Chapter Summaries

Lilith told Fang Yuan that the Northern Territory quest might reveal clues to an Otherworld godhead, linking the Floating City Chiexi’s fall to contaminated divine blood and a Northern Territory god war. As they prepared to complete the mission, Fang Yuan received notice that the Northern Beast Tide spoils exceeded his warehouse capacity.

• Fang Yuan asked Lilith whether the quest token could lead to a godhead, and she explained that it might contain clues to one.
• Lilith recounted how the Voodoo School discovered that Otherworld evil gods’ blood contained godhead-like power and could contaminate mages and buildings.
• Lilith suspected that divine forces had attacked Floating City Chiexi to seize the contaminated blood, and she connected the incident to the God of Hunt and a Northern Territory divine war.
• Fang Yuan questioned whether Lilith’s theory proved the quest would reveal a godhead’s location, and she admitted she did not know.
• Fang Yuan prepared to collect the Northern Beast Tide spoils, but the Lord’s Mark reported that the warehouse lacked capacity.

Fang Yuan cleared the overflowing warehouse by selling vast quantities of Equipment Fragments to Zhao Yu’s shop, accidentally draining the Artisan Alliance’s funds. After sorting the remaining beast-tide spoils, Fang Yuan found three orange Building Cards for Voodoo structures.

• Fang Yuan found his warehouse overflowing with Equipment Fragments and sold them all to Zhao Yu’s shop, which had unlimited purchasing enabled.
• Zhao Yu learned that the transaction had spent the Artisan Alliance’s newly allocated funds on fragments and discovered Fang Yuan was the seller, then fainted.
• Fang Yuan received 150 million gold coins and sorted the remaining spoils, selling low-grade Source Crystals and other unwanted items while keeping purple and orange crystals.
• Fang Yuan found seven complete Building Cards: four purple Monster Barracks cards and three orange Voodoo cards for a tower, wall, and castle.

Fang Yuan sorted the spoils from the beast tide, assigned equipment to his heroes, and accepted a mission tied to Chesley’s rescue quest. A new report of an anomaly in the western Underground City interrupted him as he prepared to open his Novice Treasure Chest.

• Fang Yuan identified a usable Voodoo Castle building set and stored it for the northern defenses, then distributed equipment to Lilith, Breni, and Vanas and reserved the Troll Crown for Yasis.
• Fang Yuan found Dragon’s Blood among the Orange curios and assembled fragments into the Hero’s Regret mission token, which pointed to a Dragon Lair in the Endless Mountains and a kidnapped Princess.
• Fang Yuan accepted Hero’s Regret, receiving a three-month luck buff that would become a severe, uncleansable curse if he failed to complete the mission.
• Fang Yuan decided to use the luck buff to open his Golden-quality Novice Treasure Chest, but a Griffon Knight reported an anomaly in the western Underground City.

Fang Yuan learned that Mind Flayers had appeared in Blackwater City and, following Lilith’s advice, decided to launch a swift campaign against the Underground City. Before summoning his forces for a council, he opened a Golden Novice Gift Pack and received a Population Expansion Order along with other valuable rewards.

• A Griffon Knight reported unusual Grey Dwarf activity in Blackwater City and the appearance of a Mind Flayer Mage from outside.
• Lilith warned that Mind Flayers might control the Grey Dwarves and explained how an underground attack could isolate Fang Yuan’s main city and outer territories.
• Lilith urged Fang Yuan to strike Blackwater City while surrounding enemies were still recovering, and Fang Yuan agreed to launch a lightning campaign.
• Fang Yuan ordered Yasis, Breni, Christian, Vanas, and Harold to return to the main city for a council and said he needed to recruit another hero.
• Fang Yuan activated Warrior’s Blessing and opened the Golden Novice Gift Pack, receiving a Population Expansion Order, an Orange Scroll, a Rapid Recruitment Order, Source Crystals, resources, and gold coins.

Fang Yuan found a Golden Population Expansion Order and planned to use it to raise his territory’s population cap from 50,000 to 250,000. He recruited a hero using three related curios and, after activating Hero’s Blessing, awakened Vivian, a Dragonblood Troll Sorceress.

• Fang Yuan identified two Orange production scrolls and a Golden Population Expansion Order that permanently increased his maximum population fivefold.
• Fang Yuan decided to recruit a hero and combined the Troll King's Heart, Troll Mage's Skull, and Dragon's Blood at the Hero Altar.
• Fang Yuan used Hero's Blessing to increase his luck as the heroes in the River of Time answered his call.
• Vivian, Dragonblood Troll Sorceress of the House of Cyric Dragonblood Sorcerers, offered to join Fang Yuan's ranks.

Fang Yuan recruited Vivian, a young Dragonblood Troll Sorceress whose unusual abilities once made her a pivotal warlock in the Fourth Racial War. He planned to strengthen her and prepare an attack on the Underground City, while Mist Lord Blood Crow contacted the Mind Flayer Great Elder through a sacred artifact.

• Fang Yuan recruited Vivian and discovered that her skills combined dragon, troll, psionic, and contract magic.
• Lilith explained that Vivian had been a thirteen-year-old warlock genius whose death by a Shadow Assassin ended the rise of the warlocks.
• Fang Yuan learned Vivian might counter Mind Flayers and contract some Mist Lord units, though she could not safely control legendary targets.
• Fang Yuan used a Rapid Gathering Order at the Dragon Raising Ground to obtain supplies for Vivian and began upgrading his main-city buildings to level seven.
• In the Northern Endless Mountains, Mist Lord Blood Crow used the Human-faced Statue in the lair of the evil dragon Fas to contact the Mind Flayer Great Elder on Blue Star.

The Mind Flayer Great Elder learned that the divine spark in Gondor could help the Blue Star lords rise toward godhood and agreed to return to the battlefield. After reviewing reports about Fang Yuan, Zhao Zixiao asked Xu Fei to introduce them.

• The Blood Crow told the Mind Flayer Great Elder that Fang Yuan had helped ruin the World Breaking Plan and that the Mist forces needed to secure a base in Gondor before a divine spark appeared.
• The Blood Crow revealed that a divine spark could let Blue Star lords advance their Main Cities toward godhood, and the Mind Flayer Great Elder agreed to return as soon as the teleportation array was repaired.
• The Blood Crow said the Mind Flayer Great Elder and the southern necromancer grand mage would join him to awaken Fas and eliminate Fang Yuan.
• Zhao Zixiao reviewed reports on Gondor, noticed that Fang Yuan had survived in the Northern Territory, and learned the Two Realms Passage had been repaired.
• Zhao Zixiao asked Xu Fei to arrange a meeting with Fang Yuan, and Xu Fei agreed.

Ren Yuan learned that Zhao Zixiao had asked about Fang Yuan and suspected the new lord might be part of the secret Latent Dragon Plan, though he kept the intelligence quiet. Meanwhile, Fang Yuan harvested the Dragon Raising Ground’s Mechanical Farm output and prepared to level Vivian.

• Ren Yuan’s secretary reported that the White Eagle’s territories faced severe disasters, and Ren Yuan assessed the likely losses across the regions.
• Ren Yuan learned Zhao Zixiao had asked Xu Fei about Fang Yuan and found that Fang Yuan was a new lord in Gondor’s northern region with a Level 7 main city.
• Ren Yuan suspected Fang Yuan might be connected to the Latent Dragon Plan, set aside the intelligence, and turned his attention to the Adventists and the Mind Flayer Great Elder.
• Fang Yuan used a Mobilization Order to upgrade his final Resource Territory to level seven and received three days of Mechanical Farm output.
• Fang Yuan called Vivian over and told her to eat the harvest so he could see what faction skill she awakened.

Fang Yuan awakened Vivian’s Dragon Demon Transformation and began planning an attack on Blackwater City, but news of an advancing undead force forced him to reinforce the southern defenses. With his heroes assigned to guard the territory or prepare the assault, he launched a massive recruitment drive to expand his army.

• Vivian awakened Dragon Demon Transformation, gaining the combined powers of a black dragon and a troll, and Fang Yuan welcomed her as a powerful addition to the Blackwater City attack.
• Lilith explained Christian’s deep hatred of warlocks, and Christian reported that undead forces had advanced toward Ogre Hills and proposed striking their vanguard.
• Fang Yuan ordered Christian to defend the south and kept Yasis at Griffon Castle to protect the west and southwest.
• Breni and Fang Yuan discussed using the Demon Knight Order to clear the main road to Blackwater City, with Vivian’s forces following in a rapid assault.
• Fang Yuan used a Rapid Recruitment Order on the Valley Garrison and began recruiting troops throughout the main city.

Fang Yuan finished raising and organizing his forces, then sent an army through the Underground City’s main road to attack Blackwater City. After praying for blessings, he obtained an Orange Special Item, the Broken Wine Glass, which was connected to the tavern in the Mercenary Hall.

• Fang Yuan used population and gold to produce Flame Mages, Windwalkers, Paladins, Dwarf Chariot Legion soldiers, and other troops, then accelerated production with Mobilization Orders.
• Fang Yuan recruited more soldiers from the Valley Garrison and assigned units to heroes, patrols, scouting, and the Southern Undead Territory.
• Vanas reported that the Grey Dwarves had seven checkpoints along Blackwater City’s wide main road, and Breni agreed to lead the attack through them.
• Fang Yuan ordered Vanas to guide the army, Breni to lead the Demon Knight Order, the Dwarf Chariot Legion to form the center, and Vivian to command the Flame Mages in a fast assault.
• After the expedition set out, Lilith reminded Fang Yuan to prepare defenses at the northern mountain pass, and Fang Yuan prayed for blessings and received the Broken Wine Glass.

Fang Yuan used the Offering talent several times, gaining increasingly valuable items and becoming the first lord to obtain a Mysterious-Tier item. He kept the item’s attributes private and discovered that the Astrology Card only provided a coordinate.

• Fang Yuan examined a Broken Wine Glass that could grant access to the Mercenary Hall tavern’s chance to obtain a hero without using a hero slot.
• Fang Yuan offered ten thousand and one hundred thousand gold coins, receiving Orange Tier 3 Acceleration Tokens and a Purple Spell Amplification Scroll.
• Fang Yuan spent one million gold coins to obtain an Orange Skill Amplification Magic Rune and decided to give it to Breni.
• Fang Yuan spent ten million gold coins on a Demon Stone of the Blessed Elf, which could influence the results of treasure chests or random skills.
• Fang Yuan spent one hundred million gold coins and obtained the Orange Mysterious-Tier Astrology Card, becoming the first lord to earn the Mysterious Tier achievement.
• Fang Yuan declined to reveal the Astrology Card publicly and found that its item panel gave him only a coordinate.

Fang Yuan built and upgraded Voodoo Castle in the Northern Territory, chose the Serpent Guard set skill, and assessed the new Voodoo Curse Warlocks. He then disguised himself as a troll and entered the Underground Tavern in the Mercenary Hall.

• Fang Yuan inspected the Astrology Card, found its coordinates unavailable, and sent enhancement scrolls to Vivian and Breni.
• Fang Yuan chose Serpent Barrier over Death Guard and Voodoo Frenzy, then used the Demon Stone of the Blessing Sprite to improve his chance of obtaining it.
• Fang Yuan built and upgraded the Voodoo Castle set to level seven, gaining the Serpent Guard LV1 skill and an Orange Rare Voodoo Curse Warlock.
• Fang Yuan examined the warlock's skills but could not recruit any because his population slots were full, so he assigned Lilith control of Voodoo Castle.
• Fang Yuan used Troll Camouflage and entered the Underground Tavern in the Mercenary Hall.

Fang Yuan entered the Underground Tavern to explore its hero-recruitment system, but Lilith killed Bard Coro after revealing that the bards were traitors who could convert Fang Yuan to the Chaotic Evil Faction. Fang Yuan then used a challenge order looted from Coro, and Lilith defeated the summoned guardian, leaving Fang Yuan to choose a reward.

• Fang Yuan entered the Underground Tavern with an Orange ticket, rejected a Red Hero Soul, and bought drinks to learn that Sorin the Dwarf might be attracted by Golden Rum and Honey Roasted Meat.
• Bard Coro arrived, ate the food Fang Yuan had bought, gave him a Bard's Badge, and joined Fang Yuan's faction as an Orange Hero.
• Lilith sensed Coro's arrival in the Lord's Hall and killed him, warning Fang Yuan that the bards had betrayed their civilization and served the Mist Descenders.
• Fang Yuan discovered Coro's badge had become a Faction Conversion Badge that would transfer its wearer to the Chaotic Evil Faction after half a year.
• Lilith found an Orange Bard Challenge Order on Coro's body, and Fang Yuan used it to summon the Bard Guardian Hunter, whom Lilith killed.
• Fang Yuan received a choice between an Orange Dwarf Master Thorin's Soul Fragment, a Bard's Rapid Construction Buff, and a Building Upgrade Scroll.

Fang Yuan used an Orange Building Upgrade Scroll to turn the Flame Mage Barracks into an Orange barracks that produced powerful Flame Magi with the Meteor Fire Rain Legion Skill. As he planned his next campaigns, Breni led the Demon Knight Order in an assault on Blackwater City’s first line of defense.

• Fang Yuan chose the Building Upgrade Scroll over recruiting Sorin or taking the Rapid Construction Buff, then used it on the Flame Mage Barracks.
• The upgrade changed the barracks’ unit to the Orange Tier 7 Flame Magus and unlocked the Meteor Fire Rain Legion Skill, which required an Orange Magic Hero and at least 500 Flame Magi to summon a devastating fire meteor.
• Fang Yuan planned to use the Flame Magi against Blackwater City, then defeat the Beastmen Legion, secure his flanks, and attack the Great Necropolis.
• Vanas showed Breni the defenders at Blackwater City’s first line of defense: Grey Dwarf Heavy Armored Warriors, Heavy Armored Lizard Knights, and Priests.
• Breni activated Fang Yuan’s enhancement items, ordered the Demon Knights to charge, and prepared to break through the defense by force.

Blood Crow and the Mind Flayer Great Elder planned to awaken Fas, eliminate Fang Yuan, and spark a war to reveal the divine godhood. Their scheme depended on a surprise attack from Blackwater City, but the Great Elder suddenly discovered that the city was gone.

• Blood Crow healed the Mind Flayer Great Elder after he escaped Blue Star and explained that they needed the Undead Archmage to help expel the divine abomination from Fas's soul.
• Blood Crow outlined a plan to provoke a massive war across Gandor so they could locate the divine godhood tied to slaughter and war.
• Blood Crow revealed a War Prop that could reenact Gandor's Northern Expedition and proposed using it to set Gandor's forces against the beastfolk before his forces joined the battle.
• Blood Crow described a five-day campaign to awaken Fas, eliminate Fang Yuan, seize territory, and trigger the reenactment, while the Mind Flayer Great Elder questioned whether Fang Yuan could be defeated so quickly.
• The Mind Flayer Great Elder suddenly exclaimed that Blackwater City was gone.

After Fang Yuan conquered Blackwater City, the Mind Flayer Great Elder and Blood Raven planned to trap his forces underground while preparing to rescue Fas. Fang Yuan was left deciding whether to occupy the city.

• The Mind Flayer Great Elder told Blood Raven that Fang Yuan had captured Blackwater City in under three hours.
• The Mind Flayer Great Elder described how Breni's Orange Cavalry Demon Knights broke through the defenses, Flame Magi collapsed the walls with Meteor Fire Rain, and Dwarf Chariot Legions stormed the city.
• Blood Raven revealed that Fang Yuan also had a Holy Light Legion led by Christian and a Griffin Legion led by Yasis, both Golden Heroes.
• The Mind Flayer Great Elder proposed sealing routes and teleportation to trap Fang Yuan's forces underground, while Blood Raven handled the surface.
• The Mind Flayer Great Elder and Blood Raven left through the Teleportation Array to prepare their next moves, including a rescue of Fas.
• Fang Yuan faced a prompt asking whether he wanted to occupy Blackwater City.

Fang Yuan decided to occupy Blackwater City and use explosives to destroy it if it fell to the enemy, then examined the spoils and recruited Grey Dwarf King Iron Hammer. After completing Iron Hammer’s tequila quest and fusing a curio into him, Fang Yuan obtained an Orange Mutated Hero.

• Lilith advised Fang Yuan to occupy Blackwater City, defend it with troops and city defenses, and destroy it with explosives if it could not be held.
• Fang Yuan occupied Blackwater City and collected its loot, including seven Orange Grey Dwarf Military Trade Pass cards, Arcane Armor, a Grey Dwarf King's Soul Fragment, and an Adventurer Badge.
• Fang Yuan gave the Arcane Armor to Lilith, who said it would help her recover her combat power in seven days.
• Fang Yuan used the Soul Fragment to recruit Grey Dwarf King Iron Hammer, then activated Iron Hammer's Adventurer Badge and received the quest Tequila's Wish.
• Fang Yuan bought ten barrels of tequila for Iron Hammer, completing the quest and raising Iron Hammer's loyalty to 99 as his attributes increased and skills began to mutate.
• Fang Yuan fused the Grey Dwarf Priest's curio into Iron Hammer and obtained the Orange Mutated Hero Grey Dwarf King Iron Hammer.

Fang Yuan mutated Iron Hammer, occupied Blackwater City, and planted Modified Goblin Magic Bombs there after Zhao Zixiao supplied them. Zhao Zixiao recognized Fang Yuan as the force that had saved him from the undead, sent him valuable gifts, and began investigating Adventists; Fang Yuan then turned his attention to the Purple Secret Realm requirement for upgrading his main city.

• Iron Hammer mutated into a powerful area-of-effect hero, and Fang Yuan considered giving him command of the Dwarf Chariot Legion.
• Breni occupied the Orange Military Territory of Blackwater City, and Fang Yuan bought ten full-power Modified Goblin Magic Bombs from Zhao Zixiao and planted them in the city.
• Zhao Zixiao confirmed Fang Yuan had held back the Northern Territory beast tide, declared him an ally, and ordered gifts of Purple Foundation Stabilizing Scrolls and Orange Foundation Magic Crystals sent to him.
• Zhao Zixiao told Old Cao that Fang Yuan had saved his life by disrupting the Mist Lord's plans, then asked Old Mo for information on all the Adventists in Gondor.
• Fang Yuan accepted Zhao Zixiao's gifts and checked the Level 8 Main City requirements, focusing on the Purple Secret Realm and the crystal he had found in Golden Flower Territory.

Fang Yuan postponed Sir Thorne’s rescue quest and decided to attack the western snakefolk lair after learning that coordinated monster forces were gathering there. Meanwhile, Blood Crow ordered the Monster Lords to unite under his command and prepare probing attacks against Fang Yuan.

• Fang Yuan judged that leaving for the secret realm would endanger his territory, so he set aside the rescue quest and focused on nearby threats.
• Yasis reported that a coordinated force of Harpies, Griffins, Ghost Dragons, and Thunderbirds had destroyed nearly all of his 500 Griffon Knights.
• Fang Yuan concluded that a powerful Mist Creature was organizing the western monsters and resolved to conquer their lairs, starting with the level-eight snakefolk lair.
• Fang Yuan proposed using the Dwarf Chariot Legion and Flame Mages to strike the snakefolk lair’s center while Yasis and Breni attacked nearby monster territories.
• Blood Crow learned that Zhao Zixiao had consolidated the south, then ordered Monster Lords to submit to his command and send forces to the snakefolk lair to attack Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan approved Christian’s plan to attack the undead in the south while Breni and Yasis prepared a coordinated western offensive against the monster lairs. As Breni’s forces set out, a probing army sent by the Monster Lord ran into the Demon Knight Order.

• Fang Yuan agreed that Christian would harass undead strongholds with elite Paladin and War Priest units, while Christian and Harold struck the Great Necropolis to destroy Bone Dragons.
• Yasis mapped a route for Vivian and Iron Hammer’s chariot force toward the Serpents’ main lair, with the Griffon Knights assigned to draw away the Level 7 Evil Eye tribe.
• Breni planned to lure monsters into a ravine ambush, where the Demon Knights would attack them while Yasis’s Griffon Knights struck their rear lairs and defenses.
• Vivian and Iron Hammer agreed that reaching the Serpents’ main lair would give them a chance to break through its defenses.
• Blood Crow ordered the newly promoted Monster Lord to send probing forces toward Griffon Castle, and he dispatched 30,000 troops from each purple and lower-ranked lair on the front line.
• The probing army had barely left its lair when it encountered Breni’s Demon Knight Order.