Chapter Summaries

Andres traded his final Sacred Tree Fruit to Ivan for help obtaining Mithril, which Ivan successfully purchased for him. Patur confronted Borg over their failed plan to keep the Mithril from Andres, then raged at furniture after acknowledging Andres’s growing power.

• Andres offered Matos a Sacred Tree Fruit as a deposit in a deal to help Teresa and asked Ivan to acquire Mithril.
• Andres cultivated for more than half a month, focusing on improving his understanding of the Profound Mystery of Swiftness.
• Ivan told Andres that the Sere Family was selling a large piece of Mithril, but Borg was competing for it, so Andres gave Ivan his last Sacred Tree Fruit to secure the purchase.
• Ivan successfully bought the Mithril and began looking for a master blacksmith to forge Andres a weapon.
• Patur confronted Borg about Yulian’s failure and the lost Mithril, then rejected Borg’s warning not to provoke Andres and vented his anger on the furniture.

Eight years after entering the Saint Realm, Andres taught the Holy Alliance trainees while Teresa’s rapid progress made Andres famous as a teacher. After his lesson, Lady Lulutia appeared and blocked Andres on his way home.

• Andres taught several hundred Holy Alliance trainees how to reach the stage of Drawing Upon Heaven and Earth.
• The trainees’ focus reflected Teresa’s rise to first place on the Cadet Ranking after years of guidance from Andres.
• Andres reflected on his progress in the Profound Mystery of Swiftness and his plans to become a Demigod.
• Lady Lulutia emerged from a cloud and blocked Andres as he flew back to his residence.

Lulutia asked Andres to teach her how to guide her clansmen, troubled by her inability to explain cultivation to them. Andres suggested she develop undead magic into a more complete system, and after she left to try his idea, he received a new talent as his quest was completed.

• Lulutia approached Andres and asked him to teach her how to be a teacher.
• She explained that she had spent years guiding her clansmen, including Theodore, but struggled to explain concepts that came easily to her.
• Andres suggested that Lulutia improve undead magic and establish a system that could help her clansmen study magic and comprehend the Laws of Death.
• Lulutia thanked Andres, said she would try his suggestion, and invited him to visit the Great Marsh.
• After Lulutia flew south and Andres headed home, his quest completion progress reached 3/3 and he obtained Wind Elemental Grand Perfection talent.

Teresa broke through to the Saint Realm, completing Andres's Binding Quests and helping him fuse the Profound Mysteries of Swiftness and Slowness into the Profound Mystery of Speed. After Teresa challenged Andres to a spar, the two prepared to fight while Ivan watched nervously.

• Teresa's breakthrough completed Andres's three Binding Quests, raising his talent to Wind Elemental Grand Perfection and letting him fuse Swiftness and Slowness into Speed.
• Andres realized that the fusion had opened a path to godhood and estimated that he could become a god within ten years at the latest.
• Teresa and Ivan arrived at Andres's residence, where Ivan thanked Andres for helping Teresa reach the Saint Realm.
• Teresa challenged Andres, confident that his grasp of the Profound Mystery of Dimension made him a worthy opponent.
• Andres accepted the spar and rose into the air with Teresa, while Ivan warned them not to get hurt.

Andres defeated Teresa in a sparring match, revealing his mastery of the Profound Mystery of Swiftness. A steward then brought news from the Noah Continent that King Oga had died peacefully of old age.

• Teresa attacked Andres with Dimension Slash, revealing that he had begun comprehending the Profound Mystery of Dimension.
• Andres evaded Teresa with his speed and afterimages, then held his softsword to Teresa’s throat and declared him defeated.
• Teresa accepted the loss, vowed to win next time, and flew back to his residence.
• Yasen and the other Human Saint Realm experts praised Andres, while Patur hid his resentment.
• A steward informed Yasen and the others that King Oga had passed away peacefully in his bedchamber.

After King Oga died, Andres challenged the plan to crown Gallo and nominated Inori instead. The Human Saint Realm experts agreed to ask Inori whether she wanted the throne before deciding who would become king.

• Andres accepted Inori's Binding Quest, which required helping her become King Oga.
• Yasen proposed that Gallo inherit the throne, and the Human Saint Realm experts initially agreed.
• Andres objected to Gallo's coronation, arguing that his character made him unfit to rule.
• Andres nominated Inori, citing her royal blood, achievements, and popularity in the Oga Kingdom.
• Patur opposed Inori's claim, while Abad backed Gallo and Trevor suggested asking Inori what she wanted.
• The Human Saint Realm experts agreed to consult Inori before settling the succession.

Inori regretted not choosing Andres earlier, but when he offered to support her claim to the Oga throne, she decided to enter the succession contest despite the risks. The chapter left her openly declaring her ambition before Andres, Patur, Yasen, and the other Human Saint Realm experts.

• Inori watched Teresa break through to the Saint Domain and reflected on her slow cultivation and distant relationship with Andres.
• Andres arrived with Yasen, Abad, Patur, and other Saint Realm experts and told Inori that King Oga had died.
• Andres asked whether Inori wanted to become Queen Oga and explained that she and Gallo were the main candidates.
• Inori weighed the risks of challenging Gallo, whose supporters seemed stronger, and considered concealing her ambition.
• Inori recalled wishing she had chosen Andres earlier, changed her mind, and declared that she wanted to inherit the throne.

Inori declared that she wanted to become Queen Oga, and Andres backed her in a Saint Realm dispute over the succession. Under Yasen’s old rules, Andres and Abad began a witnessed duel to decide the matter, and Abad gained the early advantage.

• Inori rejected giving up the throne and declared herself more suited than Gallo to become Queen Oga.
• Andres supported Inori, while Abad and Patur supported Gallo; the other Human Saint Realm experts stayed neutral.
• Yasen invoked his old rules and arranged a duel between Andres and Abad, with himself watching to prevent either fighter from dying.
• Andres and Abad drew their weapons and began fighting in midair.
• Andres used his speed technique to attack Abad, but Abad anticipated his strike and sent him flying backward.
• Patur celebrated Abad’s advantage and began planning to deal with Inori if Andres lost.

Andres faced Abad’s new ability to transform into fire and unveiled a technique that combined Swiftness and Slowness. He left Abad unable to land a blow, and the observers recognized that Andres had gained the advantage.

• Andres decided to test a new move after realizing his attacks could not harm Abad.
• Abad transformed his body into flames and charged Andres, rendering Andres’s Sword Storm ineffective.
• Abad struck Andres with a blazing greatsword, but Andres appeared unharmed and emerged behind him.
• Andres used the Essence of Speed to dodge Abad’s repeated attacks, impressing Yasen and the watching Saint Realm experts.
• The experts judged that Andres had won, while Patur angrily rejected Trevor’s attempt to console him.

Andres defeated Abad in the contest for the Oga throne, making Inori the kingdom’s next ruler. After Patur rejected the decision and fled, Andres agreed to escort Inori to Oga and crown her.

• Andres struck Abad with Essence of Speed - Dimension Slash, but Yasen intervened, and Abad admitted defeat.
• Yasen declared Inori the new King of Oga, prompting Patur to protest and then flee; Abad pursued him.
• Yasen asked Andres to accompany Inori to Oga and crown her, and Andres agreed.
• Andres found that Inori's Binding Quest remained unfinished, packed his belongings, and practiced refining Dimension Slash.
• Two days later, Andres and Inori left the Holy Alliance for the Oga Kingdom.

Patur returned to Yasen City and persuaded Abad to accompany him to the Oga Kingdom, claiming he wanted to prevent unrest over Inori’s succession. Over the sea, Patur betrayed Abad with Gleb’s help, and Abad died reflecting on his lifelong duty to his old friend.

• Patur apologized to Abad in Yasen City, and Abad reassured him about his outburst and the Oga throne.
• Patur asked to return to the Oga Kingdom to calm its nobles after Inori’s succession, and Abad agreed to go with him.
• As Abad and Patur flew over the sea, Gleb emerged from the water and confronted them.
• Abad drew his sword and warned Patur to stay behind him, but Patur stabbed Abad through the heart from behind.
• Patur fled from Abad and declared that he had sided with the Beastmen for his own benefit, while Gleb praised his choice.
• Abad died after remembering how he had protected his old friend’s descendants for nearly a thousand years.

Gleb and Patur joined forces to take Noah Continent, with Patur defecting to the Beastmen and claiming the Oga Kingdom. Patur told Gallo that Inori had been chosen as the next king, then revealed his rebellion and ordered Gallo to summon the nobles.

• Gleb recovered Abad’s Space Ring from his corpse, gave it to Patur, and declared him the Beastmen-backed King of Humans.
• Gleb and Patur agreed that Patur would seize the Oga Kingdom while Gleb attacked the royal families of the other two kingdoms.
• Gallo sat on the Oga throne, believing he would become king, while imagining revenge against Andres and Alex.
• Patur arrived at the palace and told Gallo that Inori would become king instead of either of them.
• Patur revealed that he had defected to the Beastmen and planned to rebel, and Gallo agreed to support him.
• Patur ordered Gallo to summon the princes and ministers, then walked toward the throne.

Patur defied Yasen City’s choice of Inori as the next king and declared that Gallo would rule, while announcing an alliance with the Beastmen. After killing a commander who opposed the alliance, Patur forced the nobles into silence and cut off the palace’s means of sending news to Yasen City.

• Patur announced that Yasen City had chosen Inori as king, then declared his rebellion and named Gallo as his successor.
• Patur told the nobles that Oga would leave the Holy Alliance and Elf Race to serve the Beastmen in exchange for help unifying the three human kingdoms.
• Balzan condemned the alliance, and Patur killed him with a blast of Battle Qi to intimidate the nobles.
• Patur ordered Gallo to monitor dissenters and show no mercy, then removed the palace’s Teleportation Magic Array to delay news reaching Yasen City.
• Patur worried that he could not warn Gleb about the other kingdoms’ magic arrays, but soon put the concern aside.

Marquis Daniel and Aniya tried to flee Oga City but Gallo caught them at the city wall. Gaston arrived on a Gale Eagle to take them away at Alex’s request, but a mysterious figure appeared in the sky as they prepared to leave.

• Marquis Daniel took Aniya through the deserted streets toward the city wall, intending to escape Oga City.
• Gallo confronted Daniel and Aniya, revealing that he had been watching their estate, while two Level Eight Warriors and archers blocked their escape.
• Aniya urged Daniel to flee without her, but he refused to abandon her.
• Gaston arrived on a Gale Eagle and said Alex had asked him to take Daniel and Aniya away.
• Gallo challenged Gaston’s right to intervene, but Gaston prepared to leave with Daniel and Aniya before a figure suddenly appeared in the sky.

Patur stopped Gaston from leaving Oga City with Marquis Daniel and Aniya, while unrest erupted and Gallo crushed the Balzan Family’s rebellion. Patur then met with the Beastman Saint Realm expert Gleb, who planned invasions of two human kingdoms and promised that even Yasen would fall; Patur asked whether attacking Andres’s family would harm relations with the Goblin Merchant Guild.

• Patur used his Saint Realm pressure to make Gaston leave Marquis Daniel and Aniya behind, and Gallo’s men took them into custody.
• An explosion broke out in Oga City, and Gallo rushed to confront the suspected Balzan Family rebels.
• Gaston returned to the Goblin Merchant Guild without Aniya or Marquis Daniel, and Arnold told Alex that human Saint Realm experts had been summoned from Yasen City.
• After a day and night of fighting, Gallo’s forces exterminated the Balzan Family and killed most of the Kingdom Knights who had supported them.
• Gleb told Patur that he had dealt with the royal families of the Radiance Kingdom and the Misoko Kingdom and ordered preparations to seize their territories.
• Gleb assured Patur that even Yasen would fall, and Patur asked whether attacking Andres’s family would damage relations with the Goblin Merchant Guild.

Patur and Gallo planned to seize the Mitchell Family, while Mars sought their favor by denouncing Inori and pledging the Demian Family’s loyalty. As Oga City’s troops advanced on the Goblin Merchant Guild’s residence, Arnold realized the Mitchell Family was likely their target.

• Gleb assured Patur that Andres’s family could be targeted despite Andres being a guest elder of the Goblin Merchant Guild, and Patur and Gallo prepared to seize the Mitchell Family.
• Mars arrived and swore loyalty to Patur and Gallo, claiming Inori had stolen his place as heir and revealing that he had hired the assassin who attacked her at Black Mountain City.
• Mars surrendered Gerant, Pat, and other members of Inori’s guard, and Patur ordered him to bring his men along to the Goblin Merchant Guild.
• Arnold wondered why Yasen City’s Saint Realm reinforcements had not arrived, and the Gale Eagle returned after spotting Oga City’s troops heading toward the Guild’s residence.
• Gaston told Arnold that the troops were most likely coming for the Mitchell Family.

Arnold helped Raul and Helen flee the Goblin Merchant Guild residence after Alex left to rescue Aniya in Oga City. Patur’s forces searched the residence, then spotted the fleeing family and Patur went after them.

• Gaston warned Arnold that Oga City’s army was approaching, and Arnold ordered the Mitchell Family to leave.
• Helen and Raul read Alex’s note explaining that he had gone to Oga City to save Aniya, and Arnold sent them away in a carriage.
• Mars led nearly a thousand cavalrymen to the Goblin Merchant Guild and demanded the Mitchell Family while Patur used his Saint Realm pressure to prevent Arnold from resisting.
• The cavalry searched the residence but found no one, and Arnold denied knowing where the family had gone.
• Patur spotted Raul and Helen’s carriage from a Red-plumed Griffin and flew after them while Mars returned to Oga City.

Andres flew toward the Oga Kingdom with Inori but learned that Patur had betrayed humanity, killed Abad, and joined the Beastmen in a rebellion on Noah Continent. After the Holy Alliance ordered the human experts to wait because the Beastmen had a God-level expert, Andres received word that Lady Lulutia had arrived and they were to set out to support the three great kingdoms.

• Andres and Inori flew over Yasen City, where Ramsey stopped them and warned that they could not yet return to the Oga Kingdom.
• Ramsey told Andres and Inori that Patur had joined the Beastmen, killed Abad, and started a rebellion on Noah Continent.
• Andres urged the human Saint Realm experts to provide aid, but Ramsey explained that the Beastmen had a God-level expert and the Holy Alliance had ordered them to wait.
• Andres stayed at Ramsey's residence and continued refining his techniques, becoming confident he could kill an ordinary Saint Realm Limit Expert.
• Ramsey brought news that the Holy Alliance had ordered them to support the three great kingdoms of Noah Continent, and that Lady Lulutia, the Undead Elf Race's strongest expert, had arrived.

Andres and Ramsey raced to support the Noah Continent as Patur attacked the convoy carrying Andres’s parents. Andres and Ramsey arrived just as Patur tried to kill Raul and Helen, but Patur launched Battle Qi at them before fleeing.

• Andres and Ramsey left Yasen City to avenge Abad and aid the Noah Continent, while Peta, Shadai, and Inori stayed behind.
• Rob escorted Raul and Helen toward Yasen City as Alisson shadowed the convoy on a Red-plumed Griffin.
• Patur caught up with the convoy, blasted open Raul and Helen’s carriage, and threatened to kill them to spite Andres.
• Andres and Ramsey arrived, prompting Patur to flee after firing Battle Qi at Raul and Helen.

Andres killed Patur before he could harm Raul and Helen, then learned that Alex had gone to Oga City to rescue Aniya. Andres headed for the city while Ramsey escorted his parents, and Alex entered the seized Marquis Daniel Estate, where he found Karel.

• Andres reached Raul and Helen in time to stop Patur, killed him, and took his Space Ring.
• Andres learned that Alex had gone to Oga City to rescue someone and asked Ramsey to escort Raul and Helen to Yasen City.
• Ramsey took Alisson's Red-plumed Griffin and led the group west while Andres flew toward Oga City.
• Alex entered Oga City and climbed over the wall of the guarded Marquis Daniel Estate to search for Aniya.
• Alex reached Aniya's courtyard and recognized Karel, the estate's butler.