Chapter Summaries

Sera Burea and Doppelgänger helped defeat the werewolf chieftain Ska, but Sera died in the final exchange and Lakyus resurrected him. Doppelgänger then traveled to the Draconic Kingdom, where he met the Draconic Queen Dejire in her palace garden.

• Doppelgänger and Sera Burea attacked Ska as the werewolves began retreating, and Ska threw the White Moon's Heart crystal to the rear before fighting back.
• Ska and Sera Burea killed each other, and Lakyus used Resurrection of the Dead to revive Sera.
• Doppelgänger declined to travel with Lakyus, choosing instead to escort Crystal Tear to the Royal Capital and visit Dejire.
• An Undead Magic Caster questioned Shadow Claw Uur and Trample Ufala about Ska's death and revealed that the werewolves had been escorting it to obtain Teleportation Magic for the True Dragon Lord.
• On November 2nd, Doppelgänger met Dejire in a magically sustained garden, where she welcomed him and offered him sweet tea.

Doppelgänger proposed that the Draconic Kingdom trade its surplus food for weapons forged by the Dark Dwarves of the Abelion Hills, revealing that Free Will represented the united hill races. Dejire agreed to cooperate, and Doppelgänger ended by suggesting that Goblins might help her use her soul-based Innate Talent.

• Doppelgänger told Dejire and the prime minister that the Slane Theocracy and the Holy Kingdom had sealed information about the Abelion Hills and proposed trading Dark Dwarf weapons for Draconic Kingdom food.
• The prime minister challenged the proposal, citing the Draconic Kingdom’s conflict with Demi-Humans and the risks of transporting goods through the Slane Theocracy.
• Doppelgänger explained that the hill races had united under the control of the two remaining Ten Elites and its Demi-Human companion, and said Free Will could represent the Abelion Hills.
• Doppelgänger revealed that Enri had killed the Legendary Tier Undead Soul Eater and carried the Sword of Law, prompting Dejire and the prime minister to recognize the opportunity to join the trade.
• Dejire asked which side Doppelgänger supported, and after it answered that it was human, she agreed to cooperate with Free Will.
• Doppelgänger asked about Dejire’s Innate Talent and suggested breeding Goblins to provide souls for it, catching Dejire’s interest.

Tang Zheng interrogated Ska about the continent and Eternal Darkness’s movements, then used holy and dark energy to trigger his Special Class advancement. He became an Oracle Envoy, gaining new abilities that balanced light and darkness.

• Tang Zheng deduced that Eternal Darkness had noticed the northwestern region because of the prophesied Innate Talent and had contacted the Brightness Dragon Lord and Platinum Dragon Lord.
• Tang Zheng questioned Ska about the continent and recorded details of the Beastman states, ruined lands, Central Six Nations, and an uncertain sea to the east.
• Tang Zheng burned Ska to ash and prepared his daily ritual, having found that both Holy Energy and dark energy were needed to awaken the Special Class.
• Tang Zheng unleashed stored Benevolent Armageddon and Malevolent Armageddon scrolls, filling the area with Holy Energy and dark energy until his Attribute Panel activated.
• Tang Zheng accepted the advancement and became an Oracle Envoy, gaining light-and-dark passives and the skills Wings of Hope, Spear of Heavenly Judgment, and Dawn Will Ultimately Bring the Final Light.

Tang Zheng completed his advancement to Oracle Envoy, celebrated the New Year in the Floating City with Silver Olive and Gelos Hornfury, and watched the city turn red for the occasion. At the Holy Kingdom’s New Year gathering, Calca rejected a marriage alliance for Remedios and revealed that Free Will would visit next year.

• Tang Zheng examined Oracle Envoy’s abilities and reflected that the class suited him better than Magic Swordsman, whose class he had removed.
• Tang Zheng met Silver Olive and Gelos Hornfury atop the Floating City’s observation tower, declined their proposed New Year festivities, and asked them to prepare a table for ten and masks for the next day.
• At midnight, fireworks burst above the Outer City, and red light spread across the Floating City after Tang Zheng recalled telling Silver Olive that he liked red.
• Calca, Remedios, and Kelart gathered in the Holy Kingdom palace to welcome the New Year and discuss a proposed marriage alliance with Duke Rierste.
• Calca rejected the alliance and told Remedios to find someone she truly liked, then revealed that Free Will would visit the Holy Kingdom next year.

The Blood Emperor reconsidered the Baharuth Empire’s policies after learning of its enemies’ losses, while Tang Zheng brought Princess Renner to the Abelion Hills to reveal part of his world and introduce her to his companions. Renner saw the Demi-Humans living in unexpected harmony and discovered that Tang Zheng’s circle had access to rare food and places such as the Great Forest of Evasha.

• The Blood Emperor learned that the Slane Theocracy had lost a marshal and removed Zinedine from his post, then considered changing the Empire’s policy of draining the Kingdom.
• At the Royal City’s New Year banquet, Princess Renner escaped the nobles’ attention with Lainas and changed into practical clothes in anticipation of Tang Zheng’s gift.
• Tang Zheng arrived by Teleportation and took Princess Renner and Lainas to the Abelion Hills.
• Princess Renner saw Demi-Humans and Dwarves celebrating together, contradicting what she had learned about the region.
• Tang Zheng introduced Princess Renner to Imina over a meal, and Imina explained that its ingredients came from the Great Forest of Evasha.

Princess Renner inferred the reach of Tang Zheng’s influence and learned that he was preparing for the approaching Hundred-Year Aftershock, then proposed using the Royal Tournament to gather information discreetly. Meanwhile, the Red Dragon brought Evileye to the Dolor Desert to meet friends near the legendary Floating City.

• Princess Renner thanked Tang Zheng for the bonfire gathering and received a box of beauty potions before Imina and Lainas left to spar and Cuiye departed.
• Princess Renner deduced that Tang Zheng had influence across several nations and asked why he had not used his power to overthrow one.
• Tang Zheng revealed that the Hundred-Year Aftershock was approaching and that he was preparing for an unknown being that could change the world’s balance.
• Princess Renner reasoned that the newcomer would gather intelligence by raising its fame or approaching people of status, and suggested the Royal Tournament.
• The Red Dragon flew with Evileye to the Dolor Desert, where Evileye recognized the location of the Floating City and worried about the Dragon Race’s poor relations with it.
• The Red Dragon told Evileye not to worry and said he had brought her to meet a few friends.

Evileye accompanied the Red Dragon to the Floating City, where he proposed a cooperative arrangement with its organization to help pursue their separate goals. As Cloud Giants and Eerie Mist Banshees watched them, two masked members arrived, including Zesshi Zetsumei and the God-kin Captain, who greeted the Red Dragon as Kingdom and Victory without knowing his true identity.

• The Red Dragon took Evileye past Eryuentiu and through a barrier into the Floating City, where he explained that he wanted her to cooperate with its organization in pursuit of their goals.
• Evileye agreed to assist the Red Dragon, while Cloud Giants surrounded them and two Eerie Mist Banshees ordered them to wait under surveillance.
• The Red Dragon told Evileye that two approaching masked figures were members of the organization she was about to join.
• Zesshi Zetsumei and the God-kin Captain arrived and addressed the Red Dragon as Kingdom and Victory, remaining wary of him as a nonhuman.

Tang Zheng admitted Evileye into [Crown] as Foundation and assigned her to investigate the Six Dragons Alliance. He then reviewed intelligence about the Platinum Dragon Lord and resolved to keep [Floating City]’s plans focused on stability and gathering information.

• Evileye defended Mission Kemplitt against Zesshi Zetsumei and the God-kin Captain, but Tang Zheng appeared and calmed the gathering.
• Tang Zheng accepted Mission Kemplitt’s recommendation and named Evileye Foundation, then tasked her with contacting an Outer Circle member of the [Corpus of the Abyss] in the Draconic Kingdom.
• Tang Zheng explained that the Six Dragons Alliance might include the True Dragon Lord who destroyed Evileye’s homeland and the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord she had encountered.
• Tang Zheng reviewed Slane Theocracy intelligence confirming that the Platinum Dragon Lord had left the Council State and concluded that the Guild Weapon and [Floating City] were likely connected to his actions.
• Tang Zheng decided to prioritize stability, defenses, resource integration, and intelligence gathering, and planned to send Doppelgänger to the Holy Kingdom in Dao Chou’s place.

The Gemstone Dragon Lord Sel oversaw Siltarba’s platinum ore operations and delivered refined metal to the Platinum Dragon Lord, who planned to build another Platinum Armor. The Platinum Dragon Lord judged the Floating City’s earlier collision was probably an accident and prepared to retrieve its World Item after the armor was finished.

• An earthquake wrecked a mine in the Buxibu Mountains, and a Magelos caster ordered the surviving Gnolls and Orcs to keep mining while burning the injured miners to ash.
• The Gemstone Dragon Lord flew to a lake island to meet the Platinum Dragon Lord, who asked about the progress of refining Platinum Ore.
• Sel explained that volcanic activity had reduced the supply to about half a ton, then used Gem Collapse to reveal the refined metal she had brought.
• Sel blamed the Dust Star Dragon Lord for taking refined ore, but the Platinum Dragon Lord told her not to use his name and said no one could stop him without a personal confrontation.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord planned to forge another Platinum Armor before retrieving its World Item and concluded that the Floating City’s previous clash was likely an accident.

The Platinum Dragon Lord revisited his suspicions about the Demon God Uprising as the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord recovered a modified Krypton Gold Golem and learned that Mother's divination warned of danger to the Dragon Race. At the Abelion Hills, Enri and Beast General Hectowaizes watched a hundred Flame Archangels clear the mine entrance.

• The Platinum Dragon Lord recalled how Hero Riku's rapid growth had led him to suspect Riku was connected to the World Item behind the Demon God Uprising, though he had found no answer to the disaster's cause.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord visited the Dust Star Dragon Lord, who had repaired and modified his Krypton Gold Golem using materials compatible with Primordial Magic Power.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord confirmed the Golem worked and vowed to find the Red Dragon that had stolen his scales, while the Dust Star Dragon Lord warned him to investigate its prophetic subordinate.
• The Dust Star Dragon Lord reported that Mother's Primordial Divination had produced ominous images, including shattered dragon scales, devouring flames, a blood moon, and a comet pointing toward the Crown.
• At the Abelion Hills, Enri ordered a hundred Flame Archangels to cut apart the rocks blocking the mine entrance as Beast General Hectowaizes watched in disbelief.

Beast General Hectowaizes recognized Enri’s potential to rule the Abelion Hills, while Yaluer and her summoned allies defeated the orc leader and took control of the Demi-Human Oasis. Yaluer prepared to explore Shadow Valley, and Butler Imlaris reported that angel production in two nations was proceeding as planned.

• Beast General Hectowaizes watched Flame Archangels mine ore and realized the hills’ old chaos had ended; after advising Enri on commanding summoned monsters, he told her she was suited to rule the Abelion Hills.
• Enri said humans and demi-humans could live together peacefully, and Beast General Hectowaizes responded by naming her as a better ruler for the hills.
• Yaluer, two Bronze Axe Minotaurs, and Dryad Pinison fought through the Demi-Human Oasis and killed its orc leader after a day and a night, taking control of the oasis.
• Dryad Pinison planned to have the orcs sow crops across the three great oases, while Yaluer decided to explore Shadow Valley with the Minotaurs’ help.
• Butler Imlaris told Tang Zheng that the Holy Kingdom’s Low-Tier Angel production and the Slane Theocracy’s Mid-Tier Angel production were progressing steadily.

Tang Zheng reviewed the Floating City’s defenses and trade plans before inspecting two restored True Dragon Lord corpses being assimilated by the God-kin Captain and Crusch Lulu. Crusch Lulu became the second Assimilator, and Tang Zheng approved the Lizardman Clan’s relocation to the Abelion Hills; the chapter ended as he ordered the newly awakened dragons to fight.

• Butler Imlaris reported that the three lines of defense and the food trades were progressing, and Tang Zheng approved Draconic Queen Dejire’s Goblin trade.
• After receiving word that preparations were complete, Tang Zheng and Butler Imlaris traveled to the Core Area, where the God-kin Captain and Crusch Lulu stood beside two True Dragon Lord corpses.
• Tang Zheng recognized Crusch Lulu as the second Assimilator and offered to relocate her Lizardman Clan from the Great Wetlands to the Abelion Hills.
• Crusch Lulu gratefully pledged herself to Tang Zheng, then joined the God-kin Captain in drinking Assimilation Potions and merging with the Earth Dragon Lord and Frozen Dragon Lord corpses.
• After the two True Dragon Lords awakened, Tang Zheng ordered them to attack each other, and the Earth Dragon Lord struck the Frozen Dragon Lord down with its tail.

Tang Zheng tested the True Dragon Lord Corpses by having Kahn and Lizardman Crusch Lulu fight, then began their training against a group of Monster Mercenaries. After hearing reports on intelligence gathering, he reviewed his two hundred million Experience Points and remained uncertain about his next class.

• Kahn controlled the Earth Dragon Lord and overwhelmed Lizardman Crusch Lulu's Frozen Dragon Lord, demonstrating how Martial Arts could exploit his lance-enhancing Innate Talent.
• Tang Zheng stopped the fight, explained that damage to most of the corpse did not hinder its movement, and warned Kahn and Lizardman Crusch Lulu about the corpses' weaknesses and the one-hour Assimilation limit.
• Tang Zheng ordered the third training phase, and fifty Level 80 Monster Mercenaries surrounded the two True Dragon Lord Corpses and attacked them.
• Butler Imlaris reported that Miss Evileye was working with an Undead from the Draconic Kingdom on [The One], while Miss Yaluer was investigating the Beastman nations beyond Shadow Valley.
• Tang Zheng checked his Ability Table and considered his next career, including [Gray Armored Knight], after gaining two hundred million Experience Points.

Tang Zheng failed to trigger a Gray Armored Knight advancement by raising Genius to Lv. 15, then asked Imlaris about the restored Royal Tournament. Renner had moved the tournament to E-Rantel and involved the Baharuth Empire, leaving Lainas suspicious of her intentions as the city awaited the event.

• Tang Zheng raised Genius to Lv. 15 but detected no job advancement and decided to try another approach involving Body Armament.
• Imlaris told Tang Zheng that Renner had restored the Royal Tournament with changes involving the Baharuth Empire and that he had withheld the report while awaiting results.
• E-Rantel grew crowded and tense as merchants and residents reacted to the tournament's relocation and the Empire's participation.
• Climb escorted Renner through E-Rantel, where Lainas questioned whether Renner had planned the tournament's changes all along.

Princess Renner explained why the Kingdom would co-host the Royal Tournament with the Empire, and she drew Lainas’s suspicion by showing greed toward Tang Zheng. After the first day of matches in E-Rantel, Tang Zheng entered Gazef’s room and took the Ring of Beginning, discovering that its Wild Magic could raise or break the limits of the Warrior class.

• Princess Renner told Lainas that the Empire’s heavy losses had made its usual autumn harassment unlikely, and that the Royal Tournament could redirect the Blood Emperor’s domestic tensions while benefiting the Kingdom.
• Princess Renner said the tournament’s prestige and her own position would not interfere with Tang Zheng’s plans, while Lainas noticed greed in the princess’s worshipful expression toward him.
• Princess Renner and Lainas arrived in E-Rantel, where City Lord Panasole and Gazef welcomed them ahead of the joint Royal Tournament.
• The tournament began on June 1, and Tang Zheng watched from the highest tower as the Kingdom’s contestants struggled against the Empire’s fighters.
• After the first day’s matches, Tang Zheng used Complete Invisibility to enter Gazef’s room and remove the Ring of Beginning from his hand.
• Tang Zheng appraised the ring and learned that its Wild Magic could grant a Warrior level or let a max-level Warrior break through the class limit.

Tang Zheng tested the Ring of Beginning, broke through Level 100, and discovered that his Player talent let him perceive how Gray Armored Knight could advance. At the Royal Tournament finals, Kingdom fighter Dadaner faced an Imperial Magic Caster while Princess Renner and Consort Alisha watched; Alisha said she wore a veil because she was ugly.

• Tang Zheng activated the Ring of Beginning, which raised Genius beyond its level limit and gave him a strange awareness of classes.
• Tang Zheng raised his overall level to 101 and recognized that Player enabled advanced class changes, while Gray Armored Knight still lacked prerequisites for further advancement.
• At the Royal Tournament finals, Kingdom adventurer Dadaner prepared to fight an Imperial Magic Caster under the pressure of being the Kingdom's only finalist.
• Climb served tea to Princess Renner and Consort Alisha as they watched the tournament, and Alisha remarked that Renner seemed to value him.
• Princess Renner asked why Alisha wore a veil, and Alisha replied that she chose to wear it because she was ugly.

During the Royal Tournament, an Imperial Magic Caster defeated the Kingdom’s last contestant by exploiting the rules, while Concubine Alisha pointed out flaws in the tournament’s regulations. Watching from the Highest Tower, Tang Zheng realized that the Gray Armored Knight’s power reflected the Oasis Humans’ hope of survival and decided to revisit Despair Valley.

• Concubine Alisha discussed beauty and wisdom with Princess Renner, then explained how the Imperial Arena’s rules prohibited Flight and Teleportation magic.
• The Empire’s Magic Caster flew above Triple Slash Dadaner and defeated him with repeated Fireballs, eliminating the Kingdom’s final contestant from the tournament.
• Tang Zheng watched the tournament from the Highest Tower while using the Prank Coin and seeking a chance for the Gray Armored Knight to advance.
• The Empire’s hammer-wielding contestant won the tournament, and Tang Zheng connected the crowds’ hope for the Kingdom’s contestant with the Oasis Humans’ desperate faith in the Gray Armored Knight.
• Tang Zheng concluded that the Gray Armored Knight’s advancement text described the Oasis Humans’ determination and considered returning to Despair Valley, sensing a faint change in his class.

Tang Zheng watched the Oasis Humans govern their Orc slaves in Despair Valley as an Orc rebellion broke out. He chose not to intervene, and the rebellion began to subside before his [Genius] class transformed and summoned phantoms of numerous Basic Classes.

• Anton urged the Orcs to work hard, promising meat and a chance to become citizens, while Larca warned him not to make promises lightly.
• Tang Zheng observed the Oasis Humans for a week, then flew to the northern oasis when Orcs attacked elderly humans and the rebellion spread.
• Tang Zheng considered intervening to earn an advanced [Gray Armored Knight] class, but decided he would not protect the Oasis Humans like a nanny just to gain it.
• An Oasis Human offered the Orcs citizenship if they helped suppress the rebels, and some Orcs joined the humans as the revolt began to subside.
• Tang Zheng entered [Two-Realm Mandala] as his [Genius] class changed, and phantoms of many Basic Classes emerged from his body.

Tang Zheng advanced into the special class [Human Transcendent: Grey Armor (Degraded)] as human nations and hidden forces continued preparing for future conflicts. The chapter ended with Evileye visiting Undead Fanuen, who reported progress on his advanced Vampire research.

• Tang Zheng's Basic Class phantoms merged into a Gray Armored Knight, and he obtained the special class [Human Transcendent: Grey Armor (Degraded)].
• The Empire celebrated its sweeping Royal Tournament victory, while Ramposa III worried about the Kingdom's poor showing and its political consequences.
• Enri and Hectowaizes trained forces in Abelion Hills, Imina rebuilt the Elf Kingdom, and Pinison expanded her Treant intelligence network across the Great Forest of Evasha.
• Three months later, Evileye visited Fanuen's castle, where Negative Energy spread from a ritual using buried Beastmen corpses.
• Evileye urged Fanuen to clean his castle and asked about his advanced Vampire research, and Fanuen said he had made progress.

Evileye began trading Seventh-Tier Magic knowledge to Fanuen for help strengthening the Vampire race, hoping to learn more about the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord. In the Floating City, Tang Zheng inspected the dwarves’ thriving Forge Workshop and asked its overseers for advice on modifying Rune Armor.

• Evileye agreed to exchange knowledge of Seventh-Tier Magic for Fanuen’s help and privately planned to use their connection to gather intelligence about the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord.
• Tang Zheng reviewed his levels and the costly modifications to Leoric Zhen and Saphis Xoth as he walked through the Floating City.
• Tang Zheng found the dwarves enthusiastically working in the Forge Workshop, then summoned Shi, Gondo, and Duan to discuss their living conditions.
• After the dwarves praised the workshop and its tools, Tang Zheng asked Gondo how to integrate an object of the same substance into Rune Armor without the armor absorbing it.