Chapter Summaries

Tang Zheng used Soul of the Heroic Spirit to confront the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord, evading his Wild Magic breath while concealing his identity and revealing knowledge of Wild Magic. He left the Dragon Lord with a startling claim: an Innate Talent user had foreseen the destruction of the Dragon Race.

• Tang Zheng used a Shadow Clone and a voice-producing magic item to make Soul of the Heroic Spirit speak, while he learned new Wild Magic and Tier Magic abilities.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord attacked Soul of the Heroic Spirit with Dark Corrosion Breath, and Tang Zheng evaded it with Shadow Ambush.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord deduced that Soul of the Heroic Spirit was disguising his identity and questioned him about his connection to [Corpus of the Abyss].
• Soul of the Heroic Spirit admitted he had helped The Saintess of White wield Tenth-Tier Magic, and the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord demanded that he hand over the technique.
• Soul of the Heroic Spirit warned that Tier Magic conflicted with Wild Magic, then told the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord that an Innate Talent user had foreseen the Dragon Race's destruction.

Tang Zheng used the Soul of the Heroic Spirit to question the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord about Wild Magic, but their exchange turned into a fight. The Dragon Lord overwhelmed the Soul of the Heroic Spirit and tore off one of its wings.

• Tang Zheng asked the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord about Wild Magic, and the Dragon Lord said the Soul of the Heroic Spirit could not learn it because its body was tainted by Filth.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord attacked with Dark Shadow Chains and a claw strike, but the Soul of the Heroic Spirit evaded and escaped using Ninjutsu: Concealment.
• Tang Zheng’s Shadow Clone struck the Dragon Lord with Polar Claw and Vermilion Nova while the Soul of the Heroic Spirit stayed concealed.
• The Dragon Lord used Black Light Violent Moon as Tang Zheng cast Seven Trumpeter, breaking the concealment and making the Soul of the Heroic Spirit harder to control.
• The Dragon Lord used Black Moon to swap the Soul of the Heroic Spirit into acidic vapor, then battered it until its Body Armament shattered.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord grabbed the Soul of the Heroic Spirit and tore off one of its dragon wings.

Tang Zheng used the Soul of the Heroic Spirit to trick the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord into revealing its clone and draw out its true body without confronting it directly. The Dragon Lord used the Three-Legged Bird's Guiding Spindle to locate Tang Zheng, but it locked onto his Shadow Clone instead, leaving Tang Zheng's whereabouts hidden.

• Tang Zheng's Soul of the Heroic Spirit survived the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord's assault, and the Dragon Lord recognized it as a valuable Golem.
• The Soul of the Heroic Spirit revealed that it knew the Dragon Lord was using a clone, and the Dragon Lord tested the World Isolating Barrier before leaving it to seek the true body.
• Tang Zheng prepared to contact the Dragon Lord's clone while remaining concealed, and the Dragon Lord's true body emerged from the shadows in Finlia Valley Bottom.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord activated the Three-Legged Bird's Guiding Spindle to find Tang Zheng, but its red thread located Tang Zheng's Shadow Clone instead.

Tang Zheng used Dimensional Lock to stop the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord from teleporting directly to him, then killed its clone with Vermilion Nova. The chapter ended with Tang Zheng inspecting the fallen clone and suspecting it was a golem made with Star Silver.

• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord failed to teleport and sent its clone beyond Dimensional Lock's range to search for Tang Zheng.
• Tang Zheng split from his Shadow Clone to test whether the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord could locate him, then learned Black Light Violent Moon from the clone's Wild Magic.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord's clone used Black Light Violent Moon to expose the hidden Shadow Clone, and Tang Zheng attacked it from behind with Vermilion Nova.
• Tang Zheng's attack destroyed the clone's head and sent its body crashing into a crater, severing its connection to the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord.
• Tang Zheng confirmed that the clone could no longer act, then examined its silver-white neck and wondered whether it was a golem made of Star Silver.

Tang Zheng searched the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord’s destroyed Golem clone for a class and discovered its scales had been taken from different parts of the Dragon Lord. Touching the reverse scale finally unlocked [World Connector], and Tang Zheng advanced to the class before beginning to absorb the scales.

• Tang Zheng tested the Golem clone for class triggers, activating [Dragonic Overlord] and [Dragon Warrior] but refusing to advance to [Dragon Warrior].
• Tang Zheng realized the Golem’s scales were genuine, separately installed dragon scales that could trigger different classes depending on their locations.
• Tang Zheng noticed the clone’s reverse scale, touched it, and fulfilled the prerequisites for [World Connector].
• Tang Zheng advanced to [World Connector] and then pressed his claws against the Golem clone to absorb its scales.

Three days after Tang Zheng destroyed the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord’s Golem Clone, the Dragon Lord tracked the wreckage but failed to locate Tang Zheng, who had returned to the Abelion Hills and studied the power he gained from the dragon scales. Tang Zheng considered drawing the Dragon Lord into conflict with the Platinum Dragon Lord, then turned his attention to the Holy Kingdom’s potion trade as Remedios waited at Strange Castle.

• General Gerla and Craftsman Raf examined the fallen Golem Clone, but the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord’s Dragon Fear killed the soldiers, wolves, and Raf, while Gerla died trying to look up at him.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord retrieved the Golem Clone’s scales, judged Tang Zheng to be a dangerous but limited opponent, and used the Three-Legged Bird’s Guiding Spindle to search for him without success.
• Tang Zheng returned to the Abelion Hills with Evileye, considered using the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord to complicate the conflict between dragon factions, and noted that Bone Lord would descend in about two years.
• Tang Zheng reviewed his level, experience requirements, and upgraded Rune Body Armament, discovering that its Dark Silence Wing skill let him hide completely in darkness.
• At Strange Castle, Remedios and three Holy Knights met with the Verdant Leaf Witch while waiting for the Slane Theocracy’s representatives to arrive for the Assimilation Potion trade.

Remedios questioned the Verdant Leaf Witch about Tang Zheng’s absence while the Holy Kingdom and Slane Theocracy met to divide thirty Assimilation Potions. Zesshi Zetsumei abruptly left the meeting to pursue Tang Zheng, who waited for her beside a lake in the Abelion Hills.

• Remedios challenged the Verdant Leaf Witch about Tang Zheng’s repeated absence, and the Witch said he was absorbed in potion research.
• Four Elements arrived with the hooded Zesshi Zetsumei, and the Witch presented thirty Assimilation Potions for the Holy Kingdom and Slane Theocracy to divide.
• Four Elements offered the Theocracy’s agreed share of five potions, but Zesshi demanded to know where Tang was and rose through the castle roof after hearing he was researching potions.
• The Verdant Leaf Witch received Tang Zheng’s Message telling her he would handle the Theocracy’s representatives while she calmed the Holy Kingdom delegation.
• Zesshi flew north through the Abelion Hills, and Tang Zheng waited beside a lake before she crashed down nearby and greeted him as “Blackie.”

Tang Zheng revealed his hidden power by killing Four Elements with Eighth-Tier Magic—Death, then fought Zesshi Zetsumei after she resisted the spell and attacked him. He blocked her Instant Death magic and sealed the area with Holy Lock, leaving them poised to continue their battle.

• Zesshi Zetsumei ordered Four Elements to capture Tang Zheng alive, while Tang warned that taking him could sabotage the Holy Plan and provoke a war.
• Tang Zheng killed Four Elements instantly with Eighth-Tier Magic—Death as he prepared to attack.
• Zesshi Zetsumei charged Tang Zheng with her Cross-Spear War Scythe, but he teleported away from her strike.
• Zesshi Zetsumei used the Death spell embedded in her weapon, but Tang Zheng negated it with Unclean Impact Shield.
• Tang Zheng cast Holy Lock to prevent escape and revealed that Arcane System magic was his specialty, prompting Zesshi Zetsumei to vanish.

Tang Zheng summoned Cerberus to intercept Zesshi Zetsumei after she nearly struck him, revealing the beast’s strength and unsettling her. Zesshi countered by using skills to increase Tang Zheng’s mana costs, then evaded Cerberus and slipped past it to target him directly.

• Zesshi Zetsumei charged Tang Zheng with her Cross-Spear War Scythe, but he used Reverse Gravity to make her attack miss.
• Zesshi broke free of the spell and launched three rapid slashes, but Tang Zheng silently summoned Cerberus, which knocked her nearly a hundred meters away.
• Tang Zheng identified the summoned beast as Cerberus and claimed it was summoned with Tenth-Tier magic, while Zesshi recognized the wounds her attack had left on its heads.
• Zesshi suspected Tang Zheng had spent substantial mana to summon Cerberus, then used Denounce Heretic and Sentence Heretic to increase his spell costs and chance of failure.
• Zesshi charged Tang Zheng, but Cerberus intercepted her; she nullified its initial impact, evaded its bites, and slipped past the beast to reach Tang Zheng.

Zesshi Zetsumei fought Tang Zheng and Cerberus, but Tang Zheng’s fire magic severely burned her and forced her to reveal her Heroic Spirit and Death God Surshana trump cards. The chapter ended with Zesshi activating her instant-death attack while Tang Zheng countered with Unclean Impact Shield.

• Zesshi Zetsumei fought Cerberus, wounding it with slashes but failing to get past it to attack Tang Zheng.
• Tang Zheng cast Vermilion Nova, badly burning Zesshi while Cerberus remained unharmed because it was immune to fire.
• Zesshi summoned Spartiate Undead, healed enough to move, and charged Tang Zheng again despite her injuries.
• Tang Zheng cast Vermilion Nova a second time, so Zesshi used her Soul of the Heroic Spirit to block the flames and attack him.
• Zesshi activated her Innate Talent and the weapon’s power to invoke Death God Surshana’s instant-death attack, while Tang Zheng cast Unclean Impact Shield as the golden clock began its countdown.

Tang Zheng survived Zesshi Zetsumei’s The Goal of All Life is Death, defeated her, and resurrected Four Elements to witness her fall. With Zesshi near death, Tang Zheng offered to keep killing and resurrecting her until she died permanently, then asked whether she wanted to live or die; she chose to live.

• Zesshi Zetsumei used her Soul of the Heroic Spirit and summoned Spartiate Undead to stall while she waited for The Goal of All Life is Death to kill Tang Zheng, but he survived.
• Tang Zheng’s Cerberus disarmed Zesshi and tore off both her arms before Tang Zheng destroyed the monster with Polar Claw.
• Tang Zheng resurrected Four Elements, who saw Zesshi’s condition, failed to teleport away, and collapsed in terror.
• Tang Zheng threatened to kill and resurrect Zesshi repeatedly until she died permanently, then asked whether she wanted to live or die.
• Zesshi used her remaining strength to answer that she wanted to live.

Tang Zheng healed Zesshi Zetsumei, revealed his plan to prepare for a coming world-threatening disaster, and recruited her into his organization, Crown. He sent her back to the Slane Theocracy to lead a war against the Elf Empire and recruit the Elf King, while he planned to visit the Theocracy soon.

• Tang Zheng used Greater Healing scrolls to restore Zesshi Zetsumei, then gave her a robe and explained that he had originally planned to kill her because she could obstruct his plans.
• Tang Zheng told Zesshi Zetsumei that a god descended on the continent every hundred years and that Crown would prepare to face the coming disaster; she eagerly named their goal godslaying.
• Tang Zheng introduced himself as Crown and recruited Zesshi Zetsumei as its seventh-tier member, Victory, while Four Elements pledged to keep the secret and cooperate.
• Tang Zheng ordered Zesshi Zetsumei to lead the Slane Theocracy in a unification war against the Elf Empire, recruit the Elf King if possible, and compile the Legacy of the Six Great Gods.
• Zesshi Zetsumei took Four Elements back to the Theocracy by Teleportation after Tang Zheng lifted the Dimensional Lock.

Enri met Blue Roses in Carne Village and learned that Zurrernorn’s killing of the Great Forest of Tob’s three rulers had triggered a monster disturbance, while strange roots inside the monsters were the deeper cause. As the group discussed investigating the forest with Free Will, the roots in a dead Red-Eyed Owl suddenly revived and produced a flower that released pollen.

• Enri used a Gushing Spring Faucet in Carne Village and met Lakyus, Tia, Evileye, Gagaran, and the other members of Blue Roses.
• Evileye examined the Sword of Law at Enri’s waist, while Lakyus wondered about the ties between Free Will, the Holy Kingdom, and the Slane Theocracy.
• Enri asked Blue Roses about the monster disturbance, and Gagaran explained that Zurrernorn had killed the Great Forest of Tob’s three rulers.
• Gagaran and Lakyus revealed that roots had replaced the internal organs of the crazed monsters and were controlling them, though the village water source appeared safe.
• Lakyus asked Enri to help investigate the forest with Blue Roses, and Enri offered to join with Crusch Lulu because Tang could not leave the Abelion Hills.
• The roots inside the Red-Eyed Owl revived, consumed its body, and bloomed into a crimson flower that released pollen, prompting Lakyus to order everyone to retreat.

Lakyus and her companions discovered that a vivid red flower had affected the Red-Eyed Owl, while the Blood Emperor Jircniv prepared for a more intense conflict with the Kingdom and weighed several threats to the Empire. Brain found Arche in the Imperial Capital and approached her with an unknown purpose.

• Gagaran and the Blue Roses realized the red flower had a mental effect, while Enri and Evileye remained unaffected.
• Gazef's Warrior Captain Corps and Leinas's Blood Rose Legion left the Royal Capital for E-Rantel as the Kingdom prepared to strike first.
• Jircniv arranged to target Leinas during the coming conflict and worried about Free Will, the Abelion Hills, and Zurrernorn.
• Brain waited outside Arche's home in the Imperial Capital, then called to her as she wandered into the alley.

Brain recruited Arche into his organization by forcing her to drink a strength-enhancing potion, while Tang Zheng secretly followed Zesshi Zetsumei through the Slane Theocracy’s underground Sanctuary. Tang Zheng learned that the Six Great Gods had shared a Guild and wondered how its stronghold had been destroyed.

• Brain confronted Arche, clarified that he had come to recruit her rather than collect her father’s debt, and threatened her with his sword.
• Brain gave Arche a potion, and she drank it before he welcomed her into a new world.
• Tang Zheng hid in Zesshi Zetsumei’s shadow as she introduced the underground structure called the Guild, also known as the Sanctuary.
• Tang Zheng reviewed his recent level gain and concluded that the Six Great Gods had belonged to the same Guild.
• Tang Zheng considered whether the Six Great Gods’ Guild stronghold had been conquered, had its Guild Weapon destroyed, or had gone bankrupt.

Zesshi Zetsumei brought Tang Zheng into the sanctuary holding the Five Pillar Gods' equipment and the Six Great Gods' legacy. There, she revealed the Six Great Gods' names, leaving Tang Zheng puzzled by their unusual choices.

• Zesshi Zetsumei led Tang Zheng through the corridor, where they encountered the red Mummy Cat known as the Divine Emissary, who failed to notice him.
• Zesshi Zetsumei entered the sanctuary with Tang Zheng and showed him the magical equipment stored on the Five Pillar Gods' platforms.
• Zesshi Zetsumei placed Charon's Guidance in the empty platform for Surshana and offered to answer Tang Zheng's questions in exchange for learning how he survived her trump card.
• Tang Zheng asked for the Six Great Gods' names, and Zesshi Zetsumei revealed them: Surshana, Alah Alaf, Glorious Angel Cat, Krik Steals Fish, Furashi Resonance, and Miao Dun Dun Maru.

Tang Zheng examined the Six Great Gods’ Legacy, identified its valuable equipment and three Special Classes, and chose not to change his own classes. He explained how he had countered Zesshi Zetsumei’s instant-death trump card, leaving her to reflect on her strength and the Thirteen Heroes.

• Tang Zheng appraised the Paladin Armor and other Legacy items, finding two Divine Tier items and a Guild Ring that no longer worked.
• Tang Zheng identified the Six Great Gods’ class specializations and three Special Classes, but rejected [Eclipse] because he was alive and decided not to replace any of his current classes.
• Zesshi Zetsumei offered Tang Zheng access to the Legacy items, but he chose to leave them in storage.
• Tang Zheng explained three ways to survive Zesshi Zetsumei’s Absolute Death and said he had evaded its Instant Death effect, making her realize her trump card had been countered.
• Zesshi Zetsumei complained that she was a Warrior and recalled being disappointed by the Thirteen Heroes, while Tang Zheng told her she was stronger than them.

The Platinum Dragon Lord learned from the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord about Tang Zheng, a human with the Innate Talent Prophecy, and a possible threat to the dragon race. After discovering that he could not contact the Ancient Fire Dragon, he ordered an investigation; meanwhile, Tang Zheng resumed his research in the Abelion Hills and contacted Enri, receiving unexpected news.

• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord contacted the Platinum Dragon Lord and described his encounter with Tang Zheng and the Prophecy talent.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord said Prophecy was possible among human Innate Talents, then inferred that the unknown Red Dragon might have isolated the Ancient Fire Dragon from Dragon Signal.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord contacted the Frost Dragon King, confirmed he could not locate the Ancient Fire Dragon, and sent subordinates to investigate the Azerlisia Mountains.
• Twelve days after returning to the Abelion Hills, Tang Zheng researched ways to raise Evileye and Zesshi Zetsumei's levels and change their classes while preparing a Red Potion for Nfirea to study.
• Tang Zheng checked his status, noted that he had gained 18 million Experience Points, and contacted Enri to ask about her return to Carne Village, but received unexpected information.

Tang Zheng suspected that disturbances in the Great Forest of Tob were caused by the Evil Tree, while adventurers in E-Rantel gathered to assess the threat. The Guild blamed Zurrernorn for unleashing a powerful plant-type monster, unaware that the Evil Tree might be involved.

• After learning from Enri about abnormalities in the Great Forest of Tob, Tang Zheng suspected the Evil Tree had begun stirring earlier than expected and considered using the crisis to recruit the God-kin Captain.
• Blue Roses, Enri, and other adventurer representatives arrived in E-Rantel for a meeting with Ainzach, Theo Rakheshir, and Panasolei.
• Ainzach explained that a parasitic plant-type monster could control and drive monsters into a frenzy, and estimated its danger rating at 90 or higher.
• Lakyus linked the monster's appearance to the deaths of the forest's three rulers, and Ainzach accused Zurrernorn of releasing it as revenge against the Kingdom.
• Enri secretly relayed the meeting to Tang Zheng, who realized the Adventurer's Guild knew nothing about the Evil Tree and wondered whether Evileye knew of it either.

The Adventurer's Guild assembled a sixty-person force and began entering the Great Forest of Tob to subjugate the unknown plant monster. Pinison remained trapped under the Terror Treant's control as Tang Zheng concluded that the Theocracy knew the Evil Tree was nearing revival.

• Lakyus distributed borrowed mental-resistance magic items and potions to the adventurer captains, while the Guild covered Carne Village's relocation costs.
• Enri thanked Lakyus and Gagaran, then declined to reveal details about defeating the Soul Eater; Evileye confirmed Enri was telling the truth and had an Undead-focused class.
• The Blue Roses, Enri, and other adventurers formed a sixty-person force and entered the Great Forest of Tob.
• Pinison reported a dead parasitic monster to the Terror Treant, which ordered her to eliminate intruders and provide nourishment for the Evil Tree.
• Tang Zheng compared Clementine's and Four Elements' reports and concluded that the Theocracy knew the Evil Tree was about to revive, while wondering why the Black Scripture had not acted.