Recaps

Gao De strengthened Phoenix and Yggdrasil, then used the tree’s Astral Teleportation to enter the Plantagenet Dynasty and pursue a place in the Sea Sentinel. After passing its combat retest and background investigation, he was recruited into the organization.

• Gao De used Yggdrasil’s advancement and Astral Teleportation to connect Phoenix with the outside world, while he and Sunaifa celebrated the Truefrost Tribe’s first Northwest Barley No. 1 harvest.
• Gao De established Phoenix’s Public Security Bureau and education system, while Sunaifa expanded Goldensheen Farm and arrested spies seeking the new crop.
• Gao De traveled through Yggdrasil’s portal into a primeval forest, rescued Bard from a Ground Spider, and followed him to Holden Town.
• Gao De registered as a resident of the Plantagenet Dynasty, sold Northern Territory materials, obtained a recommendation from Gerard Wells, and received his naturalization certificate.
• Gao De traveled to Dorn City, applied to join the Sea Sentinel, and passed the preliminary examination with a Mental Strength score of 186.
• Gao De bought Clover Elixir, adapted to its toxins, improved his rune fabrication, and prepared Mage Armor and Light Step for the retest.
• Gao De fought Paul the Mutant Giant Octopus, used spells and combat tactics to locate its weakness, and earned an exceptional passing mark from Warrant Officer Xilin.
• Warrant Officer Xilin investigated Gao De’s past and recommended him to Captain Merrick, who approved his recruitment into the Sea Sentinel.

Gao De completed Sea Sentinel training, rejected noble sponsorship, and was forced into a dangerous water-beast mission in Lagos City. While investigating how the beasts had appeared, he befriended Anna, helped her design a Rune Construct, and began tracing the people behind the attacks.

• Gao De joined the Sea Sentinels, bonded with Tuanzi, and began Combat Mage training under Mage Nasi at Collingwood Institute.
• Gao De mastered the Limitless Breathing Technique, chose the demanding Leo Mon Mana Web, and advanced through meridian, reaction, and evasion training.
• Zuo Wen Burns offered Gao De sponsorship, but Gao De refused to commit, while Mage Nasi warned that the nobles could target his military merit.
• Gao De defeated Metis in his initial training assessment, passed, and decided to fund a magic materials shop by selling Extraordinary Materials.
• After declining the overdue Lagos City mission, Gao De was assigned it by order and traveled there with Tuanzi, Northwind, and tree seeds.
• Gao De met Anna aboard the airship and agreed to help her find her sister Aisha after finishing his mission.
• In Makoko District, Gao De befriended a Foul Water Newt, destroyed its nest and many adults, then found evidence that someone had brought the beasts into the district.
• Gao De and Anna completed a preliminary Rune Construct blueprint together, and he then investigated a deadly Magic Octopus attack and learned that suspicious residents had appeared around the time the beasts did.

Gao De secured a shipyard, exposed the plot against Makoko District, and helped Aisha and Anna escape by sea with the Tide Speakers children. After claiming merits for the case, he returned to Dorn City and awaited the assessment that could advance his standing.

• Gao De trapped and killed eleven Magic Octopuses, then searched Lagos City for Aisha and learned she had tried to buy a ship.
• Gao De bought Harland Shipyard and discovered that Aisha and Anna were Sieden royalty fleeing pursuers, then arranged for them to travel to the Northern Territory.
• Gao De returned to the Northern Territory, strengthened the Truefrost Tribe, advanced his magic, and prepared Phoenix for growth while arranging resources for the shipyard.
• Gao De and Aisha recruited Physician Danika to buy the shipyard and establish a relief association, then prepared the Columbus to carry the children, craftsmen, and the two princesses overseas.
• Gao De captured the men releasing Foul Water Newt hatchlings in Makoko District, advanced his magic, built the Winter's Approach Rune Construct, and defeated Aldrich Shaw in a fight at sea.
• Aldrich confessed that Viscount McKinley had sponsored the scheme, and the Columbus sailed from Lagos Port while an Ovoga Duchy mage arrived searching for Aisha and Anna.
• Gao De presented evidence to Sea Sentinel officers and received merits for the Makoko case, then returned to Dorn City and completed the purchase of Old Harling's General Store.
• Gao De increased his constructed Magic Meridians to 108 and received his finalized military merit notification and the Military Merits Exchange List.

Gao De expanded his magic, helped establish Phoenix’s administration and education system, and pursued missions that brought him an Oddity Egg and new discoveries. After killing a second-tier Black-Winged Scale Serpent, he returned to Dorne and exchanged his merit for the Identify spell formula.

• Gao De spent his military merits on spell formulas, completed the Leo Mon Mana Web, advanced to First Class Apprentice-Mage, and used Spirit Marrow to evolve into a Lesser Amber Physique.
• Gao De brought Flora to Phoenix, where she chose her hometown, and he recruited Aisha to help create civil service departments and expand education.
• Gao De arranged for Quentin to seek out tribes willing to join Phoenix, obtained access to Shadow Stones for recorded lessons, and began creating New Standard Runelore.
• Gao De tested Goodberry Spell+ on a Leyline Creature, then accepted the Crab Plague Threat mission and used Jewel Sweetberries to kill dozens of Shell-thief Crabs in Mont Town.
• Gao De found a glowing Oddity Egg underwater, learned it could hatch into a Water Oddity, and began imprinting it with his magic power.
• Gao De investigated Buzzing Resin at Humming Forest and collected Seedpods before returning to Lake Esmire to hunt the Black-Winged Scale Serpent.
• Gao De and Tuanzi fought and killed the second-tier Black-Winged Scale Serpent, and Gao De brought its corpse back to shore.
• Gao De presented the serpent and a Sawtooth Puffer to Old Neil, earned merits, exchanged a Second Class Merit for the Identify spell formula, and found no suitable missions before deciding to return home.