Chapter Summaries

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.

All dragons and Dragon Domain Lords shared a mysterious dream, while Russell was unreachable because he had entered a new world with Little Dream Dragon. There, Russell discovered the Amber Dreamscape and learned that Little Dream Dragon was an Ancient Dragon embodying the ancient rules that created the world.

• King Debroye Firelight, King Ares, Grand Duke Sergei Howling, Grand Duke Vitaly Coldflame, and others confirmed that dragons and Dragon Domain Lords had shared the same dream, while ordinary Phantom Beast Knights and Wyvern Knights had not.
• The kings and grand dukes tried to contact Russell, but Shadowflame Grand Duchy attendants found him missing from Cigar Palace.
• Russell rode atop Little Dream Dragon as their contract power transformed his power particles into a single, flawless particle.
• Russell realized he and Little Dream Dragon had entered a high-dimensional world and named it the Amber Dreamscape.
• Little Dream Dragon explained that the Amber Dreamscape was like a second floor mirroring the Dragon Sleep Continent, then declared that he was an Ancient Dragon embodying the ancient rules that created the world.

Russell learned that Little Dream Dragon was a Dream Ancient Dragon tied to the Cosmic Tree and the Amber Dreamscape, and that they could fight together through marks and contracts. After exploring the Dream Volcano and learning how others could enter the dreamscape, Russell discovered the Three-Dragon Sacrifice Method had destroyed several keys to it.

• Russell learned that Ancient Dragons embodied rules and that Little Dream Dragon was the Dream Ancient Dragon, born from a Cosmic Tree seed and Dragon Star's hope.
• Little Dream Dragon explained that Russell could activate its mark in the real world and that it could mark Polly, Sembra, Ouroboros, and the Dream Eater Tapir as apostles.
• Little Dream Dragon summoned the four companions into the Amber Dreamscape and showed them the Dream Volcano beneath the Great Amber Tree.
• Little Dream Dragon gave Russell the Great Amber Tree's power, and Russell learned that hope enabled living beings to enter the Amber Dreamscape.
• Russell realized the Three-Dragon Sacrifice Method had destroyed keys in the Fire Gilded Kingdom, Scorching Torrent Kingdom, and Thunderous Ocean Kingdom.

Russell established six passes for entering the Amber Dreamscape and chose the name Russell Amber-Deep Dream for himself and Deep Dream Shadowflame Kingdom for his future nation. After returning to Cigar Palace, he learned that kings, grand dukes, and dragons across the world had dreamed of Dream Volcano’s eruption and a great tree.

• Russell explained the six kinds of passes that could connect living beings to the Amber Dreamscape and planned to test the Hope Pass with Shadowflame Dragon.
• Russell declared himself the Dream Ancient Dragon Knight and chose Amber-Deep Dream as his noble surname and Deep Dream Shadowflame Kingdom as his nation’s name.
• Russell and his companions left the Amber Dreamscape and returned to Cigar Palace, where he realized he had entered it in the flesh.
• A servant told Russell that Butler Morris had been looking for him because the Thunderclap Conference at Red Castle was waiting.
• Butler Morris reported that kings, grand dukes, and dragons had all dreamed of a volcanic eruption that spewed out a great tree, and Russell recognized it as Dream Volcano’s eruption.

Russell investigated who had dreamed of Little Dream Dragon’s eruption and tested how the Amber Dreamscape connected to the Dark Dreamscape and reality. He demonstrated his new Ancient Dragon Knight power, then returned from the snowfields after Frost Star’s pressure vanished.

• Russell suspected that Amber Dreamscape pass holders had dreamed of Little Dream Dragon’s eruption and contacted Marquis Merlin to ask whether he had dreamed of it.
• Russell used Polly’s Dream Escape Technique to confirm that the Dark Dreamscape remained accessible and that Polly could enter and leave the Amber Dreamscape.
• Russell discovered that Harpy could also travel freely to the Amber Dreamscape and tested that travelers returned to reality at the place where they had left it.
• Russell used Rule Body Casting to become an amber giant and wielded a greatsword with Conceptual Power, declaring that he could shatter Frost Star.
• Frost Star’s pressure disappeared, and Russell dispersed his Rule Body Casting before returning with Polly, Harpy, and Sembra through Dream Teleport.

Russell revealed that he had contracted with the Dream Ancient Dragon and advanced to become an Ancient Dragon Knight, then announced plans to establish the Deep Dream Shadowflame Kingdom. He urged the Shadowflame Dragon to forge its hope into a key and visit the Amber Dreamscape, leaving the dragon to consider the offer as they prepared to merge.

• Russell told Marquis Merlin and the Thunderclap Conference that the Dream Ancient Dragon volcano had erupted and that he had become an Ancient Dragon Knight.
• Russell informed his cabinet that he had contracted with the Dream Ancient Dragon and would ascend as king, renaming the realm the Deep Dream Shadowflame Kingdom.
• Russell met the Shadowflame Dragon and explained that the Dream Ancient Dragon was an embodiment of rules that could not descend into the real world.
• Russell invited the Shadowflame Dragon to forge its hope into a key and enter the Amber Dreamscape to seek a path to antiquity.
• The Shadowflame Dragon said it needed time to consider, then invited Russell to merge with it and lead it in creating a new era.

Russell contracted the Shadowflame Dragon and became a Dragon Knight, then revealed the Dream Ancient Dragon’s power to his people. He declared that he would protect the Warm Land, and his subjects hailed him as their king.

• Russell contracted the Shadowflame Dragon, whose power formed a sixth layer in his power particles and elevated him to a Dragon Knight.
• Russell rode the Shadowflame Dragon from Shadowflame Volcano, used Elemental Body Casting to grow into a giant, and forged a massive Dragon Spear after the Meteor Butterfly Sword could not withstand his power.
• Lord Kunbei, Baron Gevidas, and Baron Roman watched Russell fly past and discussed his rise and the duchy’s future.
• Russell stopped above Red Castle and used Ice Cream to summon an amber Rule Armor and the immense phantom of the Dream Ancient Dragon.
• Russell promised to protect his people from every threat, and people across Volcanic Oasis knelt and hailed him as their king.

After Russell revealed the Amber Dreamscape and its passes, Shadowflame decided to forge his hope into a Hope Pass and travel there to meet Snowflake. The Shadowflame Grand Duchy prepared to become a kingdom while signs of the Dreamscape reached other dragons and beasts.

• Russell explained Little Dream Dragon and the Amber Dreamscape to his family, then shared information about the Dreamscape passes with the kings and grand dukes.
• King Ares proposed forging Scorching’s hope into a Hope Pass, but the Scorching Dragon chose to consider the decision first.
• Welim Jinnali sensed Amber Starlight linked to a dream of an erupting volcano and a giant tree, while a black feline Phantom Beast briefly saw the same starlight.
• The Cabinet Ministers prepared the Shadowflame Grand Duchy’s elevation ceremony as Russell focused on the threat to humanity.
• Shadowflame chose to forge his hope into a Hope Pass, transformed it with origin dragonfire, and stepped into the Amber Dreamscape with Russell.

Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon discovered that the roots of the Great Amber Tree had formed a Shadowflame Volcanic Domain and used it to reach the Amber Dreamscape. After exploring the dream realm, they returned to find the Little Dream Dragon asleep and its light fading.

• Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon arrived in a small green world centered on a manifested volcano, where they reunited with the Little Dream Dragon, Sundae.
• Sundae explained that the Shadowflame Volcanic Domain had been formed from the old Shadowflame Dragon’s hope and that the Great Amber Tree’s roots could connect it to the Amber Dreamscape.
• Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon followed an amber root through the volcano and arrived in the Dream Volcano beneath the Great Amber Tree.
• Russell asked whether more Volcanic Domains could connect to one another, and Sundae said he had given Russell authority over everything in the Amber Dreamscape before asking for Frost Star Beads.
• The Shadowflame Dragon offered Sundae a Frost Star Bead, but Sundae rejected it because it was covered in saliva, and Russell calmed the angry dragon.
• Sundae went to sleep, while Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon toured the Amber Dreamscape and saw the Great Amber Tree dim with Sundae’s fading light before deciding to return.

After opening the Shadowflame Volcanic Domain in the Amber Dreamscape, Russell explained how his followers could enter it and announced the discovery to the Thunderclap Conference. He then gathered a group of guests at Redcastle to use the Special Invitation Pass and experience the dream realm.

• Russell returned with the Shadowflame Dragon to Shadowflame Volcano and learned from the Great Amber Tree that opening the domain let the Shadowflame Grand Duchy's Wyvern Knights and Great Elf contractors enter it.
• Russell asked Lord Kunbei to sense the Amber Starlight in his hand, and Kunbei disappeared into the Shadowflame Volcanic Domain before returning amazed by what he had seen.
• Russell explained the domain to the gathered Wyvern Knights and sent a thunderclap dispatch to the Thunderclap Conference about using volcanic domains for travel between nations.
• Russell invited Baron and Madam Roman, Roland, Laura, Princess Anxia, Princess Kunlaya, Marquis Arno, and Nicholas to experience the Amber Dreamscape with the Special Invitation Pass.
• Russell and his guests settled into nearby rooms at Redcastle, awaiting the pass's activation.

Russell brought his invited guests into the Amber Dreamscape, where they explored Dream Volcano and learned how Amber Bug contracts could grant access. Marquis Merlin discovered that Amber Starlight now let its contractors enter the dream world, and he and Viscount Meijie began exploring it.

• Russell led nine invited guests through Dream Volcano, where they admired the Great Amber Tree and its surroundings.
• Russell explained that Amber Bug contractors could enter and leave the Amber Dreamscape, then left the guests to explore while he visited Little Dream Dragon.
• Russell woke in reality and found the other visitors' bodies still asleep, concluding that their dream selves had entered the Amber Dreamscape without them.
• Marquis Merlin learned from Viscount Meijie that Amber Bug contractors and those bonded to Great Elves or Wyverns could enter the Amber Dreamscape or Shadowflame Volcanic Domain.
• Marquis Merlin used Amber Starlight to enter the vast Amber Dreamscape, explored its forest, and returned to his room by dawn.
• Viscount Meijie told Marquis Merlin that he, Vivi, and Lord Medicarren had visited the Shadowflame Volcanic Domain and met Wyvern Regiment lords and Meryl in the Amber Dreamscape.

Russell counted the people and creatures able to enter the Amber Dreamscape, then entrusted Baron Gevidas with planning the Shadowflame Volcanic Domain while prioritizing the kingdom’s industrial development. That night, Russell brought his grandmother, aunt, cousin, and others into the Amber Dreamscape and promised Diana a chance to enter freely if she advanced as a knight and contracted a Phantom Beast.

• Russell tallied the Dream Apostles and Amber Contractors, including his mother, Madam Meryl, whom he had given an amber.
• Russell assigned Baron Gevidas to oversee construction in the Shadowflame Volcanic Domain and asked the cabinet to plan its development, but told him to prioritize the kingdom’s industry.
• Russell decided to capture dream-talented Phantom Beasts in the primeval forest and wondered how children born in the Amber Dreamscape would be counted.
• Russell asked the Thunderclap Station about the kings’ and grand dukes’ decision on turning the dragons’ hope into keys, but none had decided.
• Russell called to the fairy Saiban in the oak forest and told Saiban how to activate the Mysterious Pass to reach the Amber Dreamscape.
• Russell invited Old Madam Ingrid, Roby, Diana, Eric, Gelontan Baimai Gen, Butler Morris, and others into the Amber Dreamscape, and promised Diana that a special Phantom Beast could let her enter freely.

Grand Duke Jonas and the Warm Jade Dragon risked opening a Warm Jade Volcanic Domain in the Amber Dreamscape, hoping it could help save their besieged Grand Duchy. Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon successfully teleported from the new domain to the Warm Jade Grand Duchy, where Jonas welcomed them.

• Grand Duke Jonas told Russell that Frost Trolls threatened the Warm Jade Grand Duchy and said he and the Warm Jade Dragon would risk forging a Hope Pass.
• The Warm Jade Dragon opened the Warm Jade Volcanic Domain in the Amber Dreamscape and met Russell and Little Dream Dragon.
• Russell brought the Shadowflame Dragon to the Warm Jade Domain to test whether they could return to the Grand Duchy through the Hope Pass.
• Grand Duke Jonas and his ministers waited anxiously as the Warm Jade Dragon returned alone to the volcano.
• The Shadowflame Dragon and Russell appeared in the Warm Jade volcano, and Grand Duke Jonas and his ministers welcomed them.

Russell used the Amber Dreamscape to travel to the Warm Jade Grand Duchy, where the Shadowflame Dragon established a Volcanic Domain and secured the region against the Frost Snow Trolls. He invited the Warm Jade people to visit the Deep Dream Shadowflame Kingdom and left Jade City that night, promising Joyna there would be plenty of time ahead.

• Russell arrived at Warm Jade Volcano by teleportation and entered Jade City with Grand Duke Jonas and his entourage.
• Russell urged Grand Duke Jonas to pursue industrialization, though Jonas seemed less concerned now that the Shadowflame Dragon had arrived.
• Russell met Jonas's family, including his sixteen-year-old daughter Joyna, then sent a message inviting rulers to arrange Volcanic Domains through Red Keep's thunderclap channel.
• At the banquet, Russell welcomed the Warm Jade people to the Deep Dream Shadowflame Kingdom and encouraged Dragon Domain Lords to study and improve The Path of Man and Dragon.
• Russell declined to stay overnight in Jade City, telling Joyna, "There is plenty of time ahead, Lady Joyna."

Russell advised Viscount Fred and Mel on relocating to the Deep Dream Shadowflame Kingdom and activating their Amber Passes. He assigned Ouroboros to guard their journey, while Fred and Mel prepared to depart at dawn.

• The Shadowflame Dragon urged Russell to marry and have descendants, but Russell said he would wait until he met someone he loved.
• Russell traveled to Longcourt after Viscount Fred asked whether the ruined Molten Fire Grand Duchy was connected to the Amber Dreamscape.
• Russell explained that Mel could activate his Hope Pass in a Warm Land with an opened Volcanic Domain, while Fred could activate his Amber Pass in the Deep Dream Shadowflame Kingdom and use it to reach the Amber Dreamscape from Molten Fire.
• Russell told Fred to relocate the citizens to the Deep Dream Shadowflame Kingdom and appointed Ouroboros to guard Fred and Mel on their journey.
• Fred gave Mel an heirloom Amber Stone, and the two agreed to depart for the kingdom at dawn.

King Ares tried to persuade Scorching to open the Volcanic Domain and then arranged for Torrent to travel to Deep Dream Shadowflame Kingdom and seek hope in Amber Dreamscape. As Frost Snow Trolls threatened Warm Jade Grand Duchy from three directions, Baron Harris set out for King Russell’s kingdom to request aid.

• King Ares asked Scorching to consider opening the Volcanic Domain, but Scorching asked for time to think.
• King Ares visited Torrent Volcano, explained Amber Dreamscape, and persuaded Torrent to travel to Deep Dream Shadowflame Kingdom with Scorching and Ares as escorts.
• Joyna Nuanyu heard that Frost Snow Trolls had threatened the borders of Warm Jade Grand Duchy and wondered whether they would invade Volcanic Oasis.
• Grand Duke Jonas ordered Baron Harris to seek aid from King Russell at Red Castle if the invasion was confirmed.
• Baron Harris rode his Beamon Giant Beast, Harry, toward Deep Dream Shadowflame Kingdom and entered Amber Central Domain.