Chapter Summaries

Count Engel defeated and captured Zaparov Spencer, revealing that he had become a Sky Knight and shifting the balance of power across the Tulip Kingdom. The chapter left noble families scrambling to accommodate the Dreyrosa Family, while the Spencer Family faced a crisis.

• Count Engel demanded five hundred thousand gold coins and a share of the Azure Salt business from Zaparov Spencer, then had him restrained after defeating him.
• The arriving Knight Orders witnessed Zaparov's capture, reported Count Engel's breakthrough to their families, and visited him in Dressrosa Town.
• Count Engel reassured the Pat Family that the Dreyrosa Family would not yet disrupt Frost Moon Province's interests, while other families agreed to pay compensation.
• Marquis Pat followed his grandfather's orders to give the Dreyrosa Family a larger share of Sahara Mine and offer Rubi Dreyrosa freedom and a chance to serve at the Northern Frontier.
• Nobles across the kingdom prepared compensation and congratulatory gifts, while Duke Lepur sent Joseph to congratulate Count Engel and urged him to prepare for a chance to enter the ruins.

The Spencer Family accepted the Dreyrosa Family’s demands to secure Zaparov Spencer’s release, while Count Engel distributed the compensation and arranged support for Thor. In the Northern Province, Thor continued expanding the Eagle Merchant Guild and sought a slave-trading route to grow his territory’s population.

• Marquis Spencer agreed to pay five hundred thousand gold coins and transfer Qinghai Lake to Dreyrosa management in exchange for Zaparov Spencer, with the Spencer Family receiving Azure Salt each year.
• The Spencer Family and nineteen nobles sent compensation and supplies to Dressrosa Town, and Count Engel ordered Gold Cards and half the supplies sent to Thor while requesting a high-level Knight's Breathing Technique from the king.
• Rubi Dreyrosa led a Knight Order toward the Northern Frontier and planned to visit Thor and his father.
• Thor expanded the Eagle Merchant Guild across most of the western Northern Province after the Northern Alliance’s defeat.
• Thor reviewed his territory’s growth and considered a new trade route with the Assad Family to purchase slaves for the Northern Province.

Thor sought to enter the slave trade by partnering with the Assad Family, and Lajos presented the proposal to his father. The Assad patriarch agreed to cooperate if the family received at least thirty-five percent of the slave-trade shares, sending Deli with a first batch of slaves while Thor considered the terms.

• Thor planned to use the Assad Family as a route into the slave trade and entrusted Lajos with proposing cooperation.
• The Assad patriarch reflected on Count Engel's breakthrough and the growing strength of Thor Dressrosa's position.
• Lajos explained that Thor wanted the Assad Trading Company to supply slaves and goods while the Eagle Merchant Guild bought supplies and expanded into the Northern Province.
• The Assad patriarch agreed to provide supplies exclusively but demanded at least thirty-five percent of the slave-trade shares.
• The Assad patriarch offered to send Deli with the first batch of slaves so Lajos could present the terms to Thor.

Christine returned to North City Academy to ask her teacher, Arch Alchemist Semp, to join Eagle Territory, only to learn the Campbell Family was also trying to recruit him. After discovering Christine had become an Apprentice Mage, Semp praised her and asked why she had come.

• Christine arrived in the royal capital and went to North City Academy to meet Arch Alchemist Semp.
• Siegel tried to persuade Semp to join the Campbell Family, but Semp refused to become an affiliated noble.
• Christine learned Semp had not accepted the Campbell Family's offer and hurried to see him.
• Semp recognized that Christine had opened her Spiritual Sea and become an Apprentice Mage.
• Christine prepared an Intermediate Life Potion with Semp, who praised her progress and asked what had brought her back.

Christine persuaded Arch Alchemist Semp to visit Thor Dressrosa’s territory and teach at his planned academy, where children could earn Merit Points toward education and advancement. Semp and his students traveled north with the Dreyrosa convoy, while Siegel’s attempt to interfere ended with Young Master Bell rejecting him and declining to challenge the Dreyrosa Family.

• Christine convinced Semp that Thor’s territory welcomed ordinary children and offered advancement through Merit Points, and Semp agreed to see it for himself.
• Three days later, Semp and more than a dozen students departed with Christine for Eagle Territory in the Northern Province.
• Siegel urged Young Master Bell to stop the Dreyrosa convoy, but Bell struck him down and ordered him thrown out, citing the risk of provoking the Dreyrosa Family.
• During the journey, Semp grew curious about Thor’s territory, while Christine learned from him about the Dreyrosa Family’s conflict with the Spencer Family.
• Christine told Semp’s students that they could learn magic by earning fifty Merit Points, and their excitement made Semp consider that they might choose to stay even if he disliked the territory.

Thor approved a joint slave-trading company with the Assad Family, then learned that his frontier service had earned him about 2,700 Merit Points. He chose to use them for a Viscount investiture, becoming the Northern Province’s first Viscount as the Kingdom War approached.

• Thor agreed to establish a slave-trading company with the Assad Family, giving Eagle Territory seventy percent of the proceeds and the Assad Family thirty percent.
• Lajos and the Assad Family finalized the agreement and began building a slave market in Eagle City.
• Steve reported that Thor had earned roughly 2,700 Merit Points, enough to seek promotion to Viscount.
• Thor decided to use his merit for a Viscount investiture and traveled with the Knight Order to Loren City.
• Thor completed the investiture ceremony and became the Northern Province’s first Viscount.

After becoming a Viscount, Thor prepared to expand Eagle Territory by establishing an auction house and schools, while assigning Lajos and Joseph their construction duties. The first academy opened in Eagle City, leaving the free citizens excited by the prospect of education for their children.

• Thor celebrated his investiture with a three-day sale and promised Eagle Merchant Guild lords one Intermediate Life Potion each year.
• Thor decided Eagle Territory was ready for an auction house and schools, and placed the auction house project in Lajos's hands.
• Lajos presented a detailed construction plan, and Thor ordered Joseph to hand over the eastern district and support the project.
• Thor directed Joseph to accelerate Eagle City's construction and reviewed plans for Knight Studies, Stewardship Studies, and Alchemy Studies.
• Workers completed a large academy complex, and its unveiling as the Fledgling Academy astonished the gathered free citizens.

Rubi Dreyrosa arrived in Eagle Territory with Count Engel’s supplies and was amazed by Thor’s thriving city before continuing to the Northern Frontier. Days later, Christine returned with Arch Alchemist Semp, who was impressed by Eagle Territory and embraced Thor’s plans for the Alchemist Academy.

• Rubi Dreyrosa and Count Engel’s supply caravan reached Eagle Territory, where Rubi and the escort were astonished by its farms and growing city.
• Thor welcomed Rubi, explained Eagle Territory’s progress, and learned that Count Engel had helped Rubi break free from the Pat Family’s vassalage.
• Rubi offered to help Thor while serving in the Northern Frontier, then left the next day after a banquet.
• Thor inspected the supplies and nearly 250,000 gold coins Count Engel had sent, finding them a major boost for Eagle Territory and the Eagle Merchant Guild.
• Christine returned with Arch Alchemist Semp and his students, and Thor welcomed them to Eagle City.
• Arch Alchemist Semp admired the clean, orderly city and grew enthusiastic as Thor described the Knight Academy, Alchemist Academy, and Affairs Academy.

Thor’s academies and merchant guild drove rapid growth in Eagle Territory over the course of a year, strengthening its economy and knight forces. After reading a letter from Count Engel, Thor faced the approaching Kingdom War with solemn concern.

• Thor appointed Semp dean of the Alchemist Academy and hired Semp’s students, increasing Low-Grade Life Potion production and expanding the Eagle Merchant Guild’s trade.
• Thor established the Knight Academy and Affairs Academy, giving free citizens new paths to education and advancement.
• Over the next year, the Eagle Merchant Guild spread trade routes across the Northern Province and its profits soared as Eagle Territory grew stronger.
• The guild’s knight forces expanded to ten Great Knights, one hundred and two Formal Knights, and over two hundred and seventy Apprentice Knights.
• Thor read Count Engel’s month-old letter announcing the Kingdom War and worried that even his growing strength might not guarantee survival.

After learning from Count Engel that the coming Kingdom War would take place in a different world, Thor expanded his force and prepared for the expedition. He finished organizing his territory and the Eagle Merchant Guild as the Pioneer Lords gathered at Eagle City to depart.

• Thor read Count Engel's letter and learned that the Kingdom War would take place in a different world, with victories earning Merit Points and benefits for the kingdom.
• Thor decided to bring Anna to the Kingdom War, ordered Avila to remain in the territory, and planned to take both elves to the Natural Forest afterward.
• Thor chose Ryan, Marshall, Anna, and fifty-four Formal Knights for his force, while Anna concealed her identity and the knights exchanged their allotted Merit Points for supplies.
• Thor spent the following half month preparing the territory and the Eagle Merchant Guild for his absence.
• The Pioneer Lords gathered at Eagle City with their knight contingents, and Thor's elder brother Tono had risen to peak Great Knight with five Great Knights under his command.

Thor led the Eagle Merchant Guild’s Pioneer Lords from Eagle City toward the royal capital for the Kingdom War, drawing attention as they passed through Loren City. Along the journey, Thor gathered valuable magical plants and seeds, and the chapter ended as the group arrived within sight of the royal capital.

• Thor gathered twelve Eagle Merchant Guild Pioneer Lords and led their forces out of Eagle City toward Loren City and the royal capital.
• The group arrived in Loren City, where Pioneer Lords discussed the Eagle Merchant Guild’s power, and Marquis Lehman prepared to depart without confronting Thor.
• Thor sensed Marquis Lehman nearby and wondered why the Marquis had left the guild’s growing influence unchallenged.
• Thor’s group crossed into the Frost Moon Province and continued south, collecting three Divine Wood Fruits, a Star-Moon Fruit, and rare magical plant seeds along the way.
• Thor and the others reached the royal capital after their journey, with Thor reflecting on the city’s immense scale.

Thor entered Tulip Royal Capital for the Kingdom War, reunited with his Vieira relatives, and met Count Engel at the Dreyrosa gathering place. Engel revealed that this Kingdom War would differ from previous ones and gave Thor a blank parchment to examine with Mental Power.

• Thor’s retinue attracted attention at the capital gates because of the Dreyrosa banner, and he decided to look for his eldest brother.
• German Vieira and Erica Vieira met Thor, and he learned German had come to join the Kingdom War while Erica planned to attend East City Academy.
• Thor completed his registration at the capital’s administrative office and then joined the gathered Dreyrosa family, where Count Engel teased him about marrying Erica.
• Count Engel warned Thor that the Kingdom War’s format had changed and handed him a blank parchment, telling him to examine it with Mental Power.

Thor learned that the Kingdom War would scatter nobles across a vast Otherworldly Realm, putting the Dreyrosa Family’s branches at risk. As the second day of transport began, Thor and his relatives were sent into the realm, with their landing places uncertain.

• Thor read the Parchment Scroll and learned that nobles would be randomly scattered throughout the Otherworldly Realm, where even members of the same kingdom might fight one another.
• Thor and Count Engel recognized that the new format endangered the Dreyrosa Family’s separated branches, and Thor admitted he could not gather or protect them all.
• Erica visited Thor repeatedly for Knight’s Breathing Technique guidance during the month before the Kingdom War, while Thor explored the royal capital and learned that Carlo had left on a study tour.
• Nobles gathered in the royal capital and began entering the Otherworldly Realm in groups over three days, with the first batch transported on the opening day.
• On the second day, Count Engel, Tono, Babrulus, Lajos, Bourne, and Thor prepared to enter, and Erica gave Thor a pendant before the transport light enveloped them.

Thor and his knights established a camp in the Otherworldly Realm, where Daily Intelligence revealed nearby opportunities and dangers. After choosing to pursue Divine Wood Fruit and investigate talent-enhancing Griffon River Monsters, Thor sent Ryan and Marshall toward the great river.

• Thor ordered Ryan and Marshall to scout the forest and river, then had the knights build a camp; they found magical beasts and a dangerous forest presence.
• Ryan and Marshall mapped the surrounding area, and Thor’s group feasted on the beasts they had hunted.
• At midnight, Thor received Daily Intelligence and discovered that its range had expanded, with warnings of nearby beasts, an attack on the camp, and a coming Abyssal Gale.
• Thor decided to collect Divine Wood Fruit and assess whether the Griffon River Monsters could improve his knights’ talent.
• Thor sent Ryan and Marshall toward the great river to locate the Griffon River Monsters and determine their tier.

As nobles across the Otherworldly Realm faced deadly magical beasts, Thor’s group discovered that Griffon River Monster flesh could enhance knight cultivation talent. Eating it helped Thor break through to Mid Earth Knight and several of his knights advance, leaving him eager to capture the remaining monsters.

• Count Engel’s group fought magical beasts after arriving in a river valley, while other nobles’ forces were destroyed by fifth-rank beasts.
• Thor practiced with Anna and expected to reach Mid Earth Knight within a few days.
• Ryan returned with several third-rank Griffon River Monsters, and Thor identified their flesh as a way to improve knight cultivation talent.
• Thor and his companions ate the Griffon River Monster flesh, which enhanced their cultivation talent and prompted several Formal Knights to break through.
• Thor reached Mid Earth Knight after eating half a Griffon River Monster and learned that more than twenty remained nearby.
• At dawn, the Daily Intelligence System updated.

Thor led his group to the great river and captured nineteen Griffon River Monsters by combining Anna’s Blizzard magic with his Ice Element Law Imprint. Their feast strengthened the Knight Order, while Thor remained aware that the approaching Abyssal Gale would soon threaten everyone in the Otherworldly Realm.

• Thor led his group to the river and planned with Anna, Ryan, and Marshall to trap the Griffon River Monsters before they could escape into the water.
• Anna carried Thor over the river, and they waited until most of the Griffon River Monsters had returned to shore.
• Thor and Anna froze the river with Anna’s Blizzard and Thor’s Ice Element Law Imprint, allowing Ryan and Marshall to attack the trapped creatures.
• Thor’s group captured nineteen Griffon River Monsters, and their feast helped two people reach Great Knight, advanced others’ cultivation, and brought Ryan to the mid-stage Earth Knight realm.
• Thor’s group continued gathering resources in the Otherworldly Realm as the Abyssal Gale drew nearer, while many other forces struggled to survive its dangers.

Thor led his Knight Order to a safe haven at the core of the Otherworldly Realm and prepared for the Abyssal Gale, which began sweeping across the land. As his group waited out the storm, Thor used Troy Fruits to strengthen his Mental Power, but he still had not opened a Spiritual Sea.

• Thor led his Knight Order north, found a Troy Fruit tree, and collected its three fruits before the tree withered.
• Thor's group reached a cliffside cave with less than three days before the Abyssal Gale, and he sent Marshall and Ryan to hunt while the knights prepared the shelter and stockpiled food.
• On the third day, the Abyssal Gale swept through the Otherworldly Realm, dissolving creatures and nobles caught outside into dust.
• Thor explained the danger to his followers and told them to remain in the cave for fifteen days while preparing for the Kingdom War to come.
• Thor gave Anna a Troy Fruit and ate two himself, increasing his Mental Power but failing to open a Spiritual Sea.

Thor distributed resources to strengthen his Knight Order and gave Marshall a Life Fruit to help him advance. The new Daily Intelligence warned of an imminent attack and revealed a future chance to obtain an Earth Violent Bear and a Law Fragment, leaving Thor eager to pursue that opportunity.

• Thor distributed their gathered resources and gave Marshall a Life Fruit, which Marshall consumed in hopes of advancing to Late Earth Knight.
• Thor activated Daily Intelligence and learned that Wild Boar-Tigers would attack the Safe Haven in twelve hours, followed by fourth-tier Black Qilin Elephants that would inflict heavy losses.
• Thor read that Silver-Horned Deer-Horses would appear far away and that nobles from Purple Gold Flower would be swallowed by the Abyssal Gale.
• Thor learned that an Earth Violent Bear would give birth in twelve days and that a Law Fragment would later fall into its nest, where a descendant of a Duke from the Macedon Kingdom would obtain it.
• Thor realized the Earth Violent Bear and Law Fragment offered him a major opportunity, despite the later threat from the Spencer Family.

Thor weighed whether to risk leaving the Safe Haven for an Earth Violent Bear and a Law Fragment while the Abyssal Gale raged. He stayed in the cave as his knights fought off beast attacks, and after ten days the gale began to weaken, leaving Thor to prepare for what came next.

• Thor considered traveling over a hundred miles to reach the Earth Violent Bear and its Law Fragment, but judged the Abyssal Gale too dangerous to cross.
• Marshall advanced to Mid Earth Knight, while the knights inside the cave absorbed resources and improved their strength.
• Ryan led the knights in defending the cave from a large pack of Boar-Tiger Beasts, killing their two peak third-tier leaders and driving off the survivors.
• Thor had Anna freeze the Boar-Tiger Beast corpses to seal in their scent, preventing the more dangerous attack described in the Daily Intelligence.
• Marshall reached Late Earth Knight after three days, and the knights repelled further beast attacks without major difficulty.
• After ten days, Thor sensed that the Abyssal Gale was weakening and expected it to disappear after fifteen days.

Thor decided to leave the Safe Haven as the Abyssal Gale weakened and traveled with Anna to find the Earth Violent Bear’s nest, where a Law Fragment was expected to be. He reached the hidden cave after a difficult journey, and Anna sensed a powerful magical beast nearby.

• Over ten days of repeated attacks by magical beasts strengthened Thor’s Knight Order, and Marshall gained combat experience as an Earth Knight.
• The Daily Intelligence warned that a northern noble force would be wiped out by fourth-tier beasts and revealed that an Earth Violent Bear’s nest held a Law Fragment, with an Ice Law Fragment to be obtained later.
• On the twelfth day, Thor led the group out of the cave but sent Ryan and Marshall back with the knights when the gale proved too strong for them.
• Thor and Anna traveled alone through the gale, fought several third-tier magical beasts, and reached the area of the Earth Violent Bear’s nest after dark.
• Anna sensed a high-level magical beast nearby, and she and Thor found the hidden cave where its nest lay.