Vol. 4The Forest Veins and Beyond

Linsey pursued Phoenix Grass, uncovered the Riverbank Merchant Guild’s attack on the Forest Veins, and followed the resulting danger toward Echo Valley and the Garden Enclosure. After the Garden Enclosure released a Source Material Tide, Linsey traveled toward the City of Law and learned he needed to sail to the City of a Thousand Sails.

  • Linsey learned Phoenix Grass cost 430 Gold Coins and partnered with Ailini to sell stockings to fund his treatment.
  • Linsey investigated the forest’s growing disturbances, joined Reze’s hunting party, and warned him of danger approaching from the east.
  • Linsey and Reze traced the forest’s mutations to the Riverbank Merchant Guild’s plan to exploit the Forest Veins, and the resulting calamity marked Linsey’s companions with the Forest’s Wrath.
  • Linsey and Green Fir followed the veins to a vast root beneath a mountain that might belong to an existence beyond the Seventh Stage.
  • The Forest Will healed Linsey’s arm and advanced his Life Lineage, then Linsey continued alone toward Echo Valley after killing Ya Li Kun.
  • Linsey rescued Han Si Ke from Echo Cave, treated his wounds, and received a letter of introduction to Lan Di Er before Ka Ji opened a way into the Echo Tunnel.
  • Linsey and Kuit defeated Yulaman Suo Er, releasing a Source Material Tide and ending Mu Le Na Hu En’s attempt to seize the Garden Enclosure’s core.
  • Linsey traveled through Remote Yue City and White City to Cato Island, where he learned that ships sailed to the City of a Thousand Sails.
Chapters 302–401 Read from ch. 302

Arc 13Stockings and the Forest Expedition

Linsey pursued Phoenix Grass to restore his left arm, partnering with Ailini to sell stockings while investigating secret realms and surviving a violent flood. He left Nine Bends City for the wilderness, where escalating forest anomalies led him to warn Reze’s camp of an approaching danger.

  • Linsey learned that Phoenix Grass cost 430 Gold Coins and partnered with Ailini to produce and sell stockings to fund his treatment.
  • Linsey researched the Life Secret Realm, caught and ate a rare Storm Rainbow Trout, and gained lasting increases to his physical abilities.
  • As the forest disturbances worsened, Ailini suggested Mu Le Na Hu En was searching for something to heal his injuries and might eventually drive people from the Courtyard in the Forest.
  • Linsey learned that Han Si Ke was bringing Kuit to Nine Bends City, collected an advance from Ailini, made more stockings, and left the city with Phoenix Grass before the convoy arrived.
  • Mu Le Na Hu En threatened Han Si Ke over Kuit’s fate, but Han Si Ke refused to release the prisoner and insisted on sending him to Remote Yue City for trial.
  • Traveling with an expedition, Linsey witnessed a giant python kill and swallow a human, then joined Reze’s hunting party as the forest’s unrest intensified.
  • Linsey declined Reze’s offer to join the Exploration Team, asked Weikena to watch the camp, and warned Reze that danger was approaching from the east.
Chapters 302–326 Summaries Read

Arc 14The Forest’s Wrath

Linsey and Reze led an expedition into the mutated forest, uncovering a secret realm and the Riverbank Merchant Guild’s role in disturbing its veins. After the forest’s hostility trapped Linsey’s companions, he followed the veins with Green Fir and discovered they traced an enormous root beneath a mountain.

  • Linsey and Reze led the camp deeper into the forest after Nine Bends City descended into war, and Linsey discovered that the forest’s mutation was making animals and plants dangerous.
  • Linsey traced poisonous White Silk Mushrooms to a damaged secret realm, where someone had deliberately excavated its mycelium core.
  • Linsey and Reze followed the traces to a verdant secret realm, fought three hostile Awakened, and exposed a Riverbank Merchant Guild plan to stimulate the Forest Veins and extract their power.
  • Linsey killed the guild’s Element Manipulator, but the dying sorcerer’s employer transferred the forest’s calamity and hatred to Linsey’s companions, leaving them marked by the Forest’s Wrath.
  • Linsey found that the forest attacked Reze and the others but left him unharmed, then set off alone to investigate while Reze organized a search for a Soul Blue Lily.
  • Linsey met Green Fir and learned about Source Material advancement as they followed the Forest Veins past people killed by the forest.
  • Linsey and Green Fir discovered that the veins aligned with a vast root buried beneath a mountain, possibly belonging to an existence beyond the Seventh Stage.
Chapters 327–351 Summaries Read

Arc 15Echo Valley and the Forest Veins

Linsey followed the Forest Will’s guidance toward Echo Valley, where he treated the wounded Han Si Ke and learned that Mu Le Na Hu En’s actions had fueled the civil war in Nine Bends City. After Han Si Ke entrusted him with stopping Mu Le Na Hu En and gave him a lead on the City of Law, Linsey and Ka Ji opened a route into the Echo Tunnel.

  • Green Fir led Linsey to the Life Secret Realm, where the Forest Will recognized him, gave him a Must Vein Fruit, and healed his injured arm while advancing his Life Lineage.
  • Linsey’s Life Lineage and Stairway to Heaven clashed, so the Forest Will advised him to consume Willpower Source Material and seek a fruit at the Garden Enclosure near Echo Valley.
  • Linsey and Green Fir fought Ya Li Kun’s group, and Linsey killed Ya Li Kun before choosing to continue toward Echo Valley rather than return with Green Fir.
  • Linsey reached Echo Valley Town, learned that people had gone missing, and found Fuerzi, who was prevented by a Silence Order from speaking about the captured adventurers.
  • Linsey discovered that Mu Le Na Hu En had taken Fuerzi’s companions into Echo Cave, then followed the trail with Ka Ji and dug through the underground rock to reach Han Si Ke.
  • Linsey treated Han Si Ke’s mortal wounds with Night-Shining Ramie Mushroom and Phoenix Grass, restoring his body before a cave-in forced Linsey to build an airtight shelter.
  • Linsey helped dig everyone out, offered to pursue Mu Le Na Hu En while Han Si Ke returned to Nine Bends City, and revealed his identity as the man brought over from Black Mountain.
  • Han Si Ke gave Linsey his longsword and a letter of introduction to Lan Di Er at residence 14 on Stone Wall Street, then Ka Ji opened a passage into the Echo Tunnel.
Chapters 352–376 Summaries Read

Arc 16The Garden Enclosure and Beyond

Linsey and his allies defeated Yulaman Suo Er, triggering the Garden Enclosure’s release of source material and ending Mu Le Na Hu En’s attempt to seize its core. After leaving Echo Valley, Linsey traveled through Remote Yue City and White City to Cato Island, where he learned he must take a ship to the City of a Thousand Sails to continue toward the City of Law.

  • Linsey and Ka Ji entered the Garden Enclosure through a spatial rift and followed Mu Le Na Hu En and another intruder’s trail through its halls and waterways.
  • Linsey and Kuit joined forces against Yulaman Suo Er, then used toxin-laced water to weaken the plant so Linsey could find and destroy its core.
  • Yulaman Suo Er’s death severed the Garden Enclosure’s connection to its central core, which released a Source Material Tide across the world.
  • Mu Le Na Hu En drained source material from the Awakened and broke into the core, but its power consumed his life force and scattered his remains.
  • Linsey spread the Garden Enclosure’s power through the Garden Nursery Management Seed, completed Jungle Adventure IV, and parted ways with Ka Ji after finding Kuit unconscious.
  • Linsey rode to Remote Yue City, where Ailini recognized his travel application but chose not to meet him, then prepared for his journey onward.
  • Linsey delivered Ethan and Nan Ya’s bodies to the Warriors’ Guild, traveled through White City, and reached Cato Island in the Seven Seas Alliance.
  • Linsey learned that Cato Island’s array only handled arrivals and headed to the port, where a local explained that Sea People pulled the ships toward the City of a Thousand Sails.
Chapters 377–401 Summaries Read
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