao had the Silver-level Fish Maw Bloodline while an assassin attacked the Triangular Love Affair Ship and stole equipment. After the dragonman youth returned, Zi Di told him the stolen Gold-level equipment had been traced to the slums, and they prepared to carry out their plan.

• Zi Di cultivated with soul crystals and undead spells, sensing that she was close to reaching Black Iron-level as an undead mage.
• Zi Di completed Lan Zao’s blood test and identified his bloodline as the Silver-level Fish Maw Bloodline.
• A poisoned attack exposed the alchemical puppet aboard the Triangular Love Affair Ship, and the mysterious assassin escaped with treasures after an attempted bombing was stopped.
• The dragonman youth learned the ship had been burgled and Old Zhong and Hong Teng were reported dead, then rushed back to the docks and ordered an investigation.
• Zi Di met the dragonman youth in the captain’s cabin and revealed that the stolen Gold-level equipment was concentrated in the slums, where the assassin might also be hiding.
• The dragonman youth agreed to proceed with the plan they had discussed.

The Dragon Lion Mercenary Group weighed the risks of working with Snowbird Port’s City Lord while preparing for Hua Tang and the Stab Knife Gang. They agreed to exploit the City Lord’s resources cautiously and considered ways to detect intruders, leaving Bai Ya’s trap idea met with encouragement.

• Zong Ge and Zi Di discussed Hua Tang’s strength and the difficulty of preparing defenses against him.
• Zi Di warned that Snowbird Port’s City Lord might be secretly allied with the Stab Knife Gang, and the dragonman youth agreed that the invitation could be a trap.
• San Dao argued that the group should take the opportunity to gain a foothold and resources in the Ice Sculpture Kingdom, and Lan Zao agreed that the City Lord’s supplies could benefit them.
• Zi Di cautioned that purchased Gold-level equipment could be counterfeit or tampered with, making it dangerous to use against Teng Donglang.
• Bai Ya proposed adding concealment and anti-reconnaissance spells to their puppets and traps to detect intruders, and the dragonman youth and Zi Di encouraged him.

The Dragonman Youth and his allies debated how to deal with Hua Tang, a Gold-level assassin who might infiltrate their dock. He accepted Zong Ge’s plan to let Hua Tang steal a disguised tracking device, then follow him and confront him away from their ships.

• Zi Di warned that Mermaid's Fairy Tale was running low on divine power, while Fei She argued they should avoid exposing Hua Tang and turning the dock into a battlefield.
• Zong Ge proposed planting a disguised tracking device among valuables, letting Hua Tang take it, and tracing him after he left the dock so they could rely on the Snowbird Port City Lord as an ally.
• Zong Ge challenged the Dragonman Youth to accept the risks and limits of leadership, explaining that trigger-based traps could not reliably stop Hua Tang and that any sacrifices had to serve a purpose.
• The Dragonman Youth admitted he was too weak and had been too cautious, accepted Zong Ge’s plan, and asked the others whether they would support it.
• Lan Zao, Big Guy, San Dao, Zi Di, Fei She, Bai Ya, Mu Ban, and Que Shan all agreed to carry out the strategy.

Dragon Garment treated the apparent attack on the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group as a staged success and learned that Lan Zao’s fish maw bloodline was silver-level. He sought the City Lord’s help investigating the assassin, and the two headed to the Mage Tower to pursue clues.

• Dragon Garment rushed back to the docks after hearing that an assassin had attacked the Triangular Love Affair Ship, then recognized Hong Teng and Old Zhong as alchemical puppets and showed no real concern over the losses.
• Dragon Garment secretly met Zi Di and learned that Lan Zao’s fish maw bloodline was silver-level, though the group needed an alchemist to build a Bloodline Purification Array.
• Dragon Garment asked Zong Ge, the Mage Leader, and the City Guard commander to hold the flagship while he sought help from the City Lord.
• The City Lord received Dragon Garment and asked whether Hua Tang had committed the attack; Dragon Garment said the assassin’s identity was unconfirmed and requested an investigation.
• The City Lord agreed to investigate and led Dragon Garment into the Mage Tower at the docks.

The Snowbird Port City Lord and the dragonman youth watched the mage tower’s processed footage of the assassin’s attack on the Triangular Love Affair Ship. By comparing the assassin’s aura with traces left by Hua Tang, the tower began revealing his identity, ending with a silver fox mask.

• The Snowbird Port City Lord brought the dragonman youth to the mage tower’s core level to investigate the mysterious assassin.
• The mage tower master showed footage of the assassin infiltrating the Triangular Love Affair Ship and escaping after an explosion.
• The dragonman youth watched Chi Lai shoot the escaping figure while Gang Lie and the water boars pursued him into the sea.
• The mage tower master explained that the aura algorithm had reconstructed the assassin’s outline and equipment from recorded auras.
• The tower spirit compared the figure’s aura with Hua Tang’s lingering aura, and the figure’s face transformed into a silver fox mask.

The Snowbird Port City Lord tried to persuade the dragonman youth to join his campaign against the Stab Knife Gang, arguing that the suspected Hua Tang’s ties to the gang made it their weakness. The dragonman youth refused and chose to leave port with the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group, while keeping their trade deal intact.

• The Mage Tower Master’s calculation revealed only a Silver Fox Mask, leaving the suspected assassin’s identity as Hua Tang unconfirmed and impossible to track.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord urged the dragonman youth to attack the Stab Knife Gang, claiming the gang’s connection to Hua Tang made offense their best defense.
• The dragonman youth said he needed time to consider the proposal and returned to the Triangular Love Affair Ship with the City Lord.
• Aboard the ship, the dragonman youth declined to fight the Stab Knife Gang, citing his group’s losses and lack of strength against the gang.
• The dragonman youth announced that the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group would leave port but continue its trade, with the next two handovers to be rearranged.

The Dragonman Youth negotiated with the Snowbird Port City Lord, refusing to stay for his Heroic Duel with Teng Donglang and using the possibility of abandoning the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group to gain leverage. The City Lord offered broad business connections, but warned that Ice Hearts were tightly controlled, and the chapter ended as he examined the Youth’s list of demands.

• The Dragonman Youth rejected the Snowbird Port City Lord’s pressure to remain for the Heroic Duel, arguing that his group could leave Snowbird Port and operate under other identities.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord admitted he needed the Dragonman Youth’s help to seize an opportunity to defeat the Stab Knife Gang before his term ended.
• The City Lord offered to use his connections to help the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group sell arms throughout the Ice Sculpture Kingdom and meet important royal family members.
• The Dragonman Youth requested Ice Hearts, but the Snowbird Port City Lord explained that the royal family controlled even secondary-quality supplies and treated unauthorized trade as treason.
• The Dragonman Youth handed over a list of demands, and the City Lord found that its key items included a Silver-level magic energy ship and a white dragon with related alchemy materials.

The Dragonman Youth negotiated with the Snowbird Port City Lord over the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group’s needs, securing access to retired silver-level magic energy ships and agreeing to substitute sub-dragons and dragon beasts for white dragons. The city lord also proposed hiring silver-level alchemists through strict contracts, offering a way to obtain Ice Sculpture Art expertise and advance the group’s plans for a Bloodline Purification Array.

• The Snowbird Port City Lord explained that he could not provide new magic energy ships but could supply retired silver-level warships, and the Dragonman Youth accepted.
• The city lord said white dragons were protected by royal law, but sub-dragons and dragon beasts could be traded; the Dragonman Youth agreed to accept them in much larger quantities.
• The city lord refused to supply Ice Sculpture Art materials directly but suggested hiring foreign silver-level alchemists who knew the techniques.
• The city lord explained that strict, notarized hiring contracts were used to control foreign alchemists as a legal workaround for the kingdom’s slavery ban.
• The Dragonman Youth welcomed the proposal because the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group needed alchemists to construct the Bloodline Purification Array.

The Dragonman Youth negotiated with the Snowbird Port City Lord for stronger cooperation, insisting that the City Lord help eliminate the mysterious assassin before the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group would proceed. He revealed that his group had already located the killer, leaving the City Lord astonished and newly impressed by his planning.

• The Dragonman Youth requested Silver-level alchemists, a Gold-level alchemy master, and alchemy workers, but the Snowbird Port City Lord rejected the Gold-level request and offered more limited resources.
• The Dragonman Youth argued that the City Lord had not shown enough sincerity and threatened to void the negotiations and leave the port that night unless he met a prerequisite demand.
• The Dragonman Youth said the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group needed the mysterious assassin eliminated before it could cooperate against the Stab Knife Gang.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord explained that his side could barely find the assassin, let alone defeat him, and the Dragonman Youth revealed that his group had pinpointed the killer's location.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord realized the Dragonman Youth had sought to use the City Lord's resources to hunt the assassin and asked him to confirm that the location was known.

Hua Tang, a Gold-level assassin, was ambushed at his Snowbird Port hideout by the City Lord’s Mansion’s magic battle teams. After escaping his collapsing defenses, he was confronted by the Seabird Bishop and chose to break through the nearest mage team.

• Hua Tang relaxed in his hidden foothold, enjoying dinner and practicing with the Gold-level flying darts he had stolen from the Triangular Love Affair Ship.
• A powerful Gold-level fire spell struck Hua Tang’s house, overwhelming his Kaleidoscopic Maze potion and destroying the Mirror Light Candle’s protection.
• Hua Tang activated his underground defense array, then fled when it collapsed, carrying the stolen longbow and harpoon.
• Hua Tang recognized his attackers as the Fire Meteor Battle Team, the Frost Battle Team, and the Coordinator Battle Team of the City Lord’s Mansion.
• The Seabird Bishop struck Hua Tang with the Bird Dropping Art and demanded that he surrender, but Hua Tang accelerated and charged toward the nearest magic battle team to escape.

The mysterious assassin tried to escape Snowbird Port City Lord and the Seabird Bishop by using alchemical puppets to deceive them and slip through the battle teams. The Mage Tower’s Decomposition Ray struck and destroyed him as he fled, ending the pursuit.

• The mysterious assassin targeted the weaker Fire Meteor Battle Team, but Snowbird Port City Lord intercepted him and fought him with a mix of martial techniques and spells.
• Snowbird Port City Lord pierced the apparent assassin, only for the body to reveal itself as an alchemical puppet; Seabird Bishop’s tracking art exposed another disguised puppet, and the City Lord and bishop continued fighting the attacker.
• A fallen alchemical puppet suddenly fled, revealing itself as the mysterious assassin’s true body, while the puppet fighting Snowbird Port City Lord revealed extra arms and desperately held him back.
• The mysterious assassin escaped through a gap between the magic battle teams, but the Mage Tower’s Decomposition Ray struck him as he tried to dodge.
• The Decomposition Ray disintegrated the mysterious assassin and his Silver Fox Mask.

The Dragon Lion Mercenary Group watched Snowbird Port City Lord’s magic battle teams attack the mysterious assassin’s residence. The Fire Meteor and Frost Battle Teams demonstrated powerful coordinated spells, leaving the group’s members to consider the enormous gap between their forces and Snowbird Port’s mages.

• The Dragon Lion Mercenary Group monitored the battlefield from its ships while Snowbird Port’s patrol fleet watched them in turn.
• Snowbird Port City Lord used three Silent Momentum Spell scrolls to conceal the casting auras of the Fire Meteor, Frost, and Coordinator Battle Teams.
• The Coordinator Battle Team began casting first, followed by the Fire Meteor and Frost Battle Teams as the surrounding residents fled.
• The Fire Meteor Battle Team unleashed a Gold-level fire spell that engulfed the mysterious assassin’s residence.
• The Frost Battle Team followed with an ice spell, smoothly transforming the flames into rampaging frost.
• San Dao feared the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group could not resist such magic, while Zong Ge yearned to form a battle team and Zi Di noted the spells’ tactical-grade concentration.

The Dragonman Youth and the survivors watched the Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s Magic Battle Teams drive the mysterious assassin from hiding, while the Seabird Bishop supported them with a divine spell. The Snowbird Port City Lord intercepted the assassin, and their duel revealed that both Gold-level Fighters outclassed the Dragonman Youth in agility and pressured him to reconsider his own weaknesses.

• The Magic Battle Teams combined Fire-type and Ice-type spells to destroy the assassin’s defenses, forcing him out of hiding.
• The Seabird Bishop struck the assassin with Bird Dropping Art, and the Dragonman Youth explained the Seabird Sect’s origins and the spell’s uses to Big Guy.
• The mysterious assassin chose the Fire Meteor Battle Team as his escape route, but the Snowbird Port City Lord intercepted him.
• The Dragonman Youth and Zong Ge watched the two Gold-level Fighters exchange blows and realized they would struggle against either one alone.
• The Dragonman Youth studied the Snowbird Port City Lord’s relentless magic-and-martial-arts style and recognized that his own charging movements and damaged defenses were weaknesses.

The Snowbird Port City Lord, Seabird Bishop, and Mage Tower defeated the mysterious assassin after he used alchemical puppets to mislead his pursuers. The dragonman youth recovered two stolen gold-grade weapons, strengthened his relationship with the City Lord, and prepared to confront the Stab Knife Gang as the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group returned to the docks.

• The mysterious assassin used an alchemical puppet and a disguised true body to evade the Snowbird Port City Lord and Seabird Bishop, but the Mage Tower’s decomposition ray killed him.
• Zi Di and the others confirmed the assassin’s death, and the Snowbird Port City Lord reported that aura analysis and other methods verified it.
• The dragonman youth reflected that outside assistance had let the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group defeat the assassin without risking its own fighters, and resolved to help the City Lord deal with the Stab Knife Gang.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord returned the assassin’s gold-grade longbow and harpoon to the dragonman youth and said the assassin’s identity as Hua Tai could not be confirmed.
• The Dragon Lion Mercenary Group’s vessel sailed back into the busy docks with the dragonman youth and Snowbird Port City Lord standing together at the bow.

Snowbird Port reacted to the battle and Dragon Garment Captain’s accusation that the Stab Knife Gang had interfered in his duel with Bear Saw. The Bang Bu Branch Guild Master recognized that the City Lord was backing the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group, while Teng Donglang and Bing Xiao considered how the Stab Knife Gang could prove its innocence and win the City Lord’s support.

• The Bang Bu Branch Guild Master reprimanded his subordinates for failing to uncover why the City Lord and the Seabird Bishop had fought the mysterious Gold-level assassin.
• The Bang Bu Branch Guild Master learned that Dragon Garment Captain had accused the Stab Knife Gang of profaning his duel and that the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group’s mages, wealth, and equipment had been stolen or destroyed in the subsequent attack.
• The Bang Bu Branch Guild Master concluded that the City Lord had sided with the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group and ordered his people to protect the Bang Bu Merchant Guild’s property.
• Teng Donglang worried that the slain assassin might have been Hua Tang, while acknowledging that he could not confirm the silver fox mask’s identity.
• Bing Xiao confronted Teng Donglang about the duel interference and the assassin, then urged him to use the City Lord’s investigation to prove the Stab Knife Gang innocent.
• Teng Donglang and Bing Xiao concluded that the gang might have to pay heavily to persuade the City Lord to support them.

Teng Donglang and Bing Xiao discussed how to contain Dragon Garment and chose Bing Xiao to negotiate with him. Teng Donglang planned to pursue a Heroic Duel while Dragon Garment received combat equipment from the Snowbird Port City Lord.

• Bing Xiao argued that the Stab Knife Gang should negotiate with Dragon Garment, reasoning that he might lack evidence or be willing to bargain rather than risk open conflict.
• Teng Donglang denied the gang's involvement in the Heroic Duel scheme when the Spring Fist Fighter demanded an answer outside the meeting room.
• Bing Xiao volunteered to meet Dragon Garment and explain the Stab Knife Gang's position to the citizens of Snowbird Port.
• Teng Donglang said he would have the other headmen concede and urge Dragon Garment to fight him in a Heroic Duel, where he intended to kill him unless cooperation had been reached.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord showed Dragon Garment equipment intended to improve his chances against Teng Donglang.

The Snowbird Port City Lord lent the Dragonman Youth several gold-level treasures to strengthen his combat abilities and began showing him footage of Teng Donglang. The first recording opened on snow elves under attack by a massive wolf pack.

• The Snowbird Port City Lord introduced the Sword Return Reverse Scale, which could accumulate and unleash sword qi to give the Dragonman Youth a ranged attack.
• He lent the Dragonman Youth an automatic blood bottle that stored and administered healing potions, along with an Ice Heart Circlet to bolster his mental defenses.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord explained the Vajra Environmental Protection set, whose components granted heightened senses, faster strikes and movement, and a defensive Vajra Body.
• The Dragonman Youth tried the equipment, then listened as the Snowbird Port City Lord revealed he had two recordings of Teng Donglang’s battles.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord played footage from Teng Donglang’s active service, showing snow elves facing a massive wolf pack in a snowstorm.

The Snowbird Port City Lord showed the dragonman youth recordings of Teng Donglang’s battles, revealing his Ring of Radiation and distinctive fighting style. After agreeing to challenge the next Stab Knife Gang boss once his injuries healed, the dragonman youth learned that Bu Quan had arrived.

• The Snowbird Port City Lord showed how Teng Donglang used a Ring of Radiation to freeze an Icy Plains Wolf King and rout its pack.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord explained that the recording had earned Teng Donglang a third-class military merit and came from the Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s military archives.
• The dragonman youth watched Teng Donglang spar with a silver fox-masked fighter and suspected the fighter might be Hua Tang.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord urged the dragonman youth to recover and fight Teng Donglang, then asked him to keep the visit secret from the Stab Knife Gang.
• The dragonman youth agreed to publicly challenge the next Stab Knife Gang boss, and then received word that Bu Quan was visiting.

Bu Quan visited Dragon Garment to support his impending conflict with the Stab Knife Gang, bringing him a new alchemical device. The Snowbird Port City Lord explained his strategy for defeating the gang and why he had chosen to work with Dragon Garment, leaving the captain equipped with Bu Quan’s threat-marking goggles.

• The Snowbird Port City Lord explained Bu Quan’s history with the Stab Knife Gang and why she had come to support Dragon Garment.
• The City Lord urged Dragon Garment to focus on the heroic duel with Teng Donglang while he completed his final preparations against the gang.
• The City Lord told Dragon Garment that Bu Quan was influential and skilled at making reconnaissance equipment, including a telescope that had placed seventh in the Warm Snow Cup.
• Bu Quan met Dragon Garment, praised his stand against the Stab Knife Gang, and said she had come to help him.
• Bu Quan gave Dragon Garment goggles she had modified overnight that marked targets by threat level, from white to purple.

Bu Quan gave the dragonman youth three powerful alchemy items to help him fight Teng Donglang, while the Snowbird Port City Lord advised him to pretend to accept Bing Xiao’s overtures. Bing Xiao apologized and offered enormous compensation, but the dragonman youth suspected the former gang leader was trying to lull him into complacency.

• Bu Quan presented the dragonman youth with a windshield mirror, a Cold Heart Ice Pack, and a trimmed Gold-level Lava Hell spell scroll to aid him against Teng Donglang.
• After Bu Quan left, Bing Xiao arrived, and the dragonman youth consulted the Snowbird Port City Lord before agreeing to receive him and feign a softer attitude.
• Bing Xiao apologized for the conflict over the Giant-Type Intelligence Potion and denied that the Stab Knife Gang had sent assassins after the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group.
• Bing Xiao offered compensation that included eight pieces of Gold-level equipment, prime commercial properties, and two alchemy workshops.