Chapter Summaries

Yannis and Fenli welcomed a son, Reilly, while Roy acquired the newborn’s biological materials to study his bloodline and potential inherited powers. Roy planned to use the coming year to strengthen himself and prepare to sever Yannis’s connection to the world before making his move.

• Yannis learned that Fenli’s rapidly growing fungus could become a powerful Magic Beast if fed enough flesh and blood, and he planned to feed it Wyvern corpses.
• Fenli gave birth to a son, and Yannis named him Reilly, celebrating the birth of an heir to the Bloodhoof Tribe.
• Planje collected Reilly’s placenta, umbilical cord, and umbilical blood, then delivered them to Roy a few days later.
• Roy explained that the materials could reveal Reilly’s bloodline inheritance and help him find ways to neutralize the boy as a future threat.
• Roy told Planje to keep watching Yannis while he searched for the Sacred Mark Stone, the Golden Behemoth bloodline, and clues about the Behemoth God.

Roy prepared to act against Yannis during the Beast God Festival, arranging for Athedia and Sailen to return to the base while Planje reported that Fenli had become indispensable to Yannis. As the festival began in Mulien City, the crowd’s revelry stirred a mysterious power, and Roy approached the old commander Masur.

• Roy purified a Bloodhoof King Bloodline Potion and learned that the Beast God Festival would reveal Yannis’s route.
• Roy sent Athedia and Sailen back to the original base to safeguard his research and contingencies.
• Planje told Roy that Fenli had become important enough to Yannis that he could no longer easily leave her.
• Roy stayed in Mulien City as the city filled with visitors and celebrations for the Beast God Festival.
• Tiger King Blaip opened the festival and announced that warriors with enough Beast God tokens could enter the Training Ground for the Beast God’s trials.
• Roy suppressed the stirring of his beast blood, spotted Masur, and walked toward him.

Roy attended the Orc World’s grand festival disguised as Luker and reunited with the marshal Masur, who welcomed him among the Orc high-ranking figures. Roy drank the Beast God’s Miraculous Brew, which strengthened his body and stirred dormant factors in his bloodline, leaving him eager to learn what further growth it could bring.

• Roy appeared at the festival as Luker, and Masur recognized him and welcomed him warmly.
• Masur introduced Roy to several renowned Level 2 Orc Heroes and their legions.
• Roy realized that the Orc World had a large force of powerful Heroes, though Netherland’s Formal Wizards differed from ordinary Level 1 fighters.
• Masur offered Roy Miraculous Brew, explaining that it contained divine power bestowed by the Beast God.
• Roy drank the brew, and his Life Energy rose to 70 degrees as the brew began to awaken factors in his bloodline.

Roy learned that the festival’s secret-realm trials involved the Beast God’s token and might conceal a struggle over divine power and lost heroes. After Blaip opened the gateway, Roy and Luker entered the hero-class Training Ground beneath a blood-red sky.

• Masur praised Roy’s increased Life Energy and explained that his strength had nearly reached the physical peak of a Level 1 Wizard.
• Masur told Roy that the festival’s trials took place in a divine secret realm, where participants sought the Beast God’s token.
• Masur and Blaip discussed the Beast God’s failure, the sealed plane, and their hope that young warriors could recover heroes trapped between planes.
• Luker told Roy about his training, his defense of Roy’s reputation, and the possibility that warriors could gain Battle Soul Possession from Ancient Heroes.
• Blaip announced the Bloody Trial, tore open the Void, and opened the gateway to the secret realm.
• Roy followed Luker and the crowd through the gateway, entering the Training Ground beneath a blood-red sky.

Roy and the Orcs discovered that the eerie realm above the heavens was the Place of No Light, where the Net of Ten Thousand Spirits trapped souls that could not reach the divine kingdom. After fighting the bound spirits, Roy collected the Relic Fragments they left behind and continued following Yannis.

• Roy realized the Orcs had reached the Starry Sky Boundary and recognized the vast Net of Ten Thousand Spirits shrouding the Orc World, much of it torn apart.
• Roy saw a Fallen Soul shaped like an extinct Sabertooth Dragon charge at the group and used the chaos to follow Yannis unnoticed.
• The Orcs encountered ancient Orc Remnant Souls and realized that many devout souls had been trapped in the Place of No Light instead of entering the divine kingdom.
• Roy cut down a squad of Orc Remnant Souls, absorbed their spiritual power, and found that they had dropped Relic Fragments.
• Roy appraised the fragments as low-grade Condensed Entities of Thoughts and Intentions, then eagerly gathered them anyway.

Roy collected Relic Fragments and followed Yannis and the other orcs across the dangerous Iron Chains, believing that the trial’s deeper purpose involved the Battle Souls left by Orc Heroes. The group reached a glowing floating island and found a shining human figure.

• Roy traded Experience Stones with Luker for the Relic Fragments he had collected.
• Roy reasoned that Battle Souls were powerful Spirit Contract beings formed from the souls of Orc Heroes, and followed Yannis and the others toward a distant light.
• Yannis, Durul, and the other Orc Heroes crossed the soul-eroding Iron Chains after learning that their gaps could strip away their souls.
• Roy and the others reached the light’s source and saw a shining human figure standing on the floating island.

Roy encountered a powerful ancient orc heroic spirit bound by intelligent chains, then joined Yannis and the others under the guise of Luker. When two orc heroes tried to awaken the spirit, Roy unexpectedly attacked them first.

• Roy and the orcs found a tiger-shaped ancient orc soul bound by chains on the floating island, and Roy judged it might be a powerful heroic spirit.
• Yannis and the others decided to assess Roy before facing the spirit, and Durul approached him with an offer to work together.
• Roy posed as Luker, and Yannis welcomed him after recognizing the name and reputation.
• Yannis proposed splitting any gains from the heroic spirit according to each person's contribution, and Roy agreed.
• Two orc heroes attacked the spirit from a distance to awaken it, but Roy turned his sword on them before the battle began.

Roy ambushed Yannis and overwhelmed him, Durul, and another Orc Hero with his enhanced strength and frost-infused sword. As Yannis fled on a Wyvern, it turned against him and threw him into Roy’s path, where Roy beheaded him.

• Roy stabbed Yannis, then used his bloodline and combat skills to badly wound Durul and another Orc Hero.
• Yannis, Durul, and the other Orc Heroes realized they could not defeat Roy and fled.
• Yannis summoned a Wyvern and escaped into the sky, leaving Durul and the others behind.
• Yannis planned to use the Iron Chain web as a trap if Roy pursued him.
• The Wyvern turned on Yannis, threw him toward Roy, and Roy severed Yannis’s head.
• Durul and the remaining Orc Heroes scattered to flee.

Roy failed to pull Yannis’s soul away from the Net of Ten Thousand Spirits, but he looted Yannis’s belongings and discovered he could draw spiritual essence from the Sea of No Light. The Phantom Panel showed his progress toward acquiring Alchemy Talent rising from 0% to 3%.

• Roy saw the Net of Ten Thousand Spirits drag Yannis’s soul into the Sea of No Light, thwarting his attempt to claim it.
• Roy examined Yannis’s corpse, confirmed its spirituality had vanished, and took Yannis’s beast-hide pouch and its treasures.
• Roy searched the pouch for Yannis’s Legendary Destiny but could not find it.
• Roy felt an intense desire for essence and used his spiritual faith to draw essence from Yannis’s soul and the Sea of No Light.
• Roy’s Phantom Panel showed his Alchemy Talent acquisition progress increase from 0% to 3%.

Roy killed the corrupted Tiger Spirit with Masur’s stored Liquid Lightning and discovered that it retained its memories and offered him a Battle Soul contract. When the spirit realized Roy was not a beastman, Roy used Soul Refinement to turn it into a talisman stone.

• Roy waited for his Mental Thought to draw out hidden Source Material, then prepared to face the approaching Tiger Spirit.
• Roy bound the Tiger Spirit with an enchanted Iron Chain and attacked alongside his Wyvern-shaped Beast Mimic Meat Mushroom.
• Roy struck the spirit with Masur’s stored Liquid Lightning, destroying its corrupted outer shell and defeating it.
• The purified Tiger Spirit thanked Roy, explained the Battle Soul Contract, and offered to become his Battle Soul.
• The Tiger Spirit sensed that Roy was not a beastman, so Roy activated Soul Refinement and forcibly refined it into a gray-black talisman stone.

Roy examined the Tiger Spirit’s soul, judging its quality and mass to be worth 150,000 units, then discovered and retrieved a section of Soul-Binding Spirit Rope. He left holding the rope compressed into a fist-sized ball.

• Roy recognized the Tiger Spirit’s crystallized soul as a Soul Stone and explained how soul quality and mass determined its value.
• Roy used Hermes' Eye to appraise the Tiger Spirit’s soul as six hundred grams of Gold Status, worth about 150,000 units.
• Roy noticed the chain that had bound the Tiger Spirit and realized it was a section of the Net of Ten Thousand Spirits.
• Roy identified the chain as Soul-Binding Spirit Rope, a product of an Archmage’s Spiritual Power, and tore it free with his Spiritual Power.
• Roy wound up the freed rope until it compressed into a fist-sized ball of black thread.

Roy left the Orc World after obtaining the Wyvern battle spirit, while Durul realized that Luker had killed Yannis and disrupted Blaip and Masur’s plans. The chapter ended with Blaip and Masur learning that Yannis’s death had severed their connection with Netherland.

• Roy considered whether to keep his identity hidden and cause further trouble for the Orcs before deciding to leave the world.
• Orcs found the wounded Durul, who told them that Luker had killed Yannis and then realized the killing could have ruined Blaip and Masur’s plans.
• Roy rode a Wyvern out of the Place of No Light, escaped Mulien City, and headed south toward the Secret Base.
• A shaman told Blaip and Masur that Yannis was dead and their newly established connection with Netherland had been severed.

Roy returned to the Secret Camp in the Orc World and learned that unpredictable Planar Tides had delayed his passage back to Netherland. As he waited, an Orc temple sent Temple Guards led by Galindis to capture Luker near the ancient battlefield.

• Roy’s Source Material crystallized into the Albedo alchemical talent, giving him the second of the Four Color Theory’s alchemical arts.
• Roy deciphered the Summoning Stone, put away his wyvern, and returned to the Secret Camp, where Ulid and the others welcomed him.
• Ulid told Roy that spatial fluctuations had made it impossible to locate the crossing, so Roy would have to wait several more days.
• A shaman received the prophet’s guidance that Luker was near the ancient battlefield and ordered the Temple Guards to bring him back for judgment.
• Galindis led a squad of Temple Guards on Swift Dragons toward the wasteland to capture Luker.

Roy used Whitening and Artificial Meat techniques to create a crude humanoid puppet, then examined its limits as an Artificial Human. He left it as an experiment and began planning improvements, including a Demonized Heart and a Mushroom Demon framework.

• Roy decided to use Mimic Mushrooms and Whitening techniques to develop a Mushroom Demon.
• Roy created a pale, lifelike female Animate Statue with an Elemental Gem and energy supplied by the Animate Technique.
• Roy dissected the puppet and found that it lacked human anatomy, thoughts, and emotions, though its newly forming heart beat naturally.
• Roy considered refining the puppet’s skeleton, organs, and nerves and giving it a Demonized Heart for permanent Living Energy.
• Roy summarized his ideas and began planning how to adapt the Artificial Meat framework for the Mushroom Demon.

Roy refined a Mushroom Demon puppet while keeping his group hidden, but an unexpected Spatial Rift drew them toward an orc ambush. The chapter left Roy, Ulid, and their companions approaching the rift as Galindis and his warriors waited nearby.

• Roy recorded his prototype formula for Artificial Meat of the Mushroom Demon and used his talents and potions to shape a humanoid puppet’s face and hair.
• Ulid reported that a nearby Witchcraft Mark had been triggered, so Roy proposed moving the group to Giant Mushroom Valley while continuing to watch for Spatial Rifts.
• Galindis led a band of orcs toward the valley, following Sir Prophet’s guidance to find Roy.
• When a Spatial Rift opened nearby, Galindis decided to ambush Roy there instead of entering the valley.
• Roy, Ulid, and the others relocated after sensing danger and then discovered the Spatial Rift as they approached Galindis’s waiting force.

Roy and Planje approached the Spatial Rift, but Galindis ambushed them and demanded that Roy return to Mulien City. Roy fought Galindis’s Temple Guards while concealing his other identity and powers, and the battle left Galindis suspicious of Roy’s strength.

• Roy sent Ulid and the others ahead to hide in Giant Mushroom Valley while he and Planje headed toward the Spatial Rift.
• Galindis and his soldiers ambushed Roy and Planje with flying spears, then Galindis ordered Roy to return to Mulien City.
• Roy protected Planje and faced Galindis, recognizing him as a Level 2 Hero while choosing to fight with Luker’s abilities.
• Roy used his Frost Blade and Life Energy to wound several Temple Guards, but their magically reinforced armor resisted his strikes.
• Galindis summoned venomous battle spirits and healed his guards, while Roy fought on and suffered wounds.
• Galindis noticed that Roy’s blood showed no sign of leaking Life Energy and questioned what sinister power he had used.

Roy fought Galindis and the Temple Guards while disguised as the orc Luker, but Galindis wounded him with a poisonous battle-soul ability. Roy tore away the decaying disguise and revealed himself as a human youth.

• Roy tried to summon his Wyvern, but Galindis struck it with enchanted javelins and recognized that it was not a creature native to this world.
• Galindis ordered the Temple Guards to fall back and fought Roy himself, gradually gaining the advantage through his superior Martial Arts and experience.
• Galindis transformed into a King Cobra and pierced Roy with a spear coated in a potent, poison-like power.
• As the poison spread and rotted his skin, Roy tore away the affected flesh, revealing that his orc appearance was a skin suit.
• Roy shed the rest of the disguise before Galindis and the Temple Guards, revealing his human form.

Roy revealed that he had killed the real Luker and fought Galindis and the Temple Guards while trying to escape. He deployed his animated mushrooms and golems with the Legion Technique, then unleashed Rose Angel’s hidden Level 2 Lightning Eye against Galindis.

• Roy confessed that he had killed Luker, dodged Galindis and the Temple Guards, and told Planje to join Atedia.
• Roy scattered Spore Genesis dust, animating Mimic Mushrooms to attack the Temple Guards and distract Galindis.
• Roy summoned his golems and Rose Angel, whose Legion Technique strengthened the assembled chess pieces.
• Lady Edwen summoned Water Elementals, and Bloodhoof Kailon struck the Temple Guards with a flaming slash.
• Roy sent Blank Pipits and other Mushroom Buds to surround Galindis, exploiting his lack of area-clearing attacks.
• Rose Angel removed her blindfold and fired her Level 2 Lightning Eye at Galindis.

Roy defeated Galindis and captured the souls and bodies of the Temple Guards, then returned through the teleportation gate to Netherland. He met Planje and headed for Yanila’s Bloodmane Tribe, where Athedia soon found him.

• Roy used the Rose Angel’s lightning, his spear, and Blackening Potion to kill Galindis, then captured his soul with the Soul-Binding Spirit Rope.
• Roy’s golems killed the remaining Temple Guards, and he collected their bodies and captured their souls for use in strengthening his forces.
• Roy retrieved the poisoned spear from the injured wyvern and confirmed that the meat mushrooms would soon dissolve before rushing through the teleportation gate.
• Roy returned to Netherland, where Planje was surprised that he had killed Galindis.
• Roy and Planje headed for Yanila’s Bloodmane Tribe, and Athedia soon noticed Roy and flew over to him.

Roy returned to Knight Royal City after the Osiris World mission, reflected on his losses and gains, and questioned Frosv about the Behemoth God. Frosv arranged two months of recuperation at the Witch Tower, while Roy learned that Andov had married and started a family.

• Roy traveled toward Knight Royal City with Athedia and Planje, thinking about Ivent and Sailen and reviewing the gains from his mission.
• Roy wondered whether the Behemoth God had fallen, and Frosv explained that gods rarely enter the mortal world in their true forms.
• Frosv granted Roy two months to recuperate at the Witch Tower and said the remaining Stonemason's Guild reward would be arranged there.
• Roy contacted Andov and the others and discovered that Andov had married into a local noble family and had children.