Chapter Summaries

Sunan attacked Hulan Marquis’s manor with his golem puppets, drawing out Grand High Priest Ao Weijiu and the Starfire Cult. Sunan and Ao Weijiu flew away to settle their conflict, and Ao Weijiu unveiled a godlike power that Sunan recognized with nostalgic calm.

• Sunan planned to finish his operation in Hulan Province and attacked Hulan Marquis’s manor with a legion of golem puppets.
• Luo Lang fought the golems but was killed by Sunan’s Second Circle Legendary Rank Dual-Blade Spider.
• Ao Weijiu, Hulan Marquis, Yoris, and Bu Lake appeared, and Sunan met them at the ruined gate before flying off with Ao Weijiu.
• Bu Lake used an amber Holy Object to empower the Starfire Cultists and weaken the golems, leaving Yoris and himself to face the Dual-Blade Spider.
• Sunan asked Ao Weijiu about the cult’s Holy Objects, and Ao Weijiu released a power that seemed divine.
• Sunan said the overwhelming pressure felt nostalgic, leaving Ao Weijiu astonished.

Sunan defeated Ao Weijiu in a battle of attrition, then returned to the Lord's Manor and crushed the Starfire Cult's forces and their allies. He left the manor after eliminating the Hulan Marquis and the fleeing chief priests.

• Sunan wore down Ao Weijiu's God's Grace with relentless attacks until the Starry Sky Domain shattered and Ao Weijiu fled.
• Sunan and Hidden Dragon intercepted Ao Weijiu, and a storm of metallic spikes killed him after his starlight defense failed.
• Sunan collected Ao Weijiu's Star Book and necklace, then flew back to the Lord's Manor, where the fighting still favored the Starfire Cultists.
• Kasper assured the Hulan Marquis that Ao Weijiu would win, but Sunan's arrival revealed that the Grand High Priest had been defeated.
• The Hulan Marquis killed Kasper and begged Sunan to spare him, but Sunan killed him and sent Hidden Dragon and Dual-Blade Spider after Yoris and Bu Lake.
• Sunan cleared the battlefield and left the Lord's Manor beneath the night sky.

After the Shining Territory’s victories transformed the war, Sunan went to Giant Nan City to deal with the Starfire Cult and harvest its Holy Objects. He found the cult under attack by a Wizard Apprentice from the Eternal Life Society, learned that the Society wanted the cult’s Divine Remains, and discovered that the Pope remained locked in seclusion.

• Sunan used 12 standard units of purified Divine Energy to increase his Spirit to 41.26.
• Sunan arrived at the Starfire Cult headquarters and found its members being attacked by swarms of flesh-eating Insects.
• Sunan destroyed a swarm and confronted a gray-robed Wizard Apprentice, who claimed the Eternal Life Society intended to take the Starfire Cult’s Divine Remains before fleeing as Insects.
• Sunan questioned the surviving cultists, but they knew nothing about the Divine Remains and said the Pope remained in a sealed chamber.
• Sunan learned that only Ao Weijiu had possessed the chamber key, which had been destroyed when Sunan killed him.

Sunan destroyed the Starfire Cult by removing the Divine Remains that sustained its soulless Pope, then left with the relic. As the Shining Army and White Tower Army prepared to invade Red Leaf Province, the Starry Sky Grand Duke persuaded his Grand Uncle to go after Sunan.

• Sunan opened the Starfire Cult’s steel secret chamber and discovered its Pope was a soulless body converting faith into God's Grace through a grafted Divine Remains finger.
• Sunan removed the Divine Remains, causing the Pope’s body to decay, then looted the cult’s storehouse and left Giant Nan City.
• The exhausted Starry Sky Grand Duke asked his Grand Uncle to kill Sunan so the royal family could fight the rebels, and his Grand Uncle agreed to find him.
• The Shining Army conquered Purple Bamboo and Hulan Provinces, leaving the royal family with only Red Leaf and weakened Dye Frost Provinces.
• The Shining Army and White Tower Army gathered at Red Leaf Province’s border, bringing war close to the royal heartland.

Sunan increased his Spirit Power with Divine Energy and prepared for the final campaign against Red Leaf Province while seeking Ancient Beast bloodlines and information about the Eternal Life Society. At a Dark Forest Lodge gathering, the members realized Sunan was behind the events in the Starry Sky Principality, and Night Owl warned him to beware of the Society.

• Sunan absorbed Divine Energy from the Divine Remains, raising his Spirit Power to 44.11, and decided to search for Divine Beings and descendants of Ancient Beasts.
• At Sharp Mountain City, Sunan discussed the coming invasion of Red Leaf Province with Kei and the White Tower Marquis, who identified the missing Third-Circle Legendary Knight as Evans Your Excellency.
• At a Dark Forest Lodge gathering, Sunan requested clues about Ancient Beast bloodlines and information about the Eternal Life Society.
• Night Owl and Rose explained that the Eternal Life Society pursued immortality and identified Wu Ge as one of its members, while Hei Lin revealed that he knew Sunan had encountered him in the Starry Sky Principality.
• The members inferred Sunan's identity from his recent actions, and Night Owl warned him that the Eternal Life Society was dangerous.

Sunan met Evans, who offered the Starry Sky Tower’s key in exchange for sparing one young member of the Kaisler Family. After they sealed an Oath Contract, Evans gave Sunan the key and described three wizards he had encountered, including a wizard called Traveler in the Underground World.

• Kei and the White Tower Marquis told Sunan that Evans had arrived alone and asked whether they should meet him or kill him, and Sunan chose to hear him out.
• Evans revealed that the Kaisler family’s ancestor had founded the Starry Sky Tower and that he had gained extended life by passing one of its trials.
• Evans asked Sunan to preserve a Kaisler bloodline descendant, and Sunan agreed to protect one family member no older than five in exchange for the Tower’s key and information about wizards.
• Sunan and Evans established an Oath Contract, and Evans handed over the rune-stone key, explaining that the Starry Sky Tower would appear again in twelve years.
• Evans told Sunan that he had met three wizards, including one named Traveler who had rescued him in the Underground World.

Sunan’s negotiations led the Starry Sky Principality’s royal family to surrender, and Kei became its new grand duke. In the aftermath, the Azure Gold Emperor considered confronting Sunan but Scepter warned him off, while Sunan’s apprentices celebrated the victory and awaited his return.

• Sunan learned from Evans that Traveler had gone deeper into the Underground World three years earlier, and Evans said the royal family would soon surrender.
• The Starry Sky Grand Duke poisoned himself, the royal family surrendered, and the Shining Army took control of Starry Sky City, ending the war and making Kei the new grand duke.
• Scepter told the Azure Gold Emperor that Sunan was too powerful to challenge and refused to help him oppose Sunan.
• Apprentices in Shining City celebrated the victory, and Xie Man, Ke Lei, and Atier discussed Sunan’s expected return and Amy’s watch over Carlo Lena.
• Atier urged the apprentices to prepare for Sunan’s return, while Miss Ge Li watched them and remarked that humans were interesting.

Sunan returned to Secluded Lake City, learned that Kasham's Insects were driving nearby tribes into slavery and might bring the Insect Plague within six months, and began preparing his defenses. After spending heavily on advanced puppets and magical enhancements, he left the story with plans to build more golems and protective items.

• Carlo Lena told Sunan that Kasham's Insects had forced nearby tribes to migrate and that the Insect Plague could arrive within six months; Sunan chose to wait before contacting Matu and Osen.
• Sunan learned that the warehouse held just over three kilograms of mithril, far short of what he needed for a secret puppet, and told Carlo Lena to keep collecting it.
• Amy gave Sunan a bag of rare Underground World materials, and Sunan promised Amy Ice Condensation Mint in return.
• Sunan spent more than half a month crafting four Elite Dual-Blade Spiders, then modified them to fly and use several spells at the cost of over 110,000 Gold Coins for all five.
• Sunan planned to synthesize more high-level Stone Golems and make protective rings, expecting Secluded Lake City's mining income to fund the preparations.

Sunan completed a costly High-Level Stone Golem, assessed the growing number of apprentices, and planned to expand the base’s magical gardens and knight academies. After Old Roger died peacefully at sixty-five, Xie Man grieved and resolved to pursue wizardry with greater urgency.

• Sunan finished a High-Level Stone Golem with several enchanted traits and concluded that forging Adamantine Golems was more economical than synthesizing advanced puppets.
• Sunan assessed the forty-two students at Number 1 Base and discussed expanding the principality’s Knight Academies and opening another Magical Plant Garden.
• A Mist Monster delivered Xie Man news that Old Roger had died, and Xie Man held a small funeral for him.
• Xie Man stood at Old Roger’s grave with Atier and Ke Lei, reflecting on how short human lives were and whether they could become powerful wizards.
• Ke Lei urged Xie Man to keep pursuing wizardry, and Xie Man decided to work harder and race against time.

Sunan agreed to meet Red Widow and Black Duke at Black Valley while studying the Starry Sky Royal Family’s intelligence on wizards in the Southeast Region. He found that official wizards were likely absent from the region and considered Starry Sky Tower his best chance to find resources for advancing.

• Sunan received Red Widow and Black Duke’s invitation to meet the three city lords alone at Black Valley, where magic use triggered a powerful backlash.
• Sunan agreed to attend the meeting to assess Matu and Osen’s capabilities, despite believing Secluded Lake City could face the Insect Plague without their help.
• Sunan reviewed intelligence listing 184 confirmed Wizard Apprentices and learned about the Eternal Life Society, Wu Ge, and Dark Forest Lodge members Scepter and Rose.
• Sunan concluded that the Southeast Region likely had no official wizards and that Wizard Apprentices were rare and usually backed by noble or royal families.
• Sunan examined the Rune Stone for Starry Sky Tower and resolved to seek advancement resources there, believing it might help him construct a Talent Crystal.

Sunan rejected Red Widow and Black Duke’s offer to cooperate against Kasham’s Insect Plague and returned to Secluded Lake City to prepare for the invasion. Red Widow and Black Duke secretly planned to exploit a conflict between Kasham and Secluded Lake City, while Sunan focused on expanding his golem forces and advancing his research.

• Sunan met Black Duke and Red Widow in Black Valley, rejected their plan to intercept the insect swarm, and proposed attacking Kasham instead.
• After Sunan left, Red Widow and Black Duke decided to pretend to side with Kasham, then strike once Kasham and Secluded Lake City had weakened each other.
• Carlo Lena told Sunan that Stone Golems had killed more than ten of Kasham’s Insects near Mine 7, and Sunan ordered the corpses sent to the laboratory.
• Sunan resumed crafting puppets and judged that Secluded Lake City needed to double its forces before the Insect Plague arrived.
• Sunan reviewed his progress toward a third Magic Rune Core and decided to research substitute metals in place of studying new spells.

Sunan investigated Kasham’s Doom Beetles, strengthened his golem forces, and expanded plans for Knight Academies and Magical Plant Gardens. As Kasham’s insect swarm mobilized toward Secluded Lake City, Sunan’s preparations left him ready to face the coming Insect Plague.

• Sunan dissected Doom Beetles and concluded that their unusual bodies likely resulted from a Wizard Apprentice’s biological modification, raising the possibility that someone was controlling Kasham.
• Kei reported that six Knight Academies were nearly complete, 223 children had passed the Aptitude Test, and his cultivation as a Legendary Knight had stabilized; Sunan kept the academy total at seven because Dragon Blood Fruit supplies were limited.
• Sunan planned new Magical Plant Gardens and arranged for apprentices to guard them through garrison missions.
• After gathering materials, Sunan crafted and fused a Level 3 Magic Rune Core, raised his Constitution above 40, and tested the core’s increased attack and defensive power.
• Sunan expanded Secluded Lake City’s Golem Legion to nine Steel Golems, twenty Elite Stone Golems, three hundred Dual-Blade Spiders, and one thousand Stone Golems.
• On the first day of Shuo Hua Moon, scouts reported that Kasham’s insect swarm was surging toward Secluded Lake City.

Sunan's Golem Legion fought off the first waves of an unusually large Insect Plague at Secluded Lake City, but the Doom Beetles revealed a deadly self-destructive attack. Sunan concluded that a Wizard Apprentice was secretly controlling the Insects from behind Kasham, as the Doom Beetles' main force gathered for another assault.

• Sunan's Golem Legion met the Insects' charge, with its front ranks holding firm while Stone Golems and Dual-Blade Spiders fought the swarms.
• Red Widow and Black Duke watched from afar and recognized that Secluded Lake City's golems were far more powerful than they had expected.
• Sunan sent an Elite Dual-Blade Spider into the air, where it killed hundreds of Six-Winged Insects without being harmed by their poison or pincers.
• Doom Beetles arrived in vast numbers and attacked the golems with sound waves, but the puppets were unaffected.
• The Doom Beetles then self-destructed on impact, destroying over a hundred Stone Golems and more than a dozen Dual-Blade Spiders.
• Sunan identified the Doom Beetles' self-destructive attack and concluded that a Wizard Apprentice was controlling the Insects behind Kasham.

Sunan discovered that Wu Ge was behind Kasham and fought him after Wu Ge summoned the Ancient Bloodline beast Doom Knocker. Sunan overwhelmed Wu Ge with his puppets, spells, and metal spikes, while Wu Ge’s swarm struggled to break through Sunan’s defenses.

• The Elite Dual-Blade Spider slaughtered Doom Beetles while Sunan flew across the lake to find their controller.
• Sunan recognized Wu Ge, and Wu Ge summoned the Doom Knocker from his severed arm and ordered it to attack.
• Sunan released his puppets, which wounded the Doom Knocker and forced Wu Ge to attack Sunan himself.
• Wu Ge was shocked when Sunan silently cast Mirror Image Spell and countered his insect swarm with sonic attacks.
• Sunan activated the Magic Rune Core and used a storm of metal spikes to kill more than a third of Wu Ge’s insects, leaving Wu Ge at a disadvantage.

Sunan killed Wu Ge, defeated the Insect swarm, and captured Doom Knocker, ending Kasham’s attack on Secluded Lake City. As Sunan headed to seize Kasham, Red Widow and Black Duke realized Matu and Osen would likely be his next targets.

• Wu Ge transformed into a giant Insect and attacked Sunan, but Sunan struck him with repeated Calamity Ring attacks and lightning gems until he was mortally wounded.
• Sunan killed Wu Ge, and the uncontrolled Insects scattered; Doom Knocker tried to flee but surrendered after Sunan weakened it.
• Sunan returned to Secluded Lake City with Doom Knocker, explained Wu Ge’s role in the Insect Plague to Carlo Lena, and ordered her to watch Matu and Osen.
• Sunan headed for Kasham to claim Wu Ge’s inheritance while Carlo Lena suspected Red Widow and Black Duke had allied with Kasham.
• Red Widow and Black Duke watched Wu Ge’s defeat and feared that Sunan would soon destroy Matu and Osen.

Sunan explored Kasham after defeating Wu Ge, learned the Doom Knocker’s bloodline secrets, and destroyed the remaining Doom Beetle eggs. Red Widow then submitted Matu and Osen to Sunan, leaving Carlo Lena to face a new rival in his service.

• Sunan searched Wu Ge’s laboratory in Kasham, found his Experiment Notes, and learned that the Doom Knocker carried a rare, naturally inherited Divine Being bloodline.
• Sunan destroyed the Doom Beetle eggs, left Dual-Blade Spiders to guard Kasham, and returned to Secluded Lake City to repair his golems.
• Red Widow visited Sunan with Black Duke’s head and offered Matu and Osen in exchange for becoming his follower.
• Sunan agreed to Red Widow’s submission on the condition that she and every legendary vampire in Matu sign Soul Contracts, and he ordered her to prepare the cities for takeover.
• Sunan ordered Red Widow’s people to cooperate with his golems in developing Matu’s Silver Mine.
• Carlo Lena and Red Widow exchanged hostile looks after the meeting, each recognizing the other as a rival.

Sunan took control of Matu and planned to strengthen his hold over the Underground World while studying Doom Knocker. Meanwhile, Sauluo revealed that he had a Starry Sky Tower Key and called the Eternal Life Society to meet, as two members prepared to travel to the Underground World for a favor.

• Sunan took over Matu, assessed the troops needed to garrison his new territory, and ordered vampires and Man-Faced Lions transferred to Osen.
• Sunan assigned the base to produce Stone Golems and decided to focus on the Bloodline Imprint and Divine Energy while Doom Knocker remained imprisoned.
• Sauluo told the Gray-robed Person and the black-robed figure that Wu Ge was dead and Doom Knocker had likely fallen into Sunan's hands.
• Sauluo showed them a Starry Sky Tower Key and explained that Evans and Sunan also had keys, prompting the group to arrange a meeting one month later.
• The Gray-robed Person detected Wyvern Blood on the black-robed figure, who offered to reveal a target in exchange for help killing someone and proposed they leave for the Underground World.

Sunan completed the Doom Knocker Imprint and reviewed the research and resources still needed at Base 2. After Xie Man and Ke Lei advanced to Level Two Wizard Apprentices, Sunan congratulated them, gave them potions, and prepared to assign them work.

• Sunan created the Doom Knocker Imprint, a powerful single-use sonic attack, after more than two months of research.
• Sunan visited the imprisoned Doom Knocker, drew more blood, and considered how to increase its bloodline concentration and eventually tame it.
• Sunan reviewed his progress and plans, including collecting materials and establishing Magical Plant Gardens, while noting that he needed more capable helpers.
• Xie Man and Ke Lei each constructed their third Star Ring and advanced to Level Two Wizard Apprentices, drawing congratulations from the apprentices at Number 1 Base.
• Sunan praised Xie Man and Ke Lei, warned them about the challenges ahead, and gave each a second-tier Super Energy Potion.
• After leaving Sunan's study, Ke Lei challenged Xie Man to surpass him next time, and Xie Man confidently accepted.

Sunan mastered Instant Spell, chose Compound Casting as his next metamagic technique, and ordered the expansion of mineral exploration to replace dwindling mines. At a Dark Forest Lodge gathering, Night Owl proposed inviting a powerful new member, and the attendees approved.

• Sunan mastered Instant Spell and began training in Compound Casting.
• Carlo Lena and the Red Widow reported falling mine output and two newly discovered small mines, so Sunan ordered them to widen the search despite the dangers.
• Sunan traded at a Dark Forest Lodge gathering, acquiring rare materials and ten Micro Soul Crystals from Corpse.
• Night Owl revealed that he had found a Level Three Wizard Apprentice who had escaped from Sauluo and came from a royal family.
• Scepter, Red Heart, Rose, Corpse, and Sunan approved the candidate's invitation, and Night Owl said he would contact him.

Sunan crafted an Adamantine Golem and planned to use Dragon Heart Knight Academy’s graduation assessment to prepare its first graduates for service in the Underground World. He founded the Star Alliance to unite his underground forces and turned his attention to equipping the Knight Guard with Magic Tattoo Constructs.

• Sunan considered ways to raise the Doom Knocker’s bloodline and decided to save its blood for direct synthesis, while Hidden Dragon’s bloodline continued to advance slowly.
• On his twenty-fourth birthday, Sunan finished crafting an Adamantine Golem and brought it to life with a Soul Core.
• Sunan reviewed Mo Li Ci’s proposed graduation assessments and decided the Knight Guard’s first graduates should train by exploring the Underground World alongside Level Two Wizard Apprentices.
• Sunan formally named his united underground forces the Star Alliance, combining Nether Lake, Matu, and Osen under one name.
• Sunan asked Carlo Lena to coordinate a detailed graduation assessment plan with Mo Li Ci and began planning to make Magic Tattoo Constructs for the Knight Guard.