Recaps

Richard escaped Pompey by destroying the town and triggering Vesuvius Dak Volcano, then survived Dead Sea’s pursuit and developed a theory about the world’s Extraordinary Factors. As Richard recovered and planned his next research, Annie Pombo sought corrosive ore in Newburg, while political and military forces advanced their own plans.

• Richard led his companions through the Truth Society’s defenses, escaped Pompeii Town, and killed Qiekafu with Truth Number Two, whose blast destroyed Pompey and awakened Vesuvius Dak Volcano.
• Dead Sea pursued Richard into the volcano, where Richard’s trap triggered another atomic bomb and caused the volcano to collapse into a vast crater.
• Dragon Tree and Zong Hu investigated the crater, while Jia Lie received Richard’s letter, fired Blair, and considered how to manage Blue Lake Manor in Richard’s absence.
• Hua Erzi expanded Shangbala Mine’s plans, Richard’s other acquaintances received his letters, and the Magic Puppet Girl set out to find a dangerous target for Dead Sea.
• Annie Pombo killed attackers sent by Lord Cologne, while Richard endured void-energy damage and concluded that extraordinary components in atoms powered magic and could be studied through spells.
• Annie traveled to Newburg seeking clues and found corrosive energy in ordinary Copper Ore, while Sika and Soma Alliance wizards clashed near the city.
• Lord Oscar ordered his people in the south to accelerate their progress without changing their plan, as Black Armor Warriors cleared a village and destroyed the trapped enemies’ souls before departing for Fa Luo.

Richard acquired a Blood-colored Seal that eased his void-energy discomfort, then learned it was a cursed object tied to the Ancestral Spirit Society. After surviving an attack and interrogating Barry, Richard sought more information from Sherlock, who delivered research on the society’s origins.

• Sherlock told Lucia he would stay in Faro rather than return to his family, while a hooded visitor urgently sought Circe to translate an Ancient Ruins script.
• A group exploring a tomb suffered deaths and betrayals over a Blood-Red Jade Seal, which an unseen attacker ultimately took.
• Richard attended the Antiquities Exchange Meeting, bought Reiss’s Staff Vine and Blood-colored Seal, and discovered the seal eased his void-energy discomfort and could help improve his Restoration Elixir.
• Abel warned Richard that Reiss had died under suspicious circumstances connected to the seal, and a Wizard sent Magic Puppets to attack Richard and Pandora to retrieve it.
• Richard and Pandora captured the attacker, whom Richard identified as Barry, and Richard eventually forced him to confess that the Ancestral Spirit Society sought the seal to revive Blood Spell research.
• Barry explained that Noan, his adopted brother and the society’s leader, had sent him to retrieve the seal, and Richard learned that the society’s Blood Codex contained analyses of more than a hundred Blood Spells.
• Sherlock gave Richard research tracing the Ancestral Spirit Society to Ancient Civilization’s Light and its early worship of giant serpents.

Richard helped Barry seize control of the Ancestral Spirit Society, killed Noan, and borrowed the Blood Codex in exchange for research and support. After studying the Codex and advancing his control over his body, Richard found a hidden Ancient Script clue on the Blood-colored Seal and went to Circe for a translation.

• Richard brought Barry to the Ancestral Spirit Society headquarters, where he killed Noan’s followers and defeated Noan after Noan transformed himself with Forbidden spells.
• Richard killed Noan with a Zeroing Potion and took the Blood Codex, while Barry and Moses began securing Barry’s leadership and agreed to meet Richard’s demands.
• Annie delivered Richard’s requests and Blood Spell Scrolls to the Society, then supervised its work on a mysterious underground structure.
• Annie carried a Lead Box for Richard and relayed Tin Wood’s request for extra compensation, while Tin Wood’s distant animal scout disappeared amid attacks by Weird Bees and ant-like creatures.
• Bi Bi defeated Youka in a casino card game, then left to pursue her own mission as Youka assembled his group to capture a target.
• Richard studied the Blood Codex, developed the Advanced Blood of the Gods, and used it to recover some Void Erosion damage and gain direct control over his bodily functions.
• Richard entered an overclocked state that warned him of a possible Blood Energy breakthrough, then examined the Blood-colored Seal and discovered a long Ancient Script inscription.
• Richard visited Circe at night to obtain her translation of the seal’s inscription, while Nellide repeatedly interrupted him with food and questions.

Richard traced Tangka’s hidden tomb, recovered the Red Seal, and joined Molly’s group to open the Ancient Ruins. The party navigated the ruins’ hazards and ended up surrounded by Weird Sandworms beyond a stone bridge.

• Richard searched White Valley, found the hidden tomb of Tangka, and discovered that the Blood-colored Seal fit a depression in Tangka’s Stone Box.
• Richard used the Blood-colored Seal to open a hidden gate and learned that another group had taken the Blue Seal from the tomb.
• Richard met Molly’s group and negotiated an equal share of the ruins’ spoils by winning a search contest and taking the Blue Seal from Hulk.
• Tinwood’s forest confrontation escalated as the white wolf’s forces attacked a beetle and its creatures, triggering a vast battle across the forest.
• Bi Bi reached Gray Wood Town while searching for Richard, but the bartender’s beer left her confused and asleep before she learned anything useful.
• Molly led Richard and her companions to the Ancient Ruins, where the Red and Blue Seals opened the entrance and the group entered together.
• Richard followed Molly’s route through dangerous areas, including Black Poison Sand, green liquid, and a mushroom field that Wood’s Gray Mouse helped them cross.
• Molly’s party crossed a stone bridge into the darkness and found itself surrounded by Weird Sandworms.