Chapter Summaries

Russell explained to the Blizzard Dragon why hope lay in the Amber Dreamscape, then guided it toward that future. As knights gathered at Blizzard Volcano and Russell’s understanding of Ice and Snow Power deepened, he formed a new sword technique: the Yin Sword.

• Russell told the Blizzard Dragon that Dragon Sleep Continent could find hope by nurturing the Dream Ancient Dragon and opening the Amber Dreamscape, and the dragon accepted his guidance.
• Knights from several nations arrived to form a garrison Knight Order, and Russell ordered them to build Demon Search Towers and meet the Blizzard Dragon in turn.
• Grand Duke Vitaly visited to announce that he and Vimo would travel Dragon Sleep Continent and practice The Path of Man and Dragon.
• Russell flew to a fissure at the edge of Volcanic Oasis and combined his understanding of Ice and Snow Power with swordsmanship.
• Russell’s ordinary slash froze the snowfield and split the cliff with a new fissure, and he named the technique the Yin Sword.

Russell comprehended the Light Sword while helping the survivors of the ruined Starlight Grand Duchy restore order and hope. As he departed, a familiar voice told him it had returned to Dragon Sleep Continent and sensed the call of free will.

• Russell practiced the Yin and Yang Swords, then traveled to Clear Sky Volcano and Dawn Volcano to study light-element power.
• At the ruined Starlight Volcano, Russell killed knights who had murdered serfs while raiding a manor, then decided to organize the survivors.
• Russell gathered the survivors, established order, organized food production, and helped reconnect the Thunder Station with the Amber Conference.
• After half a month, Russell comprehended the Light Sword and encouraged more than one hundred thousand Starlight Remnants to keep living with hope.
• As Russell prepared to leave, a familiar voice told him it had returned to Dragon Sleep Continent and sensed the call of free will.

Russell helped Saiban answer the hopes of survivors across the destroyed Grand Duchies, believing the fairies could unite into the Free Ancient Dragon. As a new Ice Age opened dangerous fissures across the continent, Saiban sensed one final gathering of free will near Blizzard Volcano, and Russell set out to visit the Blizzard Dragon.

• Russell heard Saiban’s voice in the forest and learned that it sought to transcend freedom and become an incarnation of rules.
• Russell concluded that the fairies could gather to form the Free Ancient Dragon, and promised to help Saiban.
• Russell traveled among the remnants of all eleven destroyed Grand Duchies, bringing resources and encouraging them to rebuild with hope, which allowed Saiban to appear wherever they gathered hope.
• After more than half a year, the Dragon Sleep Continent entered another Ice Age, and Russell warned the Amber Conference to watch the Black Fiend Ocean exposed in the widening fissures.
• Saiban sensed that a final gathering of free will near Blizzard Volcano had yet to merge with it, so Russell decided to visit the Blizzard Dragon.

Russell recruited the last fairy into Amber Dreamscape, where it became Saiban, the Free Ancient Dragon. Saiban offered to help transport people to Amber Dreamscape and gave Russell a Fairy's Invitation that let him summon it as wind anywhere in the world.

• Roland told Russell that none of the knights had won the Blizzard Dragon's favor and reported signs that Frost Trolls were seeking Dragon Star's origin.
• Russell went to a snowy forest and persuaded its last fairy to join Amber Dreamscape.
• The fairy became Saiban, the Free Ancient Dragon, after Little Dream Dragon opened the Mysterious Pass and merged Fairy Forest into Amber Central Domain.
• Saiban told Russell it could help people reach Amber Dreamscape by giving each person a tree seed that would transport them once it sprouted.
• Saiban gave Russell a Fairy's Invitation, which merged into his hand and allowed him to summon Saiban as a wisp of wind anywhere in the world.

Russell used Saiban, the Free Ancient Dragon, to give millions of Starlight Remnants seeds that could take them to the Amber Dreamscape, then went to investigate a rift near Blizzard Volcano Oasis. On Frost Star, the Eternal Seven Elders learned that Russell had disrupted their plans and ordered Frost Giants to suppress him.

• Russell traveled with Saiban to the Starlight Remnants and gave each of them a seed that could sprout into a path to the Amber Dreamscape.
• Russell distributed several million seeds across the ruins of eleven Grand Duchies, while a grand duke warned that Dragon Star’s widening rifts might eventually force its people into the Amber Dreamscape.
• Russell traveled to the rift near Blizzard Volcano Oasis to investigate signs of Frost Snow Trolls.
• At the Immortal Throne, the aged Frost Troll told the Eternal Seven Elders that Russell Amber-Deep Dream had disrupted their plans by uniting the dragons through teleportation.
• Mountain Elder ordered the newly advanced Frost Giants to suppress Russell and restore the Frost Trolls’ plans.

The Eternal Seven Elders named the newly advanced Frost Giants the Eternal Five New and the three fused Kings of Snow Giants the Eternal Three Snows, assigning them to obey the Five New. Meanwhile, Russell and Polly investigated the Black Fiend Ocean before an illusion of Frost Star appeared and a huge crystalline hand emerged from it.

• Mountain Elder criticized the five newly advanced Frost Giants, then ordered them to kill Russell Amber-Deep Dream while the Eternal Seven Elders thawed.
• Mountain Elder named Gu Xin, Hou Xin, Ci Xin, Ou Xin, and Xie Xin the Eternal Five New.
• The three Kings of Snow Giants introduced themselves as Te of the Xin Quan Tribe, Jiang of the Cold Crow Tribe, and Xiao of the Liaozhe Tribe; Mountain Elder promised land to their tribes.
• The elders condemned Xiao over Frost Da’s betrayal, but Mountain Elder ended the dispute and gave the Liaozhe Tribe a chance to prove itself through Xiao.
• Russell and Polly explored the Black Fiend Ocean and discussed seeking Mother Earth beneath it.
• An illusion of Frost Star appeared above the Black Fiend Ocean, and a huge crystalline white hand crawled out of the shattered sea.

Russell discovered that Frost Giants and Snow Giant Kings had entered the rift, then prepared to confront a lone Snow Giant King that appeared to be bait. He met it at Blizzard Volcano with the Shadowflame Dragon and Blizzard Dragon, and the chapter ended as the battle began.

• Russell saw three Snow Giant Kings and five Frost Giants emerge from the Shattered Sea phantom and disappear into the rift wall.
• Russell told Marquis Merlin to convene the Amber Conference and gather the Dragon Team, while his Contract Partners prepared to support him.
• Russell followed a lone Snow Giant King into Blizzard Volcano Oasis, suspected it was bait, and left Infinite Ouroboros to summon the Dragon Team if needed.
• Russell returned with the Shadowflame Dragon to confront the Snow Giant King, and the Shadowflame Dragon gave the injured Blizzard Dragon a Frost Star Bead.
• The Snow Giant King charged Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon with a three-hundred-meter broadsword, beginning their clash.

Russell killed Snow Xiao, the King of Snow Giants, and his dragons devoured the corpse to gain Snow Soul Power. As the remaining Eternal Five New and Eternal Twin Snows attacked the Volcanic Oasis, Russell signaled for the next stage of his plan, and the Dragon Team arrived.

• Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon joined forces with the Vengeful Ancient Dragon, the Free Ancient Dragon, and the Dream Ancient Dragon to attack Snow Xiao.
• Russell struck Snow Xiao down with a sword slash and had the dragons bind him and smash his body to prevent his resurrection.
• Two more Kings of Snow Giants and five Frost Giants arrived, bringing a Frost Domain over the Volcanic Oasis.
• Tep shared information from Snow Xiao's mind, and Russell concluded that only the Eternal Twin Snows remained before he signaled the Infinite Ouroboros.
• The Eternal Five New and Eternal Twin Snows charged Russell, while his dragons devoured Snow Xiao and gained Snow Soul Power.
• The Dragon Team arrived at the Blizzard Volcano crater, their Dragon's Might sweeping across the area.

Russell and the three Dragon Teams shattered the Frost Domain and launched a battle against the Kings of Snow Giants and the Eternal Five New. After Russell and the first Dragon Team killed Snow Te, the forces turned toward Snow Jiang as it prepared to self-destruct, while the Blizzard Dragon considered finding a knight.

• The three Dragon Teams and three Ancient Dragons broke the Frost Domain, and Gu Xin urged the Eternal Five New to retreat.
• Duke Elden and Marquis Cambino led their Dragon Teams against Snow Te and Snow Jiang, while Young Master Dalimu went to aid King Debroye Firelight against Ci Xin.
• Russell and the first Dragon Team brought Snow Te down, killed it, and divided its corpse to refine its Snow Soul Power.
• Snow Jiang declared that it would self-destruct and reminded the Frost Giants of their promise to the Cold Crow Tribe, so Russell ordered the teams to stop it and block the Eternal Five New's escape.
• The Blizzard Dragon suppressed the battlefield's Frost Giants and resolved that it should find a knight.

Russell and the dragons defeated the Eternal Five New, capturing Gu Xin while the other Frost Giants escaped. Through Dream Tapir Tapir, Russell learned the trolls’ secrets and declared his plans to destroy the Eternal Frost Star and the trolls.

• Russell and the Dragon Teams killed Snow Jiang, then trapped Gu Xin while Hou Xin, Ci Xin, Ou Xin, and Xie Xin escaped into the snowfields.
• The dragons severed Gu Xin’s limbs and neck and divided his body, while Russell spoke to him in troll language about the trolls’ coming defeat.
• Dream Tapir Tapir returned from Gu Xin’s mind with information about Frost Star, the Gate of Another World, and the Eternal Frost Star Plan.
• Russell assigned King Debroye to distribute Gu Xin’s corpse and accepted a share for himself and the Shadowflame Dragon.

After humanity defeated the trolls’ forces, Russell proposed counterattacking Eternal Frost Star and led an experiment to cross the Black Fiend Ocean. He and Shadowflame overcame its corrosive magic by turning Shadowflame’s jealousy of Snowcake into anger, then pressed deeper into the ocean.

• Russell told the Amber Conference that the trolls had lost key leaders and Snow Giant defenses, and proposed testing whether humanity could cross the Black Fiend Ocean to reach Eternal Frost Star.
• Russell met Katie and the recovered Blizzard Dragon at Blizzard Volcano before gathering the Dragon Knights at the Snow-Extinguishing Shattered Sea fissure.
• Russell and Shadowflame entered the Black Fiend Ocean using Elemental Body Casting and discovered that its corrosive power was dissolving their fire element.
• Russell tried to make Shadowflame angry by recalling past suffering, but Shadowflame instead felt happy about his present circumstances.
• Russell told Shadowflame that he ranked below Snowcake, provoking enough fury to make their fire element boil and repel the Black Fiend Ocean’s corrosion.
• Russell urged Shadowflame to maintain his anger, and they pushed farther into the Black Fiend Ocean.

Russell entered the Origin Power beneath the Black Fiend Ocean and dreamed that Mother Earth revealed Dragon Sleep Continent’s fate and the Amber Dreamscape’s purpose. After returning, he resolved to defeat Eternal Frost Star before extracting enough Origin Power to create a new world.

• Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon crossed the Black Fiend Ocean and entered the Origin Power at Dragon Sleep Continent’s core.
• In a dream, Russell saw the Cosmic Tree withering and learned that Dragon Sleep Continent’s Origin Power could nourish the Great Amber Tree and make the Amber Dreamscape a new world.
• Russell told Shadowflame and Polly about Mother Earth’s message and said they first had to deal with Eternal Frost Star.
• Russell returned through the Black Fiend Ocean and taught the gathered Dragon Knights how to cross it by using anger to resist its erosion.
• Duke Elden successfully crossed into the Origin Power but received no dream revelation, and Russell said the Eternal Seven Elders would guide them toward learning how to extract it.

Frost Star’s elders sent the Hundred Tribes and the Eternal Four New through the Gate of Another World to wage war on Dragon Sleep Continent while they recovered. In the southern snowfields, Red Castle’s Knight Orders fought an invading troll regiment as Harpie engaged a hidden Frost Troll, and Russell set out to join the battle.

• Mountain Elder ordered the Hundred Tribes of Frost Star and the Eternal Four New to invade Dragon Sleep Continent and buy the elders three months to recover.
• Lord Eric and Lord Grove led the White Horse Volunteers and Black Horse Guards toward the southern snowfields as Baron Roman arrived with the Wyvern Regiment and Gloomlight River Valley Knight Order.
• The Knight Orders clashed with Snow Demons, Snow Ghosts, and trolls, while the Demon Search Tower’s signal warned that Frost Trolls were concealed among the attackers.
• A Frost Troll emerged beneath the ice and attacked the Wyvern Knights, but Harpie engaged it while Baron Roman ordered the other forces to withdraw.
• Russell left his fire-elemental studies and asked Saiban to send him to the southern snowfields to collect the Frost Troll’s Frost Star Beads.

Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon resolved to pursue a new path toward the fire element’s Rule Power and the Super Ultimate Art Sword of Burning. At Blizzard Volcano Oasis, the Blizzard Dragon chose Katie as its knight, setting out to create the first Dragon Knight.

• Russell killed the Frost Troll, refined its remains into a Frost Star Bead, and offered it to the Shadowflame Dragon, which declined.
• The Shadowflame Dragon decided it had accumulated enough power to pursue the Rule Power behind flames, and Russell began comprehending the Super Ultimate Art he named Sword of Burning.
• After a Wyvern was born at Blizzard Volcano Oasis, the Blizzard Dragon considered Roland Fluorite Mushroom, Velim Jinnali, and Katie as potential knights.
• When two troll legions advanced on the oasis, the Blizzard Dragon chose Katie and summoned her.
• Katie accepted the Blizzard Dragon’s offer to join hands and create the tale of the first Dragon Knight.

Katie became a Dragon Knight after forming a contract with Blizzard Dragon, and Russell named her the Blizzard Duke. As the troll unrest continued, Russell stayed at Shadowflame Volcano to monitor Eternal Four New and develop the Sword of Burning with Shadowflame Dragon.

• Blizzard Dragon chose Katie as his Dragon Knight, while Welim and Lily discussed their hopes of advancing together and Grand Duke Vitali and Vimo attacked a Snow Troll.
• Katie returned with Roland to report her advancement to Russell, leaving Blizzard Dragon at Blizzard Volcano to guard against the trolls.
• Russell congratulated Katie and offered to support her founding a duchy, but she chose to remain in his service.
• Russell named Katie the Blizzard Duke and promised her Blizzard Volcano Oasis as her fief after the troll unrest ended.
• As more Dragon Knights emerged and Eternal Four New harassed human nations, Russell stayed at Shadowflame Volcano to respond quickly and study the Sword of Burning with Shadowflame Dragon.

Russell returned from Windfire Kingdom to study the fire element, while the human forces continued their campaign against the trolls. Duke Vitali and Royal Griffon Vimo became the second Phantom Dragon Knight pair, and Russell affirmed that the Knight’s Path had no known end.

• King Reins welcomed Russell to Windfire Kingdom, where Russell studied swordsmanship and the fire element at Fire Volcano while Leia and Leven attended him.
• After three days, Russell returned to Shadowflame Volcano with Leia and Leven, who joined his household as maids.
• Duke Vitali and Royal Griffon Vimo advanced to Phantom Dragon Knight after defeating a Snow Troll, then lectured at the Path of Man and Dragon Study Society about their trials.
• Duke Vitali visited Russell, who told him that Phantom Dragon Knight might not be the end of the Knight’s Path and that cultivation had no limit.
• Duke Vitali left determined to keep striving, inspired by Russell’s continued cultivation.

Russell studied Yinran Volcano and comprehended the Light Sword before Saiban located Xie Xin at Dragon Ridge Summit. Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon confronted Xie Xin, who wielded the unfinished Blade of Snow Soul, and Russell called on his allies to stand guard while he and Shadowflame fought alone.

• Russell took the Shadowflame Dragon to Yinran Volcano to study its fire element and help them break through their limits.
• Russell comprehended the Light Sword and resumed studying the Sword of Burning.
• Saiban found Xie Xin praying and forging the Blade of Snow Soul at Dragon Ridge Summit, so Russell hurried there with Shadowflame.
• Little Dream Dragon disrupted Xie Xin's escape, and Russell caught up and attacked with the Fire Sword.
• Xie Xin fought Russell with the Blade of Snow Soul as Shadowflame unleashed dragonflame and Russell summoned Dalimu.
• Russell signaled Saiban and Dalimu to hold back, declaring that he and Shadowflame would use the fight to break their shackles.

Russell and Shadowflame Dragon fought Frost Giant Xie Xin on Dragon Ridge Summit, and Russell broke through to the Super Ultimate Art, Sword of Burning, to defeat him. After sharing out Xie Xin’s remains and claiming the Blade of Snow Soul, Russell and his companions prepared to return.

• Russell and Shadowflame Dragon fought Xie Xin while Russell used the battle to study fire-element power and seek a breakthrough.
• Xie Xin exploited an opening to attack Russell, but Russell recalled his sword and awakened Sword of Burning, then burned Xie Xin to death.
• Russell learned that Shadowflame Dragon could now see the path toward mastering his needed Rule Power.
• Russell divided Xie Xin’s remains among Snowcake, Saiban, Dalimu, and Shadowflame, who gave his share to Snowcake.
• Russell picked up the Blade of Snow Soul, laid it across Shadowflame Dragon’s back, and asked Saiban to take them back.

Russell and Shadowflame Dragon understood their role in bringing warmth and renewal to Dragon Sleep Continent, then awakened and unleashed a continent-wide thaw. Their eruption broke the Wyverns’ Dragon Breath shackles, leaving them able to grow into phantom dragons.

• Russell dreamed of Dragon Spirit Forest Sea repeatedly burning and renewing itself, and realized that the fires had made humanity’s birth possible.
• Shadowflame Dragon emerged from a volcano in Russell’s dream, and together they created a Warm Era that restored Dragon Sleep Continent to Dragon Spirit Forest Sea.
• Russell and Shadowflame Dragon awakened in Shadowflame Volcano, and volcanoes across the continent erupted with warmth that melted snowfields and thawed frozen lands.
• Knights at Cold Spring Point fled as the ice cave collapsed, and grass began growing on the newly exposed ground.
• At the Amber Conference, Baron Roman reported that Russell’s power had broken the Wyverns’ Dragon Breath shackles, allowing them to grow into phantom dragons.

Russell escaped the Flame Rule with help from the Dream Ancient Dragon, Saiban, and Dalimu, but Shadowflame remained trapped and chose to stay behind. Rosai forged the Blade of Snow Soul into a vessel for the rules, and Russell raised the resulting Burning Sword, which summoned a Flame Dragon resembling Shadowflame.

• Baron Roman and Clay Dragon Ross announced that Shadowflame's advancement let his subordinate wyverns break their power constraints and cultivate Dragon Flame.
• King Debroye and the other rulers went to find Russell, while Russell and Shadowflame struggled against the Flame Rule that threatened to merge them.
• Little Dream Dragon, Saiban, and Dalimu helped Russell escape the rule world, but Shadowflame said he could not leave and placed a flame imprint in Russell's palm.
• Russell tried to return for Shadowflame, but Saiban and Dalimu restrained him until Rosai offered the Blade of Snow Soul as a vessel for Shadowflame's rules.
• Rosai hurled the blade into the Flame Rule, and it emerged as the Burning Sword; Russell raised it above Shadowflame Volcano and summoned a Flame Dragon resembling Shadowflame.