Recaps

Tang Zheng returned from the Magma Sea with the Ancient Fire Dragon’s blood, recruited Dwarf craftsmen to remake his armor, and traveled through the Kingdom selling Regeneration Potions. After his group survived an ambush, his reputation continued to spread as an unknown man watched figures nearby.

• Tang Zheng killed the Ancient Fire Dragon and the Sun Anglerfish, gained fire resistance, and discovered he could survive in the Magma Sea.
• Tang Zheng abducted more than twenty Dwarf Rune Smiths and brought them to the Lava Zone, where they transformed his armor into a Rune Body Armament with the Blessing of Abundance.
• Tang Zheng strengthened the armor by absorbing monster remains, then agreed to relocate the Dwarves’ families and took Enri from Carne Village to E-Rantel.
• Tang Zheng and Enri sold Regeneration Potions in E-Rantel, where Grandmother Lizzie and Nfirea agreed to study Sun Anglerfish blood.
• Tang Zheng’s group traveled west, sold potions in villages, and survived a bear attack and an ambush by Mithril Rank adventurers.
• Tang Zheng killed the wounded adventurers after Enri hesitated, while a maid inspected the bodies and remarked on his strength.
• Tang Zheng’s group continued selling potions as his reputation spread through the Kingdom, while a blue-haired, muscular man watched figures on a cold slope.

Tang Zheng and his companions survived a mercenary ambush, reached the Royal Capital, and became entangled with Blue Roses, the Kingdom’s leaders, and Princess Renner. After negotiating with Renner over Regeneration Potions, Tang Zheng refused her offer to supply the Kingdom’s soldiers.

• Captain Fikampa’s mercenaries ambushed Tang Zheng’s carriage, but Tang Zheng’s summons defeated the attackers while Brain and Head-Hunting Rabbit escaped or fell in battle.
• Tang Zheng reached the Royal Capital with Enri, met Imina, and tasked her with recruiting Magic Casters, buying Wild Shape-capable slaves, and gathering spoiled food.
• The Verdant Leaf Witch fought Tina in the streets, and Tang Zheng learned several Ninja techniques before Gazef intervened and Tang Zheng helped arrange the Witch’s release.
• Tang Zheng tested his Shadow Clone, sold Regeneration Potions, and attended the Prayer Day celebration, where Imina gave him an update on her work for Eight Fingers.
• Tang Zheng experimented with the Forest Gnome Magic Ritual, bought an estate near the Abelion Hills, and moved the Dwarf craftsmen there.
• Climb escorted Tang Zheng, Enri, and the Barghest to meet Princess Renner, Lakyus, Lainas, and Blue Roses.
• Renner proposed that the Kingdom buy Regeneration Potions for its soldiers, but Tang Zheng refused the offer.

Tang Zheng expanded his influence across the Abelion Hills, tested his growing magical power, and prepared to make contact with the Roble Holy Kingdom. The arc left him training Crusch Lulu to control the weather as White Mist Witch reported a secret approach from the Holy Kingdom.

• Tang Zheng and Evileye fought a powerful spar before Lakyus interrupted them, and Tang Zheng later learned new spells and discussed the Holy Kingdom with Princess Renner.
• Tang Zheng advanced to Magic Overlord, tested its abilities, and recruited Go Gin and the Water Element Troll after forcing them to submit.
• Tang Zheng led the Trolls against the Zern, conquered the Zern and Pandex clans, and built up a force in the Abelion Hills.
• Tang Zheng slaughtered one hundred thousand Goblins to reset and strengthen his classes, then upgraded spells and revived Crusch Lulu.
• Tang Zheng attacked the Magelos tribe, defeated its defenders, and took Queen Nasrene’s Death Guard Armlet.
• Tang Zheng sent Goblins and Trolls carrying gold ore toward the Holy Kingdom, but its soldiers killed them and took the goods.
• Tang Zheng transformed Verdant Leaf Witch into the Wise King of the Forest and helped Crusch Lulu clear the clouds over a town-sized area.
• Tang Zheng planned to learn Climate Manipulation and told White Mist Witch to credit Crusch Lulu for the weather change, then learned that someone from the Holy Kingdom had secretly contacted them.

Tang Zheng expanded his power in the Abelion Hills while investigating the Spiral of Death and maneuvering among the Holy Kingdom, Zurrernorn, and the Demi-Human clans. The Alliance Leader began a battlefield ritual fueled by the dead, and Tang Zheng chose to let it proceed as Buser charged him.

• Tang Zheng traded Regeneration Potions in Khalinsha, supplied food to the Goblins and Zern, and used Crusch Lulu’s weather magic to drive rain clouds away from the Abelion Hills.
• Tang Zheng’s Troll alliance defeated the Armats, while Caleb’s failed spy mission and Go Gin’s deliberate escape of Roberts drew the Holy Kingdom’s attention to the growing Demi-Human coalition.
• Tang Zheng confronted Khajit about the Spiral of Death, then battled Zurrernorn’s leader before agreeing to cooperate with him temporarily.
• The Holy Kingdom arrested nobles involved in Demi-Human trade, and the Slane Theocracy prepared to respond to the five-clan alliance in the Abelion Hills.
• Tang Zheng realized his repeated weather manipulation had helped cause the Abelion Hills drought, while Khajit and the Alliance Leader discussed completing an old ritual.
• Tang Zheng sent allied clans to aid the Magelos against Vijar’s Zoastia, but the Zern King, Pandex Queen Mother, and Magelos rebels turned against him after their heirs were freed.
• The Alliance Leader raised over a thousand Undead with a modified Spiral of Death, and Tang Zheng identified the ritual’s use of the fallen’s Negative Energy and chose not to interfere.
• Tang Zheng sent the White Mist Witch to Crusch Lulu as an apparent ally, while Buser charged the Alliance Leader and struck his black tower shield without damaging it.