Chapter Summaries

Tang Zheng defeated Zaryusu Shasha and examined the Lizardman treasures and abilities he had obtained. He reached the Dragon Fang Tribe, where he studied new magic and Martial Arts, but still could not uncover a Dragon System Class.

• Tang Zheng confirmed the creatures above were wetland monsters, dismissed his Peace Authority Angels, and appraised Frost Pain, discovering it could only be used by Lizardmen and Upper Species.
• Tang Zheng stored Frost Pain and took the controlled Crusch Lulu and the Barghest to the Dragon Fang Tribe, while Lizardmen secretly recovered their dead under cover of night.
• Tang Zheng learned Mind's Eye from Zaryusu Shasha and considered other Martial Arts and classes he had gained, including the unappealing [Sword Master] and [Sage].
• Tang Zheng learned Composite Element Summoning: Wetland Elemental Spirit from Crusch Lulu and gained the Basic Class [Summoner].
• Tang Zheng wondered why no Dragon System Class appeared on his Attribute Panel despite making Crusch Lulu use all her abilities and spells.

After reaching Level 36, Tang Zheng considered his next class options and decided to travel to Upper Lake to retrieve the Lizardman Cauldron from the Twin Witches. He and Blackie entered the dangerous wetlands, where Tang Zheng fought off several magical creatures.

• Tang Zheng raised Magic Swordsman to its maximum level, reaching Overall Level 36 as his Justice Value fell from 51 to 23.
• Tang Zheng weighed pursuing Disciple of Disaster but judged the Elf King's territory too dangerous, so he chose to seek the Lizardman Cauldron instead.
• Tang Zheng learned from Crusch Lulu that the Twin Witches had stolen the cauldron and set out with Blackie toward Upper Lake.
• Tang Zheng summoned a Flame Archangel to clear swarms of mosquitoes and flies as they traveled through the wetlands.
• The Flame Archangel killed several Wetland Sharks, and Tang Zheng destroyed attacking water weeds with Magic Arrow as they continued onward.

Tang Zheng encountered the Frogmen in the Great Wetlands and used Charm Species: All to force one to guide him toward the Twin Witches. After the Frogmen summoned Purple Worms and Tang Zheng’s forces defeated them, three mounted Hydras approached from the swamp.

• Tang Zheng and his Flame Archangel killed seven Mantis Monsters as he traveled deeper into the Great Wetlands.
• Tang Zheng found Frogmen lying in the mud and used Charm Species: All to make one lead him to the Twin Witches’ territory.
• Tang Zheng ordered the Flame Archangel to kill the Frogmen, and a dying Frogman’s croak summoned numerous Purple Worms from the ground.
• Tang Zheng summoned a second Flame Archangel, and the two Archangels defeated the Purple Worms.
• Tang Zheng saw three eight-headed Hydras charging toward him, each carrying a Frogman atop its central head.

Tang Zheng fought through the Great Wetlands and discovered that the Twin Witches had used disguised Cave Lizardmen to spy on and sabotage the Lizardman Tribe. After learning that their warning was likely meant to draw him into the forest, he looked toward the witches’ territory.

• Tang Zheng learned Partner Contract I and formed a contract with the Barghest, then advanced through the wetlands with the Flame Archangels.
• A Cave Lizardman warned Tang Zheng to leave the Great Wetlands on behalf of Lady Witch, ruler of the forest wetland.
• Tang Zheng used Charm Species: All to question the Cave Lizardman and learned that Cave Lizardmen had infiltrated the Lizardman Tribe and helped the Twin Witches steal its treasure.
• Tang Zheng took a transformation ring from the Cave Lizardman and concluded that the Twin Witches’ warning was meant to lure him deeper into the forest.

Tang Zheng followed a charmed Cave Lizardman into the forest and confronted one of the Twin Witches, discovering that she used both Mental and Arcane System magic. He wounded her with a Flame Archangel, but the fight remained unresolved when a second head emerged from her chest.

• Tang Zheng entered the forest wetland with the Cave Lizardman and reached the Twin Witches' castle.
• One Twin Witch used Phantom Sound and Darkness to ambush Tang Zheng, but he detected her with Mind's Eye.
• Tang Zheng identified her magic and sent his Flame Archangel and Magic Arrows to attack her.
• The Twin Witch used Corrupting Destruction, but the Flame Archangel wounded her and set her leafy covering on fire.
• The Twin Witch cast Corrupting Destruction again, and Tang Zheng used Undead Mind to block her charm before she called for help.
• A second head with bright yellow eyes and a White Mist covering emerged from the Twin Witch's chest.

Tang Zheng fought Twin Witches and discovered that Dense Fog Witch had given birth to a Frogman. As he recognized the Frogman as a possible explanation for why they could not be killed, an unseen attacker destroyed his Flame Archangel and revealed knowledge of the Slane Theocracy.

• Dense Fog Witch possessed Tang Zheng's Flame Archangel, but Observer Dominion struck it down and injured her, while Tang Zheng learned the Witch skill Enlarge and triggered the high-tier Mad Magic Caster class option.
• Dense Fog Witch's belly swelled, and a Frogman crawled out through her torn stomach as Green Witch tried to help her.
• Tang Zheng suspected the Frogman was connected to the claim that Frogmen could not be killed, summoned another Flame Archangel, and sent it toward the newborn.
• A blue Lightning Ball destroyed the Flame Archangel, and an unseen speaker from the forest mocked the Slane Theocracy and called the Frogman's birth a magnificent creation.

Tang Zheng confronted a Hero Realm Gray-robed Magic Caster, who revealed that he created and controlled Frogmen through Frogman's Eggs. The man prepared to kill Tang Zheng, who refused to back down as a silver Lancer formed.

• The Gray-robed Magic Caster emerged from the forest, healed the White Mist Witch, and revealed power above level 29.
• Tang Zheng realized the Twin Witches had used him to draw the Gray-robed Magic Caster out, but the man declared his intent to kill him.
• The Gray-robed Magic Caster explained how he altered Frog Person's Eggs to control Frogmen and demonstrated that forced maturation made them explode.
• The Gray-robed Magic Caster turned the Frogman born from the Dense Fog Witch back into an egg and showed Tang Zheng his creation.
• Tang Zheng challenged the Gray-robed Magic Caster, who summoned a silver Lancer.

Tang Zheng faced a Hero Realm Gray-robed Magic Caster whose Silver Knight Lance destroyed his Observer Dominion and threatened him and the Twin Witches. A hidden Four-Tailed Black Panther and an unseen ally disrupted the attack, and a blond man Tang Zheng recognized emerged from the forest.

• The Gray-robed Magic Caster destroyed Tang Zheng’s Observer Dominion with Silver Knight Lance and boasted that he specialized in countering holy summoning magic.
• As the Gray-robed Magic Caster attacked again, Tang Zheng wondered who had saved the Twin Witches in the future and recalled a strange magical fluctuation he had sensed earlier.
• A Four-Tailed Black Panther leapt from the shadows and deflected the Silver Knight Lance before it could hit Tang Zheng.
• The Gray-robed Magic Caster detected a dark-blue giant lizard nearby but could not locate another hidden attacker, while the Twin Witches began backing away.
• A blond man with dark red eyes and an owl on his shoulder emerged from the forest, and Tang Zheng recognized him as the [Black Scripture] Fifth Seat · One-Man Army.

Tang Zheng survived the Gray-robed Magic Caster’s ambush and advanced to the Mad Magic Caster class while Quaiesse fought the Gray-robed Magic Caster. The chapter left Tang Zheng revealing his strength with a fifth-tier Dragon Lightning attack that destroyed Quaiesse’s Four-Tailed Black Panther.

• Quaiesse introduced himself to Tang Zheng as an Earth God missionary, but the Gray-robed Magic Caster exposed his Black Scripture identity and revealed that he wanted Quaiesse’s innate talent for his Frogman’s Egg masterpiece.
• The Gray-robed Magic Caster severed Tang Zheng’s Partner Contract and used the Four-Tailed Black Panther to blast Tang Zheng and the Barghest into the woods, though Tang Zheng survived unharmed.
• Tang Zheng advanced to the Mad Magic Caster class, learned Lightning Ball and Silver Knight Lance, and began drawing a magic circle in ogre blood.
• Quaiesse and the Gray-robed Magic Caster traded spells and summoned creatures, with Quaiesse’s monsters and magic items countering several of the Gray-robed Magic Caster’s attacks.
• Tang Zheng boosted Lightning Ball into fifth-tier Dragon Lightning and struck Quaiesse’s Four-Tailed Black Panther, then emerged from the forest as the spell’s requirements appeared on his panel.

Tang Zheng defeated the Gray-robed Magic Caster with a rapid barrage of elemental Knight Lance spells, then turned to face Quaiesse. Quaiesse redirected Tang Zheng’s next attack with a magic ring, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Quaiesse and the Gray-robed Magic Caster mistook Tang Zheng’s high-tier magic for the result of a Magic Ritual, and Quaiesse offered him compensation to avoid a fight.
• Quaiesse sent a hidden Four-Tailed Black Panther to attack Tang Zheng, but Tang Zheng killed it with Silver Knight Lance and summoned Peace Authority Angels to attack Quaiesse.
• Tang Zheng rejected the Gray-robed Magic Caster’s offer to team up and attacked him with several elemental Knight Lance spells, breaking through his defenses and knocking him unconscious.
• Tang Zheng used an alchemical potion to keep the Gray-robed Magic Caster alive, then faced Quaiesse as the two water-blue giant lizards guarded him.
• Quaiesse redirected Tang Zheng’s Storm Knight Lance with the Attack Deviation ability of his magic ring, and both men declared the other would die.

Tang Zheng defeated Quaiesse after surviving his summons, spells, and ambushes, but he kept the Black Scripture member alive with Regeneration Potions. The battle ended with Quaiesse gravely wounded and Tang Zheng fearing that the Slane Theocracy would discover what happened.

• Quaiesse summoned ten powerful monsters, but Tang Zheng destroyed them with combined Fifth-Tier Dragon Flame and Dragon Wind spells.
• Quaiesse escaped the blast using a flight item, then turned invisible and tried to stab Tang Zheng from behind; Tang Zheng detected him with Mind's Eye and blocked the attack with a Flame Archangel.
• Quaiesse endured Tang Zheng's Dragon Lightning with Petrifying Lizard's Protection, then used a ring to appear behind him for another attack.
• Tang Zheng sensed Quaiesse's sudden approach and pierced his chest with a Hurricane Knight Spear, leaving him near death in a crater.
• Tang Zheng poured Regeneration Potions over Quaiesse to keep him alive, worried that his death would alert the Slane Theocracy.

Tang Zheng subdued Quaiesse and questioned the Twin Witches, then discovered that the Gray-robed Magic Caster had created artificial Frogman eggs. He learned that the caster belonged to Zurrernorn and that the witches might descend from the Demon Gods who appeared two hundred years earlier.

• Tang Zheng stabilized Quaiesse’s injuries, knocked him unconscious, and took his magic items, confirming that Quaiesse had no way to contact the Slane Theocracy.
• Tang Zheng returned to the earlier battle site, where Peace Authority Angels had captured the Gray-robed Magic Caster and the Twin Witches.
• The Twin Witches told Tang Zheng that the Gray-robed Magic Caster had controlled them and used a stolen Magic Cauldron to research Frogman eggs; they had lured Tang Zheng there hoping to escape.
• Tang Zheng appraised a Frogman’s Egg and learned that it could rapidly grow into a short-lived, unintelligent Level 5–10 artificial magical beast.
• Tang Zheng used Charm magic on the Gray-robed Magic Caster, who identified himself as a member of Zurrernorn and said the Twin Witches might descend from the Demon Gods.

Tang Zheng learned that the Gray-robed Magic Caster’s sister had been an Earth Miko Princess and that Quaiesse belonged to the Slane Theocracy’s [Black Scripture], then questioned them about Zurrernorn and resurrection magic. The Twin Witches submitted to him, while Quaiesse revealed a possible way to resist resurrection before a hidden safeguard threatened to limit further questioning.

• Tang Zheng learned the Gray-robed Magic Caster had created the “Frogman’s Egg” to lure Quaiesse, whose Innate Talent could increase monsters’ favorability and control them, and that the Gray-robed Magic Caster’s sister had been the previous Earth Miko Princess.
• The Gray-robed Magic Caster told Tang Zheng that Zurrernorn had twelve members and that its leader might have once held high status in the Slane Theocracy.
• Tang Zheng learned Magic Mark from the Gray-robed Magic Caster, and the Verdant Leaf Witch and the Dense Fog Witch submitted and went to repair the damaged area.
• Tang Zheng questioned Quaiesse about resisting Resurrection Magic, and Quaiesse revealed that magic isolation by a monster beyond the Hero Realm could obstruct resurrection before Tang Zheng knocked him unconscious again.
• Tang Zheng realized Quaiesse might be resisting Charm Species: All because the Slane Theocracy had implanted a safeguard that killed members after they answered three questions, and he considered using resurrection to continue questioning him.

Tang Zheng considered the risk that the Slane Theocracy could locate Quaiesse and decided he needed to eliminate the possibility of her resurrection before evacuating. After restoring his mana, he killed a Cave Lizardman, gained experience, and appraised the Lizardmen's Magic Cauldron, discovering it was a High Tier magic item that could refine ingredients and condense Alchemical Material.

• Tang Zheng worried that the Slane Theocracy could use Quaiesse to determine her location, so he planned to prevent her resurrection and leave quickly.
• Tang Zheng rested in the forest while the Twin Witches returned and repaired the damaged area, and he noticed his mana recovery had improved.
• Tang Zheng ordered the Twin Witches to bring him the Magic Cauldron and a Cave Lizardman.
• Tang Zheng killed the Cave Lizardman with Lightning Ball, gaining experience and frightening the Twin Witches.
• Tang Zheng appraised the Magic Cauldron and learned that the High Tier item could improve ingredients and condense Alchemical Material.

Tang Zheng tested the Shapeshifting Ring, sent the Twin Witches away to prepare for the Slane Theocracy’s actions, and killed the Gray-robed Magic Caster to test Improved Resurrection of the Dead. He resurrected the man, confirmed that resurrection weakened him, and knocked him unconscious again.

• Tang Zheng learned that the Shapeshifting Ring could disguise the Twin Witches as humans, and watched Verdant Leaf Witch use it while White Mist Witch merged into her.
• Tang Zheng gave the Twin Witches a Shapeshifting Ring and fifty gold coins, ordered them to leave the Great Wetlands, and sent them south toward human villages.
• Tang Zheng killed the Gray-robed Magic Caster and gained 16,212 experience points.
• Tang Zheng cast Improved Resurrection of the Dead, forcing the Gray-robed Magic Caster’s soul back into his body.
• The resurrected Gray-robed Magic Caster tried to cast Insect Swarm, but Tang Zheng knocked him unconscious and concluded that resurrection had lowered his level.

Tang Zheng tested the Shapeshifting Rings, sent the Twin Witches south to hide among humans, and used the Gray-robed Magic Caster to test Resurrection Magic. The caster revived but lost four levels, leaving Tang Zheng with evidence of the spell’s effects on the soul and body.

• Tang Zheng learned that the Shapeshifting Rings could let the Twin Witches pass as humans, and he ordered them to leave the Great Wetlands and travel south with fifty gold coins.
• Tang Zheng killed the unconscious Gray-robed Magic Caster and gained 16,212 experience points.
• Tang Zheng used Improved Resurrection of the Dead to force the caster’s soul back into his body.
• The revived Gray-robed Magic Caster tried to thank Tang Zheng, then attempted to cast Insect Swarm, but Tang Zheng knocked him unconscious.
• Tang Zheng concluded that resurrection weakened the caster by four levels and confirmed that resurrection reduced a creature’s life level and material quality.

Tang Zheng repeatedly killed the Gray-robed Magic Caster, watching his experience gains and soul weaken with each death. He prepared and stored a Seventh-Tier Resurrection spell as a backup, then waited to see whether Zurrernorn's alliance leader would resurrect the caster elsewhere.

• Tang Zheng resurrected the Gray-robed Magic Caster and killed him repeatedly, reducing his experience gains and judging that he had fallen below level 20.
• Tang Zheng stopped resurrecting the Gray-robed Magic Caster and set up a Magic Boost Magic Ritual to test where he would return if Zurrernorn's alliance leader also used Resurrection Magic.
• Tang Zheng cast Seventh-Tier Resurrection through Magic Boost and stored it with Advance Magic Preparation, but the Attribute Panel said he did not meet its casting requirements.
• Tang Zheng waited beside the Gray-robed Magic Caster's corpse, while the scene shifted to the scorching Labasrea Mountain in the Azerlisia Mountains.

Tang Zheng overcame a rival resurrection ritual to revive the Gray-robed Magic Caster and learned how to counter Quaiesse. After repeatedly killing and resurrecting the caster until Resurrection Magic failed, he burned the corpse to ashes.

• A Fire Dragon awakened after sensing a brief surge of powerful magic, then wondered whether it had imagined the disturbance.
• Khajit brought magical materials to the Zurrernorn alliance leader in the Terror-ruled ruined city, where they attempted a Resurrection of the Dead ritual.
• In the Great Wetlands, Tang Zheng stopped the Gray-robed Magic Caster’s body from melting by casting Resurrection of the Dead, overpowering the rival magic and reviving him.
• Tang Zheng knocked out the revived caster and concluded that close-range resurrection of a complete corpse gave him an advantage against Quaiesse.
• The next day, Tang Zheng killed and revived the Gray-robed Magic Caster until his Mad Meditation uses were exhausted, then burned the corpse to ashes.

Tang Zheng questioned Quaiesse in the Lava Zone about Thousand Miles Astrologer, but Quaiesse died after answering three questions. The Slane Theocracy learned that Quaiesse could not be resurrected and that his killer also wielded Resurrection Magic, prompting the Earth Cardinal Chief to alert the other Cardinals and Thousand Miles Astrologer.

• Tang Zheng flew into the Azerlisia Mountains carrying the unconscious Quaiesse and reached the Lava Zone, where he landed at its outer edge.
• Tang Zheng used Charm Species: All to question Quaiesse about Thousand Miles Astrologer's detection abilities.
• Quaiesse died after answering Tang Zheng's third question, and Tang Zheng cast Resurrection of the Dead.
• A black-haired youth told the Earth Cardinal Chief that Quaiesse was dead and could not be resurrected because his killer possessed Resurrection Magic.
• The Earth Cardinal Chief said he would notify the other Cardinals and Thousand Miles Astrologer.

Tang Zheng finished extracting intelligence from Quaiesse, then tried to dispose of Quaiesse’s magic items in the Lava Sea. A Lava Ruler Anglerfish swallowed the Lava Elemental Spirit, and an Ancient Fire Dragon blocked Tang Zheng’s way and demanded his valuables.

• Tang Zheng repeatedly killed and resurrected Quaiesse to question him about the Slane Theocracy until Quaiesse could no longer be resurrected.
• Tang Zheng summoned a Wetland Elemental and transformed it into a Lava Elemental Spirit by combining fire and earth attributes.
• Tang Zheng sent the Lava Elemental Spirit carrying Quaiesse’s magic items toward the Lava Sea, where a Lava Ruler Anglerfish dragged it beneath the magma.
• Tang Zheng turned to leave but found an Ancient Fire Dragon blocking his route back.
• The Ancient Fire Dragon demanded Tang Zheng hand over the precious magic items on him.