Chapter Summaries

Ais discovered Ling Xuan had defeated the Silverback Ape and felt unsettled when she saw him with Hestia and Ryu Lion. Ling Xuan’s Chat Group debated his Heavenly Fire Judgement, and the day ended with the group dining at The Hostess of Fertility.

• Ais and Loki found the last Silverback Ape had been defeated, and Ais recognized Ling Xuan as the boy responsible.
• Ais saw Ling Xuan with Hestia and Ryu Lion and wondered, "What about me...?"
• The Chat Group watched a video of Ling Xuan defeating the monster and identified his dual pistols as Heavenly Fire Judgement.
• Ling Xuan, Hestia, and Ryu Lion found Syr at The Hostess of Fertility, returned her wallet, and shared dinner.
• Ling Xuan told Hestia not to worry about their spending because defeating the Silverback Ape had brought him a large reward.

After Hestia updated Ling Xuan’s Falna, he entered the Dungeon with Ryu Lion and fought eight Orcs on the mist-covered tenth floor. The system rewarded him with the skill Zero of All Things as his Kevin Kaslana Template reached 35%.

• Hestia updated Ling Xuan’s Ability Stats and noticed his Honkai Energy category.
• Ling Xuan found Hestia in his bed the next morning, then met Ryu Lion and headed to the Dungeon.
• Ling Xuan and Ryu Lion reached the tenth floor and were surrounded by eight Orcs wielding uprooted trees as clubs.
• Ling Xuan froze and shattered Orcs with Ice Control while Ryu Lion attacked, and they defeated all eight monsters within seconds.
• The system reported 35% progress on the Kevin Kaslana Template and granted Ling Xuan Zero of All Things lv1.

Ling Xuan and Ryu fought through a dense swarm of Imps in the Dungeon, and Ling Xuan gained new skills and improved attributes. After the monsters were wiped out, an Orc arrived with more Imps and Bad Bats, leaving Ling Xuan eager to fight the next horde.

• Ling Xuan inspected his new Zero of All Things skill, which could freeze time briefly and rain Ice Shards on an area.
• Ling Xuan and Ryu encountered a large group of Imps, and the nimble monsters attacked them first.
• Ling Xuan and Ryu counterattacked as Ling Xuan used ice powers and Heavenly Fire Judgement to wipe out the Imps.
• Ling Xuan received Stamina Boost Level 1, Dexterity Boost Level 1, and an upgrade to Strength Boost Level 3.
• An Orc arrived surrounded by Imps and Bad Bats, and Ling Xuan welcomed the prospect of fighting the large group.

Ling Xuan froze a large group of monsters with his Ice Control skill and destroyed them with Heavenly Fire Judgement, leaving him satisfied with his gains and considering how to earn a Great Deed to reach Level 2. He and Ryu returned to Orario, where they met Syr, who invited Ling Xuan back to the tavern.

• Ryu prepared to fight the gathered monsters, but Ling Xuan told her to leave them to him.
• Ling Xuan froze the monsters in place, then used Heavenly Fire Judgement to destroy them.
• Ling Xuan checked his status and considered earning a Great Deed so he could advance from Level 1 to Level 2.
• Ling Xuan and Ryu ended their Dungeon trip and returned to Orario.
• Syr met Ling Xuan and Ryu with bread ingredients and encouraged Ling Xuan to visit the tavern again.

At the Guild, Eina learned that Ling Xuan had reached the tenth floor in less than ten days and urged him to prepare better equipment before going deeper. Meanwhile, Freya asked Ota to help push Ling Xuan past his current bottleneck, and the story shifted to the Dungeon’s seventeenth floor.

• Syr invited Ling Xuan to visit her at the tavern again, while Ryu Lion said goodbye to him.
• Ling Xuan told Eina that he had explored the tenth floor and showed her a large haul of magic stones.
• Eina warned Ling Xuan that venturing so deep so soon was reckless and suggested he improve his equipment.
• Ling Xuan agreed to let Eina take him shopping for armor and backup weapons the next day.
• Freya told Ota that Ling Xuan had hit a bottleneck and asked him to find a way to push the adventurer forward.
• The scene shifted to the Dungeon’s seventeenth floor.

Ota captured and trained a Minotaur to become a worthy opponent for Ling Xuan. Meanwhile, Ling Xuan met Eina and bought a spare sword in the Babel Tower, leaving armor for the future.

• Ota subdued a powerful Minotaur and forced it through hours of training with a sword.
• Ling Xuan remained unaware of the Minotaur's ordeal while worrying about completing a Great Deed.
• Ling Xuan met Eina in northern Orario, and they went to the Hephaestus Familia's shops in the Babel Tower.
• Ling Xuan bought a one-handed sword for 1.5 million valis as a spare weapon.
• Eina asked Ling Xuan about armor, and he said he did not need any for now and would get better armor in the future.

Ling Xuan visited an armor shop with Eina, where he spotted armor made by Welf Crozzo and met Ais and Riveria. After Ais said she had hit a bottleneck, Ling Xuan agreed to train with her so they could test his limits and help her pursue Level 6.

• Ling Xuan examined a set of light armor made by Welf Crozzo and considered the smith’s talent.
• Ais and Riveria arrived at the shop and greeted Ling Xuan and Eina.
• Ais asked Ling Xuan about his rapid growth and said she had reached a bottleneck.
• Ling Xuan proposed a training match with Ais, and she accepted, hoping to find a path toward Level 6 and learn his secret.
• Freya watched Ling Xuan from Babel Tower and grew jealous of the women around him.

Freya watched Ling Xuan with growing desire while he prepared to spar with Ais before dawn. Their practice began atop Orario’s city wall, where Ling Xuan tested his limits against the Level 5 Sword Princess and felt the vast gap in their physical strength.

• Freya noticed that Ling Xuan had sensed her gaze, but decided to keep observing him and declared that she would take him from Hestia.
• Ling Xuan arrived atop Orario’s city wall before dawn to meet Ais for their promised sparring session.
• Ling Xuan chose a common adventurer’s sword instead of Heavenly Fire Judgement, and Ais drew her sword to face him.
• Ling Xuan attacked first, and Ais instinctively blocked his opening strike.
• Ling Xuan kept pressing the attack, but each clash showed him how much stronger Ais’s Level 5 body was than his own.

Ling Xuan and Ais trained together, and their clash helped Ais approach Level 6 while accelerating Ling Xuan’s growth. After sharing a lap pillow and growing closer, they parted for the day; the next morning, Ling Xuan and Ryu Lion entered the Dungeon, where they easily defeated monsters on the Upper Floors.

• Ling Xuan’s ice and Honkai-powered attack clashed with Ais’s Wind Spirit Dash, and both emerged unharmed.
• Ais thanked Ling Xuan for the training, saying it had helped her reach the threshold of Level 6, and offered him a lap pillow as compensation.
• Ling Xuan and Ais continued training, rested together, and discussed the women close to him before Ais left, promising to return the next morning.
• Ryu Lion saw Ling Xuan before their Dungeon expedition and asked if he had fought another adventurer; he explained that he had trained with Ais.
• Ling Xuan and Ryu Lion entered the Dungeon and easily handled the monsters on the Upper Floors.

Ling Xuan and Ryu Lion reached the 11th floor and fought through a Monster Feast, quickly killing the horde. As they considered venturing deeper and Ling Xuan approached a level-up, a rare Young Dragon appeared before them.

• Ling Xuan and Ryu Lion arrived on the 11th floor and encountered a Monster Feast as monsters burst from the cavern walls.
• Ling Xuan and Ryu Lion eagerly slaughtered the Orcs, Half-Orcs, and other monsters, including an Armadillo.
• After the battle, Ryu Lion suggested exploring deeper, and Ling Xuan agreed they could after preparing enough food.
• Ling Xuan checked his status and saw his attributes nearing their human limits as he approached a level-up.
• Ryu Lion noticed strange particles of light, and a rare Young Dragon emerged before her and Ling Xuan.

Ling Xuan killed a Young Dragon with one strike, bringing his attributes to their maximum and leaving him close to leveling up. After moving to the thirteenth floor with Ryu Lion, the two found it strangely empty of monsters and suspected a powerful presence was nearby.

• Ling Xuan used Heavenly Fire Judgement to kill the Young Dragon in one attack, shocking the surrounding adventurers and Ryu Lion.
• The Chat Group members discussed Ling Xuan’s battle, while he realized all his attributes had reached their theoretical maximum of 999 and he was close to leveling up.
• Ling Xuan and Ryu Lion left the area and arrived on the thirteenth floor, where Ling Xuan sensed someone’s gaze but detected no hostility.
• As Ling Xuan and Ryu Lion explored, they noticed there were no monsters on the floor and suspected an extremely powerful existence had driven them away.

Ling Xuan encountered and fought an unusually powerful Minotaur, recognizing it as the challenge he needed to earn enough Great Deeds to level up. As the Loki Familia rushed toward the monster’s roar, Ling Xuan continued testing the creature in battle.

• Ling Xuan and Ryu found a crimson Minotaur wielding an adventurer’s silver sword, and Ling Xuan told Ryu to stand back so he could fight it.
• The Minotaur used Charge, but Ling Xuan dodged and suspected it had been trained by Ota at Freya’s direction.
• Ais thought about her special training with Ling Xuan, and Tiona teased her about having a sweetheart.
• The Loki Familia heard the Minotaur’s roar on the thirteenth floor and hurried toward it to protect the adventurers there.
• Ling Xuan’s sword strikes failed to penetrate the Minotaur’s defenses, but he kept fighting and declared it the monster he needed to level up.

Ling Xuan defeated an enhanced Minotaur and discovered that his status now allowed him to advance to Level 2. Freya watched the battle through her Divine Mirror and became more captivated by his brilliant soul, while Ling Xuan ended the chapter speaking with Ryu Lion and Ais.

• The Loki Familia arrived and watched Ling Xuan battle the enhanced Minotaur, with Finn recognizing that Ling Xuan used swordsmanship to deflect its superior strength.
• Unable to penetrate the Minotaur’s defenses with his sword, Ling Xuan pulled out Heavenly Fire Judgement and engulfed the monster in flames.
• Freya secretly used her Divine Mirror to watch Ling Xuan fight and delighted in the brilliance of his soul.
• The Chat Group received a video of Ling Xuan fighting the Minotaur, and its members discussed the myth of Minos.
• After defeating the Minotaur, Ling Xuan checked his status and saw that he could advance to Level 2.
• Ryu Lion asked whether Ling Xuan was hurt, and Ais congratulated him on the victory.

Ling Xuan revealed that he had become an adventurer less than a month ago and had already reached the threshold for Level 2, astonishing Finn’s group. After they left, he considered four Development Abilities and chose Herrscher Authority as his preferred option.

• Finn and the others questioned Ling Xuan’s claim that he had become an adventurer less than a month ago, and Ryu Lion confirmed that he had recently worked as a bartender at The Hostess of Fertility.
• Riveria apologized for doubting Ling Xuan, while Finn invited him to join their familia; Ling Xuan declined.
• Finn’s group departed to continue their expedition, and Ryu Lion discussed Development Abilities with Ling Xuan.
• Ling Xuan reviewed Abnormal Resistance, Hunter, Luck, and Herrscher Authority as his four choices for a Development Ability.
• Ling Xuan favored Herrscher Authority because he believed it could grant him a Herrscher’s powers.

Ling Xuan returned to Hestia and asked to level up after gathering the Great Deed he needed. After Hestia raised him to Level 2, his panel revealed new Herrscher Authorities and his Heavenly Fire Judgement gained a new function.

• Ling Xuan returned to the Hestia Familia headquarters and told Hestia that he was ready to become a Level 2 adventurer.
• Hestia checked Ling Xuan's Ability Stats, confirmed his Great Deed and S-rank basic abilities, and learned that he chose Herrscher Authority as his Development Ability.
• Hestia updated Ling Xuan's Ability Stats and successfully raised him to Level 2.
• Ling Xuan checked his panel and discovered that he had gained the Herrscher of Void's Authority and Herrscher of Wind's Authority.
• The system announced that Kevin Kaslana Template progress had reached 40% and unlocked the Heavenly Fire Greatsword function for Heavenly Fire Judgement.
• Hestia noticed the new Herrscher Authority entry on Ling Xuan's record sheet but could not see what the abilities did.

At the God's Assembly, Loki questioned how Ling Xuan had reached Level 2 so quickly, but Freya defended him and suggested the title Pioneer. Meanwhile, Ais asked to remain alone on the Dungeon's thirty-seventh floor, and Riveria asked Finn to respect her wishes.

• Hestia told Ling Xuan that his Level 2 breakthrough qualified him for a title at the God's Assembly, and he worried that the gods would give him an absurd one.
• At the God's Assembly, Loki challenged Hestia to explain Ling Xuan's unprecedentedly fast growth, and Freya argued that his victories over stronger enemies could explain it.
• Freya proposed the title Pioneer for Ling Xuan because he had surpassed expectations and might achieve another remarkable deed.
• On the thirty-seventh floor, Ais asked Finn and Riveria to let her stay behind alone, saying she would not need food or burden the party.
• Tiona and the others objected that leaving Ais alone in the Deep Floors was too dangerous, while Riveria asked Finn to respect Ais's wishes.

Ais and Riveria stayed behind to confront Udaios, and Ais defeated the thirty-seventh-floor Monsterrex and reached Level 6. Ling Xuan persuaded Hestia to let him explore deeper in the Dungeon with Ryu, while the Takemikazuchi Familia set out and Hermes called to Take Mikazuchi.

• Finn agreed to let Ais and Riveria stay behind while he led the rest of the Loki Familia back.
• Udaios emerged on the thirty-seventh floor, and Ais went to face the Monsterrex alone despite Riveria's concern.
• Ais drew on memories of Ling Xuan's strength, defeated Udaios, and reached Level 6.
• Ling Xuan persuaded Hestia to let him venture below the thirteenth floor, then met Ryu and entered the Dungeon with her.
• Mikoto and the other Takemikazuchi Familia members departed to explore the Dungeon after Take Mikazuchi urged them to be careful.
• Hermes called out to Take Mikazuchi as he turned away from his departing Familia.

Hermes returned to Orario and expressed interest in meeting Ling Xuan, who continued exploring the Dungeon with Ryu Lion. After defeating monsters and resting over a meal, Ling Xuan found himself watching Ryu Lion eat and awkwardly offered her more bread.

• Hermes visited Take Mikazuchi, congratulated him on Mikoto's level-up, and asked whether he knew Ling Xuan.
• Hermes said he had returned early because he wanted to meet Hestia's pioneer, Ling Xuan, whose rapid rise had drawn the gods' attention.
• On the Dungeon's thirteenth floor, Ling Xuan and Ryu Lion defeated a pack of Hellhounds and then a group of Unicorn Rabbits.
• After hours of exploring, Ling Xuan produced food and drinks from his Imaginary Space, and he and Ryu Lion rested together.
• Ryu Lion finished her meal and caught Ling Xuan watching her, so he nervously offered her more bread.

Ling Xuan agreed to visit the 18th Floor safe zone with Ryu Lion, then spotted the Takemikazuchi Familia being overwhelmed by monsters. As Mikoto's group retreated toward them, Ling Xuan prepared to intervene and saw a chance to gain experience and earn Mikoto as a reliable ally.

• Ryu Lion asked Ling Xuan to visit the 18th Floor safe zone, and he agreed to stop there on the way.
• Ling Xuan checked his status and saw that his attributes had increased after fighting monsters.
• Chigusa was badly wounded by a Unicorn Rabbit, and Mikoto held off the monsters while her companions tried to retreat.
• Sakura proposed using Monster Offering to lead the monsters toward Ling Xuan and Ryu Lion so her group could escape.
• Ling Xuan and Ryu Lion noticed Mikoto's group approaching, and Ling Xuan considered stepping in to fight the monsters and gain Mikoto's favor.

Ling Xuan rescued Yamato Mikoto’s injured group by wiping out the monsters with his Herrscher of Void power, then led them toward the Dungeon’s 18th Floor. Mikoto’s group joined his party, and they reached the vast grassland of the 18th Floor.

• Ling Xuan unleashed Subspace Spears that killed the attacking monsters and collapsed the tunnel behind the party, while his system rewarded him with improved abilities.
• Ryu Lion, Yamato Mikoto, and the others marveled at Ling Xuan’s power, and he accepted their thanks before offering to guide them to a resting place on the 18th Floor.
• Take Mikazuchi’s group accepted Ling Xuan’s offer and joined his party as they continued through the Dungeon.
• Ling Xuan defeated every monster they encountered with varied attacks, while Mikoto watched his swordsmanship in admiration.
• Ling Xuan’s party reached the Dungeon’s 18th Floor and looked out over its expansive grassland, monsters, and crystals.