Chapter Summaries

After taking Lamo City, Fang Yuan learned that powerful defenders had killed all thirty-six Golden Wind Thunder Sword Guards and nearly killed Lilith and Yasis. He arranged to replenish the Crimson Flame and Demon Suppression Alliances, postponed the eastern campaign to prepare for a Level Nine Main City, and opened a Golden Treasure Chest that produced a mysterious painting.

• Christian reported that two defenders with a combined Golden-level spell had wiped out the Wind Thunder Sword Guards, while an assassin drained Lilith’s mana and Yasis took the fatal blow meant for her.
• Lilith told Fang Yuan that Yasis had recovered with Mage Meg’s healing and described the valuable art collection that had crumbled to ash in Lamo City’s secret chamber.
• Fang Yuan ordered Christian to distribute spoils and resources to the Crimson Flame and Demon Suppression Alliances, while allowing Crimson Flame leaders who wished to leave for Silver Moon Forest to go with their fair share.
• Fang Yuan postponed dealing with the orcs and focused on advancing to a Level Nine Main City because the grasslands’ and Underground City’s awakenings might be connected to a godhead.
• Fang Yuan opened Sok’s Golden Treasure Chest and received the Golden Special Grade item Terrifying Library, which appeared to be a painting.

Fang Yuan learned the Terrifying Library’s deadly history and chose to keep the sealed painting in storage until he was strong enough to study it. With the Golden Commerce Guild newly opened, he entered to make his first trade before preparing to upgrade his main city to Level Nine.

• Lilith explained that the Terrifying Library came from Calamity World and that its paintings had caused a spreading disaster, killing many Demigod-Level professionals before the Magic Empire and Holy Light Church sealed them.
• Fang Yuan wondered how the painting had entered Lamo City’s City Lord’s Mansion, but none of the heroes knew; he decided to store it until he could safely analyze it.
• Fang Yuan chose to postpone recruiting three Orange Heroes and make a trade in the newly opened Golden Commerce Guild first.
• Aisha opened the guild and explained that its anonymous, invincible trading space allowed one hour of transactions and charged Fang Yuan a commission.
• Fang Yuan stepped through the golden gate to begin trading, intending to prepare afterward for a Level Nine Main City upgrade.

Fang Yuan traded with He Tian, a hunted lord who possessed the Golden Flower Family Duke's Scepter, and arranged for Liu Zhenhan to verify his identity. After the Golden Commerce Guild closed, Fang Yuan prepared to upgrade his main city, but the Lord's Mark revealed the location of the Hero's Regret quest.

• He Tian entered the Golden Commerce Guild carrying the Golden Flower Family Duke's Scepter and asked Fang Yuan to trade it for an Orange human barracks card.
• Fang Yuan recognized the scepter, offered He Tian a random Orange Barracks Building Card, and learned that the White Eagle had forced him into the Mist World and that the Skeleton Mercenary Group was hunting him.
• He Tian begged Fang Yuan for help, and Fang Yuan gave him a million gold coins, resources, and Liu Zhenhan's ID so Liu could verify his identity.
• Fang Yuan promised to send He Tian another Invitation Letter and left the guild, which Aisha said could reopen in a month.
• Fang Yuan notified Liu Zhenhan and began preparing to upgrade his main city to Level Nine, but the Lord's Mark announced that the location of the Hero's Regret quest had been found.

Vanas recounted how his Windwalkers found a Golden Flower Family longsword, and Fang Yuan identified it as the sealed Blade of Courage, the final inheritance item needed for the Golden Demon-Breaking Warrior Camp. Fang Yuan planned to send Vivian into the Dragon Blood Secret Realm to unseal it, then used his blessing talent to obtain several valuable rewards, ending with an Orange Rare Seed of Life.

• Vanas described how his Windwalkers fought through the Endless Mountains, found a cave beyond a murloc lake, and discovered a Golden Flower Family scroll and longsword in an isolated valley.
• Fang Yuan inspected the Sealed Blade of Courage and learned that it was the first Duke Golden Flower's Blade of Courage, with a dragon sealed inside and the Dragon Blood Secret Realm required to break the seal.
• Fang Yuan recognized the sword as the Golden Flower Family's final inheritance item and ordered Vivian to return so she could enter the Dragon Blood Secret Realm.
• Fang Yuan used his blessing talent to obtain a Purple Treasure Map, ten Purple Equipment Reinforcement Runes, and a Goblin Airship Factory Building Card.
• Fang Yuan used a Dwarf Heavy Armor Warrior Building Card for another blessing and received the Orange Rare item Seed of Life.

Fang Yuan used Blessing to obtain a Magic Crystal Gun blueprint, then sent Vivian and the Titan Mech into the Dragon Blood Secret Realm to complete its trials and unseal a dragon. He recruited a new hero at the Hero Altar, where Fiona, the Silver Moon Swordswoman, answered his summons.

• Fang Yuan used Undead Building Cards in a Blessing and obtained the blueprint for the First Generation Magic Crystal Gun, which Lilith warned would require vast resources to develop.
• Fang Yuan gave Vivian the Seed of Life, spells, equipment, the Sealed Blade of Courage, and control of the Titan Mech before sending her into the Dragon Blood Secret Realm.
• Fang Yuan watched the secret realm vortex disappear and hoped Vivian and the Titan Mech would return as Legendaries.
• Fang Yuan placed three Orange Curios on the Hero Altar and recruited a new hero.
• Fiona, the Silver Moon Swordswoman, emerged from the River of Time and accepted Fang Yuan's summons to fight for civilization.

Fang Yuan recruited Fiona, the Silver Moon Swordswoman, and learned that her brother and Silver Moon City had fallen in an ancient dragon attack. He accepted her quest to save them, then planned to send Qing Feng to locate the city’s ruins while he turned to upgrading his main city.

• Fiona joined Fang Yuan’s forces after he promised to seek answers about Silver Moon City and the Silver Moon Mercenary Group.
• Lilith could not identify Fiona’s past, but Qing Feng explained that the Silver Moon Reaper founded Silver Moon City and died after dragons destroyed it.
• Fiona blamed herself for her brother’s death, and Fang Yuan accepted the quest to save Silver Moon City and the Silver Moon Reaper.
• Fang Yuan realized he needed a Secret Realm Magic Crystal and considered using He Tian and Qing Feng to explore the Shattered Tooth Mountains.
• Fang Yuan promised to take Fiona to Silver Moon City after the main-city crisis, then opened the city interface and examined the requirement to strengthen the barracks’ magic runes.

Fang Yuan considered whether to enter the Bronze Dragon's Labyrinth and learned it might be a trap set by a Mist Lord, but saw a chance to kill the Lord and fulfill his final Level Nine upgrade condition. As he waited for Vivian to grow strong enough to lead the assault, Christian recognized a Nameless Fragment offered by a merchant as a scripture containing divine power that could heal Harold.

• Fang Yuan rejected entering the Bronze Dragon's Labyrinth for its magic runes and discussed how difficult it would be to find and kill a Monster Lord bearing Mist Divinity.
• Fiona warned that Bronze Dragons used twin labyrinths to lure adventurers into deadly traps, and Christian and Lilith suspected the undead Mist Lord had arranged the crystal as a scheme against Fang Yuan.
• Fang Yuan decided the labyrinth could offer a chance to kill the Mist Lord and complete his final upgrade condition, but acknowledged he needed greater strength to guarantee victory.
• Fang Yuan hoped Vivian would clear the Secret Realm, unseal the Blade of Courage, and help him obtain Demon-Breaking Warriors before he attempted the labyrinth.
• A merchant offered Fang Yuan a clearer Nameless Fragment, and Christian recognized it as a divine-script scripture whose divine power could heal Harold's injuries.

Fang Yuan learned that Highgarden's Strong Orcs came from a mage research facility, while an Evil God remained sealed in a Demiplane. He planned to trade that information and a Goblin Airship Building Card to the Four Sacred Alliances for Divine Script Holy Scriptures to restore Harold, then sent Lin Ying a warning about Highgarden.

• Christian recounted how the War Church persecuted her family, how Blood Rose seized Highgarden, and how the gods later purged the Evil God's influence and turned the region into shared Cardinal Bishop dioceses.
• Christian explained that the Magic Empire had prevented the gods from destroying the Evil God's Demiplane and had kept its Strong Orcs and the Evil God as experimental subjects.
• Fang Yuan decided to offer the Four Sacred Alliances information about the Strong Orcs and the Demiplane, along with a Goblin Airship Building Card, in exchange for scriptures bearing divine script.
• Lilith revealed that the Demiplane entrance was in Highgarden's Royal City and that its other teleportation array led to a mage laboratory in the Sunset Mountain Range, where about a million Strong Orcs were held.
• Fang Yuan bought Xianuo's Divine Script Holy Scriptures for thirty thousand gold coins and messaged Lin Ying, warning her that Highgarden was in grave danger.

Zhou Chuanjiang reorganized the Four Sacred Alliances for a renewed expansion, then traded its stockpiled Nameless Fragments to Fang Yuan for a Goblin Airship Building Card and intelligence about Strong Orcs. Fang Yuan received enough sacred texts that Harold might recover seventy percent of his strength, and he ordered Harold to return so they could prepare for the Bronze Dragon Maze.

• Zhou Chuanjiang assigned the four battle alliances their expansion duties, ordered the Black Tortoise Iron Wall Alliance to focus on defending High Court from Strong Orcs, and heard that Lin Ying had made little progress recruiting lords in Gando.
• Lin Ying revealed that Fang Yuan had offered a Goblin Airship Building Card and information about Strong Orcs in exchange for Nameless Fragments, and Zhou Chuanjiang consulted Ren Yuan before agreeing to the trade.
• The Four Sacred Alliances traded more than ten thousand Nameless Fragments to Fang Yuan and received the Goblin Airship Building Card, while Zhou Chuanjiang took Fang Yuan's Strong Orc intelligence back to Blue Star for review.
• Fang Yuan learned from Christian that Harold could regain about seventy percent of his strength by absorbing sacred texts, potentially reaching Mid-tier Demigod strength.
• Fang Yuan ordered Harold to return to the Lord's Hall to prepare for the Bronze Dragon Maze.

Fang Yuan arranged for the Crimson Flame Alliance leader and fifty followers to establish a new alliance in Silver Moon Forest, while planning a southern defensive network around his territory. As he checked on the eastern grasslands, a newly arrived merchant caravan brought five Orange-grade Beast Phantoms.

• Christian explained that Harold could absorb divine power from other divine systems, and Fang Yuan ordered the remaining scriptures stored in the warehouse.
• After the Crimson Flame Alliance leader asked permission to leave for Silver Moon Forest, Fang Yuan rejected trapping them or charging them a redemption fee and proposed forming a new alliance under his authority.
• The Crimson Flame Alliance leader and his followers accepted Fang Yuan's proposal and agreed to sign a contract, give him more than half the new alliance's decision-making power, and travel to Silver Moon Forest.
• Fang Yuan told Christian to arrange their departure, add loyal lords from the Demon Suppression Alliance, and provide resources for the new group.
• Fang Yuan ordered lords from the Crimson Flame Alliance and Demon Suppression Alliance to reinforce the Green Sea Alliance and form a southern defensive arc, with support for taking orange-grade Military Territories.
• Fang Yuan asked Liu Zhenhan about the eastern grasslands, and a merchant caravan arrived carrying five Orange-grade Beast Phantoms.

Fang Yuan bought five Beast Phantoms and worried when Liu Zhenhan did not answer his message. In Windy Grassland, Liu Zhenhan gathered Lords threatened by the Hydra Alliance into the Blood Fury Alliance, and the chapter ended with him sending Fang Yuan several valuable items, including the Heart of Flying Eagle.

• Fang Yuan purchased five Orange Beast Phantoms from a cautious White Eagle Lord for gold coins.
• The Hydra Alliance moved into northeastern Windy Grassland, massacred the Lords of a Minor Alliance, and drove the surviving Lords to seek protection or flee.
• Liu Zhenhan invited the threatened Lords to join the Blood Fury Alliance under strict rules that allowed members to fight and rob while requiring them to obey alliance orders.
• Several new members donated valuable items to gain administrator ranks, and Liu Zhenhan promoted one donor to Deputy Alliance Leader after receiving the Heart of Flying Eagle.
• Liu Zhenhan remembered Fang Yuan's request about He Tian and sent him the Heart of Flying Eagle and other newly acquired items, prompting Fang Yuan to celebrate finding what he needed.

Fang Yuan traded with Liu Zhenhan for the Heart of Flying Eagle and Chesley's Spellbook, then strengthened his Barbarian Axe Thrower Camp and equipped the Spellbook. Chesley's hidden message revealed a sub-deity’s plot to rise again, and Fang Yuan received two new missions after learning that Chesley could no longer be rescued.

• Fang Yuan traded three Orange items to Liu Zhenhan for the Heart of Flying Eagle and Chesley’s Spellbook, and Liu reported that the Hydra Alliance was moving against his territory.
• Fang Yuan urged Liu Zhenhan to oppose the Hydra Alliance and learned that He Tian was in Fire Wyrm Bay.
• Fang Yuan fused the Heart of Flying Eagle into the Barbarian Axe Thrower Camp, giving the unit the armor-piercing Flying Eagle Strike skill.
• Fang Yuan equipped Chesley’s Spellbook, whose hidden message revealed that Chesley had become a berserker and that the Green Dragon King was regaining power through a vast experiment base in the Norton Mountain Range.
• Fang Yuan received a failed rescue mission notice and chose between warning Archmage City about the sub-deity or destroying the altar in the Norton Mountain Range.

Fang Yuan chose the quest to destroy the Sub-deity Altar after Lilith explained it might hold divine remains and the lost God of Hunt’s divine spark, but he postponed the expedition until he became stronger. While preparing for the Bronze Dragon Maze and sending Fiona to excavate a treasure, he learned that Vivian had cleared the Dragon Blood Secret Realm.

• Fang Yuan asked Lilith about Magic Empire citizenship, chose the quest to destroy the Sub-deity Altar, and received its coordinates in the Norton Mountain Range.
• Lilith explained that the altar might contain divine remains and the God of Hunt’s divine spark, and advised Fang Yuan to reach Level 10 before exploring it.
• Fang Yuan decided to postpone the altar expedition until he upgraded his main city, while Harold reported recovering seventy percent of his strength by absorbing divine power.
• Fang Yuan checked Vivian’s progress in the Dragon Blood Secret Realm, sent Fiona to excavate a treasure near the Valley Garrison, and obtained War Tree Seeds through the Abomination Gloves.
• Fang Yuan received a Purple Equipment Steel Frame Crossbow and 10,000 gold coins from the treasure excavation, then got a notification that the Dragon Blood Secret Realm had been cleared.

After the Dragon Blood Secret Realm closed, Fang Yuan learned that the destroyed Titan Mech’s Energy Core had transformed into a growth-type Dragon Blood Core with the Devour rune. He considered how to build an Alchemy Dragon, then turned to Vivian’s new Golden Quality skill, which included Forbidden Spell Annihilation.

• Vivian returned and told Fang Yuan that the Titan Mech had sacrificed itself to protect her, leaving only its Energy Core.
• Lilith explained that twenty-nine purifications had repaired and transformed the Energy Core, and its panel revealed the Dragon Blood Core (Devour), which could grow by devouring dragons.
• Lilith said an Alchemy Dragon made from the core could potentially reach godhood, but required a Legendary-grade alchemist, an advanced laboratory, and many materials.
• Fang Yuan checked his Lord's Mark and found that Hero's Blessing had permanently doubled his luck.
• Fang Yuan focused on Vivian, who had advanced to Golden Quality and gained a skill containing Forbidden Spell Annihilation.

Fang Yuan learned that Vivian’s new gravity magic could threaten even powerful foes, then assembled his forces to complete the Blade of Courage’s trial. After recruiting the sealed Green Dragon Babas, he fused the Golden Flower heirlooms and obtained the Demon-Breaking Warrior Seal.

• Lilith explained that Vivian’s Gravity Domain was Force Field magic, and she and Vivian discussed its power, limits, and counters with Fang Yuan.
• Fang Yuan decided to test Vivian’s Annihilation spell in another Bronze Dragon’s Labyrinth Secret Realm and prioritized upgrading his Level Nine Main City.
• Fang Yuan used the Blade of Courage to summon Babas the Green Dragon, but the underage dragon begged to become his mount instead of fighting.
• Fang Yuan recruited Babas, completing the Blade of Courage’s mission, then fused the five Golden Flower items.
• Fang Yuan received the Golden Special Grade Demon-Breaking Warrior Seal, which could turn a barracks into the Demon-Breaking Warrior Camp.

Fang Yuan traded Undead items with an Undead Lord for a Lightning Element Golden Source Crystal and an Orange Special Grade Royal Hunter camp, learning that the trader was likely near Middle-earth. He fused the Demon-Breaking Warrior Seal into the camp, becoming Duke and earning a new Golden Legendary Achievement reward.

• Fang Yuan searched for a suitable camp to upgrade and traded his Orange Undead items with the Undead Lord for a Lightning Element Golden Source Crystal and a Royal Hunter camp card.
• Fang Yuan arranged for the Undead Lord to send monthly caravans of Golden Source Crystals in exchange for Undead items.
• Lilith explained that the Radiant and Savage Blood Empires lay in Middle-earth, leading Fang Yuan to suspect the Undead Lord was near the Central Continent.
• Fang Yuan built the Royal Hunter Camp and fused the Demon-Breaking Warrior Seal into it, creating the Golden Special Demon-Breaking Warrior Camp.
• Fang Yuan became Duke, received the Golden Flower Family title and its benefits, gained 100,000 Gandor Empire Reputation, and earned a Vault Key of the God of Destiny for ranking first on the Gandor Rankings.

Fang Yuan upgraded the Demon-Breaking Warrior Camp, produced 1,000 Demon-Breaking Warriors, and prepared to enter the Bronze Dragon's Labyrinth. As he summoned his heroes, Zhao Zixiao asked whether he would consider merging their alliances.

• Fang Yuan fused Golden Dark Element Source Crystal Shards with four Sword Element Source Crystals to raise the Demon-Breaking Warrior Camp to level eight, unlocking Mana Control.
• Fang Yuan inspected a Demon-Breaking Warrior and saw that its powerful Auras and other skills made it especially effective against mages.
• Fang Yuan used Duke Grade Forced Conscription on the Southern Undead Resource Territory to obtain 4,000 Orange Level Eight Mobilization Orders, then accelerated production of 1,000 Demon-Breaking Warriors.
• Fang Yuan prepared to enter the Bronze Dragon's Labyrinth and ordered all heroes to return to the Lord's Hall.
• Zhao Zixiao congratulated Fang Yuan on the Demon-Breaking Warrior Camp and asked whether he would consider a Merge Alliance.

Zhao Zixiao struggled to get the Four Sacred Alliances to provide reinforcements against the undead, then learned that Fang Yuan had obtained a Golden Special Grade unit. Convinced that resistance was futile, Zhao Zixiao decided to merge the Zixiao Alliance with Fang Yuan, while the Four Sacred Alliances made Fang Yuan their own offer.

• Zhao Zixiao halted attacks on the undead and told his lords to wait for Orange Quality Holy Water from the Four Sacred Alliances.
• Lin Ying told Zhao Zixiao that the Holy Water would not be available until next month, and suggested asking Fang Yuan for help.
• Zhao Zixiao threatened to join Fang Yuan with the Zixiao Alliance if the Four Sacred Alliances could not help, but Lin Ying offered to seek other Holy Church resources.
• Zhao Zixiao and Lin Ying sensed a Golden Special Grade unit in Gondor and both suspected Fang Yuan; Lin Ying left to report the news.
• Zhao Zixiao decided to form a Merge Alliance and sent Fang Yuan the news, while the Four Sacred Alliances separately made Fang Yuan an offer.

The Four Sacred Alliances offered Fang Yuan lavish terms to recruit him, but he refused them and declared Gondor his territory. Back in the Wasteland Territory, he prepared to enter the Bronze Dragon Maze with selected forces, leaving Lilith to note his assignments and defense plans.

• Zhou Chuanjiang told the Four Sacred Alliances that the nation had approved five generous conditions for recruiting Fang Yuan, while Lin Ying revealed that Fang Yuan possessed multiple Golden Heroes as well as a Golden Unit.
• Zhou Chuanjiang announced that Fang Yuan had refused the offer, promised to help the Dragon Nation in a crisis, declined to join any nation, and accepted the Zixiao Alliance as a subsidiary alliance while declaring Gondor his territory.
• Fang Yuan kept Zhao Zixiao as leader of the Zixiao Alliance, assigned him to oversee the southern region and Gondor's external communications, and postponed further changes to the alliance.
• Fang Yuan told the heroes gathered in the Lord's Hall that the Bronze Dragon Maze was a trap and that he would enter it with selected forces to defeat the enemies and meet the final requirement for upgrading his Main City to Level Nine.
• Fang Yuan began assigning the heroes and legions for the maze and planning the territory's defenses for his absence, telling Lilith to take note.

Fang Yuan organized the defenses of his territory and prepared an army to enter the Bronze Dragon Secret Realm, whose opening was delayed by three hours. While waiting, he obtained an Orange quest token, made several Blessings, and had Aisha begin appraising the Silvermoon Set for Fiona; meanwhile, the Mist Lords entered the secret realm and learned Fang Yuan had gained another Golden Unit.

• Fang Yuan assigned his heroes and legions to defend the territory, then led a force to Mystic Hall to open the Bronze Dragon Secret Realm.
• Fiona explained that others were using the three-hour delay to enter the secret realm early and set traps, so Fang Yuan ordered his army to wait.
• Fang Yuan's Blessing produced the Orange Token Whispers of the Black Mist Stone Forest, prompting him to plan an investigation into the nearby threat.
• Fang Yuan spent more gold on Blessings, obtained Alchemical Earthworms for Dragon Raising Ground, and listed his Dragon Blood Warrior class-change items for an exchange.
• Fang Yuan asked Aisha to appraise the Silvermoon Set for Fiona, while the Mist Lords entered the Bronze Dragon Secret Realm and Blood Crow reported that Fang Yuan had gained another Golden Unit.