Recaps

Richard and Bobobo Wei Qi joined Heluo to investigate the Barren Forest, where they fought its creatures and uncovered an Ancient Tree Species controlling them. Richard’s group set the forest ablaze to strip the creature of its home-ground advantage.

• Richard’s experiments confirmed that spell-shaped energy loss was real, and after finding no answers from his usual sources, he left to seek help elsewhere.
• Long Mei Er sent Richard to investigate the Barren Forest after several Truth Society squads disappeared there, promising access to Blood-colored Alchemy if he resolved the danger.
• Richard recruited Bobobo Wei Qi and met Heluo, whose cursed left hand acted independently, before the three entered the silent forest.
• The group survived attacks by Demonized Moose, Demonized Vines, and Demonized Black Snakes, then discovered that an unseen intelligence had arranged some of the ambushes.
• Richard, Bobobo Wei Qi, and Heluo found Demonized Creatures feeding on the snake corpses and witnessed Pink Small Flowers drive them into frenzied pairings that produced dangerous hybrids.
• After fighting the hybrids, Richard and Heluo concluded that a powerful Singular Species was controlling the forest, likely an Ancient Tree Species that created Demonized Creatures.
• Unable to locate the Ancient Tree Species’ true body, Richard’s group set fires throughout the forest until the flames formed a vast wall of fire.

Richard defeated Giant Tree Xi Mu, revived its heartwood as Tinwood, and continued his research into energy while preparing to retrieve the missing half of the Book of the Void. In Saint Louis City, he watched the Pombo Family capture two Wizards, one of whom unleashed a deadly weapon from his chest before Annie Pombo destroyed him.

• Richard, Bobobo Wei Qi, and Heluo fought Giant Tree Xi Mu, and Richard used the Gloves of Extinction to destroy the tree and its surrounding forest.
• Richard revived Xi Mu’s heartwood as Tinwood and negotiated for most of its energy, while Lich Old Man A Fu worked on improving a Magic Puppet.
• Richard pursued energy research and agreed to retrieve the missing first half of the Book of the Void from a city near the Southern Free Federation’s border.
• Richard prepared to leave Eden Garden, but Bobobo Wei Qi could not accompany him because the Wild Hair Evil Force Growth Spell made his hair grow uncontrollably.
• Richard reached Saint Louis City and watched Fours discover weapons hidden beneath a merchant’s carriage, prompting the Wizards transporting them to flee.
• Xide and the Magic Knights fought the two Wizards, captured the Brown-Eyed Wizard, and wounded the Gray-Eyed Wizard.
• Annie Pombo demanded the Gray-Eyed Wizard become her family’s servant, but he revealed a deadly arm inside his chest that drained a Knight’s life force before Annie destroyed him with fireballs.

Richard infiltrated the Pombo Family to find the Book of the Void while a rebellion against the family erupted. After revealing himself to Xide, Richard overcame Annie’s guards and vanished with her.

• Annie punished Xide for failing to protect her, then spared him after Gao Wen pleaded for leniency.
• Richard entered Saint Louis City, met his intelligence contact, and learned he could infiltrate the Pombo Family through its Wizard Apprentice selection.
• Richard passed the selection tests and was assigned to serve Annie alongside Brando.
• Annie visited Arun Pombo at a secluded manor, and Richard discovered the Book of the Void in Arun’s underground library but fled when Arun sensed him.
• Richard learned that Fording had attacked Donas Pombo and that Gao Wen’s faction was preparing to move against the family.
• Gao Wen attacked Xide during the rebellion and revealed that the Pombo Family had massacred his village, while Xide led Annie and the survivors through the fighting.
• Xide wounded Brando to stop him following the group, and Richard confessed that he had infiltrated the family and wanted Annie to go with him.
• Richard blocked Xide’s attacks, defeated Annie’s fire spell, immobilized the soldiers and Magic-armored Knights with a brilliant white light, and vanished with Annie.

Richard obtained the Book of the Void from Arun Pombo and recruited Annie to locate uranium, then pursued the missing third volume and clashed with Long Mei Er over his research. Long Mei Er gave Richard fifteen days before their confrontation, and Richard spent them mining uranium and preparing his weapons.

• Richard discovered that Arun Pombo held the Book of the Void, fought him, then accepted the book and Arun’s notes in exchange for getting Annie safely out of Saint Louis City.
• Annie persuaded Richard to let her help him rebuild the Pombo Family, and he gave her a crystal ball and asked her to locate Uranium Ore deposits.
• Richard watched Gao Wen kill Allen Pombo, then returned to his research and built Energy Absorption Towers to draw power from the Void alongside Tinwood.
• The towers triggered a chain reaction in Laboratory No. 3, and Richard concluded that a third volume of the Book of the Void was needed to resolve his calculations.
• Richard searched for Long Mei Er, found evidence of slaughter at Blue Lake Mountain and Banqi Town, and caught up with him after he killed a Demonized Giant Wolf.
• Long Mei Er confirmed the third volume existed but refused to give it to Richard, ordering him to abandon his uranium research and close the mine.
• Richard challenged Long Mei Er to a fight in half a month, and Long Mei Er agreed to meet him at the Delan branch while Richard ordered the Shangbala Uranium Mine to operate nonstop.
• Richard spent the fifteen days mining uranium and preparing for the fight by modifying missiles, developing a vanishing spell, and manufacturing Gloves of Extinction.