Chapter Summaries

Xuan Ye arrived at Sim Island Territory and watched a confrontation unfold between Captain Pike and Abel, a city official who had mobilized armed guards. Abel used a newly enacted entry-permit rule to summon Pike for questioning, leaving the Ronald travelers’ arrival in jeopardy.

• Xuan Ye disembarked at Sim Island Territory and mistook a squad of red-uniformed guards for a welcoming party before they formed a firing line.
• Captain Pike’s burly bodyguard challenged Abel, who refused to speak with him and demanded that Pike come forward.
• Captain Pike accused Abel of misusing the city guards and threatened to report and impeach him.
• Abel countered by asking whether Pike had secured approval and entry permits for the western travelers.
• Abel showed Pike a city hall order enforcing a new entry-permit rule and requiring him to report immediately.

Abel used the Free Trade Alliance’s new regulations to force Pike to leave the Ronald travelers behind, then tried to provoke and arrest them. Sera and Xuan Ye stopped him, and as Xuan Ye pinned Abel to the ground, an unseen figure shouted for them to stop.

• Pike reluctantly left for city hall to handle the entry formalities, telling the Ronald travelers to wait aboard the ship and avoid conflict.
• After Pike departed, Abel ordered his men to arrest the travelers, then provoked them until Abu attacked him.
• Abel’s musketeer squad fired at Abu, but Sera swiftly defeated the squad and held Abel at gunpoint.
• Xuan Ye ordered Sera to shoot, and the bullet narrowly missed Abel, terrifying him into trying to bargain.
• Xuan Ye kicked Abel down and said he would not let him bully citizens of Ronald, just as someone shouted for them to stop.

Xuan Ye and Sera confronted the officials who had abused their authority at the docks, and Sera revealed her Master Rank strength by overpowering the local enforcer. Councilor Sim arrived, killed Abel to distance himself from the incident, and apologized to Xuan Ye after recognizing him as Your Highness Ye.

• A Professional Rank man confronted Xuan Ye and Sera, invoking Free Trade Alliance regulations and demanding their surrender.
• Xuan Ye told Sera to handle the man, and she revealed her Master Rank aura before beating him nearly senseless.
• Abel cited Alliance law and his ties to Councilor Sim, hoping to pressure Xuan Ye into backing down.
• Councilor Sim arrived and crushed Abel to death before he could say more.
• Sim bowed to Xuan Ye, apologized for Abel, and recognized him as Your Highness Ye.

Xuan Ye confronted Councilor Sim over the Free Trade Alliance’s treatment of Ronald’s merchants, then negotiated a free-trade zone on Sim Island. After arranging the agreement, he set off for the headquarters of the Angel Investment Conglomerate.

• Xuan Ye revealed himself to Councilor Sim and rebuked him for supporting a proposal that disadvantaged Ronald.
• Xuan Ye proposed that Sim Island establish a free-trade zone with open access, duty-free imports, and no import quotas, and Councilor Sim agreed to protect Ronald’s merchants.
• Xuan Ye finalized the arrangement with an edict, assigned representatives to coordinate with the Eastern Shepherd Marquis, and planned to publicize the agreement through Senran Port.
• Xuan Ye asked Councilor Sim to send Captain Pike back to Ronald with the message, and Sim arranged a fast ship for him.
• Xuan Ye lifted Sera into his arms, spread his wings, and flew toward the Angel Investment Conglomerate’s headquarters.

At the Angel Investment Conglomerate, its leaders debated how to deal with Xuan Ye, until Great Sage Andre ordered them to receive him as an honored guest. Xuan Ye demonstrated his power at the tower and announced his visit, leaving Hebrew unsettled by Andre’s warning to mind his tone.

• Slin and Hebrew argued over whether the Angel Investment Conglomerate should cooperate with Xuan Ye, while Roselle said Xuan Ye was powerful but not someone they needed to fear.
• Andre silenced the meeting and told the others that they had a guest to receive.
• Xuan Ye admired the Mage Tower’s defenses, then used Flight to set down Sera and announced his visit directly to Great Sage Andre.
• Xuan Ye’s voice bypassed the tower’s warning Barrier and reached its interior through precisely controlled runes.
• Andre instructed Slin to receive Xuan Ye beside him and warned Hebrew to watch his tone, leaving Hebrew to wonder why the president was showing such regard for Roselle.

Xuan Ye negotiated with Andre and Angel Investment over the Seven Nations Council seat and his potions, while Hebrew’s disrespect earned him a demotion. After a lucrative potion trade, Xuan Ye proposed exchanging insights and materials instead of Gold Coins.

• Xuan Ye and Andre exchanged respectful greetings, but Hebrew objected to Xuan Ye’s remarks about the Mage Tower and tried to undermine the negotiations.
• Andre ordered Hebrew to leave the Five-Man Council until further notice, and Hebrew withdrew after recognizing the power of Xuan Ye’s Void Feathers.
• Xuan Ye and Angel Investment reached a harmonious agreement about the Seven Nations Council seat and proposal, then began discussing further exchanges.
• Xuan Ye gave Slin a packed Spatial Bag of potions, whose value exceeded a million Gold Coins and stunned him.
• Xuan Ye offered to trade insights with Andre and exchange materials instead of Gold Coins.

Xuanye revealed a rare ability that Andre urgently wanted, turning their tense bargaining in Xuanye’s favor. Andre agreed to provide resources and access to his research, then presented a stone tablet that Xuanye recognized as a Sacred Relic of the Bronze Dragon Race.

• Xuanye struggled to negotiate with Andre, who demanded steep prices for rare materials and refused to yield.
• Xuanye asked Andre whether he wanted to attain Saint Rank, then displayed a strange azure radiance that drew them both into a private room.
• Andre deduced that Xuanye wanted to trade the ability and that he was the best available partner, while Xuanye stressed how difficult the ability would be to obtain elsewhere.
• Xuanye and Andre bargained, and Andre agreed to gather Xuanye’s requested materials and open his library and private research to him.
• Andre produced an ancient stone tablet whose Dragon’s Might made Xuanye’s hand mark flare, and Xuanye identified it as the Sacred Relic of the Bronze Dragon Race.

After Xuan Ye traded the extracted Source of Rules and other treasures with Andre, he studied the mage’s collection while Sera secured favorable terms for Ronald. When Iron Priestess Vera arrived at Angel Island, she called for Xuan Ye, revealing their close relationship and unsettling Hebrew.

• Xuan Ye realized the Trident’s extracted Saint Spirit had become a Source of Rules that could help a Grandmaster approach the Saint Rank, and he exchanged it with Andre for a stone tablet bearing three Dragon Clan spells.
• Xuan Ye stayed in Andre’s Mage Tower library to study its collection, while Sera finalized generous cooperation terms for Ronald with the Angel Investment Conglomerate.
• Angel Investment Conglomerate officials resented Xuan Ye and Sera, and Hebrew used Vera’s arrival to imply that Ronald’s newly advanced Saint Rank Hand of Elements was less accessible than Vera.
• Vera descended upon Angel Island and called Xuan Ye to come to her, prompting Hebrew to realize she was addressing the Prince Consort and reconsider his support for the deal.

Vera warned Xuan Ye that an unidentified Saint Rank Grandmaster had entered the Free Trade Alliance and might be targeting him, while her visit also helped his efforts to secure the Alliance’s Seven Nations Council seats. After four seats were confirmed, Xuan Ye and Andre decided to confront the Deep Sea Merchant Guild over its refusal to support Angel Investment.

• Vera projected her will to visit Xuan Ye, warned him not to cause trouble, and revealed that a hidden Saint Rank Grandmaster had entered the Free Trade Alliance.
• Xuan Ye suspected the unknown Saint might be targeting him but resolved to face the threat, knowing Vera might not arrive in time to help.
• Vera’s public support made negotiations easier, and Xuan Ye and Sera secured four of the Free Trade Alliance’s five council seats.
• The Deep Sea Merchant Guild rejected the fifth seat, and Xuan Ye recognized it as the force behind opposition to commercial ties with Ronald.
• Xuan Ye and Andre agreed to visit the Deep Sea Merchant Guild and use their combined strength to pressure it.

The Bruce Family’s island Barrier activated without warning, and the family’s Great Sage discovered he had lost control of it. Xuan Ye and Andre descended from the sky as Xuan Ye revealed that he had taken over the Barrier.

• The Bruce Family rejected the Angel Investment Conglomerate’s request for support at the Seven Nations Council, viewing it as an embarrassing alliance with western commoners.
• The island’s Barrier activated on its own, alarming the Bruce Family elites and revealing its welcoming display across the sky.
• The fire-element Great Sage failed to regain control of the Barrier and prepared to alert the family to evacuate.
• Xuan Ye and Andre arrived on Golden Ladders formed by the Barrier, surprising the Bruce Family members.
• Xuan Ye reflected that he had invaded the Barrier’s network, claimed its highest authority, and removed its original administrator.

Xuan Ye and Andre secured the Bruce Family’s support for their proposal in the Free Trade Alliance, and Xuan Ye left after questioning old Bruce about the Xuan Family. Soon after, Xuan Ye sensed a Saint Rank Grandmaster approaching and sent Andre away before the confrontation.

• Xuan Ye descended Lindong Island’s Barrier with Andre, alarming Andre and prompting old Bruce to welcome them cautiously.
• Xuan Ye praised the Bruce Family’s Barrier and asked for its support; old Bruce agreed, despite a younger family member objecting to their reception of the visitors.
• Xuan Ye settled the Alliance protocols in half a day, enjoyed the Bruce Family’s banquet, and packed leftovers for Aitiya.
• Old Bruce asked Xuan Ye about his connection to the Xuan Family, and Xuan Ye said he might be related but identified himself as a member of the Ronald Imperial Family.
• Two hours after leaving Lindong Island, Xuan Ye sensed a Saint Rank Grandmaster nearby and told Andre to return ahead of him.
• Andre used a Teleportation Scroll to escape, leaving Xuan Ye to face the approaching Grandmaster alone.

Xuan Ye fought off a Saint Rank Grandmaster's hidden attacks by combining his Saint Rank Grandmaster foundations with power from the Six Realms, Bronze Dragon magic, and Deity Mode. He forced the Saint's Will to withdraw after warning that the fight would otherwise become a battle to the death.

• Xuan Ye identified concealed wind-rule attacks and evaded them while the Saint's Will probed his defenses.
• The Saint's Will recognized Xuan Ye's connection to the Xuan Family, then chose to kill him despite briefly hesitating.
• Xuan Ye activated six Compound Barriers to borrow power from the Six Realms and strengthened his defenses.
• Xuan Ye used Bronze Dragon magic to slow time within a spreading sound-wave boundary, then entered Deity Mode and swept away the invisible attacks with his Sacred Spear.
• Xuan Ye pointed his spear at the Saint's Will and demanded that they end the fight; the Saint's Will paused, then dispersed.

Xuan Ye drove off one Saint Rank Grandmaster, but a second Light Temple Divine Envoy ambushed him while he was weakened. As he struggled against the stronger avatar and worried about Aitiya, black-purple pollution overtook his golden flames.

• After confirming the first Saint Rank Grandmaster had retreated, Xuan Ye recovered from Deity Mode and reflected on the battle.
• A second Saint Rank Grandmaster concealed from Xuan Ye and the Iron Priestess attacked him while he was weakened.
• Aitiya used the Sacred Sword to break open the radiant hands trapping Xuan Ye, allowing him to escape and reactivate Deity Mode.
• Xuan Ye recognized his new opponent as a Divine Envoy of the Light Temple and attacked the silver-white avatar, but was repeatedly overpowered.
• As the Divine Envoy wore him down and Xuan Ye worried about Aitiya, black-purple pollution spread across his golden flames.

Xuan Ye defeated the silver Saint Spirit avatar by unleashing the Ancient God's corrupting power, but Aitiya had to beat him back to his senses before the power consumed him. After Vera arrived, Aitiya's Hell Contract erupted and left her in danger.

• Xuan Ye pushed the Ancient God's power beyond its limits, overwhelmed the silver figure, and crushed her with his tentacles.
• Xuan Ye marked the silver figure's soul before Aitiya struck him awake and caught his collapsing body.
• Xuan Ye realized the Ancient God's power amplified his evil thoughts, drained power from the world, and made him stronger while threatening to consume his reason.
• Vera arrived and cleared the corrupted world power, while Xuan Ye claimed an evil Saint expert had ambushed him.
• Aitiya's suppressed Hell Contract broke loose, ink-colored runes covered her, and Xuan Ye found he could not move her into Contract Space.

Xuan Ye broke through the barrier as Aitiya was being pulled into the Hell Abyss and followed her inside. He used Vera’s Divine Statue to reach the Space of Gods, where he rescued Aitiya and prepared for a Spatial Mission.

• Aitiya began sinking into the Reverse Summoning Array while Xuan Ye failed to break the Abyssal Barrier with his Sacred Spear.
• Xuan Ye unleashed a second Bronze Dragon spell, sacrificing his marked arm to shatter the barrier, then grabbed Aitiya and entered the abyss with her.
• Vera gave Xuan Ye a miniature Divine Statue and promised to handle matters outside as he and Aitiya disappeared into the darkness.
• Xuan Ye used the Divine Statue to connect to the Space of Gods, which pulled him and Aitiya out of the turbulent passage.
• Aitiya returned to their Contract Space and used the Moon God Contract to suppress the Hell Contract, while Xuan Ye recovered and prepared for a Spatial Mission.

Xuan Ye paid the Spatial Mission to move his mission time node forward, then arrived in the Middle Ages as the Human Race faced a Black Evil Beast tide at the Wall of Life. The battle left the humans struggling to hold the wall against overwhelming numbers and strength.

• Xuan Ye gave the Spatial Mission more than one hundred thousand Gold Coins, and it advanced his mission time node.
• The Human marshal ordered the Wall of Life's defenders to prepare for the approaching Black Evil Beasts and close the gates after scouts failed to return.
• The human troops attacked the beast tide with catapults, bows, and giant crossbows, but the beasts reached the wall and began climbing it.
• The Wall-Climbing Squad and defensive mechanisms fought the beasts at close range as human casualties mounted.
• The marshal's elite blade warriors joined the defense, relying on attendants and formation soldiers to protect them.

Xuan Ye discovered a wilderness rich in magical herbs, then intervened when three knights were fleeing a pack of Black Evil Beasts. He killed the beasts with an arrow and left the knights stunned by his power.

• Xuan Ye sensed the wilderness’s strong elemental aura and found Calming Flowers growing abundantly among the rocks.
• Xuan Ye heard three riders pursued by more than a dozen Black Evil Beasts and recognized that the creatures carried an abyssal stench.
• Oseros wounded one Black Evil Beast with an arrow while the knights tried to escape, but another beast knocked aside his next shot.
• Xuan Ye fired an arrow that pierced through the entire pack of Black Evil Beasts and embedded itself in a boulder.
• Xuan Ye remarked that he had misjudged his strength, while Oseros stared in disbelief at the destruction.

Xuan Ye discovered that he had arrived in Reizel during the Hundred Races Calendar, year 2263, and saved three cavalrymen after they tried to advance using Magic Cores. The chapter left him facing a mission to teach archery to Oseros, who would become a demigod.

• Xuan Ye asked Oseros and the other cavalrymen where they were and what year it was, then tossed them three Magic Cores.
• The three men used the Magic Cores to attempt an advancement and began convulsing, so Xuan Ye guided the energy in their bodies until they formed Professional Cores.
• Oseros and the other two men survived their advancement, and Oseros told Xuan Ye they were in Reizel in the Hundred Races Calendar, year 2263.
• Xuan Ye realized he had arrived in Reizel's poorly documented medieval era before the mission had appeared.
• Oseros knelt before Xuan Ye and asked him to teach him archery, triggering the mission to become the teacher of a demigod.

Xuan Ye agreed to take Oseros as his disciple, despite knowing that the future Godslayer’s early life was plagued by disaster. After learning about humanity’s desperate struggle against the Black Evil Beasts, Xuan Ye detected a huge beast tide and flew toward it with Oseros and two scouts.

• Xuan Ye recognized Oseros’s name and considered the danger of becoming the future Demigod’s teacher before agreeing to accept him as his disciple.
• Xuan Ye told Oseros to keep the mindset of a powerhouse and used Mage’s Hand to stop him from bowing.
• Oseros talked at length about his family, the Black Evil Beasts, and the hardships facing humanity, giving Xuan Ye an understanding of the era.
• Xuan Ye learned that humanity survived behind the Wall of Life under the protection of the Troll Empire Zupan'er and fought off Black Evil Beast tides.
• Xuan Ye sensed a large beast tide, bound Oseros and the two scouts with Wind Restraint Bands, and flew toward its source.

As the Wall of Life neared collapse, Marshal Aubert ordered his heavy-armored warriors to ignite their Life Fires in a desperate final stand. Xuan Ye arrived and used his Bloodline Power to annihilate the beast horde, leaving the Human Race’s defenders stunned and the wall’s crisis over.

• Marshal Aubert saw the defenses failing and ordered the heavy-armored warriors to ignite their Life Fires by consuming Magic Cores.
• Xuan Ye reached a peak outside the city, witnessed the battle, and decided to use a fast, large-scale attack based on Bloodline Power.
• Xuan Ye swept away the magical beasts attacking the wall with a wave of repulsive force, clearing the immediate threat.
• Xuan Ye gathered earth and Black Evil Beasts into a massive floating meteor and hurled it into the heart of the horde.
• Xuan Ye stopped the shock wave before it reached the wall, and the remaining Black Evil Beasts were destroyed.