Chapter Summaries

Thor returned to Count Engel’s castle, where he recounted his rise in the Northern Province and received his father’s advice. Count Engel warned him that a Kingdom War could begin within two years, presenting an opportunity for Thor and the Dreyrosa Family, and promised him greater support.

• Thor thanked Count Engel for the knights, officials, and craftsmen who had helped establish his territory, then described his experiences in the Northern Province.
• Count Engel praised Thor’s achievements while advising him that freeing slaves had been rash, clearing missions required more caution, and he had given his second brother too much in their alliance.
• Count Engel gave Thor a book about the Kingdom War and explained how the Dreyrosa Family had risen through past wars, including the heavy losses that had left only Dimon Dreyrosa alive in the last one.
• Count Engel said the next Kingdom War could begin within two years and described it as a chance for Thor and the Dreyrosa Family to gain higher titles; Thor said he was prepared.
• Count Engel promised Thor greater support and warned him to keep Anna hidden to avoid provoking the Kalenina Family or the Elven Race.

Thor returned home and gave Count Engel a Life Fruit, which could help him advance from Earth Knight to Sky Knight. Count Engel discovered that Thor had already become a Great Knight and accepted the fruit, planning to prepare carefully for the breakthrough.

• Count Engel warned Thor to rest while he prepared for the issues surrounding Anna and Karenina, and Thor reassured him that Ryan and Steve could protect the territory.
• Thor gave Count Engel a wooden box containing a Life Fruit, which Count Engel recognized after inspecting it that night.
• Count Engel summoned Thor the next morning and urged him to keep the fruit, saying Thor needed it more for his own future.
• Thor revealed his Great Knight-level Life Source Power, shocking Count Engel with how far his son had advanced.
• Thor persuaded Count Engel to accept the Life Fruit, and Count Engel planned to seek the ingredients for a High-Grade Life Potion before attempting to become a Sky Knight.

Thor returned to Dressrosa and took charge of training the family’s younger boys, encouraging them with a weeklong competition and a Life Potion reward. He left them resolved to train harder, with Carter leading the first day and Liya in last place.

• Count Engel told Thor to rest and help keep his younger brothers in line, then ordered Michael to search personally for Purple Gold Grass and hand the fledglings’ training to Thor.
• Thor gave Il and Clay Divine Wood Fruits and spent his day off answering their questions about the Northern Province and his life as a Pioneer Knight.
• Thor arrived at the training grounds and silenced the boys by unleashing his chilling Life Source Power before promising an Intermediate Life Potion to the week’s hardest trainer.
• The young boys trained with renewed effort while Thor supervised them throughout the day.
• Thor awarded Carter Dressrosa first place for training nearly all day and gave Liya last place, explaining how their effort compared with the others.
• Thor told the boys to rest and prepare medicinal baths so they could continue training the next day.

Thor’s training rewards transformed the young eagles’ efforts, and Count Engel made the competition a permanent rule for the Dreyrosa Family. Count Engel then sent Thor to Pat City to investigate a possible Purple Gold Flower at the Assad Family, while Thor’s Daily Intelligence revealed several events at the castle.

• Thor awarded Carter an Intermediate Life Potion for placing first and announced a month-long competition with rewards for the top three and penalties for the bottom three.
• Count Engel and Michael agreed to make the annual training competition a lasting family rule, then discussed confirmed Purple Gold Grass at the kingdom’s auction and a possible source at the Assad Family.
• Thor cultivated his Knight’s Breathing Technique and estimated that he would reach the middle stage of Great Knight within two months.
• Count Engel asked Thor to travel with Marshall to Pat City and see whether he could obtain the Assad Family’s Purple Gold Flower, and Thor agreed to leave the next day.
• Thor’s Daily Intelligence reported Ende’s impending Life Seed awakening, a secret ritual planned by Lorris and Engri, a Boar Beast’s upcoming birth, and Michael’s temperamental horse.

Thor traveled with Marshall, Morris, and a large convoy toward Pat City, where he hoped to obtain Purple Gold Grass and an incomplete Knight's Breathing Technique. After crossing Emerson territory, he learned that Count Emerson's wife still blamed the Dreyrosa Family for Corin losing his territory.

• Thor read that the Assad Family auction would feature Purple Gold Grass and that a down-and-out knight in Pat City would sell an incomplete Breathing Technique capable of supporting cultivation to Sky Knight.
• Thor departed for Pat City with Marshall, Peros, Anna, and more than a hundred members of the Knight Order; Morris joined them at his father's request.
• The convoy passed through the Frost Moon Province and encountered Azure Grey Wolves only once during the journey.
• Marshall learned that the Emerson Family had raised its toll to fifty silver coins per wagon, and Thor's group paid the increased fee to leave the territory.
• After the convoy passed Emerson territory, Count Emerson's wife accused the Dreyrosa Family of taking Corin's territory, while Count Emerson refused to intercept the convoy or pay ransom.

Thor arrived in Pat City with his group and explored the city before witnessing a beast duel. When the Azure Grey Wolf suddenly attacked the crowd, Thor killed it with one strike, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Thor and his group entered Pat City and settled into the Dreyrosa Family's courtyard while Marshall handled their supplies.
• After dinner, Morris showed Thor around Pat City, where they came across a beast duel between a Great Strength Bear and an Azure Grey Wolf.
• The Azure Grey Wolf defeated the Great Strength Bear, and its handler Aymor taunted the losing noble, Aven.
• Aymor secretly stirred his Mental Power, causing the Azure Grey Wolf to attack Thor and Morris as the crowd panicked.
• The Azure Grey Wolf nearly overwhelmed Morris, but Thor froze it and cut off its head with one strike, shocking the crowd.

Thor and Anna clashed with Knight Captain Degory after he sided with Aymor and tried to arrest them over the death of Aymor’s Azure Grey Wolf. Thor’s cousin Ruby intervened, ordered Aymor arrested, and knocked Degory away.

• Aymor accused Morris and Thor of killing his Azure Grey Wolf, while Morris argued that the beast had lost control.
• Degory arrived with the Pat City Knight Order, accused Thor’s group of starting a fight, and ordered them taken away.
• Thor cited Kingdom Law and struck Aymor, injuring his hand with frost as Degory attacked him.
• Anna enhanced Thor with magic, and Thor fought Degory with powerful Ice Element Life Source Power.
• Ruby arrived with another Knight Order, heard Morris’s account, and ordered Aymor arrested.
• Ruby intervened in Thor and Degory’s fight, blocked Thor’s sword, and kicked Degory away.

Thor reunited with his cousin Rubi Dreyrosa, who intervened after Thor injured Aymor and helped establish that Thor was a Baron. After a celebratory visit with Rubi’s family, the chapter ended with Aymor learning that his frost-damaged right arm might only be restored with a High-Grade Life Potion.

• Rubi stopped Degory from confronting Thor and warned him not to frame the Dreyrosa Family.
• Thor showed Rubi his Noble Medal, and Rubi agreed to demand ten thousand gold coins from the Emerson Family for Aymor’s attack.
• Rubi took Thor, Morris, and Anna to his home, where Thor met Rubi’s wife and sons, Sol Dreyrosa and Koby Dreyrosa.
• Thor and Rubi talked at a banquet, and the group stayed at Rubi’s home.
• Aymor learned that an Intermediate Life Potion was unlikely to heal his frost-damaged arm, leaving him furious and afraid.

Aylin punished Aymor and Degory over their clash with Ruby, and Ruby gave Thor the compensation of three thousand gold coins and three Intermediate Life Potions. At the Assad auction, Ruby explained the hidden strength of the great families, and Thor surprised him and Morris by producing an Assad Family Gold Card.

• Aylin struck Aymor, stripped Degory of his position in the Pat Knight Order, and ordered Aymor to pay three thousand gold coins.
• Aylin warned Aymor not to offend Ruby and left him and Degory despondent.
• Ruby gave Thor three thousand gold coins and three Intermediate Life Potions, and Thor accepted them after Ruby reminded him of gifts Thor had given his children.
• Thor, Ruby, and Morris entered the Assad auction and discussed how the Assad, Dreyrosa, Emerson, and Pat families concealed much of their strength.
• Ruby said an Assad Family Gold Card would make buying Purple Gold Grass easier, and Thor produced one, leaving Ruby and Morris stunned.

Thor used an Assad Family gold card to secure Purple Gold Grass for the Dreyrosa Family, despite its short shelf life. Count Assad approved a direct sale for twenty thousand gold coins as an early investment in Thor, and the chapter ended with Ruby and Morris discussing the dangers of developing Northern Province.

• Thor showed Ruby and Morris an Assad Family gold card and asked auction manager Deli Assad whether he could reserve Purple Gold Grass.
• Deli explained that the grass had been poorly preserved and would last less than half a year, but Thor decided to pursue it because his father already had the other ingredients for a High-Grade Life Potion.
• Deli reported Thor's request to Count Assad, who recognized Lajos's gold card and approved a direct sale for twenty thousand gold coins.
• Thor paid for the Purple Gold Grass, and he and Ruby confirmed that the contents of the delivered wooden box were in good condition.
• Ruby and Morris asked how Thor knew the Assad Family, and Thor explained that he had met one of its descendants in Northern Province.
• Morris said he wanted to develop Northern Province, but Ruby warned him that the frontier was dangerous and recalled that an Emerson Family pioneer had lost his territory.

Thor attended an auction in Pat City, bought a Stone of Thunder, and asked Ruby to find a Wandering Knight selling relic items. After learning how difficult it was to become a noble through pioneering, Thor found the trader and bought his pile of relic junk for one gold coin.

• Ruby bought a set of Golden Armor, Thor bought a Stone of Thunder, and Morris had to pass on a Knight's Lance because he lacked the money.
• Thor asked Ruby to locate a Wandering Knight selling relic items, then explained that pioneering required substantial resources and survival through ten years of danger before a noble title could be granted.
• Ruby and Morris reconsidered sending their descendants to become Pioneer Knights, and Thor said military merit during an Orc assault offered a better route to a barony.
• Ruby found the Wandering Knight at the Druby Trading Post, and Thor went there with Morris and Anna.
• Thor bargained with Andrew, a scruffy middle-aged trader, and bought his pile of relic items for one gold coin.

Thor returned to Dressrosa with the Purple Gold Grass after a smooth journey and discovered that the discarded relics he had bought contained the Silver Moon Breathing Technique. The technique greatly accelerated his cultivation, and he presented the Purple Gold Grass to Count Engel, who welcomed him with a banquet.

• Thor bought the relics quietly, then left Pat City with Marshall and Morris after learning their caravan had earned more than expected.
• During the return journey, the Star-Moon Festival's silver moonlight revealed text and figures on the relics, and Thor had Anna record them with an Image Recording Spell.
• Thor studied the recording and learned the relics contained an incomplete Silver Moon Breathing Technique capable of reaching the peak of Sky Knight; he began cultivating it and made rapid progress.
• Thor and the group returned to Dressrosa Town, where Count Engel welcomed them and learned Thor had secured the Purple Gold Grass.
• Thor handed Count Engel the Purple Gold Grass, and Count Engel thanked him and took him to a prepared banquet.

Thor gave Count Engel Purple Gold Grass and revealed the Silver Moon Breathing Technique, greatly improving his chances of becoming a Sky Knight. After Count Engel left for the royal capital, Thor stayed with the Dreyrosa Family, trained its young knights, and advanced his own cultivation.

• Thor gave Count Engel Purple Gold Grass, which he planned to combine with the Life Fruit and Star-Moon Fruit to make a High-Grade Life Potion.
• Thor showed Count Engel an Image Stone containing the incomplete Silver Moon Breathing Technique, raising Count Engel's chance of breaking through to Sky Knight to eighty percent.
• Count Engel explained that powerful Knight's Breathing Techniques were tightly restricted and told Thor to oversee the family while he traveled to the royal capital with Michael.
• After Count Engel departed, Thor trained the Dreyrosa youngsters and saw their Life Source Power grow, especially Carter's.
• A month passed peacefully, and Thor advanced to Mid Great Knight soon after returning home, drawing close to Late Great Knight.

Thor’s father, Count Engel, returned with two bottles of High-Grade Life Potion and gave Thor a legendary Knight’s Sword before entering seclusion. Engel broke through to Sky Knight in one attempt, strengthening the Dreyrosa Family, and Thor accepted the remaining potion for use in the Northern Province.

• Thor cultivated the Silver Moon Breathing Technique and considered how it might let him reach Earth Knight within two years.
• Count Engel returned with two bottles of High-Grade Life Potion and promised one to Thor before entering seclusion to attempt a breakthrough.
• Count Engel gave Thor a black Knight’s Sword once wielded by the legendary Earth Knight Cadmus.
• Thor practiced with the sword for several days while waiting for news of his father’s breakthrough.
• Count Engel emerged from seclusion as a Sky Knight and credited Thor’s help for his success.
• Thor accepted the remaining High-Grade Life Potion from Count Engel.

After Count Engel broke through to Sky Knight, Thor asked him to recruit alchemists and clerks for his territory. Count Engel then revealed the Dreyrosa Family’s extensive network of territories and Pioneer Knight branches, leaving Thor shocked by the family’s true scale.

• Count Engel credited Thor’s Life Fruit, Purple Gold Grass, and Silver Moon Breathing Technique for helping him break through to Sky Knight.
• Thor asked Count Engel to find young alchemists capable of brewing Low-Grade Life Potions and provide clerks for his development.
• Count Engel said he would gather alchemists within three days and had transferred ten clerks; he also proposed that Marshall accompany Thor to the Northern Province.
• Count Engel told Thor that Marshall was close to becoming an Earth Knight and that the family had five Earth Knights, including himself before his breakthrough.
• Count Engel explained that Earth Knights who became Pioneer Knights did not count among the family’s five and revealed that the Dreyrosa Family had twelve such knights.
• Count Engel showed Thor a map of the family’s fifty-seven territories, including twelve in the Northern Province, and Thor was stunned by the family’s strength.

Count Engel explained why the Dreyrosa Family hid much of its strength and warned Thor to conceal his own power. Thor reflected on his recent recklessness and accepted his father's advice before preparing to leave in three days.

• Thor questioned why the powerful Dreyrosa Family had not gained the rank of Marquis, and Count Engel revealed that the family’s visible strength was not all it possessed.
• Count Engel pointed out that Wandering Knights and the short lifespans of noble lineages suggested a larger mystery across the Tulip Kingdom and neighboring kingdoms, though he did not know its cause.
• Thor thought that Neil Morton might know more, but Count Engel redirected the lesson toward keeping trump cards and strength hidden.
• Count Engel criticized Thor for acting too openly in Pat City and advised him to focus on developing his territory rather than displaying his martial power.
• Thor recognized that he had been reckless and thanked Count Engel for the lesson; Count Engel told him to rest before setting off in three days.

Thor showed Count Engel Titan Script taken from an orc tribe, and Count Engel feared it signaled a coming Divine Revelation in the Northern Province. After learning how past events had unfolded, Thor argued that the kingdom might detect the danger early, leaving Count Engel to reconsider the threat.

• Thor asked Count Engel to decipher several Parchment Scrolls written in Titan Script, and Count Engel recognized them as a possible oracle from the Titan God.
• Count Engel learned that the scrolls had been seized from an orc tribe and ordered Butler Charlie to confirm a recent attack by the Church of the Alien God.
• Count Engel warned Thor to abandon his territory, withdraw his people, and accept the family’s help with the ransom, then gave him a book about Divine Revelation.
• Thor read the history of the gods’ disappearance and learned that Divine Revelation rituals had caused mass deaths in the past.
• Thor consulted records of earlier Divine Revelations and argued that events discovered quickly had caused limited damage, prompting Count Engel to recognize the pattern and reconsider his panic.

Thor persuaded Count Engel to let him return to his territory despite the danger of Divine Revelation, while Engel warned the kingdom and the royal court mobilized powerful figures to stop the ritual in the Northern Province. The chapter ended with the king reflecting on the threat the gods posed to the Tulip Kingdom and his royal family.

• Count Engel urged Thor to stay home and avoid the danger of Divine Revelation, but Thor insisted that the Northern Province was his opportunity and that he wanted to pursue greater strength.
• Count Engel agreed to let Thor go, warned him to flee if danger arose, and sent Michael to deliver intelligence about the Church of the Alien God through the Fierce Eagles.
• Thor returned to his room, remained uneasy about his choice, and looked to Anna for comfort as the blood moon night deepened.
• Arist told the king and gathered officials that a Divine Revelation ritual had spread through more than half of the Northern Province and would fully activate within three months.
• The king ordered five powerful figures, including Anvar and Sabach, to go after those who had opened Divine Revelation and bring back their leader's head within three months.
• The king reflected on past disasters caused by the gods and worried that failure would cost the Tulip Kingdom its safety and his family its rule.

Thor returned from Frost Moon Province to Loren City with new potion makers and additional knights, then learned that Northern Province had changed during his absence. The Northern Defense Line had stabilized, prompting many nobles to return north and reclaim their territories.

• Count Engel equipped Thor with three potion makers, ten clerks, twenty Formal Knights, and fifty Apprentice Knights, and warned him to withdraw if danger arose.
• Thor promised the potion makers that Anna would train them, and they pledged to serve him after seeing her magic.
• Thor departed with his people and traveled safely for a month before entering Northern Province and passing Marquis Lehman's inspection.
• Thor reached Loren City earlier than expected and noticed that it had become quieter and more desolate.
• Peros reported that the Northern Defense Line had stabilized and that nobles were returning north, using merit to offset the fees for abandoning their territories.

Thor returned to Eagle Territory and found it had grown into a prosperous settlement with stronger forces and expanding wealth. He discovered that western nobles had begun obstructing the Eagle Merchant Guild, leaving him to confront a threat to its growth.

• Thor returned to Eagle Territory with people from Frost Moon Province, who were astonished by its development and his authority there.
• Ryan and Steve greeted Thor, and he learned that Eagle Territory had grown to nearly fifteen thousand people, gained another town, and increased its knight forces and wealth.
• Thor reviewed Steve's reports and noticed that the Eagle Merchant Guild's revenue had stopped growing and recently declined.
• Steve and Ryan explained that western nobles had interfered with the guild, attacked a caravan, and imposed costly checkpoints after its network expanded to sixty-seven Pioneer Lords.