Chapter Summaries

The Blood Raven Saint and the Undead Archmage learned that they had to stop Fang Yuan from finding a harp in the Dusk Forest, and they mobilized the Azure Wind Empire’s legions to retrieve it first. Meanwhile, Fang Yuan discovered the sleeping princess and the Sealing Vessel in a tower, triggered a quest to find the harp and dispel the illusion, and sent Christian’s team toward the Dusk Forest.

• The Undead Archmage told the Blood Raven Saint that his gatekeeper mission was to stop Fang Yuan from finding a harp that could awaken the Tower Princess.
• The Blood Raven Saint and the Undead Archmage learned that the Queen had gone to the Dusk Forest with the harp, then ordered the empire’s native legions to assemble and march there.
• Fang Yuan learned from Kardoso and Bor that the sleeping girl was an illusion concealing a Sealing Vessel inside a sealed Demiplane, and his quest began with instructions to find the harp and dispel the illusion.
• Fang Yuan learned that the Queen and her Shadow Legion were in the Dusk Forest, then assigned Christian, Qing Feng, Kardoso, and Bor to lead an expedition there.

The Queen of the Dusk Forest tried to defend her domain against an invading army, but Christian’s legion broke through the forest’s illusions and destroyed her castle’s barrier. Christian’s soldiers recovered the harp and a barbarian, then left the forest only to discover they were surrounded.

• The Queen learned that the Azure Wind Empire’s ten-thousand-strong Transcendent Noble Legion was marching to seize her harp, and she fed on imprisoned creatures to restore her strength.
• The Blood Crow led the invading legion into the Dusk Forest, where the Shadow Legion trapped and attacked them.
• Christian entered the forest with his legion, and the Demon-Breaking Warriors defeated the regenerating shadows while Harold’s Holy Light Magic cleared the fog.
• The Queen fled with Mila when Christian’s legion reached the castle, and Christian used Harold’s Angel Battle Armor to fire a light arrow that broke the castle’s barrier and dispelled the forest’s darkness.
• Christian’s soldiers found the harp and a barbarian in the castle, and Christian burned the bone fortress before leading his legion out of the forest.
• A Griffon Knight squad leader warned Christian that his legion had been surrounded.

Christian defeated the Azure Wind Empire’s army, captured its soldiers, and returned with the Harp. Fang Yuan and his heroes learned from the tower’s Ancient God Runes that a god had sealed a Dark Ancient God’s hand, while the Lord’s Mark urged Fang Yuan to dispel the Demiplane illusion and awaken the Sealing Vessel.

• The Blood Raven Saint and the Undead Archmage watched Christian’s army, but Qing Feng assassinated both of their avatars.
• Christian defeated the surrounded soldiers, exposed and killed the nobles possessed by Blood Raven parasites, and accepted the remaining troops’ surrender.
• Christian ordered Bor to escort the prisoners back to the tower and report with the Harp.
• Fang Yuan scanned the Ancient God Runes, revealing the Hurricane Ancient God sealing a Dark Ancient God’s right hand and a prophecy about new gods and a future invasion.
• Lilith and Vivian questioned how the rune account fit known history, while Fang Yuan suggested they seek more answers in the remaining secret-realm layers.
• Christian returned after conquering the Dusk Forest, and the Lord’s Mark reported the capture of eight thousand soldiers and ordered Fang Yuan to dispel the Demiplane illusion and awaken the Sealing Vessel.

Fang Yuan learned that the Dark Ancient God's Right Hand had possessed the Azure Wind Empire's Queen, then used the harp to dispel the illusion hiding the Sealed Plane and trigger a quest to find and reseal it. He planned to rally the empire's nobles under the banner of “Clear the King's Side,” while the Queen appeared before Blood Crow and the undead in the royal capital.

• Kardoso and Bor explained that the Queen carried the Dark Ancient God's Right Hand and that Extraordinary Noble bloodlines had suppressed its sealed runes.
• Fang Yuan used the harp, dispelled the illusion, activated the sealed runes, and evacuated his forces before the Demiplane closed.
• Fang Yuan ordered Kardoso and Bor to search for the Queen while he and his heroes planned to gather the Azure Wind Empire's nobles.
• Christian proposed using the eight thousand captured Extraordinary Nobles to form an alliance, expose Blood Crow possessions, and seize control of the empire in the king's name.
• Fang Yuan approved the plan and named it “Clear the King's Side.”
• Blood Crow told the undead that its quest required finding and protecting the Queen, and the Queen announced herself from outside the conference hall.

The Blood Raven and Undead agreed to help the Queen gather nobles in exchange for ancient god Origin Power, but learned that Fang Yuan had united the Azure Wind Kingdom against them. As the Mist Lords prepared a deadly ritual to defend the capital, Fang Yuan launched an immediate multi-pronged assault.

• The Queen offered the Blood Raven and Undead a portion of ancient god Origin Power in exchange for preparing at least 1,000 Extraordinary Nobles with Divine bloodlines, and they accepted.
• A Blood Raven Guard reported that Fang Yuan had helped the nobles purge parasitized rulers and was advancing on the royal capital with their forces.
• The Undead proposed using the Golden Scroll: Scourge Domain, which would kill the capital's population while empowering their forces and suppressing enemy heroes; the Blood Raven ordered the ritual begun.
• Duke Bich reported that thousands of Extraordinary Nobles and commoner soldiers had assembled, but Fang Yuan chose not to wait after sensing a dark force forming inside the city.
• Fang Yuan ordered the Extraordinary Nobles to assault West City, Vivian and Lilith to attack South City, Christian to lead the Aerial Legion, and Qing Feng to take 1,000 Demon-Breaking Warriors to East City.

Fang Yuan's forces overwhelmed the Mist Lords' defenses in the Royal Capital, but Blood Raven used a Spatial Fold scroll to block the assault on South City. The battle ended when Fang Yuan's forces took West City and Bor and Kardoso found the Queen, triggering Blood Raven and the Undead Archmage to leave and granting Fang Yuan 200,000 Merit.

• Duke Bich sent transcendent warriors to storm West City's walls while the defenders committed their own elite troops to a deadly battle.
• Christian's Flame Magus devastated South City's defenses, prompting Blood Raven and the Undead Archmage to plan their escape by having the Extraordinary Nobles find the Queen.
• The Undead Archmage and Blood Raven unleashed attacks to hold off Fang Yuan's forces, but Flame Tornadoes and the approaching aerial army threatened their remaining defenders.
• Vivian cast the Forbidden Spell Annihilation, but Blood Raven used a Spatial Fold scroll to erase the attack and block access to South City for more than three days.
• Qing Feng opened East City's gates, Fang Yuan's affiliated Extraordinary Nobles took West City, and Bor and Kardoso found the Queen.
• Blood Raven and the Undead Archmage left, and Fang Yuan received 200,000 Merit.

After Fang Yuan's forces captured the Royal City, they recovered the Dark Ancient God's right hand and completed its sealing mission. He spent his million merit on Divine Blood (Wind), which transformed Lilith's Heart of Arcane and awakened her Wind Magic and the forbidden curse Doomsday Storm.

• Lilith reported the siege casualties, and Bor and Kardoso brought Fang Yuan the sealed Dark Ancient God's right hand after the possessed Queen was consumed.
• Fang Yuan ordered the army to leave the Royal City, while Christian stayed behind to negotiate with Duke Bich for the ten thousand Extraordinary Nobles in exchange for the city.
• Fang Yuan's legion reached the sealed plane, where Bor and Kardoso placed the right hand inside the Crystal Coffin and completed the sealing mission.
• Fang Yuan exchanged one million merit for Divine Blood (Wind) and used his remaining merit to buy Harold a Divine Power Crystal.
• Lilith absorbed the Divine Blood, upgrading her Heart of Arcane (Fire) to a Golden Heart of Arcane (Dual Attribute) and awakening Wind Magic and the forbidden curse Doomsday Storm.

Fang Yuan recruited Lilith’s enhanced dual-element power and accepted a quest leading to the third secret realm, then teleported his army there. The Mind Flayer Archmage chose to abandon the third layer and flee to the fourth rather than face Fang Yuan.

• Fang Yuan examined Lilith’s new Wind-element skills and Doomsday Storm, while Lilith warned that her Forbidden Curses could only be cast once or twice because of their mana cost.
• Qing Feng asked about the rescued Barbarian Priest, who offered a quest to drive demons from the Tiger Tribe and revealed a route into the third secret realm.
• Lord Christian returned with 13,500 extraordinary cavalrymen, and Fang Yuan recruited them as Windblood Knights.
• Fang Yuan accepted the Lord’s Mark prompt and teleported his army into the third secret realm.
• The Mind Flayer Archmage, after hearing of the losses suffered by the Undead Archmage and Blood Crow, decided to abandon the third layer and join Boss Fas in the fourth.
• Blood Crow and the Undead Archmage agreed with the retreat, and the three Mist Lords hid with their remaining troops.

Fang Yuan’s forces attacked the demons occupying a Barbarian Tribe, and Lilith’s inspection revealed that the ancient demons differed from those of her era. Destroying their altar exposed a corrupted heart and gave Fang Yuan a quest to awaken the Light Dragon and seal the leaking Demonic Aura.

• Bor gave Fang Yuan a fragment of a sealed divine artifact and explained that the Dark Ancient God King’s left foot was sealed on the third floor, but the Light Dragon guarding it had stopped responding.
• Purple Moon Mercenaries reported that demons had killed the tribe’s barbarians and were conducting a sacrifice, so Christian planned an attack with the Holy Light Legion and Lilith joined him.
• Christian, Harold, and Lilith charged the tribe, where Lilith summoned elemental giants that slaughtered the demons.
• Lilith found that the demons were weak and their Abyssal power differed from that of later demons, while Christian suggested they might have originated from the remains of the sealed Dark Ancient Gods.
• Lilith destroyed the altar and uncovered a beating heart, and Fang Yuan received 50,000 merit points and a quest to awaken the Light Dragon at Dragon’s Lair and seal the leaking Demonic Aura.

Fang Yuan learned that the Light Dragon could purify the corrupted Heart of Fierce Tiger and set out to awaken it under a one-day deadline. As his elite squad rushed ahead and the Mist Lords chose not to interfere, Fang Yuan’s main force was struck by a lethal curse from an Underground Flame Demon Guard.

• Lilith gave Fang Yuan the corrupted Heart of Fierce Tiger and a map, and the Barbarian Priest said the Light Dragon could purify it.
• The Barbarian Priest offered to recruit at least three thousand elite barbarians, and Fang Yuan sent him with Christian’s forces to subjugate the tribes.
• Fang Yuan learned he had one day to reach the Light Dragon’s lair, then agreed to send Lilith, Christian, and Vivian ahead to clear the route.
• The Mind Flayer Great Elder learned of the Mist Lords’ mission to stop Fang Yuan, but he and the others chose to preserve their strength instead.
• Fang Yuan’s main force reached the halfway point, where the Lord’s Mark reported that a Lethal Curse had killed five hundred Demon-Breaking Warriors.

Fang Yuan’s force defeated a Demigod-level demon, then entered the Light Dragon’s lair and reinforced the seal on the Dark Ancient God King’s remains. Bor absorbed the Light Pope’s source power, and the group escaped as the Sealing Plane closed, with Fang Yuan eager to spend his newly earned Merit Exchange points.

• Fang Yuan arrived as Christian revived the Demon-Breaking Warriors after Vivian killed the demon, and Lilith explained how the heroes had survived its Lethal Curse.
• Christian and Lilith speculated that the Abyssal Plane might be forming in the present era from the Dark Ancient God’s left foot.
• Fang Yuan, Kardoso, and Bor entered the Light Dragon’s lair and helped send the corrupted dragon into the Sealing Space, where it revealed the history of the Light God King and offered the Light Pope’s source power.
• Bor absorbed the Light Pope’s source power while Fang Yuan declined it, and Bor warned that the sealed left foot could eventually create an Abyssal Plane.
• Fang Yuan’s group completed the sealing mission and left before the Sealing Plane closed, earning Merit Exchange points that included rewards for sealing reinforcement and quest completion.
• Fang Yuan opened the Merit Exchange interface and was excited by its Dark Gold Forbidden Spell Scroll and Golden Magic Rune.

Fang Yuan exchanged for a powerful Holy Light Judgment scroll and a rune that could turn a defensive tower into a lethal weapon, then recruited five thousand Barbarian Warriors and prepared to enter the fourth secret-realm layer. There, he learned that Demon Dragon Fas had been tricked into working for the devil for thirty thousand years.

• Fang Yuan exchanged two million merit for the Holy Light Judgment scroll and used his remaining merit to obtain the Flame Demon's Lethal Curse rune.
• Lilith explained that magic energy had grown less active over time, while Christian described the immense strength of the Ancient Gods.
• Fang Yuan recruited the Barbarian Priest and five thousand Barbarian Warriors, completing all missions and receiving the order to enter the fourth layer.
• Bor purified the Corrupted Heart of Fierce Tiger, giving Fang Yuan the third purified heart he needed.
• Fang Yuan's army entered the fourth layer, where Blood Raven Saint reacted in disbelief when Demon Dragon Fas revealed he had been tricked into serving the devil for thirty thousand years.

Fas revealed that a devil’s contract bound him to the kingdom, so he secretly ordered the Mist Lords to help Fang Yuan complete the fourth-layer mission. Fang Yuan entered the Dwarf Forest realm, learned its seal might have failed, and prepared to fight an approaching cavalry force he believed was the Mist Lords’ probing army.

• Fas told the Mist Lords that becoming king had bound him to serve a devil for thirty thousand years, and that Fang Yuan killing the devil could free him.
• After the mission appeared, a queen in a magic mirror ordered Fas to kill hunters in the Dwarf Forest, but Fas sent the kingdom’s legions instead and secretly instructed the Blood Raven Saint to ensure Fang Yuan succeeded.
• Fang Yuan arrived outside the Dwarf Forest, confirmed that its seal had opened, and heard Kardoso and Bor’s conflicting assessments of the possible dark-power leakage.
• Fang Yuan ordered Christian, Kardoso, and Bor to enter the forest and find the dwarf tribes while the rest of his army made camp.
• When a force of roughly ten thousand cavalry approached, Fang Yuan deployed his commanders and ordered several units to attack and destroy them.

Blood Raven projected Fang Yuan’s vassal armies fighting the Mist Lords’ forces, then learned of a mission to stop him from awakening a princess in Dwarf Forest. Demon Dragon Fas recognized the princess as a devil’s trap, but Blood Raven and the other Mist Lords betrayed him as Fang Yuan entered the wooden house containing her.

• Blood Raven showed the Mist Lords Fang Yuan’s powerful native armies, which defeated the Bloodline Knights and drove the survivors to retreat.
• Fas announced a new mission to stop Fang Yuan from awakening the princess, then warned that the princess was likely a devil’s trap that could bind Fang Yuan for thirty thousand years.
• Blood Raven promised to warn Fang Yuan but took the Mist Lords’ forces and sealed Fas inside the castle hall, accusing him of betraying Father God.
• A devil revealed through a magic mirror that Dwarf Forest was his trap and that its people served him; Fas watched as Fang Yuan entered the dwarf tribe.
• The dwarf chiefs led Fang Yuan to a wooden house and explained that the white-clad princess was an illusion on the Sealing Vessel, urging him to enter and use a key to dispel it.

Fang Yuan discovered that the Dwarf Forest’s Sealing Vessel had been taken over by a Dark Ancient God’s severed limb, then marched toward the royal capital to find a way to awaken it. There, the demon controlling the magic mirror replaced Fas and prepared the city’s defenses, and Fang Yuan ordered Lilith to cast a forbidden spell.

• Fang Yuan exposed the seven Dwarf chieftains as devil servants, and Bor and Christian confirmed that demons had occupied the Dwarf tribes.
• Black Dragon King Aslan entered the wooden house, where the Princess devoured him and revealed that the sealed limb controlled the Sealing Vessel and could summon devil servants.
• Fang Yuan left Bor, Kardoso, Hom, and half the Azure Wind Bloodline Knights to guard the sealed plane, then led the rest of his army toward the royal capital in search of the item that could awaken the Sealing Vessel.
• The demon inside the magic mirror absorbed Fas and impersonated him, then ordered the Mist Lords to prepare for Fang Yuan and use the Scourge Domain against the city.
• Fang Yuan reached the royal capital after his forces cleared towns of demon servants, and the Undead Archmage activated the Scourge Domain, draining the city's inhabitants and filling it with necrotic energy.
• The Blood Raven Saint challenged Fang Yuan from the death clouds, but Fang Yuan stopped Christian and ordered Lilith to cast a forbidden spell.

Lilith’s Meteor Fire Rain killed the Blood Raven Saint and devastated the royal capital, while Fas protected himself and the other Mist Lords with a barrier. Fang Yuan secured the magic mirror, completed the sealing mission in Dwarf Forest, and received a warning that the secret realm would close in 30 minutes.

• Lilith cast Meteor Fire Rain, and the Blood Raven Saint died after Fas used a protective scroll to shield himself, the Mind Flayer Great Elder, and their armies.
• Fas revealed that the magic mirror held a devil and offered it to Fang Yuan, warning that two forces were attacking Fang Yuan’s territory outside the secret realm.
• Christian retrieved the mirror and sealed the devil inside it, and Fang Yuan led his army toward Dwarf Forest.
• Fas refused to open his protective barrier, so Fang Yuan abandoned his attempt to kill him and continued to Dwarf Forest.
• Bor placed the mirror into the sealing vessel, banished the devil, and helped end the dark energy leaking through Dwarf Forest.
• Fang Yuan received the mission rewards and learned that only 30 minutes remained before the secret realm closed.

Fang Yuan spent his merit in the fourth secret realm on two Dark Gold items, Golden rewards, and a Bloodline Castle Building Card before preparing to return to his territory. He discovered that the Devil's Contract Scroll could give him leverage over Fas, and Bor gave him a Dark Gold token as the teleportation array took him away.

• Fang Yuan exchanged four million merit for the Devil's Contract Scroll and the Sealed Magic Mirror, then used the rest on five Golden Source Crystals, the Furnace Heart, and a Bloodline Castle Building Card.
• Fang Yuan learned that the Devil's Contract Scroll could force Fas, a Mist Lord, to obey, and decided to keep it as leverage rather than sign it.
• Fang Yuan tried and failed to use the Sealed Magic Mirror on Bor and Kardoso, then told them he had to leave to defend his homeland.
• Bor gave Fang Yuan a short sword that would identify him as Bor's friend to the Ancient God Hunting Association.
• The teleportation array took Fang Yuan away from the secret realm, and his Lord's Mark identified Bor's Short Sword as a Dark Gold Token.

Fas and the other Mist Lords planned to use a Historical Reenactment item to awaken ancient forces and put Fang Yuan under attack while they pursued the godhood. Fang Yuan returned from the Mystic Hall to find enemies striking his territory and the Zixiao Alliance, and ordered his heroes to assemble for another fight.

• Fas persuaded the Undead Archmage and Mind Flayer Great Elder to risk awakening ancient forces, hoping they would eliminate Fang Yuan and help secure the godhood.
• Fas ordered the Undead, Mind Flayers, and Dragonkin to launch attacks that would distract Fang Yuan while the Historical Reenactment item activated over seven days.
• Fas learned the earlier assault on Fang Yuan's territory had failed and ordered the Undead to attack the Zixiao Alliance; afterward, he saw that his devil contract mark remained and feared the devil was still alive.
• Fang Yuan and tens of thousands of troops returned from the Mystic Hall, where Yasis reported attacks on Voodoo Castle, Underground City, and the Zixiao Alliance, as well as an Undead Legion regrouping near the Lamo River.
• Fang Yuan ordered all heroes to return to the Lord's Hall so he could force the enemies to submit.

After returning to the Wasteland Territory, Fang Yuan rallied his heroes and organized a campaign to defeat the Mist Lord’s forces across Gondor. He left his allies to defend the other fronts while sending his strongest troops south to rescue the Zixiao Alliance and crush the Southern Undead.

• Fang Yuan gathered his fourteen heroes and declared his intention to defeat the Mist Lord’s invasion and unify Gondor.
• Fang Yuan chose to attack the Southern Undead first, rescue Zhao Zixiao’s Zixiao Alliance, and seize the Rainbow Cloud Alliance’s southern stronghold.
• Christian volunteered to lead the rescue, and Fang Yuan ordered him to take half the Holy Light Legion behind the Undead while Vivian and Yasis reinforced the Zixiao Alliance.
• Breni and Meg were assigned to defend the Lamo River, with support from the Demon Suppression Alliance, the Crimson Flame Alliance, and troops from the Undead Territory.
• Fang Yuan assigned Qing Feng, Vanas, and Babas to hold Blackwater City, Fiona and Hom to defend Voodoo Castle, and Lilith to guard the Main City.
• Fang Yuan ordered the forces to set out, declaring that Gondor would become his territory after the battle.

After the undead destroyed the Zixiao Alliance’s forces and breached its headquarters, Zhao Zixiao sent Zhao Sheng and the alliance’s remaining elite members away while preparing to die defending the Southern Border. Just as he faced the approaching undead, reinforcements from the Wasteland Territory arrived, declaring that the Zixiao Alliance’s war was over.

• Lin Ying told Zhao Zixiao that the Four Sacred Alliances could not stop the undead and urged him to flee to the Silver Moon Forest, then criticized his decision to submit to Fang Yuan before leaving.
• Zhao Zixiao learned that Fang Yuan was still absent and, with the undead approaching, ordered Zhao Sheng to evacuate the alliance’s old members while he stayed behind.
• As the undead breached the Zixiao Alliance’s headquarters, Zhao Sheng realized Zhao Zixiao planned to sacrifice himself and was dragged through the Teleportation Array with the departing forces.
• The Teleportation Array lit up again, and troops from the Wasteland Territory arrived to reinforce the Zixiao Alliance and ordered its people to retreat.