Chapter Summaries

Tang Zheng considered the secrets of the True Dragon Lords’ titles and the possibility that the Platinum Dragon Lord would act. In the Great Forest of Tob, Blue Roses battled a pollen-producing magical beast, while Lainas and Gazef were surrounded by the Empire’s forces on the Katze Plains.

• Tang Zheng wondered whether the True Dragon Lords’ titles represented tangible power and studied his unexplained Primordial Chanter skill, “Bloodline Activation: Golden Edict.”
• Blue Roses fought off a horde of berserk magical beasts in the Great Forest of Tob, and Enri used the Sword of Law to cleanse the pollen that was affecting the adventurers.
• Evileye warned the adventurers that a cunning plant-type magical beast was tracking them and that the attacking beasts were only ordinary creatures.
• Lainas and Gazef discovered that the Empire had lured their forces into a trap using several hundred soldiers as bait and invisible hippogriff scouts from the Royal Aerial Guard Corps.
• Lainas urged the surrounded Kingdom forces to break through, and a golden-haired man emerged from the Empire’s ranks and greeted her.

Lainas and Gazef’s forces struggled against the Empire’s attrition strategy as General Lei Yi ordered a rain of arrows, while hidden red flowers spread pollen across the battlefield. Meanwhile, Blue Roses and Enri reached the Evil Tree’s lair in the Great Forest of Tob, where the dead trees began transforming into Treants.

• Nimble tried to persuade Lainas to return to the Empire, but she attacked the Four Imperial Knights with the Mane of Fierce Thorns and killed dozens of soldiers instead.
• The Four Imperial Knights prepared to kill Lainas, but General Lei Yi intervened and ordered the Empire’s archers to fire on the surrounded Kingdom forces.
• Red flowers emerged from dead animals along the edge of the Katze Plains battlefield and released faint yellow pollen as Lainas and Gazef’s forces became locked in an attritional fight with the Empire.
• Blue Roses and Enri reached the northern depths of the Great Forest of Tob after suffering nearly ten percent casualties, and Dryad Pinison feared they would reach Lord Evil Tree.
• Evileye spotted two unusual trees, and Lakyus ordered the adventurers to rest before attacking them, but nearby dead trees suddenly rose as Treants.

Leinas and Gazef fought to hold off the Empire's encircling forces as General Lei Yi ordered a war of attrition, while Blue Roses and Enri reached the Terror Treant's lair in the northern Great Forest of Tob. Dryad Pinison feared the adventurers and considered awakening Lord Evil Tree, and the chapter ended as dead trees transformed into Treants.

• Leinas used the Mane of Fierce Thorns to fire a Fifth-Tier beam at the Four Imperial Knights, killing and burning Imperial soldiers when the knights dodged.
• Fierce Gale and the other knights prepared to attack Leinas and Gazef, but General Lei Yi stopped them and ordered the Empire's archers to fire on the surrounded Kingdom troops.
• General Lei Yi's forces continued their attrition strategy, while hidden red flowers spread pollen across the battlefield of the Katze Plains.
• Blue Roses and Enri reached the desolate region in the northern Great Forest of Tob, where Dryad Pinison hid and worried that the Terror Treant could not defeat the adventurers.
• Evileye spotted two unusual trees ahead, and Lakyus ordered the adventurers to rest before eliminating the monsters.
• Several dead trees shook, pulled their roots from the ground, and turned into Treants.

Enri and the adventurers faced a colossal creature erupting from beneath the Great Forest of Tob, and Enri used Heroic Moment to stop its attack. Watching through Clairvoyance, Tang Zheng identified it as the partially revived Evil Tree and explained why Enri could match its strength.

• Blue Roses analyzed Free Will's unusual rise and questioned Tang's qualifications as an adventuring captain.
• The Tree Spirit began mutating under Healing Magic, then withered again when the healing stopped.
• Blackie sensed movement underground, and Enri warned the adventurers to flee after receiving Tang Zheng's urgent message.
• A gigantic creature burst from the ground and struck at the adventurers, while Lakyus and Evileye tried to defend them.
• Enri activated Heroic Moment and blocked the creature's blow with the Sword of Law.
• Tang Zheng watched through Clairvoyance, recognized the creature as the partially revived Evil Tree, and explained that Enri had gained its Physical Attack value.

Tang Zheng traced the Evil Tree’s pollen-induced frenzy across the Katze Plains and sent Crusch Lulu to clear it with rain. Meanwhile, the Black Scripture mobilized with Lady Kaire, and Lainas and Gazef continued fighting berserk soldiers and the Four Imperial Knights as the storm began to wash the pollen away.

• Tang Zheng used Clairvoyance to see the Evil Tree’s Roots spreading through the Katze Plains and pollen driving the Kingdom and Empire’s soldiers into Berserk.
• Tang Zheng contacted Crusch Lulu, who reached the battlefield and cast Fourth-Tier Magic, Cloud Operation, to bring rain and disperse the pollen.
• In the Slane Theocracy, Thousand Miles Astrologer announced the Evil Tree’s revival, and the God-kin Captain ordered the Black Scripture to move out with Lady Kaire.
• Lainas and Gazef tried to subdue the frenzied soldiers, while Crusch Lulu’s rain began clearing the pollen from the battlefield.
• The Corrosive Wolf and The Unassailable attacked Lainas from opposite sides as the other Four Imperial Knights confronted Gazef.

Lainas defeated Corrosive Wolf and the Unassailable as Gazef finished off the remaining Imperial Knights, while the Kingdom celebrated its victory. Meanwhile, Blue Roses learned that the Slane Theocracy would conceal the failure of their monster expedition, and Lakyus and Evileye watched a powerful Black Scripture team leave E-Rantel.

• Lainas killed the Unassailable, wounded Corrosive Wolf with a Flame Beam, then pierced her with a lance and broke through her bottleneck.
• Gazef stood over Lightning Bolt and Fierce Gale as the Four Imperial Knights were wiped out.
• Mayor Panasolei learned that an envoy from the Slane Theocracy had arrived while E-Rantel celebrated the Kingdom's victory and capture of Imperial soldiers.
• Evileye estimated that the monster in the Great Forest of Tob was around level 200, and Lakyus told Blue Roses that the Adventurer's Guild would announce it had been dealt with after the Theocracy intervened.
• Clementine and twelve Black Scripture members left the Golden Shining Pavilion before dawn, while Lakyus and Evileye watched them and recognized their formidable power.

The Black Scripture reached the Great Forest of Tob to break the seal on the Catastrophe Dragon Lord, while Tang Zheng secretly monitored their approach. Just as the God-kin Captain threw his spear at the target, a Silver-White Spear intercepted it, leaving the Black Scripture stunned.

• The God-kin Captain led the Black Scripture from E-Rantel toward the Great Forest of Tob, and Lady Kaire agreed to leave Four Elements behind as a perimeter guard.
• Four Elements stayed at the forest’s edge while Tang Zheng used a Death Omen Sparrow relayed through a Shadow Clone to observe the Black Scripture.
• The God-kin Captain’s group reached the Forest Great Rift, where Strongest Human praised the battle scars left by Enri and her allies.
• Thousand Miles Astrologer detected a life response at the Catastrophe Dragon Lord’s sealed location and explained that the Captain’s magic item could damage the seal.
• The God-kin Captain used Magic Destruction and Full-Power Throw to hurl his spear, but a Silver-White Spear struck it and sent both lances flying back.

The Platinum Dragon Lord, controlling the Platinum Armor, confronted the Black Scripture during their operation against the Evil Tree and identified himself as one of the Thirteen Heroes, “Silver.” After learning that the Theocracy might know what happened to the Ancient Fire Dragon, he attacked the God-kin Captain, leaving the confrontation on the brink of battle.

• The Platinum Armor blocked the God-kin Captain’s attack on the Evil Tree and descended before the Black Scripture.
• Old Kerry recognized the stranger as “Silver,” one of the Thirteen Heroes, and Silver warned that the Evil Tree could not be destroyed and should not be recklessly disturbed.
• The God-kin Captain rejected Silver’s warning, while Silver offered to help; the Black Scripture’s members made clear they did not welcome his involvement.
• Silver asked whether the Theocracy knew about the Ancient Fire Dragon’s disappearance, and the Scripture members’ reactions convinced him they had information.
• Silver abruptly launched the Platinum Spear at the God-kin Captain, who raised his weapon to counter with Invulnerable Fortress.

Platinum Dragon Lord used the Platinum Armor to trap the Black Scripture and attack its God-kin Captain while investigating the Ancient Fire Dragon’s disappearance. Tang Zheng learned of the dragon lords’ long-distance communication and the danger to the Theocracy, as the Scripture members coordinated a counterattack that blasted Platinum Armor away.

• Platinum Dragon Lord’s Platinum Spear injured the God-kin Captain through his armor, and Platinum Dragon Lord activated World Isolating Barrier to trap the Black Scripture.
• Tang Zheng learned through Clementine that Platinum Dragon Lord suspected the Theocracy in the Ancient Fire Dragon’s disappearance, then realized the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord had communicated with it.
• Tang Zheng contacted Four Elements and ordered him to teleport toward the battlefield.
• Infinite Magic failed to teleport, while Old Kerry ordered the Black Scripture members to assist and protect Lady Kaire.
• Thousand Miles Astrologer created Phantoms of the God-kin Captain, Divine Chant began chanting, and Heaven and Earth attacked Platinum Armor from above and below.
• Time Turbulence used Innate Talent: Temporal Fault to help the God-kin Captain strike Platinum Armor, blasting it about a hundred meters away.

Platinum Armor annihilated the Black Scripture and pursued Clementine as she fled with Lady Kaire. Just as Platinum Armor moved to seize the unconscious woman, Lady Zesshi Zetsumei and Four Elements appeared to protect her.

• Platinum Armor killed Heaven and Earth and Time Turbulence, then overwhelmed the Black Scripture with the Platinum Hammer.
• Clementine knocked out Lady Kaire and escaped with her while Platinum Armor slaughtered the Black Scripture.
• The God-kin Captain returned to fight Platinum Armor but was defeated and captured.
• Clementine ran into Platinum Armor's World Isolating Barrier and collapsed as Platinum Armor caught up with her and the injured captain.
• Platinum Armor noticed Lady Kaire and charged toward her, but Lady Zesshi Zetsumei and Four Elements appeared before her.

Zesshi Zetsumei fought the Platinum Armor while Tang Zheng used her trump card to destroy it and intimidate the Platinum Dragon Lord. Tang Zheng then sent a Shadow Clone to collect the sealed Evil Tree and a surviving Tree Spirit with the [Two-Realm Mandala], before teleporting away.

• The Platinum Armor trapped Zesshi Zetsumei and the others inside a World Isolating Barrier, and Tang Zheng urged her to use her trump card and end the fight quickly.
• Zesshi Zetsumei activated her death ability and evaded the Platinum Spear until the golden clock completed its rotation, destroying the Platinum Armor.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord lost his connection to the Platinum Armor, realized it had been destroyed, and chose not to intervene further.
• Tang Zheng sent a Shadow Clone to the Great Forest of Tob, where it used the [Two-Realm Mandala] to collect the awakened Evil Tree and a living Tree Spirit.
• The Shadow Clone returned to Tang Zheng in the Abelion Hills, and Tang Zheng put on a black magic robe and teleported away.

Tang Zheng recruited the defeated God-kin Captain into the [Crown] organization as Honor and brought him and Zesshi Zetsumei to the Abelion Hills. There, Lady Kaire activated the World Item [Downfall of Castle and Country] against Tang Zheng, but its golden light dispersed without affecting him.

• Tang Zheng appeared after Zesshi Zetsumei defeated the Platinum Armor, praised Clementine and Four Elements, and ordered them to collect the Black Scripture members’ corpses and magic items.
• Tang Zheng and Zesshi Zetsumei teleported to the Abelion Hills with the unconscious God-kin Captain and Kerry.
• Tang Zheng healed the God-kin Captain with Greater Healing Magic Scrolls, and the captain woke and raised a defensive spear formation.
• Tang Zheng named the God-kin Captain Honor and recruited him into the [Crown] organization as Rank 8.
• Tang Zheng revealed that Kerry was awake, and Kerry asked who he was and whether he meant to recruit her.
• After Tang Zheng said she was not strong enough to join, Kerry activated [Downfall of Castle and Country], but its golden light scattered away from Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng defeated the God-kin Captain, killed Elder Kerry, and took control of the World Item [Downfall of Castle and Country]. He sent Zesshi Zetsumei and the God-kin Captain back to the Theocracy with a false account of what happened, while keeping his own involvement hidden.

• Tang Zheng remained unharmed after Elder Kerry used [Downfall of Castle and Country], then struck the God-kin Captain with Polar Claw as he confronted Zesshi Zetsumei.
• Zesshi Zetsumei beat the wounded God-kin Captain into submission, while Tang Zheng killed Elder Kerry with Death and took the World Item from her.
• Tang Zheng resurrected and charmed Elder Kerry to learn how [Downfall of Castle and Country] worked, then killed her repeatedly and burned her corpse to ash.
• Tang Zheng told Zesshi Zetsumei and the God-kin Captain to claim an unknown enemy had stolen the artifact and killed Elder Kerry, and that Zesshi had defeated the Evil Tree.
• Clementine and Four Elements returned with the gathered corpses and items, and Tang Zheng ordered them to go back with Zesshi Zetsumei and the God-kin Captain.

Tang Zheng studied the Evil Tree’s control over treants, tracked Dryad Pinison, and checked his new level and Totem abilities. He had brought Nfirea to the Abelion Hills, where the young alchemist continued researching potions.

• Dryad Pinison learned to move as a Terror Treant and gathered herbs with the White Mist Witch for Tang Zheng.
• Tang Zheng used a branch of the imprisoned Evil Tree to sense Pinison’s location and reflected on how he had subdued the Evil Tree.
• Tang Zheng checked his status at Overall Level 77Lv and noted his new Evil Tree Totem and its Pulse of the Annual Rings skill.
• Tang Zheng teleported to Nfirea’s wooden house and found him engrossed in potion research.

Tang Zheng visited Nfirea in the Abelion Hills, where the Dragon Blood Potion had raised the young Potion Maker to Level 28 and helped him advance his research. He then met Evileye in the ruined Inveria Kingdom to discuss her progress studying vampire enhancement and planned to use her as a subject for further observations.

• Nfirea thanked Tang Zheng for letting him study rare herbs and described the new ideas and insights he had gained after drinking the Dragon Blood Potion.
• Tang Zheng gave Nfirea an unfamiliar magical herb he named Zy'tl Q'ae Herb, and Nfirea agreed to study it carefully.
• Nfirea told Tang Zheng that he had made progress researching Divine Blood using materials from the Slane Theocracy.
• Evileye returned to the ruined Inveria Kingdom, recalled her past, and wondered why Tang Zheng had restored the city walls.
• Tang Zheng arrived in dragon form and asked Evileye about her research into enhancing vampire power from the Corpus of the Abyss's legacy.

Tang Zheng began a ritual to strengthen Evileye by summoning hundreds of thousands of Undead inside the ruined Royal Capital and converting them into Negative Energy. The ritual worked on Evileye, whose aura began to rise, while Tang Zheng found that living beings could not accept the energy.

• Evileye told Tang Zheng that she believed a True Dragon Lord had fought the Slane Theocracy’s secret unit in the Great Forest of Tob, and he told her to pretend she knew nothing.
• Tang Zheng crushed Seventh-Tier Undeath Army scrolls, filling the Royal Capital with more than three hundred thousand Low-Tier Undead.
• Tang Zheng directed Evileye to fly to the center of the Royal Capital and activated a massive Magic Ritual laid out across the city.
• Tang Zheng used Dispel Magic to turn the Undead into Negative Energy, which converged on Evileye and caused her aura to rise.
• Tang Zheng tested the gathered Negative Energy and concluded that living beings could not accept it.

Tang Zheng used Seventh-Tier scrolls to strengthen Evileye with Negative Energy, triggering a feral True Vampire transformation before she reached about Level 57. After ten days of experiments in Inveria Kingdom, Evileye’s racial classes had reached their limits, leaving her strength stalled at Level 60.

• Tang Zheng observed Evileye absorb Negative Energy for three hours until she transformed into a mindless, feral Vampire form.
• Evileye attacked Tang Zheng, who knocked her unconscious with his tail; she later woke and learned he had used precious scrolls to strengthen her.
• Evileye resolved to find the True Dragon Lord who destroyed her country and to join Tang Zheng’s organization.
• Tang Zheng questioned Evileye about her new abilities and concluded that Negative Energy had mainly increased her racial-class levels.
• Tang Zheng and Evileye continued their experiments in Inveria Kingdom for ten days, until her racial classes reached their maximum and her strength stalled at Level 60.

Tang Zheng advised Evileye to develop her classes toward the Undead and Necromancy systems after testing how Negative Energy affected her. In the Re-Estize Kingdom, Princess Renner visited an Eight Fingers estate, where Brain and Arche discovered her connection to the underground organization.

• Tang Zheng concluded that New World inhabitants absorbed Holy or Negative Energy most efficiently through classes with matching attributes, and that Evileye could no longer absorb Negative Energy.
• Tang Zheng confirmed that Evileye had mastered her True Vampire Form and urged her to study the Corpus of the Abyss and prioritize Undead-related classes such as Necromancer.
• Princess Renner directed Climb to take her carriage to Brambaus Estate, where she planned to buy Blood Red wine as gifts for her brothers.
• Climb announced the princess's arrival at the estate, and Edström of the Six Arms greeted the carriage and led it inside.
• Brain noticed the carriage and told Arche that the Golden Princess was connected to Eight Fingers, leaving Arche astonished.

Tang Zheng discussed the Slane Theocracy and the Council State with Princess Renner, then handed her control of Eight Fingers and proposed a role for Imina outside the organization. The chapter ended with Tang Zheng asking Imina whether she wanted to visit her homeland in the Kingdom of the forest.

• Princess Renner revealed that she had traced Tang Zheng’s hidden power through the money he provided to the Magic Caster’s Guild.
• Tang Zheng asked about the Great Forest of Tob, and Princess Renner reasoned that a third-party threat or irresistible bait could force the Slane Theocracy and the Council State to cooperate.
• Princess Renner proposed misleading the Theocracy by arranging for her brother to be attacked by the Empire, and Tang Zheng gave her control of Eight Fingers.
• Princess Renner left the estate with Climb, claiming she had visited to learn about its famous wine.
• Imina confronted Tang Zheng about replacing her in Eight Fingers, and he suggested she step into public view and visit her real home in the Kingdom of the forest.

Tang Zheng tested whether Evil Tree Seeds could be fused with summoned creatures, while the Slane Theocracy investigated the Black Scripture’s destruction and debated how to prepare for the Council State. The chapter ended with the Cardinals considering an attack on the Elf Kingdom before a possible conflict with the Council State.

• Tang Zheng tested Frogman Egg Tree Seeds with angels, Cerberus, and elemental spirits, finding that fire and wind destroyed the seeds.
• Tang Zheng reflected that the Holy Plan could produce lasting Seventh-Tier Angels but had failed to create useful Eighth-Tier Angels.
• Quentin Zaka, a Council State spy in the Slane Theocracy, noticed troop movements and decided to report the intelligence.
• The Six Cardinals discussed the Black Scripture’s losses, the Council State’s silence, and their efforts to eliminate spies.
• The Cardinals considered dealing with the Elf Kingdom first and noted that Permanent Angels could be deployed as fighting forces.