Recaps

Ouroboros Snake and Sembra recounted how they became Pseudo-Dragons and opened a Warm Enclave with Russell, who named it Explosion Ridge and recognized its potential to connect two oases. Elsewhere, the Shadowflame Dragon welcomed the new growth in power, while Frost Da faced criticism over the failed Frost Domain improvements and promised reinforcements were coming.

• Ouroboros Snake and Sembra told Russell that their breakthrough and combined explosion had shattered the Frost Domain and blasted away the Snow Troll.
• Russell named Ouroboros Snake’s mark the Lord of Hills Mark and Sembra’s the Lord of Thunderbolt Mark, and they agreed on names for their former forms.
• Russell inspected the new Warm Enclave, named its ridge Explosion Ridge, and realized it could connect the oases and improve development of Yunmeng Marsh Oasis.
• The Shadowflame Dragon grew stronger from the new Pseudo-Dragons and Warm Enclave, but worried that Ice Cream might claim benefits it wanted for itself.
• Frost Da told the Frost Warriors that Luo had died and the Frost Domain improvements had failed, then said Froststar would soon open and bring reinforcements.

Russell celebrated Ouroboros Snake and Sembra’s advancement to pseudo-dragons, then brought a Frost Star Bead to the Shadowflame Dragon. As the news spread, Baron Kunbif accepted Russell’s growing power and moved to secure his family’s future by passing his title to Kunsley and joining the Wyvern Regiment.

• Russell assigned Sembra four teleport return locations and advised Ouroboros to train with Tapir while resting from dangerous trips to the snowfield.
• Russell flew to Shadowflame Volcano with the Snow Troll’s shattered corpse and the Frost Star Bead to visit the Shadowflame Dragon.
• The Shadowflame Grand Duchy celebrated the opening of Explosion Ridge and the advancement of Ouroboros Snake and Sembra to pseudo-dragons.
• Baron Kunbif convened his family and announced that the Swan Family would unite around Russell and that Kunsley would inherit the title of Swan Baron.
• Baron Kunbif said he would join the Wyvern Regiment and seek Russell’s forgiveness.

Russell welcomed Baron Kunbif into the Wyvern Regiment and arranged for Dyson to accompany his sister Laura to Furious Wind City. Laura and Dyson later agreed to marry, and Russell gave her two sprites for her dowry before traveling with Sembra to the Shadowflame Embassy in the Golden Palace.

• Baron Kunbif surrendered his title to his eldest grandson and joined the Wyvern Regiment under Baron Roman.
• Russell sent Dyson to accompany Laura to Furious Wind City, and the two came to approve of one another during the trip.
• Dyson proposed to Laura, and the Kingtop Mushroom Family and Fluorite Mushroom Family arranged their engagement.
• Russell gave Laura two sprites for her dowry and spoke with her about her upcoming marriage.
• Russell used Sembra's mark to travel to the Shadowflame Embassy in the Golden Palace and set out to find King Ares.

Russell negotiated migration aid with King Ares and proposed a united response to the Frost Snow Trolls. At the first Thunderclap Conference, news of a fallen Dragon Knight prompted King Debroye to reveal the Three-Dragon Sacrifice Method, which Russell learned sought to transform giant dragons into ancient Spirit Dragons.

• Russell and King Ares agreed that Russell would protect migrating commoners and rebuild Cold Spring Points with supplies supported by the Molten Fire Grand Duchy.
• Russell proposed a Thunderclap Conference, and King Ares agreed to preside over it.
• At the conference, the nations learned that the Ice Prism Dragon and its knight, the Ice Prism Grand Duke, had fallen a month earlier.
• King Debroye shared the Three-Dragon Sacrifice Method with the assembled nations.
• Russell studied the method and realized its goal was to evolve giant dragons into the Spirit Dragons of ancient times.

Russell considered whether Little Dream Dragon might be a spirit dragon and withheld judgment on the Three-Dragon Sacrifice Method while awaiting Snowflake Volcano’s eruption. After the Frost Star Crossing the Sun brought meteor showers and new Frost Snow Troll arrivals, Russell investigated Frost He near a buried Warm Enclave and discovered the trolls building a vast ring of pillars before Frost He detected him.

• Russell questioned King Debroye about the Three-Dragon Sacrifice Method, and King Ares announced that he would attempt it with Blazing when the warm season arrived.
• Russell told the Thunderclap Conference he had no opinion yet, while the gathered rulers agreed to await King Ares’s results, build Demon Seeking Towers, and share intelligence about Frost Star Descends.
• At the end of February, the Frost Star Crossing the Sun coincided with worldwide earthquakes and meteor showers that signaled arriving Frost Snow Troll forces.
• After hearing that Frost He was near Volcanic Oasis, Russell traveled to the Molten Fire Court, where Mel reported that Fred had gone to investigate the troll personally.
• Russell found Frost Snow Trolls constructing a huge circular arrangement of ice pillars around the buried Warm Enclave, and Frost He detected his presence as he retreated with Polly.

Russell discovered that Frost He was constructing a Star Pulling Array intended to draw the Frost Star down sooner, and he began preparing the nations and refugees for the danger. He later welcomed Viscount Fred’s wife and son to the Shadowflame Grand Duchy and carried the delegation’s ten Fallen Wyverns onward.

• Russell watched Frost He adjust the stone circle toward a star and concluded it was connected to the Frost Star’s arrival.
• Russell warned Mel that the danger could threaten all human nations, and he ordered Fred to send thunder messages to other countries.
• Fred relayed King Debroye’s explanation that the structure was a Star Pulling Array meant to make the Frost Star descend sooner, and Russell decided to let Frost He build it before destroying it.
• Russell told Fred to move citizens closer to the volcanoes, then returned to Red Castle and later met the secret delegation at the northern border.
• Russell welcomed Lady Vanessa and Fox Molten, sent them toward Red Castle with the knights, and flew away carrying ten iron chests containing Fallen Wyverns.

Russell brought ten Fallen Wyverns to Shadowflame Dragon to be refined into Dragon Eggs, then challenged Shadowflame to trust the new era and follow him. Three days later, Russell gave a Wyvern Dragon Egg to his elder brother Roland so he could hatch and ride a dragon.

• Russell delivered ten bound Fallen Wyverns to Shadowflame Volcano, and Shadowflame Dragon began pressing them into the lava to refine them.
• Russell rejected Shadowflame Dragon's demand for a contract and argued that Shadowflame and the Dragon Sleep Continent needed him in the coming new era.
• Shadowflame Dragon accepted Russell's challenge and promised to refine the Wyverns into Dragon Eggs.
• Three days later, Russell received a dark-red Wyvern Dragon Egg from Shadowflame Dragon.
• Russell gave the Dragon Egg to Roland so his elder brother could hatch it and ride a dragon.

Roland became the Nickel-Silver Dragon Knight, bringing more honor to the Fluorite Mushroom Family as the Shadowflame Grand Duchy celebrated. Russell named the dragon Roze and planned Silver Mountain Province, then surveyed the expanding railway and construction work, pleased that their endeavor was thriving.

• Roland became the thirteenth Wyvern Knight of the Shadowflame Grand Duchy after claiming the Nickel-Silver Dragon, and the nation celebrated the Fluorite Mushroom Family.
• Meijie told Kunna to respect Meryl and the Fluorite Mushroom Family, which had replaced the Shadowflame Dragonblood Family as the grand duchy's most honored bloodline.
• Roland named his dragon Roze and its Warm Enclave Silver Mountain, while Russell instructed him to mine Nickel-Silver Ore and expand the Sub-zero Railway.
• Russell rode Polly to Silver Mountain and saw workers laying railway through the Warm Enclaves, then declared that their endeavor was thriving.

Russell led an attack on the Frost Snow Trolls’ Star Pulling Array and, combining Polly’s bright lightning with Sembra’s dark lightning, gained inspiration for a powerful new sword technique. The chapter ended as he unleashed his Super Ultimate Art: Yang Sword at Frost He.

• At the Thunderclap Conference, Russell warned that the Frost Snow Trolls were building Star Pulling Arrays and urged the nations to destroy every one they found.
• After the conference, Russell reflected on the cryptic visions tied to the hope of dragons returning to ancient times and placed his hopes in Snowcake.
• Russell traveled to the Warm Enclave ruins with Polly, Harpie, Sembra, and Ouroboros to attack the nearly completed Star Pulling Array.
• Russell and his companions struck the formation, while Russell killed two patrolling Snow Trolls with his lightning-enhanced swordsmanship.
• Frost He charged Russell with a Snow Giant and summoned a blizzard, so Russell combined Polly’s bright lightning with Sembra’s dark lightning and unleashed Yang Sword.

After destroying the Star Pulling Array, Russell studied his Super Ultimate Art: Yang Sword and learned that Little Dream Dragon could speak and was preparing to erupt as a volcano. Their final Dark Dreamscape gathering began as Russell prepared to search for Saiban.

• Frost He withdrew with the Snow Trolls after seeing the ruined Star Pulling Array and the wound Russell had inflicted on the Snow Giant.
• Russell returned after Frost He left and studied the lingering traces of his Yang Sword while Harpie departed for Molten Fire Volcano.
• On the night of March 16th, Year 5587, Russell met a grown-looking Little Dream Dragon in the Dark Dreamscape and learned that it could speak and would soon erupt as a volcano.
• Little Dream Dragon told Russell this was their last dream before it grew into a big dragon, and Russell promised to find it afterward.
• Russell and Little Dream Dragon summoned Polly and Ouroboros into the Dark Dreamscape, failed to reach Harpie, and called out for Saiban.

Russell received the final two leaves of the Lucky Four-Leaf Clover from Saiban in the last Dark Dreamscape, then wished for Harpie to achieve its goal. The next day, he learned that Frost Snow Trolls had overrun Volcanic Oasis in the Starlight Grand Duchy, and the story left the fate of Grand Duke Nurdin and the Starlight Dragon unknown.

• Saiban gave Russell the final two leaves of the Lucky Four-Leaf Clover and wished him luck before fading away.
• Russell gave one leaf to Little Dream Dragon, and he wished for Harpie to join the Dream family.
• Russell and Little Dream Dragon searched the snowfield for Frost Da and Snow Trolls, but found none before dawn.
• Russell woke to find his M-shaped Mark gone, then trained Dream Eater Tapir with Ouroboros Snake Ouroboros.
• An attendant told Russell that Frost Snow Trolls had attacked the Starlight Grand Duchy, where Warm Enclave had fallen and Volcanic Oasis was in danger.
• Grand Duke Nurdin sent a final thunder message saying the Frost Domain had surrounded Volcanic Oasis, after which the connection was lost.

After the Starlight Dragon fell, King Debroye reported the devastation of the Starlight Grand Duchy, and the Thunderclap Conference debated how humanity could survive the Frost Snow Trolls. Russell resolved to improve the Phantom Dragon Knight cultivation method, while Frost Da negotiated with Frost He to hunt dragons together.

• King Debroye reported that the Starlight Dragon had fallen and that the Starlight Grand Duchy was nearly destroyed.
• At the Thunderclap Conference, King Ares warned that the Three-Dragon Sacrifice Method might not work, and the grand dukes discussed Dragon Scale Towers, ambushes, and Phantom Dragon Knights.
• Russell promised to seek a shortcut for Phantom Dragon Knight cultivation by studying Hape's advancement with Polly.
• Frost Da offered Frost He a share of the three dragons in his hunting ground in exchange for help hunting them.
• Frost He agreed to split the dragons evenly with Frost Da.

Russell advised Harpie to seek the missing insight for her dream-dragon advancement at Green Capital Garden Cold Spring Point, while the Three-Dragon Sacrifice Method failed to take Scorching beyond the elements. When Frost He led a Snow Troll legion toward Glacial Ravine, Russell and Shadowflame Dragon prepared to support King Ares.

• Russell realized Harpie's missing opportunity might be completing the life-and-death trial she had bypassed with her ancestor's Pseudo-Dragon Horn, and advised her to return to Green Capital Garden Cold Spring Point.
• Harpie left Russell at Cigar Palace and flew toward Green Capital Snow Forest to seek inspiration.
• King Ares told Russell that Scorching's Three-Dragon Sacrifice Method had failed after it briefly touched a realm beyond the elements.
• An urgent report said a Frost Snow Troll legion and a new Snow Giant were approaching Glacial Ravine, so King Ares set out with Scorching Dragon to defend the border.
• Shadowflame Dragon discovered that Frost He had killed the old Molten Fire dragon and drowned the phantoms of Shadowflame and Torrent, and Russell decided to go support King Ares at Glacial Ravine.

Russell rushed to Glacial Ravine and rescued Baron Yamal and his knights from the Snow Trolls, but learned Frost Da had invaded Shadowflame’s country. He returned to Shadowflame Volcano to prepare for Frost Da’s imminent arrival and discussed the possibility of advancing into a Dragon Knight.

• Russell rode ahead of King Ares to Glacial Ravine, where Baron Yamal and his knights were evacuating residents while battling Snow Trolls.
• A Snow Troll nearly killed Yamal, but Russell arrived and killed it before attacking the invading horde.
• The Shadowflame Dragon’s phantom warned Russell that Frost Da had invaded Shadowflame’s country, so Russell attacked Frost He and then warned King Ares before teleporting away.
• King Ares confronted Frost He as Russell returned to Red Castle and learned Frost Da’s legion had crossed the border and was advancing toward Shadowflame Volcano.
• Russell warned the Shadowflame Dragon not to underestimate Frost Da, and the dragon suggested that advancing into a Dragon Knight could decide the battle.

Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon fought Frost Da’s invading army at Shadowflame Volcano, where an Extreme Ice Sacred Artifact let the Frost Trolls deploy the Frost Domain and block the Dark Dreamscape. The Shadowflame Dragon suffered severe wounds to trap Frost Da, giving Russell the opening to sever his neck, while Frost Da’s terror remained as his head fell.

• Russell discovered that Frost Da’s army was protected by a shattered Dark Dreamscape that blocked the Dream Escape Technique.
• Frost Da wielded a new Extreme Ice Sacred Artifact and used it to spread the Frost Domain across Shadowflame Volcano.
• Russell killed two Snow Trolls with Super Ultimate Art: Yang Sword while the Frost Trolls’ formation slowed his movements.
• Frost Da tricked Russell and stabbed the Shadowflame Dragon in the abdomen, but the dragon bit his shoulder and engulfed him in dragonfire.
• The Shadowflame Dragon endured the Snow Giant tearing at its back as Russell severed Frost Da’s neck with Super Ultimate Art: Yang Sword.

Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon defeated Frost Da’s forces at Shadowflame Volcano, but Frost Da escaped with part of the Snow Giant’s power. Russell recovered the Extreme Ice Sacred Artifact, while the Shadowflame Dragon celebrated their spoils and urged Russell to fuse with it; Russell worried that his pure body would not last much longer.

• Russell tried to kill Frost Da, but Snow Trolls interrupted him and Frost Da reattached his severed head.
• Frost Da fled with the Snow Trolls, while the Snow Giant transformed into light and tried to return to him.
• Russell was pierced by a spear but cut the Snow Giant’s light in two, and Frost Da escaped from Volcanic Oasis with part of it.
• The Shadowflame Dragon swallowed the other portion of the Snow Giant’s light, and the Extreme Ice Sacred Artifact fell from its healing wound.
• Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon returned to Shadowflame Volcano with the Snow Troll corpses, while Baron Roman and the others cleaned up the battlefield.
• The Shadowflame Dragon celebrated their victory and suggested Russell could have fused with it, while Russell worried that Ice Pop would not hatch in time.

After defeating Frost Da, Russell reassured the Shadowflame Grand Duchy’s ministers that he and the Shadowflame Dragon would form a contract when the time was right. Frost Da responded to its defeat by slaughtering its fellow Snow Trolls and absorbing their power, becoming a second-stage Frost Troll.

• Russell reported that he and the Shadowflame Dragon had defeated Frost Da’s forces, while Baron Gevidas described the damage and casualties in Mountain Province.
• Baron Gevidas, Baron Roman, the ministers, and the Wyvern Knights urged Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon to form their contract, but Russell said they were waiting for the right opportunity.
• The Shadowflame Dragon promised that it and Russell would eventually become one, then told Russell that industrialization must continue because it had strengthened the dragon.
• Frost Da’s Snow Trolls blamed it for the failed invasion and the loss of the Extreme Ice Sacred Artifact, and one Snow Troll threatened to report it to Frost He.
• Frost Da killed the Snow Troll that challenged it, slaughtered the rest with a prepared array, and absorbed their energy to grow from forty meters to sixty meters tall.

After defeating Frost Da and warning the nations about the Frost Troll threat, Russell organized food rationing and promoted industrialization to prepare humanity for the coming crisis. At the observatory, he learned Frost Star was nearing Dragon Star and might soon let the Snow Troll legions cross into it.

• Russell and King Ares discussed their battles with Frost Da and Frost He, and concluded that Frost Troll strength depended on hidden accumulation as well as size.
• Russell warned the Thunderclap Conference that Frost Trolls carrying Extreme Ice Sacred Artifacts could breach a Grand Duchy.
• Russell ordered food rationing and a three-year alcohol ban as the Molten Fire Grand Duchy began migrating refugees to the Shadowflame Grand Duchy.
• Russell led the Thunderclap Industrial Conference, urging nations to industrialize so humanity could arm itself against Frost Star Descends.
• Director Sullivan told Russell that Frost Star had entered the solar system and was approaching orbital convergence with Dragon Star; Russell observed it beside the moon through an Astronomical Telescope.

Russell helped coordinate the nations’ response to Frost Star while keeping Harpie company as she sought to evolve. Harpie encountered Frost Da alone in the snowfields and launched herself at the giant, determined to face a life-and-death trial.

• Russell ordered the nations to track Frost Star and returned to Green Capital Snow Forest to accompany Harpie as she trained.
• Russell let Sembra roam and continued sharing industrialization and combat knowledge through the Thunderclap Conference as more nations joined.
• The kings and grand dukes discussed industrialization as Frost Trolls and Snow Trolls gathered and five Grand Duchies fell.
• Harpie flew into the snowfields, fought Snow Demons, and spotted Frost Da, who had grown to sixty meters after apparently refining part of a Snow Giant.
• Harpie sensed a fierce malice, charged at Frost Da, and resolved to face a life-and-death trial.

Russell rushed to stop Hape from fighting Frost Da, but found Hape apparently dead and battled the strengthened Frost Troll to buy time. Hape’s signal returned, and its cyan gale wind formed armor around Russell, leaving him empowered to face Frost Da again.

• Hape telepathically alerted Russell to its fight with Frost Da, and Russell flew there with Polly.
• Russell saw Frost Da swat apart Hape’s gale wind and charge at him, then discovered Hape’s frozen corpse in Frost Da’s hand.
• Russell fought Frost Da but realized the Troll’s strength and Frost Domain made a direct victory unlikely.
• A faint signal from Hape told Russell to buy time, so Russell and Polly continued distracting Frost Da while Hape’s gale wind gathered.
• Hape’s cyan gale wind formed armor and a cloak around Russell, who grew larger and challenged Frost Da to fight again.

Russell arrived in time to help Harpie survive her Life and Death Dragon Tribulation and advance into a phantom dragon. As they returned to Green Hill Province, Harpie’s power expanded Yunmeng Marsh Oasis, and Russell introduced her to Shadowflame Dragon as the new Harpy Dragon Demon.

• Russell and Frost Da ended their stalemate, and Frost Da disappeared into the snowstorm.
• Harpie revealed her new phantom dragon form, and Russell congratulated her while warning her about the danger of confronting Frost Da.
• Harpie carried Russell back to Green Hill Province at speeds of up to Mach 5, and her power melted snow and expanded Yunmeng Marsh Oasis.
• Russell examined the transformed dragon flame in his body and realized that power from phantom dragons ultimately fed back to Shadowflame Dragon.
• Shadowflame Dragon arrived and sensed its shackles loosening, and Russell introduced it to Harpy Dragon Demon Harpie before urging them to forge a new era together.

After Harpie became a Phantom Dragon, Russell developed The Path of Man and Dragon and planned to share it across Dragon Sleep Continent. In a strange dream, he learned that Dragon Sleep Continent was nearing ruin and planted an amber seed in space, believing Ice Cream was their hope.

• Harpie told Russell about the trials of advancing into a Phantom Dragon, and Russell recorded the lessons and devised The Path of Man and Dragon.
• Russell dreamed of falling through space and saw the Cosmic Tree wither as its roots, trunk, branches, and planetary leaves were damaged.
• A magma dragon gave Russell an amber seed, and he recognized the dragon as Dragon Sleep Continent's Planetary Will and the vision as a memory of the past.
• Russell saw Frost Star heading toward Dragon Sleep Continent and understood that the continent was about to wither and die.
• Russell planted the amber seed in space around Dragon Sleep Continent, where it sprouted, and he called Ice Cream the hope of them all.

After a dream left him pondering the nature of the universe, Russell told the Shadowflame Dragon that Dragon Sleep Continent was a leaf of a withering Cosmic Tree and that Snowflake was its seed. He believed Snowflake could offer hope against Frost Star’s invasion, just as more Frost Snow Trolls descended.

• Russell canceled the court meeting, sent The Path of Man and Dragon to the Thunderclap Conference, and instructed Baron Gevidas to keep the duchy focused on industrialization and population policies.
• At Shadowflame Volcano, Russell told the Shadowflame Dragon about the Cosmic Tree, the withering leaves, and his belief that Frost Star’s destruction had brought the Frost Snow Trolls to Dragon Star.
• Russell explained that Snowflake was the Cosmic Tree’s seed and that it would arrive through a volcanic eruption, while the Shadowflame Dragon declared that it trusted its knight’s faith.
• Russell concluded that Little Dream Dragon might be the hope Dragon Sleep Continent needed and could help protect it from the invasion.
• A meteor crossed the sky above Shadowflame Volcano, and more Frost Snow Trolls descended.

After the Junling Grand Duchy fell, Russell pushed industrialization and Renaissance efforts in the Shadowflame Grand Duchy while waiting for Little Dream Dragon’s eruption. In a dream beyond the heavens, he watched the Cosmic Tree seed burst into amber starlight that formed a great tree, leaving him to wonder whether Ice Cream had become one.

• At the Thunderclap Conference, delegates mourned the Junling Grand Duchy’s destruction and agreed to focus on industrialization and training talented knights.
• Russell returned to his daily affairs and told his elder brother Roland to pursue the Sub-zero Railway, including a planned refugee route.
• Russell went back to Cigar Palace and asked Morris not to let anyone disturb him while he waited for Little Dream Dragon’s eruption.
• In his dream, Russell saw the Cosmic Tree seed crack apart and release an eruption of amber light beyond the heavens.
• Russell watched the amber starlight gather into a great tree as stray lights fell toward Dragon Star and grew into tiny saplings.

In Russell’s dream, Ice Cream’s volcanic eruption created a vast Volcanic Oasis and revealed that Little Dream Dragon had grown into an amber giant dragon. Across the kingdoms, dragons and their partners dreamed of the same eruption, while Shadowflame realized that Ice Cream’s transformation was real and came from the south.

• Russell watched an amber volcano erupt into the Great Amber Tree, which spread Amber Starlight and created a flourishing Volcanic Oasis across Dragon Star.
• Little Dream Dragon emerged from the tree’s canopy as a two-hundred-meter amber giant dragon, and Russell leaped onto its head and sat on a throne-shaped scale.
• King Ares and Scorching woke after sharing a dream of the amber eruption and its falling starlight, and Ares suspected it was a prophecy.
• Torrent Dragon and Welim Jinnali separately woke from dreams of a volcano erupting with a tree; Welim returned to sleep beside Lily and his copy of The Path of Man and Dragon.
• King Debroye Firelight and Liuxing Dragon shared the strange dream, and Debroye decided to ask about it at the Thunderclap Conference.
• Shadowflame sensed Ice Cream’s familiar power from the southern Warm Land, realized the eruption was real, and lamented that Russell had chosen to ride a tree instead of Shadowflame.