Chapter Summaries

Sunan completed his fifteenth star ring and attended a Dark Forest Lodge gathering where Hunter sold a Starry Sky Tower Key to Scepter. The following month, Sunan synthesized Divine Energy from Doom Knocker’s blood, gaining Spirit Power and discovering a sustainable way to increase it.

• Sunan completed his fifteenth star ring and noted that three remained before he would focus on Spirit Power and Talent Crystals.
• Hunter joined the Dark Forest Lodge gathering, introduced himself by that codename, and offered a key to the Starry Sky Tower.
• Sunan declined to bid for the key, and Scepter won it with thirteen Ning Shen Potions and gemstones worth sixty-two thousand Gold Coins.
• Sunan combined Doom Knocker’s blood to create one standard unit of Divine Energy and absorbed it, increasing his Spirit Power by 0.25.
• Sunan decided to give Doom Knocker a more comfortable environment while assigning the Adamantine Golem to guard it.

Xie Man completed the magical plant garden in Ryan City, then helped Sted’s forces kill an Underground Terrestrial Dragon that had attacked a village. He took the monster’s corpse and prepared to report its appearance to Sunan, while House urged Sted to strengthen his relationship with Xie Man.

• Xie Man’s team celebrated the first Dragon Blood Fruit harvest and prepared to hand over the garden to the base’s personnel.
• Sted was informed that a monster had devastated a village, and Xie Man accompanied him to investigate.
• Xie Man identified the attacker as an adult Underground Terrestrial Dragon and warned that its claws caused continuous bleeding.
• Xie Man stunned the dragon with a spell, then killed it with a Rune Gem after Sted and two Knights struggled against it.
• Xie Man arranged to keep the dragon’s corpse and write Sunan a report, while Sted told House what had happened.
• House warned Sted to use the opportunity to build a close relationship with Xie Man.

Sunan refined Level Three Magic Tattoo Constructs and reviewed the Star Alliance’s strained finances before hearing reports about new exploration discoveries. A possible Underground World entrance near Ryan City and clues to Sub-dragons prompted him to dispatch an investigation, while Red Widow and Carlo Lena competed to get ahead of each other.

• Sunan completed more Magic Tattoo Constructs and planned to equip Dragon Heart Knight Academy’s first graduating class with Tier 1 sets.
• Sunan learned that several mines had been exhausted, then heard Carlo Lena report a swamp and Eye Demon Tribes while Red Widow reported an iron mine and a Minotaur Tribe that might control a gold mine.
• Sunan ordered Red Widow to seize the Minotaur gold mine if its existence was confirmed and told both women to investigate an Underground Terrestrial Dragon found near Ryan City.
• Carlo Lena and Red Widow left the study and traded barbs, each determined to investigate the dragon’s origins before the other.

Xi En and his classmates began Dragon Heart Knight Academy’s graduation assessment in the Underground World, where they had to collect scored Crystal Balls guarded by monsters. After defeating a swarm of rats, Xi En found his first three-point Crystal Ball and continued deeper into the cave.

• Xi En learned from the headmaster that the assessment’s top five would receive Tier 3 Dragon Blood Fruits and powerful Tier 2 Magic Tattoo Constructs.
• Mo Li Ci led the students to the Underground World and explained the ten-hour Crystal Ball assessment, warning them not to steal or break the rules.
• Xi En, Lu Ge, and Suo La Nuo split up and entered separate tunnels after the assessment began.
• Xi En encountered Red-Eyed Ravens and chose a tunnel where a swarm of rats attacked him.
• Xi En used Ripple Strike to kill the rats, then collected a three-point Crystal Ball from a stone pillar.

The graduation assessment ended with Xi En taking first place, and Sunan prepared to equip the new Magic Pattern Knights while investigating the Sub-dragons near Ryan City. After surveying Number 1 Base, Sunan decided he needed a trustworthy Level Three Wizard Apprentice to administer it, but had not yet found a candidate.

• Mo Li Ci ended the ten-hour cave assessment, and Xi En won first place with fifty-three points while Lu Ge and Suo La Nuo placed in the top fifty.
• Mo Li Ci told the graduates to report to Secluded Lake City after ten days of leave, and Sunan ordered Magic Tattoo Constructs prepared for their arrival.
• Carlo Lena and the Red Widow reported Sub-dragon tracks near a cave north of Ryan City, and Sunan ordered them to investigate the creatures’ origins and capture them alive if possible.
• Sunan reviewed Number 1 Base’s growth and considered hiring a Level Three Wizard Apprentice to manage it, but worried about securing the candidate’s loyalty.
• Sunan inspected the base’s gardens, Insect Nest, and workshop, then planned to discuss separating the base’s finances from the Starry Sky Principality with Kei.

Sunan separated the base’s finances from the Starry Sky Principality, welcomed Xie Man and Ke Lei back, and investigated a group of captured sub-dragons that could strengthen Hidden Dragon. After mastering Compound Casting and beginning Spell Construction, he prepared to travel to Ryan City.

• Sunan and Kei agreed to separate the base’s finances from the Starry Sky Principality and become trading partners, while Sunan offered Kei a limited number of Magic Tattoo Constructs.
• Xie Man and Ke Lei returned to the base and learned that the Knight Guard had recruited its first members and that Sunan had captured numerous sub-dragons.
• Sunan assigned Xie Man and Ke Lei to join Carlo Lena and Red Widow’s exploration operation after they rested, then inspected the captured sub-dragons and began extracting their blood for Hidden Dragon.
• Over three months, Hidden Dragon’s bloodline concentration surpassed 45%, and Sunan completed his training in Compound Casting.
• Sunan began training in Spell Construction and decided to travel to Ryan City.

Sunan entered a sealed Ecopark through a spatial passage, captured a Sword Crystal Dragon, and began exploring the rare plants and Sub-dragons within. After killing a group of Compsognathus, he saw a mysterious red beam rise from their corpses and vanish into the distance.

• Sunan found and captured a Sword Crystal Dragon, then discovered a spatial passage behind a giant boulder and entered the Ecopark beyond it.
• Sunan confirmed the Ecopark was enclosed by a Super Large Protective Shield and flew into the forest to search for its control core and collect rare magical plants.
• A group of Compsognathus attacked Sunan, and he killed them with Magic Missiles before collecting materials from their bodies.
• Sunan noticed red light gathering above the Compsognathus corpses and forming a beam that shot away; he chased it but lost sight of it.

Sunan discovered that Blood Lights formed from Sub-dragon corpses and followed them deeper into the Ecopark, where he witnessed Traveler escape Demon Hand and Blood Maw with the help of a Multi-Neck Dragon. After Traveler hid in a mountain passage, Sunan approached him and revealed they were fellow members of the Dark Forest Lodge.

• Sunan confirmed that Blood Lights drew souls and physical essence from dead Sub-dragons, then tracked their direction while exploring the vast Ecopark.
• Sunan came upon Traveler fighting Demon Hand and Blood Maw over the Azure Spirit Branch and recognized Traveler as the missing Dark Forest Lodge member.
• Traveler stalled Demon Hand with a false offer to make an Oath Contract until a Multi-Neck Dragon attacked, allowing him to flee.
• Traveler hid in a mountain passage, restored his Spirit Power, and prepared to escape the Ecopark before Demon Hand and Blood Maw caught up.
• Sunan triggered Traveler's warning array, introduced himself, and told the wary Traveler that they were fellow members of the Dark Forest Lodge and might be better defined as friends.

Sunan teamed up with Traveler to explore the Ecopark and learned that its dragon-breeding region had collapsed from energy depletion. At the Dragon Bone Tower, Sunan found its entrance protected and its key missing, just as Demon Hand and Blood Maw caught up with them.

• Sunan revealed his identity as Player and agreed to help Traveler escape Demon Hand and Blood Maw in exchange for information about the Ecopark; they sealed the deal with an Oath Contract.
• Traveler guided Sunan through the Ecopark's three areas and explained his theory that its energy system had failed, killing the dragons bred in Area 2.
• Sunan and Traveler reached the Dragon Bone Tower, where a defensive formation destroyed Sunan's Stone Golem when it touched the entrance.
• Traveler told Sunan that a Wizard Codex had led him to the Ecopark but gave no clue to the tower's key, and Sunan realized he would need the key to take control.
• Demon Hand and Blood Maw flew toward Sunan and Traveler after catching up with them.

Sunan pursued the Ecopark inheritance key and confronted Demon Hand, who had killed the fifth apprentice and taken his key fragment. Sunan overwhelmed Demon Hand, who fled just as Blood Maw and Traveler arrived, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Dragon Bone Tower activated an inheritance program, launching five key fragments for five Wizard Apprentices to gather.
• Sunan recovered one fragment and discovered that the pieces glowed more brightly as they neared one another.
• Demon Hand killed the fifth apprentice, took his fragment, and recognized Sunan as a target of the Eternal Life Society.
• Sunan used powerful spells and the Magic Rune Core to break through Demon Hand's defenses and badly wound him.
• Demon Hand fled and shouted for Blood Maw to save him as Blood Maw and Traveler arrived and saw Sunan pursuing him.

Sunan defeated Blood Maw and Demon Hand, collected their key fragments, and opened the Dragon Bone Tower. After entering, he explored the second floor and discovered it was a long-abandoned residential area.

• Demon Hand and Blood Maw joined forces to attack Sunan, while Demon Hand sent two monsters after Traveler.
• Sunan withstood Blood Maw's giant form and Demon Hand's attacks, then killed Blood Maw and pursued and killed the fleeing Demon Hand.
• Traveler gave Sunan his key fragment, and Sunan rewarded him with Demon Hand's Space Ring and its Magical Items.
• Sunan assembled the complete key, opened the Dragon Bone Tower, and entered its brightly lit hall with Traveler following.
• Sunan used the Teleportation Array to reach the second floor and found dusty rooms lining its corridors, identifying it as the Residential Area.

Sunan explored the Dragon Bone Tower and discovered that its abandoned Elemental Pool had left Dragon Forest with a severe energy shortage. After taking control of the Ecopark, he began repairing its spatial barrier and invited Traveler to visit his base.

• Sunan searched the tower's floors and found that the biological specimens in its modification laboratories had lost their value.
• Sunan discovered a miniature Elemental Pool and used the key to activate Dragon Forest's control hub, becoming its highest-authority administrator.
• Butler Number 1 reported that the Ecopark had only 38.79% energy remaining and that restoring all areas would require more than 81%.
• Sunan found that adding 235 Low-Grade Magic Stones barely increased the energy, so he ordered the spatial barrier repaired while planning to restore the Elemental Pool.
• Sunan left the Dragon Bone Tower and told Traveler that the Ecopark's breach was being repaired, then invited him to visit his place.

Sunan welcomed Traveler to Secluded Lake City, reviewed the Star Alliance’s exploration and finances, and opened a teleportation passage between Base 2 and Dragon Forest. He then harvested blood from a Multi-Neck Dragon to accelerate Hidden Dragon’s bloodline growth.

• Sunan brought Traveler to the palace, where Red Widow reported that the Star Alliance had cleared nearby monsters, found new ore veins, and seized a medium gold mine.
• Sunan reviewed the financial report and learned that system separation had raised the base’s profits by nearly half.
• Sunan created a teleportation passage at Base 2 and took Amy and Hidden Dragon into Dragon Forest, where Amy recognized the Ecopark.
• Sunan attacked a Multi-Neck Dragon, collected its blood, and escaped after fighting it for several minutes.
• Sunan used purified Wyvern Blood from the Multi-Neck Dragon to raise Hidden Dragon’s bloodline concentration by 0.36%.

Sunan traded intelligence with Traveler, learning a clue to the Black Forest and giving him a lead on the Starry Sky Tower. After Traveler departed, Sunan completed and activated the Elemental Pool in Dragon Bone Tower, then ordered repairs to the tower’s remaining facilities.

• Traveler described Spider Demon City and the nearby powers, including a medium-sized silver mine near Giant Eye City that Sunan wanted to acquire.
• Traveler revealed that a Philier Family matriarch had gained power in a strange forest, giving Sunan a clue to the Black Forest; Sunan traded information about the Starry Sky Tower Key and gave Traveler one hundred magic stones.
• Traveler left the next day, and Sunan continued cultivating Hidden Dragon’s bloodline while working to repair the Elemental Pool.
• After more than three months of work, Sunan finished repairing and activated the Elemental Pool, which drew energy from Elemental Planes and began supplying Dragon Bone Tower.
• Sunan ordered Butler Number 1 to repair Dragon Bone Tower, with the work estimated to take eighteen days and fifteen hours.

Sunan moved his base into Dragon Forest, planned a Dragon Antelope Ranch, and continued strengthening Hidden Dragon and his own wizard abilities. At a Dark Forest Lodge gathering, Traveler returned and sought Scepter’s Starry Sky Tower Key, while Sunan revealed he no longer needed Wyvern Blood.

• Sunan relocated Number 1 Base’s facilities and forces to Dragon Bone Tower, designated Dragon Forest as his main base, and kept the old bases as supply transfer stations.
• Sunan chose Dragon Antelopes for a future cavalry force and set aside an area in Dragon Forest for a ranch where the young Sub-dragons could be raised.
• Sunan performed another Bloodline Fusion Surgery on Hidden Dragon, whose bloodline concentration exceeded fifty percent and whose strength had reached the three-ring Legend level.
• Sunan constructed his sixteenth Star Ring and assessed his progress toward the remaining Star Rings and a stronger Magic Rune Core.
• Traveler returned to the Dark Forest Lodge gathering, explained that Player had helped resolve his trouble, and asked Scepter to trade him the Starry Sky Tower Key, but Scepter refused.
• Traveler offered Wyvern Blood at the gathering, but Sunan declined because he had enough from his Ecopark.

Xie Man and Ke Lei returned to Dragon Forest, where Atier showed them its Sub-dragons and suggested juvenile ones could make suitable Magic Pets. They then reported to Sunan that their Underground World exploration had uncovered Giant Eye City, while Sunan studied a map of the surrounding region.

• Xie Man and Ke Lei reunited with Atier, who had advanced to a Level Two Wizard Apprentice, and toured the Dragon Bone Tower and Dragon Forest with her.
• Atier showed them the forest’s many Sub-dragons and explained that juvenile Sub-dragons with gentle temperaments could be contracted as Magic Pets.
• Xie Man and Ke Lei discussed exchanging for Level Three Magic Tattoo Constructs to improve their safety during Underground World exploration, and Atier considered doing the same.
• Atier led Xie Man and Ke Lei to Sunan after Butler Number 1 confirmed he had left the laboratory and was in his study.
• Ke Lei told Sunan that they had eliminated the northern Eye Demon Tribes, captured an Eye Demon, and confirmed the existence of Giant Eye City, ruled by a Nest Mother Eye.
• Sunan studied a Military Map based on Traveler’s intelligence, which outlined forces and dangers around the Star Alliance.

Sunan assigned Red Widow, Xie Man, and Ke Lei a Small Golem Legion and an Adamantine Golem to capture Giant Eye City, then turned to preparing Magic Tattoo Constructs for the Knight Academies’ first graduating classes. Elsewhere, the Eternal Life Society killed two Holy Fist knights and decided to keep hunting the organization to force Evans to emerge.

• Sunan ordered Red Widow to lead Xie Man and Ke Lei, a Small Golem Legion, and an Adamantine Golem in an attack on Giant Eye City, giving them three months to capture it.
• Sunan reviewed plans for three thousand graduating students to receive Magic Tattoo Constructs and decided he would produce them himself.
• Yi Luo trapped two fleeing Holy Fist Legendary Knights in an illusion, and Embers killed them after they refused to reveal Evans’s whereabouts or the Starry Sky Tower Key.
• Embers extracted the knights’ souls, while Yi Luo and Embers discussed Hunter’s closeness to Evans and Sauluo reported that Stone Scorpion’s group had also yielded no information.
• Sauluo ordered the Eternal Life Society to uproot Holy Fist completely and force Evans to reveal himself, and Embers volunteered to target its leader.

Sunan visited Kei as the Azure Gold Empire’s military activity raised the prospect of war, then strengthened his magic rune core and established spatial passages linking three Star Alliance city-states through Dragon Forest. The passages made rapid travel and military support possible, leaving Carlo Lena convinced that Sunan had removed a major obstacle to the Star Alliance’s expansion.

• Sunan visited Kei at the royal palace, met Kei’s children, and discussed the Azure Gold Empire’s military drills and the possibility of war.
• Kei said he was ready to fight the empire, while Sunan agreed to speak with Scepter about whether he intended to support the conflict.
• Sunan inspected the young Dragon Antelopes he was raising and fused a Level 4 Magic Rune Core, which he tested against an enhanced Adamantine Golem.
• Carlo Lena told Sunan that sites had been selected for spatial passages linking Nether Lake, Matu, and Osen through Dragon Forest.
• Sunan built and tested the three passages, which let the Star Alliance move between its city-states quickly and send support in wartime.
• Carlo Lena watched Sunan and felt grateful to serve him, believing the Star Alliance might one day conquer the Underground World.

Red Widow, Xie Man, Ke Lei, and the puppet forces captured Giant Eye City, defeating its Beholders and their leaders. While searching the Nest Mother Eye’s lair, they found silver, mithril, and a strange winged statue that they decided to take back to their teacher.

• The Stone Golems breached Giant Eye City’s walls, and Red Widow ordered a full assault as Xi En led the Magic Pattern Knights into battle.
• Xie Man and Ke Lei used Rune Gems and spells to kill and suppress Beholders while the Knight Guard and puppets pushed through the city.
• The Nest Mother Eye and four Guide Eyes appeared; Red Widow killed one Guide Eye, and an Adamantine Golem destroyed the rest and smashed the Nest Mother Eye.
• The Beholders scattered after their leaders died, and the attackers captured survivors and secured Giant Eye City.
• Red Widow, Xie Man, and Ke Lei found silver ingots and at least three kilograms of mithril in the Nest Mother Eye’s warehouse.
• The three discovered a strange winged statue in a cavern they suspected was a place of worship, then sent a golem to carry it back to their teacher.

Sunan discovered evidence of an unknown Divine Being and ordered the Star Alliance to expand its forces. After completing Spell Construction training, he crafted a powerful Secret Puppet and began considering ways to improve it further.

• Sunan found genuine but faint power of faith in the Winged Statue and ordered the exploration team to investigate the unknown Divine Being.
• Sunan renamed the expanding Knight Guard the Magic Rune Knight Order and assigned Carlo Lena and Red Widow to oversee its growth after the six academies' graduation assessment.
• Three thousand trainees gathered at Secluded Lake City for the first graduation assessment organized by Xi En and the Magic Rune Knight Order.
• Sunan completed Spell Construction training, chose Spell Delay as his next metamagic technique, and began crafting a Secret Puppet with the mithril he had collected.
• Sunan activated the completed Secret Puppet and tested its formidable combat abilities, finding it comparable to a Fourth Circle Legend.
• Sunan transformed the Secret Puppet into a silver-haired girl and planned to improve it by integrating a Magic Rune Core or Bloodline Imprint.