Chapter Summaries

Bing Xiao tried to buy Dragon Garment's help in clearing the Stab Knife Gang of accusations and throwing the heroic duel, but their negotiations stalled until he offered his giant-cultivation insights. Dragon Garment became deeply interested in the knowledge, especially its promise of helping him control a gold-level giant.

• Bing Xiao offered Dragon Garment assets in exchange for publicly calling the accusation against the Stab Knife Gang a misunderstanding and losing the heroic duel to Teng Donglang.
• Dragon Garment pretended to negotiate in good faith, demanded a heavy price for repairing his reputation, and refused Bing Xiao's attempts to settle on terms.
• Bing Xiao offered his unique insights into cultivating giant slaves, hoping to persuade Dragon Garment to agree to the contract.
• Dragon Garment eagerly absorbed Bing Xiao's initial cultivation advice because it could help Big Guy grow more quickly.
• Bing Xiao explained that his insights could help suppress a gold-level giant's mind and keep the giant obedient even to a silver-level master.

Dragonman Youth negotiated with Bing Xiao and shared her Giant Cultivation Insights with Snowbird Port City Lord while preparing for his Heroic Duel with Teng Donglang. The duel remained the next turning point, with the agreement’s gains still contingent on its outcome.

• Dragonman Youth signed a contract with Bing Xiao promising Dragon Lion Mercenary Group would not target Stab Knife Gang unless it attacked first, and postponed their final agreement until after his duel with Teng Donglang.
• Bing Xiao left dissatisfied with the negotiations but believed Dragonman Youth was concealing a powerful trump card and planned to use the duel to gain leverage.
• Dragonman Youth told Snowbird Port City Lord about the negotiations and gave him Bing Xiao’s Giant Cultivation Insights; the City Lord agreed to share his more comprehensive collection, though both lacked its core secrets.
• Snowbird Port City Lord said he would handle the campaign against Stab Knife Gang while Dragonman Youth fulfilled the Heroic Duel and served as the banner for hostilities.
• Dragonman Youth inspected his newly obtained equipment, and Zi Di learned that two alchemists were expected to arrive; she noted that the agreed gains would become theirs only after the duel.

Ship Ghost and the undead mages returned from the Underworld, only to find pirates looting his safe house. After defeating them, they learned that a Greed Godbone had led the pirates to the hidden supplies, and Ship Ghost prepared to leave the now-compromised island.

• Ship Ghost brought Cang Xu and their companions back to the Main World after a dangerous voyage through the Underworld, where eight days had passed.
• The group discovered three pirate ships anchored at Ship Ghost’s safe-house island, and Ship Ghost ordered a concealed attack after Cang Xu suggested destroying their communications and taking prisoners.
• The undead mages ambushed the pirates, killed their captains, and captured a few survivors.
• The prisoners revealed that the Rope-Wearing Pirate Group’s vice leader had used a Greed Godbone to locate Ship Ghost’s safe house, and that the Live Rope Mage and Cloud-Piercing Archer had already taken some supplies.
• Ship Ghost recognized the two pirate leaders as former bounty hunters and ordered his companions to clear the battlefield and leave the island quickly.

After Ship Ghost used the Ghost Ship to summon ghosts from the pirate corpses and repair the vessel, Cang Xu received pirate heads to test the Corpse Dismembering Physician’s Flying Head Technique. He successfully transformed several heads into Death Heads and began considering how to bind and modify them.

• Ship Ghost cast the Intermediate Summoning Art, drawing ghosts from the pirate corpses, while Cang Xu and The Little Prince observed the spell’s high success rate.
• Ship Ghost used the ghosts to heal the Ghost Ship, and The Little Prince, Ku Feng, and Cang Xu contributed ghosts in exchange for payment.
• Ship Ghost and The Little Prince gave Cang Xu pirate heads so he could test the Flying Head Technique, and Cang Xu accepted extra heads as a debt.
• Cang Xu studied the Head-Making Art and transformed several pirate heads into Death Heads, discovering that the spell had a high success rate.
• Cang Xu planned to use deep spiritual communication to bind the Death Heads to himself before studying ways to modify and reinforce them.

The dragonman youth and Teng Donglang agreed to duel that night as hostility toward the Stab Knife Gang spread through Snowbird Port. At the packed Snowbird Duel Arena, Dragon Garment appeared outfitted with more than ten pieces of Gold-level equipment, shocking the gang’s bosses.

• The Snowbird Port City Lord leaked evidence of the Stab Knife Gang’s crimes, turning public opinion against them as Bing Xiao and Teng Donglang suspected Bu Quan.
• The Stab Knife Gang’s three remaining bosses declared their surrender, and Dragon Garment and Teng Donglang quickly agreed to fight that night.
• Dragon Garment entered the packed Snowbird Duel Arena to cheers from the crowd, while Bing Xiao watched from the VIP room with other gang bosses.
• Dragon Garment removed his robe and revealed Silver-level armor and weapons alongside more than ten pieces of Gold-level equipment, leaving Bing Xiao and Ban Lan Gen stunned.

Dragon Garment and Teng Donglang prepared to duel as spectators identified the equipment each had brought, revealing Dragon Garment’s powerful defensive gear and Teng Donglang’s mysterious boots. They exchanged threats over Dragon Garment’s accusations against the Stab Knife Gang, leaving Teng Donglang intent on forcing him to retract them.

• Bing Xiao and the spectators identified Dragon Garment’s equipment, including a sword-qi badge, ice-resistant gear, and a Gold-level defensive set.
• The Stab Knife Gang and other onlookers searched for information about Dragon Garment’s gear, while several hidden items remained undiscovered.
• Dragon Garment considered how much more effective his equipment would be if he could conceal its nature, while his allies investigated Teng Donglang’s unfamiliar boots.
• Dragon Garment and Teng Donglang exchanged intelligence about each other’s equipment as their factions passed along what they had learned.
• Teng Donglang threatened Dragon Garment and demanded that he retract his accusations, while Dragon Garment reminded him that the dispute would persist beyond the duel.

Long Fu tried to wear down Teng Donglang with ranged attacks, but Teng Donglang secretly spread his Base battle technique and trapped the arena in ice vines. After realizing the danger, Long Fu activated his transformations and charged through the growing threat, leaving the duel at the start of their close-quarters clash.

• Long Fu fired alchemical arrows and gold-level bow shots at Teng Donglang, who blocked them with golden battle qi.
• Teng Donglang secretly used Base to spread ice vines across a 50-meter radius while pretending to invite Long Fu into hand-to-hand combat.
• Long Fu rushed toward Teng Donglang, dodged the ice vines with Riot, and realized that Teng Donglang had laid a trap.
• Teng Donglang explained that Base would keep expanding, while the spectators recognized the rooting tactic and reacted with anger.
• Long Fu recalled the Snowbird Port City Lord’s magical image, activated his transformations and equipment, and charged at Teng Donglang like a crimson cannonball.

The Dragonman Youth launched an all-out attack on Teng Donglang, but Teng Donglang used his whip techniques and hidden ice vines to repel him. The Dragonman Youth analyzed the threat with his special windshield and drew his short gun, leaving the duel poised for a new exchange.

• The Dragonman Youth charged Teng Donglang, who used concealed ice vines to slow and trap him before he broke free with the Machine Gun Bullet Fist.
• Teng Donglang struck the Dragonman Youth with a Three-hit Combo, combining Quick Whip, Added Whip, Blade Light, and Python Head Whip to force him into a rapid retreat.
• The spectators and Bing Xiao praised Teng Donglang's skill, while the Dragonman Youth used his windshield to assess the whip's escalating threat.
• The Dragonman Youth drew his short gun for the first time in close combat, and the spectators noted that his stance seemed extraordinary.

The Dragonman Youth repeatedly charged Teng Donglang with his newly mastered short guns but could not overcome the gold-level fighter’s whip and Rooted Boots. As the battle continued, the Dragonman Youth relied on charging the Sword Return Dragon Scale for a decisive attack.

• The Dragonman Youth used his bronze-colored short guns to break through Teng Donglang’s ice vines, but Teng Donglang deflected his attacks with a long whip and forced him back.
• Spectators and leaders discussed the Dragonman Youth’s short-gun skills, while he realized that the weapon was less suited to cutting ice vines than a sword but quicker for him to master.
• Lan Zao announced that Teng Donglang’s Rooted Boots enhanced his wood-type battle qi Foundation by 80 percent, explaining the rapidly expanding reach of his ice vines.
• The Dragonman Youth continued charging through the ice vines to build power in the Sword Return Dragon Scale, his main hope of breaking the stalemate.
• The Dragonman Youth avoided using Scorching Life Dragon Breath because chanting would leave him exposed, while Teng Donglang still had his Little Thor Flying Hammer in reserve.

The dragonman youth repeatedly charged through Teng Donglang’s ice-vine defenses, using his battle skills and precise control of Sword Return Dragon Scale to reach him at close range. Just as his Blast Punch seemed poised to break through, Teng Donglang blocked it with a gold-level Thin Ice High Wall Shield.

• The dragonman youth destroyed Teng Donglang’s ice vines with a series of battle skills, including Horizontal Cut and Point Gun, but was repeatedly forced to fight through fresh defenses.
• Teng Donglang’s ice vines trapped the dragonman youth in a mass of twisting vines, but the youth escaped with Whole Body Spiral Gun and charged back toward him.
• The dragonman youth used a single beam from Sword Return Dragon Scale to draw Teng Donglang’s leather whip into defense, then closed to within five meters.
• Teng Donglang attacked with Multiple Whip Shadows, but the dragonman youth pierced the whip net with Javelin Technique and rushed within one meter.
• The dragonman youth struck with Blast Punch, but Teng Donglang blocked the blow with a gold-level Thin Ice High Wall Shield.

Long Fu fought Teng Donglang through his ice vines, whip, and defensive equipment, but neither could finish the other. After Long Fu’s sword-light torrent destroyed Teng Donglang’s shield and armor, the Forsaken Shirt teleported the attack away, leaving Teng Donglang unharmed while its collar button broke off.

• Teng Donglang used Invisible Vine - Heart Entanglement to weaken Long Fu’s fighting spirit, then trapped and battered him with ice vines and his leather whip.
• Long Fu’s Cold Heart Ice Pack and Ice Heart Circlet snapped him out of the mental attack, and he escaped Teng Donglang’s assault despite suffering severe injuries and damaged equipment.
• Teng Donglang used Extended Whip and two Mouth Mist battle skills to pursue Long Fu through obscuring frost, but Long Fu used his windshield to distinguish the real whip and vines.
• Long Fu charged through the fog and unleashed Sword Return Dragon Scale, overwhelming Teng Donglang’s Thin Ice High Wall Shield, Wandering Full Body Armor, and silver leather armor.
• Teng Donglang’s Forsaken Shirt teleported away the sword Qi, leaving his body unharmed, though the shield shattered and a button broke off the shirt.

Dragonman Youth used a Gold-level Lava Hell spell scroll to destroy Teng Donglang’s stronghold advantage and transform the duel arena. The spell shifted the battle in Dragonman Youth’s favor, leaving Teng Donglang facing a drastically changed battlefield.

• Dragonman Youth stalled to recover, then endured Teng Donglang’s renewed attacks and escaped the stronghold’s coverage at the cost of more wounds and Battle Qi.
• Bing Xiao noticed Dragonman Youth’s unusually fast recovery, while Ban Lan Gen said Teng Donglang could restore his Battle Qi with the Daqi Syringe.
• Teng Donglang injected himself with the Daqi Syringe, restoring his Battle Qi, and Dragonman Youth revealed a Gold-level Spell Scroll he had been waiting to use.
• Dragonman Youth cast Lava Hell, prompting Snowbird Duel Arena to raise its defenses as magma fountains and miniature volcanoes transformed the arena.
• Teng Donglang canceled his stronghold rather than resist the spell, acknowledged that he had underestimated Dragonman Youth, and saw his accumulated advantage vanish.

The Dragonman Youth used Bu Quan’s Spell Scroll and the arena terrain to stall Teng Donglang, enduring his relentless Ice-type attacks while charging Sword Return Dragon Scale. As spectators and both groups watched for the decisive move, Sword Qi suddenly burst from the weapon.

• The Dragonman Youth retreated and shot at Teng Donglang from range, using the arena’s terrain and the Great Arena Badge’s growing boost to his advantage.
• Bu Quan praised the Dragonman Youth and promised him three free Gold-level pieces of equipment after the duel.
• Teng Donglang pursued the Dragonman Youth and repeatedly struck him with Ice-type techniques, but the youth’s defenses, frost resistance, and recovery let him keep fighting.
• Lan Zao, Men Shi, and San Dao grew hopeful that the Dragonman Youth could defeat Teng Donglang, while the Stab Knife Gang’s leaders worried about his charged Sword Return Dragon Scale.
• A dazzling burst of white-hot Sword Qi erupted from Sword Return Dragon Scale.

The Dragonman Youth appeared to be losing to Teng Donglang after running low on Battle Qi and taking severe wounds, but he used Sword Return Dragon Scale to create an opening and struck with a final Javelin Technique. Teng Donglang’s defensive barrier vanished, and the Short Gun pierced his heart, killing him.

• Teng Donglang kept the Dragonman Youth at range, interrupting his attempts to take medicine and exploiting his dwindling Battle Qi and physical exhaustion.
• The Dragonman Youth struggled to close the distance as Teng Donglang’s whip and Little Thor Flying Hammer steadily worsened his injuries.
• Teng Donglang taunted the Dragonman Youth, who answered with Sword Return Dragon Scale and unleashed a torrent of Sword Qi.
• Teng Donglang failed to activate his Battle Qi in time, but Forsaken Shirt’s gray defensive barrier endured the Sword Qi and stopped the torrent.
• The Dragonman Youth hurled his Gold-level Short Gun with Javelin Technique, piercing Teng Donglang’s heart and killing him.

The Dragonman Youth killed Teng Donglang in the duel, leaving the Stab Knife Gang leaderless and Snowbird Port on the brink of upheaval. The Snowbird Port City Lord arrived with the head of Bing Xiao’s Gold-level Giant Slave and ordered the gang to surrender, prompting Bing Xiao to command a desperate escape.

• The Dragonman Youth killed Teng Donglang, and the arena crowd reacted with shock while Bu Quan celebrated her revenge.
• Bing Xiao took command of the Stab Knife Gang’s chieftains and ordered them to return to headquarters, warning that the gang was in grave danger.
• The Duel Arena Master declared the Dragonman Youth the victor, but the Dragonman Youth urged Lan Zao to leave for their ship.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord entered the arena, praised the Dragonman Youth, and announced that he would arrest members of the Stab Knife Gang.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord displayed the head of Bing Xiao’s Gold-level Giant Slave, and Bing Xiao ordered the gang members to flee.

After defeating Teng Donglang, the dragonman youth watched as the Snowbird Port City Lord and the Seabird Sect destroyed the Stab Knife Gang and seized its assets. At a banquet, the City Lord thanked the youth and offered him a choice of shops taken from the gang, while their conversation revealed Wine Drinker Port’s growing devotion to the human Wine God.

• The Snowbird Port City Lord captured the Stab Knife Gang’s dwarf headman, then led his forces to the duel arena, where he and the Seabird Bishop trapped the gang’s leaders after Teng Donglang’s death.
• Bing Xiao ordered a breakout after the City Lord showed him the slain golden-level giant slave, but the City Lord’s forces captured Bing Xiao and the other headmen and wiped out the Stab Knife Gang.
• The dragonman youth left the arena under Men Shi, San Dao, and Lan Zao’s protection, while the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group stayed out of the crackdown according to its agreement with the City Lord.
• At a banquet the next night, the Snowbird Port City Lord toasted the dragonman youth with Cold Passion Wine and explained that Wine Drinker Port had become a diocese of the human Wine God.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord showed the dragonman youth shops seized from the Stab Knife Gang and invited him to choose one for the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group.

The Dragonman Youth and the Snowbird Port City Lord discussed the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group’s plans, trade, and new recruits after the Stab Knife Gang’s destruction. They reached several agreements in a cordial meeting, which was interrupted by sounds of battle downstairs.

• The Dragonman Youth decided the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group should avoid joining the battle against the Stab Knife Gang and preserve its cooperative relationship with the Snowbird Port City Lord.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord showed the Dragonman Youth three possible base locations and offered permits to sell crossbows, while the Dragonman Youth said he needed to consult Zi Di about the location and his orders about the crossbows.
• The Snowbird Port City Lord promised to transfer more dragon beast corpses and sell two Gold-level items to the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group.
• The Dragonman Youth learned that a Silver-level alchemist was arriving and that two other alchemists were preparing to join the group, bringing its prospective total to three.
• The Dragonman Youth and the Snowbird Port City Lord exchanged concessions and reached agreements in a harmonious conversation, but sounds of battle suddenly came from downstairs.

The Dragonman Youth attended a ball hosted by the Snowbird Port City Lord, where a flattering magic image of his battles made him famous and earned him new business and mercenary opportunities. After the City Lord promised to secure evidence against the Stab Knife Gang, the Dragonman Youth opened the ball by inviting Bu Quan to dance.

• The Snowbird Port City Lord showed the Dragonman Youth an edited magic image of his battles, which guests watched enthusiastically as the ball began.
• The City Lord told the Dragonman Youth that the duel image had sold over 30,000 copies, his mercenary group had received goodwill and new opportunities, and he had ordered the captured Stab Knife Gang leaders tortured for evidence.
• The Dragonman Youth worried that they had not proved the Stab Knife Gang desecrated the heroic duel, and the City Lord assured him that evidence would be found.
• The Dragonman Youth joined the guests, and the City Lord praised his victory before officially opening the ball.
• The Dragonman Youth approached Bu Quan and invited her to the first dance, and she nervously accepted.

At a banquet, the Dragonman Youth danced with Bu Quan while the Snowbird Port City Lord’s scheme to influence him with Cold Passion Wine unfolded. After Bu Quan offered him her alchemy workshops, the Dragonman Youth asked her to join his mercenary group, but she mistook his words for a marriage proposal and eagerly agreed to a wedding the next day.

• The Dragonman Youth supported a dazed Bu Quan through their dance, while the Snowbird Port City Lord watched and instructed his confidant to let the Cold Passion Wine take effect before sending others to approach him.
• The Dragonman Youth declined other dance invitations and escorted Bu Quan to the garden, where the night air helped her recover her senses.
• Bu Quan thanked the Dragonman Youth for avenging her and offered him all her alchemy workshops in Snowbird Port.
• The Dragonman Youth said he wanted Bu Quan, then clarified that he meant to invite her to join his mercenary group.
• Bu Quan accepted, believing he had proposed marriage, and named December 2nd as their wedding day and suggested names for their future children.

The Dragonman Youth invited Bu Quan to join the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group, but let her decide without pressure as the group prepared to leave Snowbird Port for the capital. After hearing what happened, Zi Di insisted on analyzing every detail of the invitation to improve their chances of recruiting Bu Quan.

• The Dragonman Youth repeated his sincere invitation to Bu Quan and explained that most of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group would soon leave Snowbird Port for the capital.
• Bu Quan agreed to consider the invitation carefully and spent the rest of the banquet distracted while the Dragonman Youth attended to his social duties.
• The Dragonman Youth declined the Snowbird Port City Lord's offer to stay and returned to the docks, while the City Lord decided not to interfere with Bu Quan's possible recruitment.
• The Dragonman Youth told Zi Di about inviting Bu Quan to join the group, and Zi Di scolded him for acting rashly before demanding a complete account of their conversation.