Chapter Summaries

Kael and Haili arrived in Sacred Leaf for their marriage alliance, bringing prestigious betrothal gifts from the Xuan Tribe. At Haili’s family gathering, Rex challenged the alliance and provoked Kael, while Kael remained confused about the confrontation.

• Kael worried about his infant daughter as he and Haili rode toward her family residence in Sacred Leaf.
• Haili’s father welcomed Kael eagerly and rushed to inspect the betrothal gifts, especially the covered elf painting.
• Haili’s father recognized the painting as an original by the Elf Queen and felt relieved that its value had been kept private from the guests.
• Rex objected to the family alliance, claiming both families lacked powerful experts to defend their wealth and status.
• Haili explained that Rex was a distant relative who had recently reached the Seventh Tier and was likely jealous of Kael.
• Haili’s father ordered Rex to stop interfering in family affairs, but Rex waved his fist provocatively at Kael.

At Haili’s wedding send-off, Kael ignored the guests’ doubts about his strength while Rex tried to make himself look like the family’s protector. The procession encountered Qi En and Sola fleeing pursuers, and Rex stepped in as Kael faced the approaching danger.

• Guests gossiped that Kael was weaker than Rex, but Kael and Haili remained unbothered as Haili’s father sent them off with her dowry gifts.
• Kael learned that Haili’s relatives had to accompany the couple partway to complete the send-off custom, then rode toward the family estate with the procession.
• Qi En and Sola, guided by Xuan Sheng, fled toward the royal city while more than a dozen powerful pursuers chased them.
• Kael recognized Qi En and Sola as they rushed past and turned coldly toward their pursuers.
• Rex blocked the black-clad pursuers and claimed the family was under his protection, believing his staged display would help him displace Kael and Haili.

At Kael’s arranged-marriage ceremony, Morning Wind’s Special Envoys attacked, and Kael killed them after they murdered Rex. Qi En and Sola escaped with the second fragment, while Xuan Sheng anticipated that the massacre would provoke Morning Wind and bring a future clash with Ater.

• Rex confronted the disguised Morning Wind envoys, who transformed and killed him in front of the ceremony guests.
• Kael stepped forward to stop the envoys from leaving and killed their werewolf leader with a single blow.
• Kael revealed peak Eighth Tier strength and demanded that the remaining envoys kneel or die.
• Qi En and Sola left Sacred Leaf with the second fragment, and Xuan God told them to return to the Xuan Tribe because Kael would follow.
• Xuan Sheng watched Kael amid the corpses and recognized that the killings would inflame Morning Wind.

Kael defeated the Morning Wind Special Envoys at Haili’s family ceremony and reassured the shaken guests that he would take responsibility. Meanwhile, Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing prepared to return to Lone Star City, while Fujii chose to keep Tongtian City’s secret defense device in reserve.

• Kael apologized to the guests after killing the Morning Wind Special Envoys, and Haili stopped him from needlessly worrying that they would be blamed.
• Haili’s father and the guests praised Kael and congratulated the family on gaining such a powerful son-in-law.
• Yi Qing woke beside Xuan Sheng, and they agreed to return to Lone Star City after collecting the Cloud Demon Pearl Fei Hua had bought.
• Xuan Sheng accepted the Cloud Demon Pearl from Fei Hua and told her to keep searching for the fragments, though her network had found no leads.
• Qingsake asked Fujii whether to act against the returning Lone Star City group, but Fujii ordered him to keep Tongtian City’s Spirit Impact charm device in reserve.

Xuan Sheng completed Ling Feng’s task and chose the Multiple Cast skill despite its unpredictability and drawbacks for a mage. Ling Feng granted him the skill, while Xuan Sheng realized his Eye of God’s Deduction ability could let him foresee and control when it triggered.

• Ling Feng approved the Cloud Demon Pearl material and gave Xuan Sheng an ancient book listing spell names.
• Ling Feng recognized Yi Qing as Hain’s disciple and invited her to join the War College, but she declined because her master would not allow it.
• Xuan Sheng found the Multiple Cast skill, and Ling Feng warned him that its random extra casts could waste mana.
• Xuan Sheng chose Multiple Cast, confident that his Eye of God’s Deduction ability could reveal when it would trigger.
• Ling Feng granted Xuan Sheng Multiple Cast and offered to erase it if he regretted choosing it.

Xuan Sheng learned that reputation would determine how many troops he could lead and agreed to avoid Lone Star City's visiting Legends. He accepted Yi Qing's request to explore the Fourth Rift with her, while Mo Rui worried as Lilith's mental endurance worsened during training.

• Ling Feng told Xuan Sheng that reputation was the only thing he could prepare to recruit troops and warned him to avoid the Legends arriving in Lone Star City.
• Xuan Sheng returned to Blood Rose, found Mo Rui and Sui Qin absent, and prepared to explore the wilderness for experience and reputation.
• Yi Qing invited Xuan Sheng to explore the Fourth Rift, and he accepted her quest and formed a party with her.
• Mo Rui noticed that Lilith had become more skilled at controlling her strength but was suffering headaches and losing focus more easily.
• Mo Rui gave Lilith Spirit Crystals to help stabilize her mind.

Little Lilith was nearly overwhelmed by the real Lilith’s consciousness, but hid the threat from Mo Rui and returned to Blood Rose. Meanwhile, Hain met Xuan Sheng, approved of him as Yi Qing’s partner, and sent the pair into a pit to locate spatial gaps while her curiosity about his identity grew.

• The real Lilith failed to erase Little Lilith’s consciousness and withdrew to recover, while Little Lilith clung to Mo Rui and cried that she missed Daddy.
• Little Lilith heard the real Lilith threaten to kill everyone if she revealed her, so she pretended to be fine and went back toward Blood Rose with Mo Rui.
• Hain bluntly asked Xuan Sheng if he was the man Yi Qing kept mentioning, then inspected him while Yi Qing watched with a calm, displeased gaze.
• Hain tasked Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing with finding and reporting the locations of the gaps inside the deep pit.
• After Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing entered the pit, Hain wondered whether Xuan Sheng was a hybrid like her and resolved to uncover his secret.

Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing explored the Fourth Rift, where Xuan Sheng used the Eye of God to locate spatial fluctuations and speed through their search mission. Their way was blocked by a sleeping Abyssal Worm, which Xuan Sheng froze and destroyed with a powerful combination of spells.

• Yi Qing secretly gazed at Xuan Sheng affectionately while they explored the Fourth Rift and explained that she regularly cleared monsters from its unstable passages.
• Xuan Sheng used the Eye of God to find a spatial fluctuation, and he and Yi Qing completed nearly eighty percent of their mission in an hour.
• Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing found a sleeping Abyssal Worm blocking the passage and decided to attack it.
• Xuan Sheng triggered Multiple Cast to launch nine Frost Rays, freezing the worm and suppressing its regeneration.
• Xuan Sheng used Ice Burst to shatter the frozen worm and deal 143,640 damage, destroying it in a shower of blood.

Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing quickly mapped the Fourth Rift, and Hain went to repair its unstable spaces. Later, Master Hel examined the sealed sword from Tongtian City and said he could not unseal it by forging.

• Weeping reached the threshold to break through after Xuan Sheng defeated the insect boss, and Xuan Sheng explained that he had learned Multiple Cast from Ling Feng.
• Xuan Sheng found a Sleep Pendant and decided to save it to sell to Zhang Zhan, then continued exploring the rift with Yi Qing.
• Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing finished mapping the Fourth Rift in under two hours, and Hain took their detailed map to repair the spatial gaps.
• Xuan Sheng received quest rewards and chose not to ask Hain about her parents, then went with Yi Qing to see Master Hel about equipment.
• Master Hel examined the sealed sword from Tongtian City and told Xuan Sheng that only its original unsealing method could remove the seal.

Xuan Sheng set aside the Sealed Sword and asked Hell for advice on strengthening the Mechanical Staff. While Hell taught him about blacksmithing, Xuan Sheng received a remarkable forging manual from his vassals and ordered them to submit a new set of notes each year.

• Xuan Sheng learned that the Sealed Sword’s final seals could only be removed in Tongtian City, so he decided not to unseal it.
• Hell advised Xuan Sheng to use ice-attributed materials if he wanted to advance the Mechanical Staff along the Ice Mage route.
• Hell began teaching Xuan Sheng how forging, repairing, strengthening, and advancing weapons improved a blacksmith’s proficiency.
• Shan presented Xuan Sheng with the Ninth Tier Forging Master's Enlightenment, experience notes that could raise a blacksmith’s skill by ten levels.
• Xuan Sheng praised Shan and ordered him to submit a set of Experience Notes every year for review.

The Xuan Tribe celebrated Lord Xuan God’s approval, but Ti reminded them that his requests for their Experience Notes reflected concern for their progress. Meanwhile, Xuan Sheng began strengthening Yi Qing’s Growth Weapon and succeeded on her first attempt.

• Shan, Nan, and the old man celebrated Lord Xuan God’s apparent approval of their offering and development plans.
• Ti told them that Lord Xuan God asked for their Experience Notes to keep track of their progress, and urged them to keep striving for his genuine pride.
• Xuan Sheng took over the blacksmith’s station and asked Yi Qing for equipment to strengthen.
• Yi Qing handed Xuan Sheng her Azure Legacy-tier dagger, Shadowbind, and revealed she had another Growth Weapon given to her by her master.
• Xuan Sheng used See Through while hammering the dagger and successfully increased its strengthening level and her forging level.

Xuan Sheng enhanced Yi Qing’s two daggers to +6, gained forging levels, and traded his Experience Notes to Hel for keys to the Ancient Dwarf Ruins. As Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing prepared to explore the ruins, a powerful boss began attacking Lone Star City.

• Xuan Sheng enhanced Yi Qing’s two growth-type daggers to +6, raising his forging level and stunning Hel.
• Xuan Sheng used the Experience Notes to raise his forging level to Lv.27, and Hel became captivated by the notes’ contents.
• Hel gave Xuan Sheng two Secret Keys to the Ancient Dwarf Ruins in exchange for the Experience Notes.
• Xuan Sheng told Yi Qing that he wanted to explore the ruins for items that could change attributes and benefit his familiars.
• Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing decided to enter the ruins, but warnings announced that a powerful boss was attacking Lone Star City and ordered everyone to flee.

A massive abyssal rift opened outside Lone Star City, and an Undead Dragon emerged, threatening to destroy the city. Yetis chased it down and burned it to ashes, while a fleeing remnant of its power landed inside the Ancient Flying Dragon Eggshell in Xuan Sheng's backpack.

• Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing left Hell's underground residence after the city warned its residents about the opening rift, and Sui Qin hurried them toward Blood Rose.
• A dragon emerged from the rift and burned more than half the city wall with its breath, while Xuan Sheng realized it was fleeing something rather than attacking by choice.
• Ling Feng and the others saw Yetis catch up to the Undead Dragon as it tried to escape the rift.
• Yetis engulfed the Undead Dragon in black flames and reduced it to ashes, revealing power far beyond what Ling Feng had expected.
• A gray-white radiance escaped the dragon's remains and landed inside the Ancient Flying Dragon Eggshell in Xuan Sheng's backpack.

Yetis defeated an Undead Dragon that had charged into Lone Star City and gave its valuable corpse to the city as repayment. After the city secured the dragon, Ling Feng hosted Yetis and wondered about her relationship with Xuan Sheng.

• Yetis apologized to Ling Feng and Venerable Qing He for the damage caused by the Undead Dragon, explaining that she had hunted it in the Abyss.
• Yetis offered the Undead Dragon's corpse to Lone Star City to repay her debt, and Master Hel eagerly took charge of it.
• Xuan Sheng confronted Yetis for entering the Abyss and risking her safety, and Yetis apologized for worrying him.
• Ling Feng arranged for the area around the dragon to be sealed off while Venerable Qing He guarded it against spies and opportunists.
• Ling Feng received Yetis in a room at the War College and asked about her relationship with Xuan Sheng.

Ling Feng tried to persuade Xuan Sheng to make Yetis stay in Lone Star City, mistaking their closeness for a romance. Xuan Sheng refused to interfere with Yetis’s choice and said he would take her place if the Abyss threatened the city.

• Yetis said Li Xunsheng had been the person she could rely on most, and Ling Feng mistakenly assumed they were romantically involved.
• Ling Feng asked Yetis to join Lone Star City, but she firmly said she was returning to the Upper Realm.
• Ling Feng pulled Xuan Sheng aside and angrily asked why he was letting Yetis leave without trying to keep her.
• Xuan Sheng explained that Yetis had her own unfinished business and that he wanted her to live happily and choose her own path.
• Ling Feng urged Xuan Sheng to persuade Yetis to stay for the sake of Lone Star City, but Xuan Sheng refused and said he would take her place if the city faced danger.
• Xuan Sheng returned to the room, leaving Ling Feng outside lamenting that the young man was foolish to put his companions’ lives at risk.

Ling Feng discussed how Ironblood would handle the Undead Dragon’s corpse and offered Yetis a share of its materials, while Xuan Sheng and Yetis spoke about her journey to the Abyss and her plans to grow stronger. They returned to Blood Rose, where Sui Qin learned that Ling Feng had called for her to help process the dragon’s remains.

• Ling Feng told Yetis that her victory would attract recruiters and proposed limiting access to the dragon’s body to trusted people; Yetis refused recruitment, and Xuan Sheng had no objections to the candidates.
• Ling Feng offered Yetis dragon materials, but she looked to Xuan Sheng, who declined; Ling Feng said Li Xunsheng would still receive equipment made from dragon materials.
• Xuan Sheng asked Yetis how she reached the Abyss, and she explained that she had tried to break through the world while trying to return; he told her to keep getting stronger before leaving.
• Xuan Sheng returned to Blood Rose, where Mo Rui, Yi Qing, and Lilith welcomed him, while Sui Qin celebrated the prospect of a vacation.
• Xuan Sheng told Sui Qin that Ling Feng had summoned her to help dismember the dragon’s corpse, and her joy turned to despair.

Xuan Sheng learned that the Ancient Flying Dragon's egg was recovering and could hatch on its own, then decided to send his Vassals to confront a dragon. Sui Qin fled after learning Yetis, who had killed the Undead Dragon, was staying at the tavern, while Shan wondered whether Xuan Sheng had ordered them to subdue a dragon.

• Sui Qin examined Xuan Sheng's egg and found that it was likely to hatch into a pure Dragon Species, but admitted she did not know how to raise one.
• Xuan Sheng decided to seek pet-raising advice and considered sending his Vassals to capture the dragon in the mountain range.
• Mo Rui told Sui Qin that Yetis had come from the Upper Realm and had killed the Undead Dragon, prompting Sui Qin to rush off to the War College.
• Xuan Sheng invited Yi Qing to walk with him in the wilderness, leaving Mo Rui watching them sadly.
• At the City of Qi temple, Shan wondered whether she had sensed Xuan Sheng ordering them to subdue a dragon and looked to Ti for confirmation.

Ti, Nan, and the Xuan Tribe prepared to investigate and possibly slay the mountain dragon after Shan sensed that Lord Xuan God wanted them to act. Meanwhile, Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing finished hunting outside Lone Star City and planned to return to the Dwarf Ruins, while Xuan Sheng decided to speak privately with Yi Qing’s Half-Demon mentor about the War College.

• Shan told Ti that she had heard a strange whisper from Lord Xuan God, which Ti doubted.
• Nan argued that the Xuan Tribe had grown strong enough to investigate the dragon, and she wanted to learn about it and its materials.
• Ti agreed to prepare an expedition to the mountain, hoping to surprise Lord Xuan God and test Shan’s sensing.
• Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing reached level 25 while hunting monsters outside Lone Star City, then headed back for the night.
• Xuan Sheng planned to ask Yi Qing’s Half-Demon mentor about the War College without letting Yi Qing know.

Xuan Sheng reflected on his night with Yi Qing while Haili, Kael, and their daughter Xiao Di welcomed Haili’s mother, Cui Si, at Kael’s farmhouse. Cui Si asked them to help establish trade connections between her family and the Xuan Tribe.

• Xuan Sheng held the exhausted Yi Qing and worried about the tavern’s soundproofing before turning his thoughts to seeing his familiar.
• Haili struggled to keep up with Xiao Di, and Kael carried their daughter as the family joked together.
• Kael told Xiao Di to behave because they were going to pick up her grandmother, and Cui Si arrived by carriage.
• Cui Si praised Kael’s reputation after he defeated more than ten Eighth Tier experts at the wedding alliance ceremony.
• Cui Si explained that Haili’s family had grown influential and asked for help arranging trade connections with the Xuan Tribe.

Cui Si visited the Xuan Tribe as Saint Leaf’s envoy to negotiate for its defensive Spirit Artifacts, though she intended to protect her family’s interests rather than secure favorable terms for Their Majesty. Shan welcomed her and prepared to show her the items the Xuan Tribe was willing to trade, while worrying that Cui Si might notice they were defective reserves.

• Cui Si reunited with Haili, Kael, and her granddaughter Xiao Di before setting off to meet Leader Shan about trade.
• Cui Si admired the Xuan Tribe’s orderly city and was startled when the speaking White Wolf identified her at the temple entrance.
• Shan greeted Cui Si and received her request to purchase the Xuan Tribe’s defensive Spirit Artifacts.
• Shan led Cui Si onward, privately uneasy because the items available for trade were defective and the tribe’s true reserves were off-limits.