Chapter Summaries

Wang Yi uncovered the Four Pillars of the Abyss and hid from their attention before returning to Dunno Mage Tower. Meanwhile, players accepted Baron Darnick’s commission to suppress Viscount Henry’s rebels, and their night harassment pushed Henry to decide to flee.

• Wang Yi learned that the Four Pillars embodied the distorted instincts of living beings and concealed himself from their watching gaze using the Zerg genetic river.
• Wang Yi worried that changes in the Abyss could disrupt its transportation spells, then called Liu Xiaoke and the others to practice combat techniques.
• Baron Darnick told Qin Xiang, Lu Yi, and the other players that Count Luke had captured the Blood Duke and occupied West Mountain City, then offered them a commission to clear Viscount Henry’s remaining forces.
• Qin Xiang accepted the commission on behalf of the players, while Baron Darnick instructed them to capture or kill Viscount Henry and spare soldiers who surrendered.
• Viscount Henry learned that the Galle Federation had abandoned him and that savages had appeared nearby, alarming him and Mafei the Flame Sorcerer.
• The players harassed Henry’s territory with nighttime gunfire and eerie cries without attacking the walls, and Henry decided his forces had to flee before the harassment continued.

Viscount Henry’s retreating army was intercepted by the players and surrendered, while Calais’s hidden observers decided to capture a player for information. Kane followed PDD after he left the group and confronted him, unaware that PDD welcomed the chance to fight.

• Henry’s force lost men and morale to player harassment, but Mafei identified the captured guns’ workings and Henry received Calais’s offer to take them in exchange for samples.
• Henry revealed that the Blood Duke had been captured, then the Flame Hound riders blocked the army’s route and the soldiers surrendered.
• Master Yao, Great Knight Colin, and Kane observed the players and decided to capture one, despite Master Yao’s lingering unease.
• PDD left the group to test his weapons, and Kane followed him, judging his equipment and mount before blocking his retreat.
• PDD saw Kane appear and excitedly challenged his livestream viewers to guess how long the newcomer would last.

PDD fought Kane with his dual Gatlings, was captured by Colin and Kane, and taken to Master Yao, who examined his weapon and questioned him. PDD revealed that the savages could return from the dead, leaving the Calais trio stunned and determined to verify the claim.

• PDD fired his dual Gatlings at Kane, shattered Kane’s shield, and forced him to flee behind cover before an arrow killed PDD’s Flame Hound.
• Colin and Kane approached PDD together, and PDD agreed to go with them after learning they wanted to take him in for questioning.
• Colin carried the bound PDD to Master Yao while Kane brought the Gatling, and Yao examined the weapon and considered how it might be reproduced.
• Yao questioned PDD, who revealed that the savages revived at their ancestral land after death and returned weakened.
• Yao used a spell on PDD, but PDD warned that further soul attacks could knock him offline, making the Calais trio consider whether his resurrection claim was true.

PDD resisted Master Yao’s mental magic and revealed the Savages’ resurrection, while Darnick identified the Galle Federation’s powerful visitors and the players debated siding with Galle. Wang Yi took control of the captured Succubus Lord Delice as the Galle trio reached the Monster Forest, where Darnick was ordered to observe and court the Savages.

• PDD shrugged off Master Yao’s Forgetting Spell, claimed mental magic could not affect Savages, and warned the Galle trio that they could resurrect and would hold grudges.
• Qin Xiang brought an art student’s portraits to Baron Darnick, who identified Colin and Master Yao as prominent Galle Federation figures and suspected Kane was Colin’s disciple.
• Master Yao recognized that PDD’s resurrection could threaten Calais, then proposed visiting the Savage Camp, and PDD eagerly offered to lead them there.
• Apple Prince, Komodo, and Metaverse discussed forming a larger caravan and exploring an alliance with the Galle Federation to gain influence on the Yiste Plains.
• Wang Yi completed improvements to the Mage Tower, traveled to Enzo’s territory, and accepted the captured Succubus Lord Delice as a subordinate.
• The Galle trio reached the Monster Forest with PDD, while Baron Darnick followed the trade route to the Expeditionary Army Camp under orders to observe and win over the Savages.

Jiang Bo impressed Master Yao with his unconventional spell research as Calais’s envoys approached the Expeditionary Army Camp. Apple Prince’s group tried to confront them, but PDD used dual Gatling guns to wipe out the ambushers, leaving the conflict with the foreign players abruptly settled.

• Jiang Bo discussed magic with Kane and proposed a change to his spell model that astonished Master Yao.
• Apple Prince and his group prepared an ambush, while Jiang Bo and PDD followed Calais’s envoys toward the camp.
• Master Yao detected hostile savages ahead, and Jiang Bo suggested they might be seeking cooperation with Calais.
• Apple Prince’s group emerged and declared that they meant no harm, then asked Calais’s envoys to witness their internal conflict with Jiang Bo’s group.
• PDD revealed dual Gatling guns and killed Apple Prince and the other ambushers before they could attack.
• PDD restarted his livestream and celebrated the Gatlings’ success as viewers reacted to the massacre.

Wang Yi became interested in Yao’s ability to alter luck as Yao and the Galle delegation visited the Wildling camp. Yao concluded that the camp concealed an otherworldly power, and after a dispute over an airship, an unseen voice summoned the visitors to the Mage Tower.

• Wang Yi read Luke’s warning about Yao and considered whether the Archmage’s fate magic could help conceal him.
• Wang Yi and Liu Xiaoke left for the camp while Yao was stunned by the World Tree and the Mage Tower’s power.
• Yao interpreted the Wildlings’ strange abilities and the Mage Tower’s spatial suppression as signs of an interplanar presence.
• Zabo welcomed Yao, Colin, and Kane, and Yao offered goodwill on behalf of the Galle Federation.
• Colin accused the Wildlings of stealing Galle’s airship technology, and Yao calmed him and Kane before the dispute escalated.
• An unseen voice told Zabo and the Galle visitors to meet at the Mage Tower, leaving Yao afraid that his suspicions had been discovered.

Wang Yi met Calais’s delegation and revealed power that convinced Yao, Colin, and Kane that he was a god. He bound them with pieces of their souls and steered Calais toward remaining hostile to the wildfolk, leaving the delegation to resume its dispute over magical airships.

• Liu Xiaoke and Artoria stopped sparring when Zabo and the Calais trio entered Wang Yi’s Mage Tower.
• Wang Yi read the newcomers’ spiritual fluctuations, and Yao and Colin concluded that he was a terrifying, possibly divine being.
• Colin offered Calais’s goodwill and sought neutrality over the Kiddon Duchy, but Wang Yi asked Calais to remain hostile to the wildfolk until another villainous force emerged.
• Yao accepted Wang Yi’s request, knelt in loyalty, and Wang Yi tore soul fragments from Yao, Colin, and Kane to make phylacteries.
• The Calais trio left the Mage Tower and argued that the Galle Federation would not yield its interests in magical airships, while Baron Darnick watched with concern.

Baron Darnick reported the failed Calais negotiations to Count Luke, while Apple Prince and Komodo approached the Calais trio to negotiate cooperation. Apple Prince then presented perfumes, spices, fertilizer, and antibiotics as goods that could transform Calais’s markets, leaving Yao interested in the deal.

• Baron Darnick inferred that Calais’s negotiations with the Savages had failed and sent the intelligence to Count Luke using a communication crystal.
• Apple Prince and Komodo learned of the falling-out and decided to approach the Calais trio, expecting them to be more receptive after their negotiations failed.
• Apple Prince and Komodo met Yao, Kane, and Colin, explained that the Abyss Mineral Company had imitated the magic airship, and offered to cooperate.
• Yao agreed to Apple Prince’s proposal after the two sides discussed the Savages’ literacy and the origins of their technology.
• Apple Prince showed Yao perfumes, spices, and fertilizer, which Yao recognized as potentially valuable goods for Calais.
• Apple Prince presented antibiotics and explained their uses against infections, typhoid, tuberculosis, and plague.

Kangaroo's Dad and his team brought their goods to Dun Nuo City, where they learned the city offered players a new point-allocation zone and began seeking merchants to buy their products. They encountered players who had squandered their money in the South District, and one player hit on the idea of streaming his visits there for donations.

• Yao agreed to take the defectors' product samples back to persuade the Calais council, while Apple Prince offered to provide intelligence from Kiddon.
• Wang Yi traveled with the Demi-human caravan toward West Mountain City as Lin Shiqin reported that the Beautiful Country continued investigating the spatial weak point in New York.
• Kangaroo's Dad and his team entered Dun Nuo City with a Flame Hound and received permission to bring their goods into the city.
• Kangaroo's Dad's team reached the new point-allocation zone and decided to seek out the merchants' guild to sell their goods in bulk.
• A player described spending all his money in the South District, and Kangaroo's Dad's suggestion that he stream the experience gave him the idea to seek donations.

Bowing Archer earned money through odd jobs before livestreaming his visit to a Dunno City establishment, while the Kangaroo Squad brought valuable modern goods and antibiotics to the Merchant Guild. Their medicine rapidly improved five infected soldiers, leaving President Dall eager to buy it and the players reconsidering their price.

• Bowing Archer explained how dishwashing and other repetitive jobs let him earn nearly a gold coin a day, then went to the South District to evaluate Rabbit-ear race women for his stream.
• The Kangaroo Squad offered the Merchant Guild perfumes and spices from their world, prompting the guild manager to summon President Dall.
• Zhao Qi asked Dall to bring patients with infections so the squad could test and sell its medicine.
• The Kangaroo Squad injected antibiotics into five wounded soldiers, whose fevers dropped and condition improved within half a day.
• Dall asked how much the medicine would cost, and Kangaroo's Dad realized the squad should raise its original price.

Calais investigated the savages’ medicines and airships as their goods disrupted markets, while its leaders debated how to respond to the new force. Wang Yi met with Father Anderson about the savages’ divine favor, and the Mother Goddess’s Saint considered whether their arrival was connected to a hidden oracle about an approaching abyssal crisis.

• Calais mages tested medicines brought back by Yao and found them highly effective against infections, prompting an emergency meeting about the savages’ threat to Calais’s interests.
• Calais’s representatives discussed studying the savages, strengthening the border, and exploiting divisions among them as their goods and magic airships spread through West Mountain City and beyond.
• Luke told Wang Yi that Father Anderson from the Mother Goddess Temple wanted to speak with him, and Wang Yi agreed to meet the priest.
• Anderson asked Wang Yi which deity had blessed the savages; Wang Yi said they called their god the Ancestor God and learned that miracles had appeared in both great temples.
• At the Earth Mother Goddess Divine Court, a red-robed bishop reported the savages’ profound divine favor to the Saint, who wondered whether they were tied to a secret oracle warning of an approaching abyssal crisis.

Yao used his floating Mage Tower to intimidate Kiddon at West Mountain Gorge, then carried Wang Yi away so Wang Yi could modify the tower. In Dunno City, the players gathered for an expedition to Soldier Burial Canyon to find Flowers of the Dead and clear undead, and Fireball Master's group reached a military outpost before setting out.

• Yao brought his Mage Tower to West Mountain Gorge, unnerving Count Luke and the Kiddon front line before departing with Wang Yi.
• Wang Yi promised Yao control authority over the Mage Tower and help toward breaking through to Legend in exchange for using it.
• Kangaroo's Dad's group sold their goods and gathered most advancement materials, but Zhao Qi still lacked a Flower of the Dead.
• Fireball Master led his group to accept an undead-clearing mission at Soldier Burial Canyon, hoping to find Flowers of the Dead.
• The group reached an outpost, where Captain Dyson explained the recurring mission and the danger posed by wandering undead.
• The players ate black bread by the bonfire and prepared to enter the canyon the next day.

Fireball Master's team entered Soldier Burial Canyon as a hidden undead Archmage used the promise of Life-and-Death Grass to lure adventurers inside and harvest their souls. After the Black Wind Four Riders were captured, players stumbled into the Archmage's lair and treated the deadly scene as a story event.

• The soul-controlled adventurers at the outpost followed their master's orders to let Fireball Master's team enter and spread a rumor about Life-and-Death Grass to draw more adventurers into the canyon.
• Fireball Master's team entered the canyon, heard an infant's piercing cry, and headed deeper while adventurers outside identified it as the sound of Life-and-Death Grass and rushed in.
• The Black Wind Four Riders charged into the canyon, and Fireball Master's team learned about their strength and the rumored value of Life-and-Death Grass before spotting Youyouzi's team arriving with a Flame Hound.
• A black-robed Necromancer Archmage captured the Black Wind Four Riders, drained their blood, and drew their spirits from their bodies.
• Several players wearing animal hides entered the Archmage's cave, saw the captured riders, and celebrated that they had found the story scene first.

A powerful Necromancer captured Cannot Be Naughty and drew the Ansa Alliance caravan toward Soldier Burial Canyon, while Gu Qianqian warned them that their foe might be an Archmage. As Dunno’s officials prepared for danger, Wang Yi dismissed the threat and Weber decided to investigate the canyon himself.

• The black-robed Necromancer killed Fireball Master, stopped the players’ bullets, and captured the surviving players, including Cannot Be Naughty.
• Players learned that Apple Prince’s Ansa Alliance caravan had arrived with over a hundred Flame Hounds and several hundred armed riders, and they believed it could defeat the canyon’s undead.
• Gu Qianqian warned Apple Prince that the Necromancer might be an Archmage, but Apple Prince dismissed her warning and used the march to promote his alliance and seek Kiddon’s favor.
• Viscount Dari alerted Grand Duke Kiddon and Count Luke to the suspected Archmage and began strengthening Dunno’s defenses.
• Wang Yi heard of the threat but chose not to investigate, while Weber decided to go to Soldier Burial Canyon himself.

Dite Rivas set his undead army against Apple Prince’s Flame Hound force while Gu Qianqian and the others tried to reach him. Their assault drew Weber into battle, but Dite Rivas summoned a magic-resistant Bone Dragon and left the fight at a dangerous impasse.

• Dite Rivas ordered his undead army to attack Apple Prince’s charging Flame Hounds, whose momentum broke through the skeletons until undead archers, mages, and knights slowed them with attacks and curses.
• Gu Qianqian led Yoko and Kangaroo's Dad’s party toward the canyon’s core, where Dite Rivas trapped them outside his cave and revealed he had already detected their approach.
• Dite Rivas attacked An Ji with a ghostly claw, killing her instantly, as Weber emerged from hiding and launched a surprise assault.
• Dite Rivas countered Weber’s attack, while An Qi charged at him and was killed alongside her Flame Hound.
• Dite Rivas raised a huge Bone Dragon from beneath the cavern, and it absorbed Weber’s magic barrage as the battle continued.

Wang Yi arrived at the canyon and destroyed Dite Rivas’s Bone Dragon with a spell that warped time and space, then broke Dite’s phylactery and searched his mind. He discovered that Dite had joined the Wisdom God Cult and that its power could spread through information, leaving Wang Yi wary but intrigued.

• Dite Rivas activated the Bone Dragon and drew undead aura from across the canyon to strengthen it, while Weber and the players prepared to fight or escape.
• Wang Yi descended on a holy cross and protected everyone from the Bone Dragon’s deathly breath.
• Wang Yi merged magical energies into a black sphere that froze the Necromancer and reduced the Bone Dragon to dust.
• Wang Yi traced Dite’s soul connection and shattered his phylactery, preventing his escape or rebirth.
• Wang Yi read Dite’s memories and learned that he had joined the Wisdom God Cult after a Legendary Mage connected him to Wisdom.

Wang Yi killed the Necromancer Archmage and Bone Dragon at Soldier Burial Canyon, then left the surviving players to clear the remaining undead. After Apple Prince’s group met with Calais’s Koncha Hicks, they described the battle while Calais sought to confirm the Necromancer’s death and shift suspicion toward the Blood Magic Warlock.

• Wang Yi destroyed the Bone Dragon and erased the Necromancer Archmage’s soul, then ordered the players to clear the remaining undead and rewarded those who had helped delay the enemy.
• Wang Yi acknowledged Gu Qianqian as his apprentice, and Weber offered to take Youyouzi as his apprentice.
• News of the battle spread, and Apple Prince’s group faced ridicule for its costly failure while Apple Prince insisted that they had still gained experience and rewards.
• Apple Prince, Komodo, and Metaverse received an urgent message from Calais and met Koncha Hicks at his Dunno City club, where he offered them a Calais tax-reduction certificate in exchange for information.
• Koncha Hicks explained Calais’s ties to the dead Necromancer Dite Rivas and asked about the canyon, the Blood Magic Warlock, and Master Yi’s battle with the Bone Dragon.
• Apple Prince told Koncha Hicks that Master Yi had killed both the Bone Dragon and the Necromancer, while Hicks considered using the wanted Blood Magic Warlock to divert scrutiny from Calais.

The Aust Empire sent a powerful delegation to Kiddon to investigate Blood Magic Warlock, forcing Grand Duke Kiddon to prepare for their arrival while Weber refused to flee. When the envoys reached the docks, they openly scorned Kiddon and demanded to see one of its supposedly divinely favored barbarians, drawing the players’ attention.

• The Aust Empire issued a decree threatening any force that sheltered Blood Magic Warlock, and Grand Duke Kiddon invited an imperial investigation team to prove Kiddon’s innocence.
• King Martinius of Ide welcomed the Aust Empire’s delegation, which included five Heroic Rank experts and more than a hundred Magic Wolf Knights.
• Wang Yi noticed that rumors about Blood Magic Warlock were spreading unusually quickly, while Young Master Qin’s caravan reached Kiddon City amid preparations for the envoys.
• Grand Duke Kiddon and his officials waited at the docks as the Aust Empire’s Lone Wolf arrived, but Rafal Hahn refused their reception and ordered everyone else to leave.
• A young Great Knight insulted Kiddon’s commander, and Rafal asked the duchy to bring over one of its supposedly divinely favored barbarians for inspection.

The Aust Empire delegation reached Dun Nuo with Raidon as their guide, while Wellington Os tried to use rumors about the savages and the Blood Magic Warlock to pressure Kiddon. Players attempted to sabotage the delegation’s ship underwater, but the encounter ended with Big Head Cat captured and openly challenging the Aust envoys.

• Raidon escorted the Aust delegation toward Dun Nuo, while PDD and other streamers discussed whether players should attack them.
• Wellington Os suggested that the savages might be sheltering the Blood Magic Warlock, putting Raidon under pressure to implicate them.
• Wellington Os detected players approaching underwater, and Magic Wolf Knights dived in to capture them, but several riders drowned.
• Raffael blasted the players out of the water and brought several onto the deck, where Big Head Cat denounced the Aust Empire and defended Kiddon.
• Wellington Os threatened the captured players with soul attacks, but they mocked him and Big Head Cat challenged him to try dissecting him.

Wellington Os dissected Big Head Cat and discovered that the wildmen had strange bodies powered by Magic Power, leading him to suspect they were scouts from another world. Fearing retaliation after realizing his findings had been livestreamed, he offered his faith to the Wildman Ancestral God, who answered him.

• Wellington Os dissected Big Head Cat while the livestream audience watched, and he was shocked by the wildman's unusual, puppet-like body.
• Wellington Os deduced that the wildmen might be projections from another world and accused them of scouting for an invasion.
• Big Head Cat mocked Wellington Os for failing to stop them from entering the Seraphim Realm, deepening the warlock's fear that the world's defenses had been breached.
• Wellington Os hesitated to report his findings because he feared the wildmen would retaliate against him.
• Wellington Os prayed to the Wildman Ancestral God and offered his faith, and Wang Yi answered him across the livestream.