Chapter Summaries

Meng Bai watched adventurers defeat Seghart on King's difficulty by revealing Bakal's death and ending the Lord of Light's centuries-long mission. Meanwhile, Time Traveler entered the Lord's Palace in Return to Truth Mode with GSD, whose overwhelming power cleared the way to a showdown with Seghart.

• Meng Bai learned that Seghart had served Bakal for centuries, while Cat MeowMeow explained the adventurers' plan to end his immortality by revealing Bakal's death.
• Visaros, Nan Xi Li Ya, Black Stone Hammer King, and Irritable Little Chicken defeated Seghart on King's difficulty, then used Bakal's relic and apparition to end his mission and stop his resurrection.
• Time Traveler chose Return to Truth Mode and entered the Lord's Palace with GSD as onlookers gathered to watch the challenge.
• GSD swept through the palace with Dark Sky Wave Eye, defeating its monsters and reaching the grand hall.
• GSD unleashed Dark Sky Wave Eye's strongest attack, shattering the hall and destroying the four Sky Exorcists, the lesser Expellers, and the throne.

GSD defeated Seghart with the Time Traveler’s help, but Sky City’s route to the Heavenly Realm remained sealed. A giant Behemoth appeared above West Coast and triggered a new quest, while the Time Traveler ended his adventure with a rare Seghart Soul Essence.

• GSD defeated Seghart with Ultimate Sky Thunder Wave Sword, and the Adventurers used Bakal’s relic and final message to free the Lord of Light from his duty.
• GSD told the Time Traveler that he could not explain Seghart’s resonance with the Ghost Hand and confirmed that Sky City’s restrictions still blocked access to the Heavenly Realm.
• A huge Behemoth appeared over West Coast, and an aircraft from it crashed into Hanging City, triggering a new investigation quest for the Time Traveler.
• The Time Traveler learned that Hanging City was a corrupted floating city built by Bakal, but chose not to explore it before his adventure ended.
• The Time Traveler received a B-minus rating, raised it with Abundance Marks, and obtained the named Light City Lord 'Segheart' Soul Essence after his First Kill.

Qi Ji recovered a duplicate of the Essence Soul of the Lord of Light while adventurers cleared Sky City and rescued Ophelia. Ophelia revealed that Apostle Rotus had destroyed the GBL Cult on Behemoth, prompting the Duchy and Empire to prepare an investigation as the Behemoth storyline began.

• Qi Ji redeemed an unnamed Essence Soul of the Lord of Light from the Rare Treasure Exhibition Hall, and the adventurers’ team defeated Hanging City’s Left Eye of Sin and Right Eye of Sin and rescued Ophelia.
• Black Stone Hammer King visited the recovering Ophelia, who explained that Apostle Rotus had attacked the GBL Cult’s temple on Behemoth, killed or controlled its followers, and forced her to flee.
• Arganzo, Bane, Heide, and Lorbak recognized the danger Rotus posed and discussed reporting the threat, investigating Behemoth, and seeking help from adventurers.
• Lorbak arranged for Mogada airships to take an expedition to Behemoth, while Bane and Black Stone Hammer King pledged support.
• The Sky City storyline ended and the Behemoth storyline began, with Miracle City’s adventurers eager to face Rotus.

Qi Ji expanded Behemoth into a sprawling Arad Continent adventure that drew Adventurers, while Meng Bai explored the Lands Between and received a Spirit Calling Bell and spirit ashes from Sorceress Rennala. After Meng Bai left the Secret Realm, Jill reported that Miracle City had acquired two Advanced Training Tower Blueprints, bringing Qi Ji closer to building a cinema chain.

• Qi Ji developed Behemoth with dungeons, quests, and storylines that could keep Adventurers occupied for weeks, and the area’s launch made the Arad Continent a major topic of discussion.
• Meng Bai rode Torrent through the forest toward Stormveil Castle, fought Gideon's Soldiers, and died after a Gideon's Knight and his squad overwhelmed her.
• Meng Bai returned to Altus Cathedral at midnight and met Sorceress Rennala, who gave her the Spirit Calling Bell and Remnant Wolf Ashes.
• Meng Bai used the Bell and Ashes to summon three spirit wolves, then left the Lands Between when the Secret Realm closed before she could test them in battle.
• Jill reported that Miracle City had purchased two Advanced Training Tower Blueprints, and Qi Ji planned to use a future Illusionary Enlightenment Tower to establish a cinema chain.

After failing twice to clear Behemoth’s Temple Outskirts, Vizaros prepared the Undead to train in Miracle City and met with Artus and Meng Bai to discuss cooperation among the Dragon, Elf, and Undead races. Meng Bai agreed to support Miracle City if factions in Thousand Lake City threatened it, while Qi Ji expanded his territory and prepared for its eventual rise to Third Order.

• Vizaros described the dangers of Behemoth and exchanged his expedition spoils for Contribution Points, then gave Miracle Coins to Akru so the Undead could train in Miracle City’s Training Towers.
• Artus and Vizaros met Meng Bai in a tavern, where they watched recordings of Cang Shanhai’s adventures in the Nine Realms Tree Chapter and discussed Miracle City’s growing strength.
• Artus and Vizaros explained why they had backed Miracle City and warned Meng Bai that factions in Thousand Lake City might oppose it; Meng Bai promised to stand with Miracle City if those factions threatened it.
• Qi Ji converted the remaining citizens of Evilwood City, using nearly one hundred thousand Mental Strength to absorb the tribes of Evilwood Forest.
• Qi Ji planned to eliminate the remaining resistance, seize two nearby Third Rank Territories, and later raise Miracle Territory to Third Order before adding more Secondary Secret Realms.

Qi Ji organized Miracle City's adventurers into the Calamity Legion and sent them to capture the remaining Evilwood Forest strongholds. The legion conquered all five targets within hours, bringing Evilwood Forest's territories under Miracle City's control, and Qi Ji also secured a Chaos Synthesis Array blueprint.

• Qi Ji learned that the Calamity Legion headquarters had opened, with Other Shore Flower elected commander and its five thousand members organized into five battalions.
• Qi Ji issued Campaign Missions for three fortresses and two territories, equipping the Calamity Legion with helicopters, mechs, artillery, and other support.
• Time Traveler led the assault on Giant Raven Fortress, while Six-Eyed Flying Fish and other adventurers helped overwhelm its defenders.
• The Calamity Legion captured the three remaining Evilwood fortresses and Phosphor Fire and Rotten Bone Territories within seven or eight hours, completing Miracle City's annexation of Evilwood Forest.
• Qi Ji negotiated with the blueprint's seller and traded thirteen soul essences for the Chaos Synthesis Array blueprint.

Qi Ji synthesized the expansion rewards into a blue-quality Chaos Treasure Chest, gaining powerful skills and blueprints that he used to develop Miracle Territory. As Eternal Night City prepared to retaliate against the force behind Evilwood Forest’s destruction, Qi Ji received a request from Cang Shanhai to discuss cooperation with the Fifth Order Ask Heaven City.

• Qi Ji synthesized his treasure chests into a blue-quality chest and obtained Soul Crystals, the Great Protection Technique, an Inspiration Stone, and blueprints for a Soul Smelting Furnace and Rare Goods Shop.
• Qi Ji built the Soul Smelting Furnace and bound the Rare Goods Shop to the Arad Continent Secret Realm Shop.
• The nine Dark Commanders learned that Evilwood Forest had fallen and discussed taking action against Miracle City or the force they believed stood behind it.
• Qi Ji continued developing Miracle Territory and settling new citizens while preparing for City Opening.
• Emma reported that Cang Shanhai, an adventurer from Green Mountain City, wanted to arrange cooperation with Ask Heaven City, and Qi Ji agreed to hear him out.

Meng Bai explored the Ancient Ruins by the Sea, defeated a White King Swordsman, and gained the Ash of War: Gravity before assembling Tarnished to raid Gideon's Pre-Gate Barracks. She recruited Rogier, who agreed to help with the raid in exchange for assistance entering Stormveil Castle to investigate something.

• Meng Bai rode Torrent down the cliffs at the Ancient Ruins by the Sea and found a White King Swordsman fighting two Tarnished.
• Meng Bai defeated the White King Swordsman and obtained the Ash of War: Gravity, then found a Sacred Dragon Crest Talisman in a nearby cave.
• Meng Bai avenged her earlier defeat by killing a Gideon's Knight and his soldiers with the Lone Wolf Ashes and Gravity skill.
• Meng Bai recruited thirteen Tarnished at a forest camp to help raid Gideon's Pre-Gate Barracks for supplies and equipment.
• Meng Bai met Rogier, who agreed to help attack the barracks if she helped him enter Stormveil Castle to investigate something.

Meng Bai’s Tarnished raided a Gideon supply camp with Rogier’s help, then learned that he was seeking Prince of Death remains to investigate the Deathborn and the Night of the Black Knives. Meng Bai agreed to help him in Stormveil Castle, as the adventurers prepared to seize it and pursue their own goals.

• Meng Bai and Rogier observed Omens hauling Gideon’s supply carriages and learned that the creatures were enslaved descendants of giants.
• Meng Bai led the Tarnished in a night raid, where Rogier used Carian magic to help defeat Gideon’s Knight and many soldiers.
• The Tarnished looted equipment, supplies, Runes, and the Storm Stomp Ash of War before withdrawing when reinforcements arrived; eight of their fifteen fighters had died.
• Rogier offered to teach Meng Bai Carian magic in exchange for Runes and her promise to enter Stormveil Castle with him.
• Rogier revealed that he sought a part of Godwyn’s body, which Gideon had taken from Leyndell, to investigate the Deathborn and the Night of the Black Knives.
• Meng Bai agreed to help Rogier find the Prince of Death’s remains, while Other Shore Flower discovered Caelid.

Other Shore Flower abandoned her failed raids on Gideon's supply convoys and traveled to Dragon-Burnt Ruins to hunt undead and pursue Yura’s quest. After helping Yura defeat Bloody Finger Nerius and witnessing Agheel the Flying Dragon’s attack, she escaped into a cellar, opened a chest, and was teleported to Sellia Crystal Tunnel.

• After Gideon strengthened his convoy escorts and wiped out her bandit squad, Other Shore Flower left Stormveil Castle and rode Torrent to Dragon-Burnt Ruins.
• Other Shore Flower explored the ruins, hunted Banished Villagers for Runes, and speculated that they sought release from their undead existence.
• Bloody Finger Nerius ambushed Other Shore Flower, but Yura intervened, and she summoned Wolves to help defeat him; Yura rewarded her with the Reverse Blade.
• Agheel the Flying Dragon attacked the ruins and burned the undead, while Other Shore Flower fled its flames and took refuge in a hidden cellar.
• Other Shore Flower opened a Treasure Chest in the cellar, and its strange smoke teleported her from the ruins to Sellia Crystal Tunnel.

Other Shore Flower explored Sellia Crystal Tunnel, escaped into Caelid, and found the Meteorite Staff and Rock Sling in Sage Town. She used her new magic to defeat the Tree Sentinel, while Qi Ji watched the adventurers’ gains and anticipated advancing to Sixth Rank.

• Other Shore Flower entered Sellia Crystal Tunnel, farmed Glowstone Miners, and died repeatedly to Rotten Kin before escaping through the mine’s tunnels.
• Other Shore Flower encountered a Fallingstar Beast Juvenile, failed to defeat it, and found the route out of the mine into Caelid.
• Other Shore Flower activated a Blessing Point in Caelid, explored Sage Town, and discovered a hidden chest containing the Meteorite Staff and Rock Sling.
• Other Shore Flower returned to Limgrave and used Rock Sling to defeat the Tree Sentinel, earning its Golden Halberd and raising her strength.
• Qi Ji observed the adventurers’ growing Mental Strength and Soul Crystal gains and expected to advance to Sixth Rank soon.

Meng Bai broke through Stormveil’s checkpoint, gathered information and skills from Bernahl and Rodricka, and reached the castle intending to challenge Gideon. The chapter ended as Margit the Malignant Omen appeared to block her path.

• Meng Bai led Rogier and more than twenty Tarnished through Stormveil’s checkpoint, then escaped into the hills and found a village near the castle.
• Meng Bai met Bernahl, who declined to fight but taught her Arrow Step and Thrust, and told her about Rodricka.
• Rodricka described Gideon’s grafting of her companions and gave Meng Bai the Ashes of the Spirit Jellyfish in exchange for a promise to find them.
• Meng Bai reached Stormveil and chose to approach alone, declining both team matchmaking and local assistance.
• Margit the Malignant Omen appeared before Meng Bai and declared that he would extinguish her ambition to obtain the Elden Ring.

Meng Bai, Other Shore Flower, and White Crane Hermit joined forces and, after repeated attempts, defeated Malignant Omen Margit, clearing the way to Stormveil Castle. Melina invited the three to the Roundtable Hold, while Qi Ji considered recruiting more Named Individuals to help manage Miracle City.

• Margit repeatedly defeated Meng Bai, who concluded she needed allies and recruited Other Shore Flower and White Crane Hermit for a team challenge.
• The three adventurers fought Margit together, but Other Shore Flower died early and Meng Bai and White Crane Hermit soon lost their first attempt.
• After refining their coordination over further battles, the trio finally defeated Margit, whose body dissolved as he warned that he would remember them.
• Melina apologized to Meng Bai for doubting her and offered to take her to the Roundtable Hold.
• Qi Ji observed that Meng Bai, Other Shore Flower, and White Crane Hermit had entered the Roundtable Hold, then considered recruiting more Named Individuals, including Isadora.

White Crane Hermit explored the Roundtable Hold, learned that defeating a Shardbearer would prove his claim to kingship, and began an assault on Stormveil Castle with help from the resentful Gostoc. Meanwhile, Qi Ji gained Margit’s Soul Essence, negotiated a trade with Jiang Wentian, built Miracle City’s first cinema, and activated an Inspiration Crystal for Star Wars.

• White Crane Hermit arrived at the Roundtable Hold, where Sir Gideon Ofnir explained his visitor status and Dragon Spear Vic said he needed to defeat a Shardbearer to earn recognition.
• White Crane Hermit met Tarnished with varied goals, befriended several of them, and returned to Stormveil Castle seeking Godrick the Grafted’s Great Rune.
• Gostoc offered White Crane Hermit two routes into Stormveil Castle and opened the main gate at his request, but White Crane Hermit died under a barrage of arrows while Meng Bai and Other Shore Flower chose the safer cliff path and died exploring it.
• Meng Bai received Margit’s Soul Essence as a reward and traded it to Miracle City for six thousand Contribution Points, while Qi Ji recognized it as the essence of Mohg.
• Qi Ji met Jiang Wentian in Green Mountain City, exchanged a Forest Troll Chieftain Inspiration Stone for an Illusionary Enlightenment Tower blueprint, and agreed to begin trading Miracle City goods with Ask Heaven City.
• Qi Ji built Miracle City’s first cinema by upgrading a Training Tower, then used an Inspiration Crystal to activate Star Wars.

Qi Ji launched the Miracle City Illusionary Enlightenment Tower and introduced Star Wars as its first film, drawing eager viewers despite the steep ticket prices. The first screening began with Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan fighting their way out of a Trade Federation trap, leaving the audience astonished by the Force and the Jedi’s strength.

• Qi Ji planned to screen Star Wars films in batches, use the Illusionary Enlightenment Tower to deliver immersive stories and insights, and expand Miracle City's cinema network.
• Miracle City announced the Star Wars secret realm chapter and the cinema’s first film, prompting citizens to learn about the vast galactic setting and debate the expensive tickets.
• Meng Bai, Artus, Visaros, Ran Tianyun, and other prominent figures bought the first fifty tickets, which sold out at an average price of 950 Contribution Points.
• The first screening immersed its viewers in the Star Wars setting and introduced Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan as Jedi envoys sent to negotiate over Naboo.
• When the Trade Federation attacked with poison gas and robot soldiers, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan used their Lightsabers and the Force to defeat the robots, stunning the audience.

The first screening of Star Wars Episode I stunned Miracle City’s audience, whose viewers gained Force abilities and drove ticket prices to extraordinary heights. Qi Ji capped ticket purchases and expanded the Star Wars Secret Realm with two new chapters, while Miracle Territory continued preparing for its next stage of expansion.

• Viewers praised Star Wars Episode I and gained abilities such as Basic Force, Jedi Swordsmanship, Force Telekinesis, and Force Sense from the Illusionary Enlightenment Tower.
• Demand for repeat screenings sent ticket prices soaring, so Qi Ji limited each person to two tickets per day and planned to distribute older films through phones and Crystal terminals.
• The Calamity Army captured First Order territories, while Qi Ji summoned Isadora and Mohg and assigned them administrative and guard duties.
• Qi Ji prepared the Star Sea Secret Realm’s Star Wars Chapter, adding Knights of the Old Republic and Jedi Outcast as its first two chapters.
• When the territory opened the next day, adventurers flooded into the Secret Realm Lobby, though many continued pursuing their existing paths in the Lands Between.

Meng Bai explored Stormveil Castle, fought her way through its defenders, and uncovered Godrick’s brutal grafting operation before joining Rogier and several Tarnished to investigate the Deathborn corruption beneath the castle. Their search ended when a powerful Rotten Tree Spirit emerged as Stormveil Castle’s hidden boss.

• Meng Bai entered Stormveil Castle, defeated a Banished Knight, and discovered a chapel where Gideon’s followers slaughtered residents for grafting limbs.
• Meng Bai found the Relic of the Chrysalis Swarm, then was nearly killed by a Grafted Scion until Rogier arrived and helped her defeat it.
• Rogier led Meng Bai to Sorcerer Goris, Dauntless Lionel, and Knight Kaelen, who recruited her to investigate the Deathborn corruption beneath Stormveil.
• The group fought through a secret passage into the castle’s underground ruins, where Rogier sensed Godwyn’s remains and a Rotten Tree Spirit burst from the ground.

Meng Bai and her companions defeated the Rotten Tree Spirit in Stormveil and discovered Godwyn’s grotesque remains, but Rogier was struck by the Sudden Death Curse. After bringing him to the Roundtable Hold, Meng Bai learned Vic’s Dragon Lightning and prepared to join the fight against Godrick.

• Meng Bai, Rogier, Goris, Lionel, and Kaelen fought the Rotten Tree Spirit, but Kaelen was killed during its golden-flame eruption; the remaining four eventually defeated it.
• The four Tarnished found Godwyn’s enormous face fused into the floor, and Rogier explained that Godwyn’s soul had been killed while his body continued mutating; Goris absorbed pale flames from the remains.
• Black roots suddenly attacked the group and afflicted Rogier with the Sudden Death Curse, but Meng Bai gave him a Prince of Death’s Pustule that stopped the curse from spreading beyond his legs.
• Meng Bai brought Rogier to the Roundtable Hold, where Sir Gideon Ofnir said the curse would worsen unless its source was eliminated, and Rogier gave Meng Bai his rapier.
• Vic invited Meng Bai to become his subordinate and taught her skills; Meng Bai later learned Vic’s Dragon Lightning after gathering enough Runes.
• Wangchuan Sanren told Meng Bai that Old Dean and the others had found Godrick, so she prepared to join them in battle.

Meng Bai, Other Shore Flower, White Crane Hermit, and Wan Shan Gu Hong challenged Godrick the Grafted together, overcoming his knights, Grafted Scions, and newly grafted dragon head. They defeated him and obtained the Remembrance of the Grafted and Godrick's Great Rune.

• Meng Bai failed to defeat Godrick alone, then joined a party with Other Shore Flower, White Crane Hermit, and Wan Shan Gu Hong.
• The four entered Godrick's arena, where Meng Bai distracted him while the others fought his four Gideon's Knights; Wan Shan Gu Hong stopped the horn-bearing knight from summoning reinforcements.
• The party defeated the knights and coordinated attacks that wounded Godrick, but two Grafted Scions arrived and Gideon grafted a dragon head onto his severed arm.
• Godrick unleashed powerful Dragon Flame attacks, forcing the adventurers to take cover before they recovered with Sacred Flask Dewdrops and launched a final assault.
• Wan Shan Gu Hong knocked away Godrick's axe, White Crane Hermit pinned down the dragon head, and Meng Bai and Other Shore Flower dealt the fatal blows.
• The four adventurers defeated Godrick and received the Remembrance of the Grafted and Godrick's Great Rune.

After defeating Gideon, Meng Bai gained a Great Rune, earned recognition at Roundtable Hold, and received intelligence about other Rune holders. The adventurers explored new areas and claimed rare rewards, while Wan Shan Gu Hong’s Great Rune revealed a power that could transform the Essence Soul system.

• Meng Bai gave Rodricka the Human Chrysalis relic, and Rodricka became her Spirit Tuner; Bernahl told Meng Bai he would leave Stormwind Hills but continue teaching her at Roundtable Hold.
• Sir Gideon Ofnir welcomed Meng Bai as an official member of Roundtable Hold and shared information about five Great Rune holders, including Godrick, Radahn, Lacad, Mohg, and Rennala.
• Meng Bai met Enia and the Two Fingers, who urged her to seek another Great Rune and become Elden King; Enia also offered to help her exchange Gideon's Remembrance for its power.
• Other Shore Flower discovered Liurnia of the Lakes beyond Stormveil Castle, while White Crane Hermit returned to Roundtable Hold and learned Black Flame Incantations.
• Meng Bai and the other adventurers received rare rewards after completing the secret realm, including Vic's Dragon Lightning, Gravity Well, and the Sword of Night and Flame.
• Wan Shan Gu Hong used three Abundance Marks to upgrade his reward to Gideon's Great Rune, whose ability to strengthen or combine Essence Soul traits stunned the adventurers.