Chapter Summaries

After a costly battle against the orcs, Thor and the surviving knights recovered and learned that the Divine Ruins were about to descend. Isabelle invited Thor to go with her group, and he agreed while asking to bring Brian along.

• Karenina reassured the gathered figures that a powerful royal observer would oversee their plan, and they agreed to move in one day.
• Thor, Brian, and their allies finished fighting the orcs, suffering heavy losses while strengthening their knightly abilities.
• Thor realized that Divine Revelation was beginning and weighed the dangers of reaching the Divine Ruins early.
• Isabelle explained the Divine Ruins’ connection to the Power of Law and invited Thor to join her group.
• Thor accepted Isabelle’s invitation and asked to bring Brian, who soon arrived.

Thor joined Isabelle and Brian on a journey to the site of the Divine Revelation, where the Divine Ruins were expected to appear. At the defensive point, Sage Spencer recognized Thor and suspected the Dreyrosa Family had bought up resources because they knew about the event in advance.

• Isabelle invited Brian to join the group heading to the Divine Revelation site, and the party set out after settling the wounded and cleaning the battlefield.
• Thor brought Steve, Peros, Ryan, and Carter, while Brian and Isabelle each traveled with only a few companions.
• The group traveled through the night without incident and reached a battlement beneath ominous black clouds at dawn.
• Nobles gathered on the battlement recognized Isabelle, while Sage Spencer and Walter spotted Thor and suspected the Dreyrosa Family had learned of the Divine Revelation early.
• Thor noticed Sage Spencer's hostile stare and remembered him as a possible source of trouble.
• Isabelle explained that Tulip Kingdom's leaders had dared to scheme for the Divine Ruins, and Thor entered the battlement to find many young noble heirs and Earth Knights gathered there.

Thor and the other noble descendants witnessed the Divine Revelation begin as an altar and the River Styx took shape in the sky, threatening to bring Anubis onto the continent. As the danger grew, powerful figures prepared to intervene before the god could fully descend.

• Thor dismissed Sage Spencer and Walter’s accusations, while Sage and Walter quietly discussed the dangers Thor might face on the road home.
• Thor questioned Isabelle about the event as ominous black mist spread across the sky and the noble descendants waited inside the battlements.
• Black chains and an altar appeared overhead, and Anubis’s invocation nearly overwhelmed the gathered nobles until the Ice Elf and a barrier of light restored their senses.
• Thor recognized that the altar’s formation could lead to Anubis’s descent, while the noble descendants watched in fear.
• The River Styx appeared in the sky, and the Bloodthirsty Werewolf leader urged Anubis to send more power.
• Powerful figures warned that Anubis might truly descend and then vanished to act.

Ten Saint Domain Knights descended to stop the Bloodthirsty Werewolves from completing God Anubis’s Divine Descent. They overwhelmed the fifth-tier creatures and began to dissolve the ominous aura, though the ritual still needed to be stopped before Anubis fully awakened.

• A Saint Domain Knight wielding a holy Knight's Lance interrupted the ritual as the Divine Kingdom of Anubis began to manifest.
• Nine more beams of light arrived, bringing the number of Saint Domain Knights to ten, and the Bloodthirsty Werewolf leader sent swarms of fifth-tier creatures against them.
• Thor reassured Brian, Isabelle, Joz, and the others that the kingdom would resolve the crisis as the battle began.
• The ten knights used their domains to destroy the Bloodthirsty Werewolves, thinning the ominous aura and weakening the powers of law sustaining the ritual.
• The knights unleashed their full strength, tearing apart the darkness while the holy power of the Knight's Lance melted the remaining ominous aura.

The Saint Domain Knights stopped Anubis’s Divine Descent, killed the Bloodthirsty Werewolf leader, and watched the Divine Kingdom fall into Divine Ruins. Just as the ruins were about to draw in nearby people, the Behemoths arrived, shattering the Magic Array and trapping the knights under their overwhelming presence.

• The ten Saint Domain Knights defeated the Bloodthirsty Werewolf leader and raised a Magic Array to isolate the area as the Divine Kingdom transformed into Divine Ruins.
• Isabelle prepared to set out for the ruins, but Thor told her to wait, and most of the noble heirs left without them.
• The Divine Ruins crashed into the space ahead, but a distant Behemoth roar shattered the Magic Array and halted the ruins’ suction.
• The Behemoths’ arrival killed knights in the foremost groups and left the ten Saint Domain Knights injured and staring toward the horizon.
• The Saint Domain Knights debated how to explain the incident to the Behemoths, while their approaching presence overwhelmed the area and left them afraid to move.

Thor led his group into the Divine Ruins as the Three Great Kings confronted the Behemoth King over the Bloodthirsty Werewolves’ attempt to summon Anubis. The ruins swallowed Thor and the followers who rushed after him, while Sage Spencer remained outside and resented the Dreyrosa Family’s head start.

• A Behemoth’s arrival killed one man and injured others, and Thor recognized the danger as the Behemoths approached.
• Tulip King confronted the Behemoth King, and Purple Gold Flower King and another king joined him to trap the Behemoths within their Divine Domains.
• While the Saint Domain Experts and noble heirs watched the kings prepare for battle, Thor led his companions toward the Divine Ruins as their suppression weakened.
• The Divine Ruins erupted, swallowing Thor’s group and the knightly parties that followed them, then stabilized before those left behind could enter.
• Sage Spencer watched Thor and the Dreyrosa Family enter first and bitterly regretted losing the opportunity, while the Three Great Dukes’ plan to obtain the ruins had helped the Three Great Kings target the Behemoth King.

Thor entered the Divine Ruins as a soul and fought law-formed Werewolves, absorbing their Origin Power while beginning to comprehend the Power of Law. Other entrants were quickly defeated and forced to leave, while Thor remained immersed in battle and grew stronger.

• Thor awakened in the Divine Ruins without his Life Seed or Life Source Power and recalled that entrants faced deadly trials formed from God Anubis's laws.
• An illusory River of the Underworld appeared above Thor as Werewolves emerged from the bones and attacked him.
• Thor materialized a Knight's Lance and killed the Werewolves, absorbing their Origin Power and strengthening his soul.
• Thor became absorbed in the fighting as deathly and icy auras intertwined, slowly forming a connection between his Ice Attribute and the Power of Law.
• Other entrants were defeated by Werewolves and expelled from the Divine Ruins, with one losing the use of his arm after his soul was injured.
• Thor continued fighting and comprehending the laws, his soul becoming solid and his attacks beginning to carry Ice Attribute power.

The Saint Domain Knights watched as many entrants were eliminated from Anubis's Divine Ruins and agreed to consider suppressing it with an angel's feather if the losses continued. Inside, Thor fought increasingly powerful Werewolves, gained power related to the laws of ice and death, and Isabelle finally appeared after seven days with greatly strengthened Life Source Power.

• More than half of the first group of knights were eliminated within a day, alarming the Saint Domain Knights and prompting Anubi to offer an Intermediate Angel's feather to suppress the Divine Ruins if needed.
• Thor's continued slaughter of law-manifested Werewolves strengthened his soul and spread the powers of the ice and death laws through his body.
• The Werewolves grew stronger after Thor reached a threshold, but Thor used the powers of ice and death to keep fighting and gain more Origin Power.
• After seven days of eliminations, the Saint Domain Knights postponed their intervention, and Anubi relaxed when Isabelle appeared with Life Source Power nearing the Late Earth Knight stage.

Isabelle and the others emerged from the Divine Ruins with improved cultivation, while Thor and Ryan continued fighting inside and absorbed the remaining Death Law. Thor and Ryan eventually left as the Ruins began to fade, and Thor sensed his Life Seed transforming.

• Isabelle reached the Late Earth Knight stage and sensed that she had touched the Law after enduring battles in the Divine Ruins.
• Joz, Aisha, Steve, Peros, Brian, and Carter returned with stronger cultivation, while Isabelle learned that Thor and Ryan were still inside.
• The ten Saint Domain Knights decided to wait for the remaining entrants to emerge before withdrawing, unaware that Thor and Ryan were draining the Death Law from their spaces.
• Thor and Ryan kept defeating powerful Bloodthirsty Werewolves, gathered the Power of Law, and began forming Law Imprints.
• Thor and Ryan left the Divine Ruins as it grew illusory, allowing the Werewolves and deathly aura to return around two other young men.
• Thor emerged beside Ryan and felt his aura strengthen as the cold and deathly energies began transforming his Life Seed.

Thor returned from the Divine Ruins at the peak of Great Knight, while the Saint Domain Experts debated why the ruins’ Power of Law had dwindled. The Divine Ruins then began collapsing, and the experts shielded the battlements as the River of the Underworld shattered.

• Thor met Ryan after leaving the Divine Ruins, and the two returned to the battlements, where Isabelle, Aisha, and Joz welcomed them.
• Saint Domain Experts discussed Thor’s long survival in the ruins and considered the possibility that he could become a Saint Domain Knight; Sage Spencer complained that Thor had survived and gained strength.
• On the ninth day, the seventh prince and Ferran emerged from the ruins and told the experts they had gathered no significant traces of the Law and had noticed its power declining several days earlier.
• The experts speculated that God Anubis might have fallen and that disordered Power of Law had caused the early eliminations.
• The Divine Ruins shook and began collapsing, so the ten Saint Domain Experts spread their Saint Domains to protect the battlements.

After the Divine Ruins collapsed, Thor and the remaining Tulip Kingdom heirs left the battlement, unaware that Sage Spencer and Walter were pursuing them. Thor then began breaking through to Earth Knight, and his icy power emerged mingled with an aura of death.

• The ten Saint Domain Knights shielded the battlement from the Divine Ruins’ collapse, then departed as the other noble heirs left in disappointment.
• Thor saw Isabelle and Aisha off, then set out toward the Northern Province with Brian, Joz Anubi, and the rest of his group.
• Sage Spencer and Walter followed Thor, eliminating other pursuers along the way and planning to attack the next day.
• Thor knew he was being followed and remained confident that his group could defeat the two Knight Orders.
• That night, Thor cultivated the Silver Moon Breathing Technique and formed a frozen land beneath his Life Seed, breaking through to Earth Knight.
• Thor’s breakthrough froze the surrounding area, while black mist stripped the vitality from insects and revealed that his Ice Element power was mingling with the aura of death.

Thor and Ryan broke through to Earth Knight, and Thor chose to confront the forces pursuing his group rather than flee. He trapped Sage Spencer and Walter’s forces in a canyon and launched an attack, killing Sage Spencer as the battle began.

• Thor and Ryan each broke through to Earth Knight, alarming Brian and the others with the strength of their auras.
• Thor decided to ambush the pursuers, gave Carter a Divine Wood Fruit to help him advance, and planned to trap the enemy in a canyon.
• Carter reached Great Knight, and Thor’s group prepared the canyon before waiting for Sage Spencer and Walter to arrive.
• Thor sealed the canyon behind the pursuers and rejected Sage Spencer’s demand for gold and territory.
• Thor attacked Sage Spencer, freezing his arm and killing him with a lance thrust, while Ryan wounded Walter and the two groups began fighting.

Thor and Ryan defeated Walter, Sage Spencer, and their forces, then returned to Eagle Territory, where Thor reviewed the territory’s growth and affairs. The chapter left Thor considering Joseph’s reports in his study after nearly a month away.

• Thor and Ryan killed the Earth Knights and Formal Knights led by Sage Spencer and Walter, while Brian watched in shock.
• Thor found an unusual metal pocket watch on Walter and kept it, then shared the recovered spoils with his companions, though Brian refused his portion.
• Thor’s group left the battlefield to magical beasts and traveled back to Eagle Territory, arriving ten days later without further trouble.
• Brian was astonished by Eagle Territory’s prosperous fields and rapidly expanding town as Thor welcomed him into the castle.
• Thor summoned Joseph and reviewed the territory’s documents while Joseph waited nervously for his judgment.

Thor received news that the Dreyrosa Family was sending powerful reinforcements and worked to expand Eagle Territory’s resources and alchemy. The support arrived five days later, leaving Michael and Chesil astonished by how much Thor’s territory had grown.

• Thor praised Joseph’s work, offered more Goblin slaves, and told him the Fledgling Knight Order would hold another selection next month.
• Thor read Count Engel’s letter and learned that Michael and Chesil were coming with support while his father visited several Marquises.
• Christine reported that Eagle Territory could produce sixty Low-Grade Life Potions per month, and Thor offered her Merit Points and a home visit to recruit more alchemists, including her teacher Semp.
• Thor hosted a banquet for Brian, who left the next day to visit his son’s territory before returning to the Northern Defense Line.
• Five days after Thor returned, Michael and Chesil arrived with ten Great Knights, and they were shocked by the scale and prosperity of Eagle Territory.

Thor hosted Michael and Cheshire, who learned the scale of his holdings and discovered that he and Ryan had become Earth Knights before the age of twenty. Seeing Thor’s strength, Michael proposed striking first against the noble heirs who would soon return to reclaim their lands.

• Thor welcomed Michael and Cheshire to his prosperous territory, where Michael was astonished to find that eighteen-year-old Carter had become a Great Knight.
• Thor explained that the Eagle Merchant Guild controlled most major mineral deposits and more than eighty percent of the Danube River’s output, and showed them a map of its holdings across the Western Region.
• Thor revealed that the guild had four Earth Knights and fifty-four Great Knights, including four Earth Knights beyond Michael, Cheshire, and the still-advancing Marshall.
• Michael and Cheshire reacted with disbelief when Thor confirmed that he and Ryan had both become Earth Knights before turning twenty.
• Michael warned that the returning noble heirs would likely attack to reclaim their lands and proposed that Thor take the initiative before they could wear his forces down through repeated wars.

Thor planned to provoke powerful nobles into uniting so he could defeat them and secure his position in the Northern Province, while Eagle Territory developed during a lull in the fighting. The chapter ended with Steve reporting that the Orc War was escalating, as Behemoths and Tier 6 beastman tribes mobilized and the kingdoms prepared more reinforcements.

• Michael advised Thor to display his strength by crushing one or more noble families, while Cheshire suggested that the discovery of Adamantine in one of Thor’s mines could provoke a suitable conflict.
• Thor returned to managing Eagle Territory as Michael trained the Fledgling Knight Order and Cheshire led the Eagle Knight Order in clearing nearby threats.
• Marshall prepared to break through to Earth Knight, and Thor supplied him with three Divine Wood Fruits and three Mid-Grade Life Potions.
• After a week of relative calm, Thor continued investigating the mysterious pocket watch but found no reaction to his tests.
• Steve reported that all northern Behemoths had mobilized, several Tier 6 beastman tribes had appeared, and the Violet and Tulip Kingdoms were sending forces to the Northern Defense Line.

The orc tribes and Behemoths advanced on the Northern Defense Line, demanding that the Three Great Kingdoms return their king. Just as the defenders prepared to hold them off while the kings attempted to banish the Behemoth King, the three human monarchs returned battered and bloodied, while the Behemoth King remained absent.

• Duke Kalenina learned that more than twenty Behemoths and three Sixth-Tier orc tribes were heading toward the Northern Defense Line.
• The Three Great Kingdoms sent more than thirty Saint Domain Knights, their elite Knight Orders, and other forces to reinforce the defense line.
• After three days, more than a dozen Behemoths appeared and demanded that the humans hand over their king.
• Sir Houston agreed to hold back two Seventh-Tier Behemoths for up to five days after the royals revealed the Three Great Kings planned to banish the Behemoth King.
• The three kings returned in torn clothes, covered in blood, and the Behemoths faltered when they saw that their own king had not returned.

The Three Great Kings defeated the Behemoths, forcing the orcs to retreat and opening the way for the Northern Province to expand. After learning the news, Thor gathered Michael, Cheshire, and Marshall, who warned that the expansion would attract powerful noble heirs and intensify competition.

• The Three Great Kings drove back three Seventh-Tier Behemoths, and Degory ordered the orcs to retreat to the Holy Mountain.
• The Tulip Kingdom began advancing north while the other kingdoms prepared to withdraw and join the expansion, as human Knight Orders clashed with lower-tier orc tribes.
• More than ten days later, Steve brought Thor news that the Behemoth King had died and the Three Great Kings had returned safely.
• Thor summoned Michael, Cheshire, and Marshall and explained how the northern power balance had changed.
• Michael and Cheshire told Thor that the expanding territory would attract noble heirs, including heirs from the ten marquis families.

Thor prepared Eagle Territory for the Northern Province’s coming expansion by rallying his uncles and offering their descendants stakes in the Eagle Merchant Guild. After Marshall suggested Thor had entered the Divine Ruins, Michael and Cheshire suspected Thor might one day reach the Sanctuary realm, though they agreed to keep the possibility unconfirmed.

• Thor argued that the influx of Pioneer Lords could bring Eagle Territory enormous wealth if it survived the resulting crisis, and asked Michael, Cheshire, and Marshall for their support.
• Thor said he had written to Rubi and expected Rubi’s Earth Knight uncle to come, then invited his uncles to send their descendants in exchange for a share of the Eagle Merchant Guild’s dividends.
• Marshall and Cheshire discussed sending Jessica and Ferenqi to Eagle Territory as Pioneer Knights, while Michael remained tied to Count Engel’s forces.
• Marshall told Michael and Cheshire that Thor had likely already earned the merit for a Viscount title and suggested his rapid advances, along with Ryan’s and Carter’s, pointed to their entry into the Divine Ruins.
• Michael and Cheshire privately considered that Thor’s future might extend beyond Sky Knight to Sanctuary, and they agreed with Marshall to keep the speculation unconfirmed.

Michael, Cheshire, and Marshall visited the rapidly expanding Eagle City and watched Neil Morton train Ryan, discovering that Neil was a Sky Knight. Neil explained that he had come from the Empire and was staying because he owed Thor a favor, identifying himself as an instructor at Imperial Canaan Academy.

• Michael, Cheshire, and Marshall admired Eagle City's growth and discussed Neil Morton, the teacher guiding Ryan.
• The three watched Neil spar with Ryan and recognized Neil's extraordinary control and strength.
• Neil corrected Ryan's combat techniques, praised his potential, and told him to stabilize his recent breakthrough rather than attempt another.
• When Michael asked about Neil's rank, Neil revealed that he was a Sky Knight, alarming the visitors.
• Neil told Michael, Cheshire, and Marshall that he owed Thor a favor and was an instructor at Imperial Canaan Academy.