Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan established the Five Ancestors’ cultivation paths as the Five Elements Continent ascended, while the Blood Clan’s last stronghold fell and Dracula learned that Fang Yuan had engineered his people’s creation. Back in the Great Gan World, Fang Yuan reviewed reports of nearby worlds and learned that the Dream Masters had discovered a vast realm suspected to come from a higher dimension.

• Fang Yuan appointed Dapeng the ancestor of Ghost Immortals, Kun Xie the ancestor of Human Immortals, and Peng the ancestor of Earth Immortals as the Five Elements Continent began to ascend.
• The New Humans defeated the Wolf Clan and surrounded the last Vampire castle, where Prince Dracula prayed before Fang Yuan’s statue.
• Fang Yuan revealed to Dracula that he had created the Blood Clan to help bring about the New Humans and had manipulated the two continents’ development.
• Dracula attacked Fang Yuan, then lapped up blood from the shattered statue and triggered a transformation that dragged Blood Castle into a massive vortex.
• Fang Yuan returned to the Great Gan World and received world-survey reports from Extreme Yin and Liu Mengmei.
• Fang Yuan learned that the Dream Masters had discovered a vast world suspected to have come from a higher dimension.

Fang Yuan entered the Monge World, a vast realm with a multiversal structure that strongly suppressed Dream Masters. He revived in the body of Rune, a young hunter who had been betrayed and left for dead, and realized the world’s abundant power might let it ascend to a higher dimension.

• Jiyin told Fang Yuan that the Dream Masters had discovered the Monge World, whose immense territory and strong suppression suggested it might have fallen from a higher dimension.
• Fang Yuan emerged from a shallow grave in the Monge World after possessing Rune’s dead body and healed his fatal wound.
• Fang Yuan examined the world’s three moons and pieced together its history, including the rise of new deities, wars over godhood, and the merging of countless planes.
• Fang Yuan recovered Rune’s memories and learned that he had been a young hunter from Blue Moon Town in the Stan Duchy who had been stabbed in the back by his companions.
• Fang Yuan inspected his status panel and concluded that the Monge World’s abundant World Power was suppressing him and might enable the world to ascend.

Fang Yuan recovered in the Monge World and returned to Blue Moon Town, where the townspeople believed Rune had died. Rick and Maz revealed that they had stabbed him for a promised fortune and planned to kill him again, unaware that Fang Yuan had replaced him.

• Fang Yuan hunted and ate a small beast, then reflected on the Monge World's supernatural professions and powerful Deities as he began restoring his weakened body.
• After meditating until morning, Fang Yuan returned to Blue Moon Town and found the townspeople gathered at Rune's home to mourn him.
• The mayor introduced Death God Priest Torrelo, who claimed his ritual had revealed Rune was still alive, and the crowd dispersed without holding the funeral.
• Rick and Maz privately admitted they had seen a knife pierce Rune's heart and considered accusing him of being an impostor, but decided to continue their plan for a promised hundred Stan Gold Coins each.

Fang Yuan caught Maz and Rick plotting to kill him over Knight Jola’s inheritance, then brought them before Mayor Mishler and claimed his place as an heir. Mishler’s investigation implicated the merchant Owen and possibly the Baron, while Pastor Torrelo arrived offering help.

• Fang Yuan stopped Maz’s attack, broke his wrist, and forced Rick to reveal that someone behind him in the succession had paid to have him killed.
• Fang Yuan took Maz and Rick to Mayor Mishler and charged them with attempting to murder an heir to Knight Jola’s title and manor.
• Mishler had the militiamen detain Maz and Rick, agreed to verify Fang Yuan’s inheritance claim, and ordered him to remain in Blue Moon Town.
• Mishler reviewed the confessions and suspected that the merchant Owen, a close friend of the Baron, was behind the plot, though he wondered whether the Baron was involved too.
• Pastor Torrelo arrived at the town hall and offered to help Mishler with his trouble.

Mishler and Torrelo discussed how to obstruct Rune’s inheritance without openly targeting him, settling on the inheritance test as their opportunity. After the Baron’s ruling arrived, Fang Yuan learned that he would travel to Shoshenk Territory to complete the ceremony and become a knight, while Maz and Rick were sentenced to hang.

• Mishler asked Torrelo whether Rune showed anything unusual, and Torrelo said he had found nothing wrong with Rune’s soul.
• Torrelo suggested using the test required for inheriting a knighthood to interfere with Rune, and Mishler decided to handle the process impartially while watching for the Baron’s move.
• Fang Yuan meditated in a riverside grove, assessed the mayor’s hostility and the world’s supernatural structure, and resolved to reveal some of his strength when necessary.
• A militiaman brought Fang Yuan the inheritance document from Shoshenk Territory and informed him that Maz and Rick had been sentenced to hang for conspiring to murder a noble heir.
• Fang Yuan accepted the news calmly and prepared to travel to Shoshenk Territory to complete his inheritance ceremony.

Fang Yuan traveled toward Shoshenk Territory and stopped in Karn Village, where he learned that a Black Shield Adventuring Group had been hired to hunt a nearby Magic Beast. After the group’s leader, Lantier, arrived, Fang Yuan showed interest in seeing the Fighters in action.

• Fang Yuan sold his possessions and Inheritance Document, bought a nag and basic gear, and set out for Shoshenk Territory.
• Fang Yuan reached Karn Village and arranged to stay there for the night, where constable Goen questioned his identity and checked his proof that he was an heir to a knight’s estate.
• Goen told Fang Yuan that wild animal attacks had troubled the village and that the villagers had hired Adventurers to hunt a likely Magic Beast.
• Goen identified the hired team as the Black Shield Adventuring Group, led by the Steel Warrior Lantier, and a militiaman announced their arrival.
• Fang Yuan asked to be told if the group set out that night, while Lantier greeted Goen at the village entrance.

The Concealment Method secretly sent a magically enlarged Flame Wolf to attack the village while investigating Rune as a possible descender. As Lantier fought the beast, Fang Yuan realized someone was watching him and suspected the attack was meant to expose his abnormality.

• The Concealment Method’s old mage ordered his men to use a Flame Crystal Core to enlarge a captured Flame Wolf and send it against the village.
• The Flame Wolf blasted through the village entrance and began killing militiamen and villagers as Lantier and Goen tried to respond.
• Lantier drew the wolf’s attention and ordered the surviving adventurers to attack its weak spots while Goen gathered the fighters.
• Laurad questioned the attack, but the old mage explained that they could not openly arrest Rune, who had become a noble heir through the Inheritance Document.
• The old mage watched Fang Yuan through a crystal ball and planned to seek authorization to arrest him if they confirmed he was a descender.
• Fang Yuan sensed that someone was watching him, suspected the Flame Wolf attack was a setup, and observed Lantier’s fighting spirit.

Fang Yuan learned to wield battle qi while fighting the giant wolf, then tracked the people controlling it to their hiding place. The old mage realized Fang Yuan was a Descender and cast Spider Web to bind him.

• Fang Yuan formed a Battle Qi Seed and connected it to the elemental domains, choosing Wind battle qi.
• The giant wolf killed Dolan and knocked Lantier into the ruins before charging at Fang Yuan.
• Fang Yuan used Wind battle qi to kill the giant wolf by stabbing its injured eye, then rushed toward its hidden controllers.
• The old mage ordered his group to capture Fang Yuan and kill the villagers, but Fang Yuan lured the warriors into the woods and began picking them off.
• The old mage recognized Fang Yuan as a Descender and finished casting Spider Web—Bind.

Fang Yuan defeated a Secret Agency team that had attacked a village, extracted its knowledge of magic, and ordered the bodies handed over as bandits. After a three-day delay, he reached Shoshenk Territory to claim Knight Jola’s estate and began assessing its lands and people.

• Fang Yuan killed the warriors and crippled the old Mage before learning that the group belonged to the Secret Agency, which monitored Descenders and investigated other planes.
• Fang Yuan entered the old Mage’s Sea of Consciousness to obtain his spell knowledge, leaving the Mage near death.
• Goen arrived with the village militia, and Fang Yuan ordered him to clear the battlefield, collect the spoils, and notify the local lord.
• Fang Yuan reached Knight Jola’s manor in Shoshenk Territory three days later and inspected the estate’s fields, mill, and farming system.
• Fang Yuan estimated that the fief held fewer than a thousand people and recognized that inheriting it might be troublesome.

Fang Yuan arrived at Knight Jola’s villa to claim the estate and learned that previous heirs had died or gone mad after staying there. He agreed to spend the night in the study as required by the will, while the servants and witnesses left him alone in the villa.

• Fang Yuan estimated Knight Jola’s military obligations and questioned the story that the knight and his family had died of plague.
• Fang Yuan paid Willy to guide him to the villa, and Willy recounted the former heirs’ strange deaths and the rumor of a curse.
• Fang Yuan presented his inheritance documents to Butler Masai, who confirmed his claim and explained the will’s requirement to spend one night in the study.
• Masai invited witnesses, including Baron Schanke’s envoy and Bishop Daniel, to dine with Fang Yuan before escorting him to the study.
• Masai and the servants left Fang Yuan alone in the villa, deepening his suspicion that something unusual was there.

Fang Yuan entered the inheritance ritual tied to Glandon, the Legendary Knight whose bloodline founded the Stan Duchy. The ritual transported him to a battle from the duchy’s founding, where he learned he was experiencing the battlefield as Glandon.

• Outside the villa, Bishop Daniel and Hahn watched the ritual begin and hoped it would identify the true heir without causing another Necrotic Calamity.
• Fang Yuan recognized the dark-green barrier as a false domain and discovered that Knight Jola’s Lineage descended from Glandon, one of the seven Legendary Knights.
• Fang Yuan entered a cavern that appeared in the villa wall and found himself on the battlefield of the Stan Duchy’s founding war.
• Fang Yuan fought among the duchy’s cavalry, faced a giant barbarian, and heard nearby knights call him Glandon.

Fang Yuan defeated Glandon's lingering will in the inheritance ritual and claimed the Jola fief as Sir Rune. As he began taking stock of his new lands, Bishop Daniel and Scholar-official Hahn discussed how the inheritance would shape his future and the Baron’s response.

• Fang Yuan used his Sage power to destroy Glandon's lingering will and absorb its martial knowledge, memories, and a purified Domain seed.
• Fang Yuan woke in the study, confirmed Glandon's legacy through his status panel, and welcomed Bishop Daniel, Scholar-official Hahn, and Steward Masai as witnesses to his success.
• Fang Yuan accepted the Jola fief, retained Masai as steward, and learned about the estate, its households, servants, and inheritance; he ordered the mansion cleaned and prepared a gift for Baron Schanke.
• Daniel told Hahn that Rune’s Legendary inheritance could make him a high-ranking professional or Quasi-Legendary but would bring trials, and said the claim that Rune was a descender could be dismissed.
• Daniel urged Hahn to inform Baron Schanke of Rune’s success, while Hahn wondered whether the rise of a powerful vassal would truly please the Baron.

The Secret Bureau and Grand Duke Stan assessed Rune’s newly revealed inheritance and considered how to deal with him, while Fang Yuan chose to leave the Monge World after arranging for a divided spirit to take over Rune’s life. Back in the Great Gan World, he surveyed the Avalon Empire as humanity looked toward the ocean.

• Jamke delivered an urgent Stan Duchy dispatch to the Secret Bureau elder, who learned that Rune had inherited the Hand of Death’s legacy and ordered continued observation.
• Grand Duke Stan discussed Rune’s rise with his adviser, who proposed letting the Floren family act before intervening to win Rune’s gratitude.
• Fang Yuan reviewed Glandon’s legacy and the Monge World’s power system, but decided to pursue the Fighter path rather than become a Calamity Knight.
• Fang Yuan split off a divided spirit to take over Rune’s affairs, then returned his true spirit to the Great Gan World.
• Fang Yuan inspected his grotto-heaven, where the Avalon Empire had unified the Light-Dark Continent and turned its attention to the ocean.

Fang Yuan spread battle-aura cultivation across the Light-Dark Continent by teaching it through countless incarnations, intending to harvest the results after time accelerated in his grotto-heaven. Duke Wellington learned of the new power and was urged to build an elite force with it, potentially positioning himself to seize control of the empire.

• Fang Yuan forcibly infused battle aura into Ge Fei and left him with instructions for controlling the power.
• Ge Fei woke with battle aura coursing through his body, while Fang Yuan spread cultivation manuals across the continent and planned to harvest the future gains.
• A knight demonstrated battle aura’s power to Duke Wellington by shattering a granite boulder with a sword strike.
• Duke Wellington’s adviser explained that battle aura had appeared across the continent and urged him to train an elite force before Avalon III’s failing health created an opening to take the capital.

Fang Yuan took control of Sir Rune’s avatar and used his newly mastered Calamity Knight powers to answer a bandit attack on Heir Village. After turning the fight against the Mad Wolf Bandit Group, he confronted its leader, Lone Wolf, as the battle continued.

• Fang Yuan took control of Rune, reviewed his Battle Armor and Calamity Aura, and prepared to visit Baron Schanke.
• A scout reported that Heir Village was under attack, so Fang Yuan armed himself and charged into the burning village with his men.
• Fang Yuan activated Calamity Aura, strengthening his militia as they inflicted heavy losses on the Mad Wolf Bandit Group.
• Fang Yuan killed a Supernatural Being with battle aura, then confronted Lone Wolf and asked who had sent the bandits.
• Lone Wolf ordered his men to attack and slipped into the darkness while Gals and the attendants were held back by other bandits.

Fang Yuan defeated the assassins and bandits who attacked Heir Village, then organized the village’s recovery and rewarded his retainers. Afterward, Heim, a court Mage for the duchy, approached Fang Yuan and apologized for the Grand Duke’s lack of protection.

• Fang Yuan used his fighting armor to kill Lone Wolf, two Fighters, and the fleeing female archer, while the black-clad leader ordered his men to withdraw.
• Fang Yuan led his subordinates against the hidden attackers, captured the surviving men, and killed their leader after learning Count Floren had sent him.
• Fang Yuan ordered the prisoners handed to the public safety officer, kept the captured valuables and horses, and awarded the fallen retainer’s family gold, Freeman status, and land.
• Fang Yuan coordinated Heir Village’s recovery and watched the villagers bury their dead.
• Heim, the duchy’s court Mage, revealed himself and apologized to Fang Yuan for the Grand Duke’s failure to protect the region.

Fang Yuan met Baron Schanke at his castle and learned that the Stan Duchy faced threats from rebellious nobles, the churches, and the Kingdom of Not. He agreed to join the grand duke’s planned operation next month, openly aligning himself with the royalists.

• Fang Yuan arrived at Baron Schanke’s castle, where the baron welcomed him and thanked him for helping Heir Village.
• At the banquet, Knight Gray summoned Fang Yuan to the baron’s study for a private discussion.
• Baron Schanke confirmed Fang Yuan had become a Calamity Knight and told him he had executed Count Floren’s agents as bandits.
• Fang Yuan read a report about the duchy’s political crisis and discussed the kingdom’s, churches’, and nobles’ competing interests with Baron Schanke.
• Baron Schanke told Fang Yuan the ducal house planned an operation next month, and Fang Yuan agreed to join it.

Fang Yuan joined Baron Schanke’s planned war against Sir Frey and received Howling Manor as his share of the spoils. Sir Frey learned of the attack and prepared to resist with help from a mysterious black-robed ally.

• Fang Yuan trained with his greatsword and considered the materials and conditions he would need to advance as a Calamity Knight.
• Baron Schanke and his knights agreed to declare war on Sir Frey, whom the duchy accused of aiding hostile powers and evil-god cults.
• Baron Schanke granted Fang Yuan Howling Manor and ordered him to capture it with Knight Gray’s support before joining the attack on Frey Territory.
• Sir Frey received a secret letter announcing the coming attack and rallied his followers to defend his lands.
• A black-robed figure appeared, and Sir Frey explained that he had allied with them so he could defeat Baron Schanke while Grand Duke Stan’s forces were occupied.

Fang Yuan and Knight Gray attacked Frey's manor, but an explosive trap devastated Gray’s forces and unleashed Fang Yuan’s cursed aura. After Jamal attempted to assassinate Gray, Fang Yuan stopped him, though Gray was left with a poisoned wound.

• Gray led his soldiers and Fang Yuan’s men to Frey’s manor, where Fang Yuan ordered them to crush the local militia rather than win their favor.
• The soldiers routed the farmers and surrounded the manor, while Gray’s men charged inside to capture Jamal.
• A chain of spells and explosive crystals detonated in the villa, killing or injuring many of Gray’s men and revealing that Frey had prepared for the attack.
• The deaths and resentment strengthened Fang Yuan’s Cursed Aura, which began to form new spell runes in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Jamal emerged from the darkness and nearly killed Gray, but Fang Yuan weakened and slowed him, allowing Gals and the guards to kill the Assassin.
• Fang Yuan noticed that Jamal’s poisoned dagger had wounded Gray and told him to pray that Jamal had carried an antidote.

Fang Yuan learned that Baron Schanke’s forces had suffered a crushing defeat against Frey, while Knight Gray survived the ambush at Howling Manor. With the Baron bedridden and the Noble Council declaring Frey innocent, Gray and the Baron discussed securing Rune’s support through a possible match with Tanya.

• Fang Yuan found the antidote on Jamal’s corpse, then told Gray that Baron Schanke had been defeated and Matus had died.
• Baron Schanke’s army attacked Frey’s forces, but a priest interrupted Heim’s Wind Spell and Frey’s army routed them.
• Bishop Daniel watched the battle and sent the dead souls to Hess’s underworld.
• Fang Yuan and Gray returned to the castle, where the Baron said the Noble Council had ruled his order unlawful and Frey’s actions self-defense.
• Baron Schanke named Timo as his heir and suggested that Rune and Tanya marry, and Gray agreed to raise the idea with Rune.