Chapter Summaries

The Dreyrosa Family feared Count Engel and Thor had died after the Kingdom War’s return lights stopped, while the square learned that losses across the kingdom were unusually severe. More survivors then emerged, including Count Engel and Thor, and Archduke Leopold invited the Dreyrosa Family to a banquet.

• The Liepuer Family, the Kalenina Family, and the Skodar Family sought the Dreyrosa Family, making Carlo Dreyrosa and his wife uneasy.
• The return lights stopped, and the families in the square feared that their missing relatives had died; Carlo Dreyrosa and the Dreyrosa Family believed Count Engel and Thor were lost.
• Carlo Dreyrosa’s wife urged him to return at once and protect the Dreyrosa Family from its enemies.
• More survivors appeared, and the Dreyrosa Family recognized Count Engel and Thor among them.
• Archduke Leopold invited the Dreyrosa Family to his banquet the following evening.

Thor and Count Engel returned from the Kingdom War, accepted an invitation from Archduke Leopold, and surrendered their Law Fragments for Kingdom Merit Points. The Tulip King learned that the kingdom had lost more than forty percent of its nobles, but it had gained 735 Law Fragments, far exceeding his expectations.

• Thor reunited with Carlo Dreyrosa and met his sister-in-law Anette Ethel, while Count Engel explained that the Otherworldly Realm had shattered and caused heavy losses.
• Sakurai Liepuer invited Count Engel and Thor to Archduke Leopold’s banquet, surprising the Dreyrosa Family with the attention they received.
• Thor and the other participants surrendered their remaining Law Fragments and were told their Merit Points would be credited the next day.
• The Tulip King worried that the kingdom’s losses would leave it with few gains and little chance of obtaining a complete Law.
• A burly messenger reported that more than forty percent of the kingdom’s nobles had fallen, but revealed that the kingdom had obtained 735 Law Fragments, astonishing the Tulip King.

The Tulip King learned that the Dreyrosa Family had contributed 305 Law Fragments and that Thor Dressrosa had been specially recruited by Canaan Academy, so he ordered generous rewards and arranged for the family to attend a royal banquet. Powerful families then visited the Dreyrosas with gifts, and Count Engel revealed that he had reached the Half-step Saint Domain, leaving Carlo stunned.

• The Tulip King learned that the kingdom had collected 735 Law Fragments, including 305 from the Dreyrosa Family, and discovered Thor Dressrosa’s exceptional achievements and special recruitment by Canaan Academy.
• The Tulip King awarded the Dreyrosa Family double Merit Points, academy places, and potions, granted Thor permanent fief rights and Imperial Merit Points, and arranged for them to attend Archduke Leopold’s banquet.
• Archduke Skodar and the Kalenina Family ordered gifts and prepared to send eligible girls to the banquet, while other powerful families began making overtures to the Dreyrosas.
• Marquis McKendie, the Solo Family heir, and representatives of the Kalenina and Skodar families visited the Dreyrosa residence and presented gifts to Count Engel and Thor.
• After the visitors left, Count Engel unfolded a domain, and Carlo realized that his father had reached at least the Half-step Saint Domain.

After returning from the Kingdom War, the Dreyrosa Family learned of Count Engel’s Half-step Saint Domain breakthrough and Thor’s Special Recruit qualification. The nobles gathered to receive their Merit Points, and the chapter ended as the golden screen revealed Thor Dressrosa’s and Dressrosa’s enormous totals.

• Count Engel revealed that he had reached the Half-step Saint Domain and that Thor had become a Sky Knight, grasped a Law Imprint, and received a Special Recruit qualification from Imperial Canaan Academy.
• The Dreyrosa Family rested while nobles across the capital reacted to the Kingdom War’s losses and rewards.
• Count Engel told Thor and Carlo that Merit Points would be issued and could be exchanged to raise their titles.
• The surviving nobles gathered in the plaza as the golden screen displayed families’ Merit Points, including the Emerson Family’s and Solo Family’s totals.
• The screen announced Thor Dressrosa’s 5.35 million Merit Points and Dressrosa’s 11.734 million Merit Points.

Thor Dressrosa and Count Engel earned extraordinary Merit Points in the Kingdom War, leading the Tulip King to elevate the Dreyrosa Family to a Marquis family and grant them major rewards. The family celebrated its sudden rise while the plaza watched in shock.

• Tono and the nobles awaited the rankings as Thor and Count Engel’s Merit Points remained undisplayed.
• The rankings revealed 5.35 million Merit Points for Thor Dressrosa and 11.734 million for Dressrosa, stunning the plaza and the Dreyrosa Family.
• The Tulip King declared that the Dreyrosa Family would advance to a Marquis family and awarded it double Merit Points, academy slots, and potions.
• The Tulip King granted Thor permanent territorial rights as Viscount Thor Dressrosa and five thousand Imperial Merit Points.
• Count Engel and the Dreyrosa descendants thanked the Tulip King and celebrated their family’s rise while Thor remained calm.

After the Tulip King declared that the Dreyrosa Family would become a marquis family, Thor and Count Engel discussed how to use the family’s resources and prepare for expansion. They began examining the kingdom’s exchange listings and agreed to obtain a Top-Grade Knight’s Breathing Technique.

• Count Engel thanked Thor for securing the family’s marquisate, and Thor said the family’s future mattered more to him than the title.
• Count Engel offered Thor four million Merit Points, but Thor asked for one million and requested officials, craftsmen, and other support instead.
• Count Engel agreed to provide Thor with one million Merit Points, another Knight Order, and one hundred thousand people for his Northern Frontier territory.
• The Dreyrosa Family returned to its encampment as nobles in the plaza discussed its enormous Merit Point total and impending promotion.
• Thor and Count Engel inspected the exchange listings and agreed to exchange three million Merit Points for a Top-Grade Knight’s Breathing Technique.

Thor and Count Engel attended a royal palace ball, where nobles and four princesses showed Thor unusual attention because of his achievements and status. Six days later, the kingdom prepared a grand investiture ceremony for the nobles who had earned new titles.

• Count Engel and Thor chose Carlo and Anette Ethel to accompany them to Archduke Leopold's ball.
• Sakurai Liepuer escorted them into the palace, where nobles welcomed Count Engel as Marquis Engel and gathered around Thor.
• Princess Panis Capet spoke with Thor, and the Fourteenth, Seventeenth, and Nineteenth Princesses also approached him.
• Thor suspected the Tulip King wanted one of the princesses to marry him, but he remained focused on improving his strength.
• Several Dreyrosa Family branches left the capital, while Thor, Count Engel, and Carlo stayed for their titles and training.
• On the seventh day, the kingdom began preparations for a grand investiture ceremony with knights in formation, a red carpet, and the Goddess of Life's statue glowing.

Thor and Engel were honored by the Tulip King, with Engel elevated to marquis and Thor to count. They returned toward their territories with a vast haul of supplies, and Engel warned Thor that nobles might target him as he continued to the Northern Province.

• Thor and eleven other nobles swore their loyalty before the Tulip King during the conferment ceremony.
• The Tulip King elevated Engel Dreyrosa to marquis and Thor and the others to counts.
• After attending several banquets, Thor and Marquis Engel prepared to return to their territories with hundreds of carriages carrying supplies.
• The Dreyrosa convoy drew attention from nobles who discussed the family’s enormous Merit Points and wealth, but it returned safely to Frost Moon Province.
• Marquis Engel warned Thor that his return to the Northern Province could be dangerous and offered to send Michael with an escort, but Thor declined.

Thor’s group was ambushed by nobles seeking to seize his supplies, but Ryan swiftly destroyed the Coupe, Campbell, and Spencer forces. After the other would-be attackers saw the aftermath and withdrew, Thor continued toward his territory, confident that no one would dare attack again.

• Thor ordered Marshall to eliminate the Coupe Family’s several hundred knights, leaving no survivors, and the group continued toward the Northern Province.
• Shavar Spencer learned that Thor was still near the Frost Moon border and hurried toward the battle after hearing that the Campbell Family had attacked.
• Ryan overwhelmed the Campbell Family’s knights and killed its Marquis and his guards with lightning.
• Thor sent Ryan to deal with the Spencer Family forces, and Ryan returned less than fifteen minutes later after defeating them.
• Other nobles arrived at the battlefield, recognized the dead Spencer and Campbell forces, and withdrew rather than attack Thor.

After returning to Loren City, Thor learned that Marquis Lehman had died and paid his respects to the family, whose heirs chose to withdraw from controlling the Northern Province. He then returned to Eagle Territory, where his people celebrated his promotion to Count.

• Thor arrived in Loren City, learned Marquis Lehman had died in the Kingdom War, and decided to pay his respects.
• Marquis Lehman's sons agreed to withdraw the Habs Merchant Guild's forces and open the Northern Province, then grew wary when Thor arrived to honor their father.
• The Lehman brothers learned that the Campbell and Spencer Knight Orders had been wiped out, their marquises were dead, and three Sky Knights had fallen.
• Thor led his Knight Order back to the Maine River Valley and found Eagle City completed and Eagle Territory greatly developed.
• Steve, Peros, Joseph, and the people of Eagle Territory welcomed Thor with cheers as their newly promoted Count.

Thor returned to Eagle City and reviewed Eagle Ridge’s progress before laying out a plan to expand its territory across the Northern Province’s eastern region. The chapter ended with Lajos Assad reporting on the Eagle Merchant Guild’s growing reach and the slow expansion into the Northern Frontier.

• Thor returned to Eagle City, where its citizens celebrated his arrival and his aides welcomed him back.
• Joseph reported that Eagle City’s population exceeded fifty-six thousand, its expansion was nearly complete, and construction had begun in Firehawk City.
• Thor announced that his father would send one hundred thousand people and proposed extending Eagle Ridge across a vast eastern region by developing several resource centers first.
• Thor outlined plans to transfer residents from Eagle City and Firehawk City, settle new locations, and offer local lords the choice to sell or join Eagle Ridge.
• Lajos Assad reported that the Eagle Merchant Guild operated throughout the Northern Province, expected profits to rise twelve percent, and had established ties with thirty-four Pioneer Knights in the Northern Frontier.

Thor strengthened the Eagle Merchant Guild and his knights after returning to Eagle Ridge, then learned that kingdom-wide unrest was approaching. Baron Pape and Joz Anubi decided to relocate west and merge their eastern lands into Thor’s territory, completing its planned boundaries.

• Thor told Lajos Assad to expand the Eagle Merchant Guild, seek support from allied families, and develop in other provinces.
• Thor promised Steve and Peros three Intermediate Life Potions and a Top-Grade Knight's Breathing Technique to help them reach Earth Knight within half a year, and also gave Lajos three potions.
• Thor read the Daily Intelligence, which warned of coming kingdom unrest and attacks in several provinces, then planned to focus on his own territory.
• Baron Pape and Joz Anubi visited Thor and said they would relocate west, merge their eastern territories into Eagle Ridge, and seek opportunities in the Northern Frontier.
• Thor agreed to help them choose new lands and relocate, leaving Marshall to register the expanded territory in the royal capital ten days later.

Thor organized Eagle Territory’s expansion, knight orders, merit system, and construction while Marquis Engel negotiated for new land. The chapter ended with Marquis Engel stunned and angered by the Spencer Family’s demand for a million gold coins or a High-Grade Life Potion in exchange for territory.

• Thor offered compensation and relocation assistance to seven pioneer nobles, while more than a dozen Pioneer Knights joined Eagle Ridge.
• Thor planned four Knight Orders and asked Steve, newly advanced to Earth Knight, to assess whether they could be established within three years.
• Thor began revising the Merit Points system and coordinated territory-wide construction with his stewards.
• Marquis Engel sent an initial group of more than thirty thousand people to Eagle Ridge, and construction accelerated across the Northern Province.
• The Dreyrosa Family assessed newly available territory after major losses among the kingdom’s nobles and the Spencer Family.
• Michael told Marquis Engel that the Spencer Family offered to cede three hundred miles of territory but demanded that the past dispute be dropped and one million gold coins or a bottle of High-Grade Life Potion be paid.

Marquis Engel condemned the Spencer Family and demanded compensation, while the weakened family came under mounting attacks from rival nobles. The Spencer Family failed to secure help or a kingdom investiture and faced an escalating threat of destruction.

• Marquis Engel accepted the northern Counts’ demand for three years of protection, arranged the purchase of towns, and ordered the Spencer Family to pay two hundred thousand gold coins for attacking Thor Dressrosa.
• Marquis Engel’s declaration made the Spencer Family a target, and nobles began attacking its caravans and raiding its resource sites.
• The Spencer Family’s remaining leaders argued over their cooperation with a hidden group and the kingdom’s delay in investing their new Marquis.
• The Spencer Family decided to send an uncle to negotiate with the group, while refusing the Dreyrosa Family’s compensation demand.
• The Spencer Family failed to meet its supposed allies, and nobles grew bolder after learning its Marquis had not been invested.

After the Spencer and Campbell Families were destroyed by unknown forces, the Dreyrosa Family gained vast new territory and registered its expanded domain. Meanwhile, a secret religious faction began organizing across the provinces, while Thor remained unaware and focused on developing Eagle Ridge.

• The Spencer Family's castle was reduced to ruins overnight, and nobles suspected the Dreyrosa Family but found no evidence it had acted.
• Families took over Spencer resources and offered nearby sites, including Qinghai Lake, to Count Engel, who accepted them.
• Michael registered the Dreyrosa Family's expanded territory, which included Western Moon Province, Qinghai Lake, and its eastern and northern lands.
• The Campbell Family was destroyed more than ten days after the Spencer Family, as secret black-robed figures coordinated efforts to spread their influence across the kingdom.
• Thor stayed focused on developing Eagle Ridge, and two months after his return the territory's expansion was underway.

Thor managed Eagle Ridge’s growth and learned that Marquis Engel had expanded the Dreyrosa Family’s territory before receiving approval for Canaan Academy’s special recruitment assessment. He entered the academy as a Mental Body and was welcomed by Carroll.

• Thor accepted the Assad Family’s withdrawal from the slave trade and gave them a two-percent share in the Eagle Merchant Guild.
• Thor learned from Marquis Engel’s letter that the Dreyrosa Family had taken territory in the east and north, including Qinghai Lake, and destroyed the Spencer Family.
• Thor told a knight to ask Marquis Engel to keep relocating people and offered to send grain if needed.
• Thor’s Temporary Canaan Academy Pass announced that his assessment application had been approved and instructed him to connect his Mental Power within three days.
• Thor connected his Mental Power and was transported as a Mental Body to Canaan Academy, where an elf girl guided him toward the academy.
• Carroll welcomed Thor at the entrance to the academy.

Thor arrived at Canaan Academy’s Illusory Domain to take the Special Recruitment Assessment and learned that his Domain Prototype placed him in the Half-step Saint Domain category. Though the rules required him to challenge a Saint Domain opponent, Thor eagerly accepted, while Amur Carson failed his assessment.

• Lecturer Carol explained Canaan Academy’s special recruitment, access levels, and the Illusory Domain created by Soul Mentor Elisandre.
• Carol brought Thor to the assessment arena, where Thor recognized Fapuer among the other candidates and met Mentor Emory.
• Emory ruled that Thor had to challenge a Saint Domain opponent because he had constructed a Domain Prototype, and Thor accepted without complaint.
• Amur Carson challenged an Earth Knight projection but lost and was ordered to leave Canaan Academy within half an hour.
• Emory called for the next candidate, leaving Fapuer nervous after witnessing Amur Carson’s failure.

Thor began the Special Recruit assessment against a Saint Domain opponent whose Gravity Domain threatened to overwhelm him. He countered with his Death Law, and as his domain faltered under the opponent’s renewed pressure, he poured more power into it.

• Fapuer used Wind Wings to fight the projected Sky Knight, defeated it with a Tier 4 spell, and passed the assessment.
• Thor entered the arena to face a Saint Domain opponent, while Canaan Academy students and three arriving girls watched.
• The illusory opponent revealed that his domain was the Gravity Domain and crushed Thor with its immense pressure.
• Thor spread his Death Domain to resist, astonishing the spectators and prompting Carroll to suspect Thor’s power came from a divine source.
• The opponent expanded his domain and shattered the undead within Thor’s domain, so Thor drove his Life Source Power into his Death Law Imprint to reinforce it.

Thor’s Death Domain revived and began suppressing the assessment’s Saint Domain, astonishing the students watching at Canaan Academy. Jax infused the projection’s domain with Divine Domain power to test Thor’s connection to Thanatos, and Thor’s domain began to shatter under the pressure.

• Thor’s Death Domain stabilized, restored its undead and skeletons, and pushed the illusory figure’s Gravity Domain into a stalemate.
• Delilah identified Thor as a Count of the Tulip Kingdom, while Fapuer and the gathered students watched in shock as Thor held his ground against a Saint Domain.
• Above the arena, Ryze told Jax that the gods’ power was reviving and that he wanted to check whether Thor carried the divinity of Thanatos, the God of Death.
• Jax infused the illusory figure’s Saint Domain with a trace of Divine Domain power, causing Thor’s domain to rapidly collapse and annihilating tens of thousands of undead and skeletons.
• Thor was stunned by the sudden change, while the illusory figure wondered whether Thor would prove exceptional and noted that he might rival an ordinary Saint Domain Knight if he reached the peak of Sky Knight.

Thor used the Thunder Spear’s power and the Law of Thunder to stabilize his Death Domain and challenge Jax’s Gravity Domain. After entering the opposing Domain, he unleashed a massive Thunder Hammer from the storm clouds above the arena, leaving its impact unresolved.

• Thor revealed the Law of Thunder and the Thunder Spear, restoring his collapsing Domain and stopping the phantom figure’s Gravity Domain from advancing.
• Ryze and Jax realized Thor possessed a Divine Artifact Phantom connected to God of Thunder Perun, in addition to Thanatos’s divine inheritance.
• Thor’s Death and Thunder powers began invading the Gravity Domain, and he stepped inside despite the crushing pressure, with his strength nearly spent.
• Thor told the phantom figure to look at the sky, burned through his remaining power, and summoned a colossal silver-white Thunder Hammer.
• Thor shouted for the Thunder Hammer to fall, and it tore through the storm clouds toward the arena.