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.