Chapter Summaries

Parr chased Wei Wei to a Clear River Family warehouse, where Demi attacked her for becoming Da Lianna’s student while Edwin watched. Beneath the warehouse, an elderly man learned that the Divine Stones and ship were nearly ready, and chose to let his grandson Edwin continue his usual behavior to avoid raising suspicion.

• Edwin persuaded Demi to leave with him, while Jim was forced to wait outside a warehouse at a secluded dock.
• Parr followed the man carrying Wei Wei to the dock and fought the burly men blocking the warehouse entrance.
• Demi recognized Wei Wei, accused her of becoming Da Lianna’s student, and beat her.
• An elderly man learned that the final batch of Divine Stones was on its way and that a ship was ready to sail for Fluorescent City.
• After hearing the commotion above, the elderly man learned Edwin was involved and ordered his subordinate not to interfere.

Parr rescued Wei Wei from Demi and Edwin after Demi cut her face and tried to take her eye. Parr killed Edwin and his guards with magic, then turned his attention to Demi.

• Edwin allowed Parr to enter the warehouse while Demi beat Wei Wei and noticed the gemstone-like appearance of her right eye.
• Demi took Edwin's silver knife and cut Wei Wei's cheek as she tried to carve out the eye.
• Parr reached Wei Wei, applied Hemostatic Powder to her wound, and confronted Edwin, Demi, and the masked guard.
• Parr paralyzed and beheaded the masked guard with Electric Shock Spell and his Black Short Sword.
• Edwin pushed Demi toward Parr and fled, but Parr dodged Demi and shattered Edwin's Defensive Spirit Tools with magic, killing him.
• Parr turned toward Demi as she lay terrified on the ground.

Parr killed Edwin and Demi, then fought off a cultist who attacked him and bombarded the underground old man with magic. The underground space collapsed and released dense Plague Energy across the warehouse, and Parr saw Wei Wei approaching with azure light flickering around her.

• Parr identified Edwin’s corpse, then killed Demi despite her warning that their contract would kill him.
• A short man attacked Parr with corrosive Plague Energy, but Parr escaped the mist and killed him with Dazzling Light and his sword.
• The old man crushed green stones to absorb Plague Energy and tried to emerge, but Parr’s lightning and repeated spells pinned him underground.
• The underground space collapsed under the spell barrage, releasing Plague Energy that engulfed the warehouse and sent Parr flying.
• Parr rushed to take Wei Wei and escape, then saw her walking toward him with azure light around her.

Parr and Wei Wei escaped the dock warehouse after a mysterious presence took control of Wei Wei, erased the Plague Energy, and destroyed the Silver-level old man. They fled Clear River Town as the Plague Energy spread, and Wei Wei later woke with no memory of what happened.

• The dock workers and Jim rushed toward the warehouse, but dense Plague Energy stopped them from reaching Demi.
• As the old man attacked Parr, an unknown presence within Wei Wei cleared the Plague Energy and turned the old man into water with a beam from her right eye.
• The presence told Parr to take Wei Wei to Fluorescent City, gave him a Fluorescent Lotus that made them invisible, and then Wei Wei fainted.
• The Plague Energy spread through Clear River Town, forcing Physician Captain David to organize an evacuation as the Clear River Baron arrived with the final batch of Divine Stones.
• John found Parr and Wei Wei, abandoned the carriage, and hurried out of town with them; later, Parr absorbed energy and checked the Ink Shadow Leopard's heart he needed for his Bronze-level breakthrough.
• Wei Wei woke beside Parr with no memory of the warehouse, and Parr told her they had been shopping when the smoke spread and she fainted.

Parr woke to find the Church of Neutral Light had cleared the Plague Energy from Clear River Town, and he set out with John and Wei Wei for Fluorescent City. Meanwhile, Jim chose to flee with his men, and the Clear River Baron scattered Divine Stones to draw the Church away; Parr’s group reached the outskirts of Fluorescent City by boat.

• Parr failed to take the final step out of Breeze Space, woke beside Wei Wei, and saw a pillar of Dazzling Light rise over Clear River Town.
• Lucine led Church personnel in using an amplification array to destroy the Plague Energy, then ordered them to investigate the outbreak.
• Parr, Wei Wei, and John packed their belongings and traveled toward Clear River Town after the light dispersed the Plague Energy.
• Locke convinced Jim and his men to flee after Miss Demi’s death, and Jim insisted they first retrieve their families from the Mist Viscount Territory.
• The Clear River Baron sent his Plague Heretic subordinates to activate Divine Stones across nearby territories to divert the Church’s attention, then rode away with the remaining stones.
• John took Parr and Wei Wei aboard a Church fast boat, and they reached Fluorescent City after two days and two nights upstream.

Parr and Wei Wei arrived in Fluorescent City with John and saw the city's bustling streets and a passing airship. When Luther tried to seize their horses, John confronted him, and the two old rivals were about to duel before the Blood Bull Adventurer Team intervened.

• John brought Parr, Wei Wei, and their two packhorses into Fluorescent City, where Parr and Wei Wei marveled at the city and its beastmen.
• John went into the Central District Adventurers' Association while Parr and Wei Wei waited outside and watched an airship pass overhead.
• Luther offered Parr two gold coins for the packhorses, then tried to take one by force after Parr refused.
• John emerged and stopped Luther with a sword strike, then traded insults with him over their long-standing grudge.
• John challenged Luther to a duel, and Luther began preparing to accept before members of the Blood Bull Adventurer Team came out of the association.

John accepted Right Horn’s proposed Apprentice-level duel with the Blood Bull Adventurer Team, but Parr demanded to fight ten opponents at once. The witness began the duel with wooden swords, leaving Parr facing the team’s ten strongest apprentices.

• Right Horn and Left Horn tried to force John to surrender his packhorses, but John refused and mocked them.
• Right Horn proposed an Apprentice-level duel, wagering the packhorses against an apology and four hundred gold coins, and John accepted.
• Parr interrupted the witness and challenged ten apprentices at once, with John agreeing to the terms.
• The witness explained the rules, and the Blood Bull Adventurer Team’s ten strongest apprentices entered the arena against Parr.
• Parr took a wooden sword, ignored Wei Wei’s worried warning, and faced the ten apprentices as the witness declared the duel underway.

Parr defeated the Blood Bull Adventurer Team’s Knight Apprentices and collected the wager, while Right Horn and Left Horn vowed revenge. The chapter revealed that their father, Blood Bull, was secretly living under the identity Kino.Mist and running Mist Grocery Store.

• Parr used his sword and Danger Prediction to defeat the Blood Bull Adventurer Team’s ten Knight Apprentices in the duel.
• The notary declared Parr the victor, Right Horn paid him four hundred gold coins, and Luther apologized to John before fleeing.
• Right Horn and Left Horn left with plans to track Parr and John, then reported the incident to their father, Blood Bull.
• After the brothers departed, Blood Bull secretly left his room through a hidden passage and used his ability to change his appearance.
• Blood Bull, now disguised as Kino.Mist, visited Mist Grocery Store and asked whether the shipment from the territory had arrived.

John brought Parr and Wei Wei to Fluorescent Academy to find Karina, his sister-in-law and a Four-Star Magic Potion Maker. Karina made a Breakthrough Potion from an Ink Shadow Leopard’s heart for Parr, and Parr’s Status Panel detected absorbable Life Energy Points when he received it and the leopard’s Magic Crystal.

• John and his companions visited Fluorescent Academy, where the gatekeeper gave John a signal transmitter from Karina.
• Karina recognized the signal, hurried to meet John, and welcomed him, Parr, and Wei Wei at her nearby home.
• Karina told Parr that she was a Four-Star Magic Potion Maker and learned that John had brought him as an apprentice.
• John showed Karina the heart of a Silver-level Ink Shadow Leopard and asked her to make a Breakthrough Potion for Parr.
• Karina prepared the potion and gave Parr it along with the leopard’s Magic Crystal, prompting his Status Panel to detect absorbable Life Energy Points.

Parr's attempt to break through to Bronze-level with a potion nearly killed him, and Karina discovered that he carried a second Magic Beast bloodline that required a special activation potion. While Parr continued the Breeze Space Trial, John learned that Red Robe and the Plague Heretics were connected to a plan to break the seal on the Plague Evil God in Fluorescent City, then decided to enter seclusion and pursue Silver-level.

• Parr drank the Breakthrough Potion while holding a Magic Crystal, but the Status Panel still required a Bloodline Potion and he began vomiting black blood as his HP plunged.
• Karina identified a clash between two Magic Beast bloodlines and punched Parr until he expelled the remaining potion, stopping his HP loss; she later healed him, and he fainted after drinking a potion containing Drunkard Flower Pollen.
• Karina told John that Parr needed a special bloodline activation potion, then took John's 5,000-gold-coin exchange certificate to buy materials.
• Parr awoke in Breeze Space, learned that alcohol could bring him there once per day, and was told by the Azure Giant Wolf that he had to understand the meaning of wind to pass the final barrier.
• John and Karina reviewed reports linking Red Robe and the Plague Heretics to an attempt to break the seal on the Plague Evil God beneath Fluorescent City.
• John left to enter seclusion and attempt a breakthrough to Silver-level, leaving Parr and Wei Wei in Karina's care.

After waking, Parr learned that his difficulty breaking through might be tied to an inherited Magic Beast bloodline, then enrolled at Fluorescent Academy with Wei Wei. While exploring the Fluorescent Library, he found a book about the Swift Shadow Wind Wolf Holy Knight and met librarian Fett, who offered to explain the knight’s hidden purpose.

• Parr woke beside Wei Wei and asked Karina why the Breakthrough Potion had failed; Karina explained that Knight bloodlines could be inherited and said John had arranged to identify and activate Parr’s bloodline.
• Karina told Parr and Wei Wei to study at Fluorescent Academy while John went into seclusion to break through to Silver-level, and the two children enrolled in an ordinary class.
• Parr found his classmates uninterested in studying and slipped away that afternoon while Wei Wei remained in class.
• Parr entered the Fluorescent Library to search for useful knowledge and Skills but found only ordinary books, so he turned to a book titled Wind.
• Parr learned from Wind that the Swift Shadow Wind Wolf Holy Knight had pursued women across the continent, then met librarian Fett, who claimed the knight had a little-known purpose for his behavior.

Parr chased Julia after catching her stealing, but their confrontation was interrupted by a noble boy and a powerful woman who intervened on her behalf. Later, Parr picked up Wei Wei from school with torn clothes, and the chapter left the conflict unresolved as Ivan Youyan introduced himself.

• Fett tried to sell Parr books about becoming a professional and the Swift Shadow Wind Wolf Holy Knight, but an angry crowd chased him away for selling fake books.
• Parr found an uncut book Fett had dropped, pocketed it, then bought twenty pieces of Slime Skin to replenish his seasoning powder.
• Parr chased Julia after she stole a bundle and caught up with her in a dead-end alley.
• Parr struck Julia, but she used an unusual shadow-like ability to evade him and tried to escape.
• Ivan Youyan attacked Parr to stop him from grabbing Julia, while Aunt Qian held her back; Parr recognized her as a Silver-level Knight.
• Parr later picked up Wei Wei from school with torn clothes and bruises, then recalled Ivan introducing himself as Ivan Youyan.

Parr defeated Ivan Youyan in a fight, then learned Ivan was the heir to the Western Territory’s ducal Youyan Family. That night Parr searched for a way to escape Breeze Space, while librarian Fett spoke of a new variable in Fluorescent City.

• Ivan Youyan invited Parr to serve the Youyan Family, but Parr challenged him to a fight and pinned him after a fierce exchange.
• Ivan accepted his defeat, then invited Julia to join his ranks; after verifying his identity, Julia agreed.
• Parr and Wei Wei waited for Karina outside Fluorescent Academy, and Karina learned Parr had fought Ivan Youyan.
• Karina explained that Ivan was the only child of the Youyan Grand Duke, but Parr remained confident he could beat him again.
• Parr reviewed his data at home, decided to seek inspiration in a book to escape Breeze Space, and opened it.
• Fett drank on the Fluorescent Library roof and told his teacher that fate had revealed a good new variable in Fluorescent City.

Parr found a way to leave the Breeze Space by walking against the wind, then explored Fluorescent City and prepared to sell Spicy Rabbit. Noble students blocked his entry to the Inner Courtyard, and Wei Wei was bullied over her unusual eye, prompting Parr to promise that it would stop.

• Parr followed the Swift Shadow Wind Wolf Holy Knight’s advice and walked against the wind toward the Breeze Space exit, estimating that he needed several more days.
• Parr comforted Wei Wei after she woke from a nightmare, then explored Fluorescent City and decided to set up a stall selling Spicy Rabbit.
• Matthew Golden Dragonfly confronted Parr and demanded his loyalty, but Parr walked away; other noble students also threatened him and said he would never enter the Inner Courtyard.
• Karina learned that the Golden Dragonfly Family had blocked guarantees for Parr and Wei Wei to enter the Inner Courtyard, while Parr arranged a Stupid Rabbit supplier and ordered stall equipment.
• Wei Wei cried to Parr after classmates called her a monster because of her right eye, and Parr promised they would not bully her after the next day.

Parr was expelled from Fluorescent Academy after beating students and their parents who had harassed Wei Wei, then learned the Golden Dragonfly Family had arranged his expulsion. He plotted revenge on Matthew Golden Dragonfly and secretly fired an Electric Shock Spell at him as Matthew walked through a crowd.

• Parr beat the students who had mocked and harassed Wei Wei, warned the class to leave her alone, and led her out for lunch.
• When the beaten students’ parents confronted Parr at the academy, he knocked them down and slapped them, earning an expulsion notice.
• The former headmaster, now the gatekeeper, told Parr that the Golden Dragonfly Family controlled Fluorescent Academy and had arranged his expulsion.
• After Karina learned what Parr had done, Parr waited near the academy the next day to ambush Matthew Golden Dragonfly.
• Parr followed Matthew into a crowd, concealed his presence with the Mind-Calming Breathing Technique, and cast an Electric Shock Spell toward him.

Parr attacked Matthew, then went with Wei Wei to the docks to look for Da Lianna, who was secretly meeting with the Lineage of Death in Fluorescent City. Meanwhile, Kino.Mist learned that Divine Stones had been lost in Clear River Town and decided to advance parts of his plan before the Month of Bitter Winter.

• Parr used repeated Electric Shock Spells to break Matthew's shield and electrocute him, then escaped as the attendant guard rushed Matthew back to Fluorescent Academy.
• Parr met Wei Wei at the locked-down academy, and they went to the docks hoping to find Da Lianna.
• Da Lianna met Uncle Grey at a hidden base, warned him against cooperating with Red Robe, and ordered him to relocate the base after Red Robe's messenger killed himself.
• Kino.Mist met Marcus at the docks, learned that the Mist Merchant Troupe's goods had arrived, and asked about Clear River Town.
• Kino.Mist decided to start some unimportant parts of the plan early, then disguised himself as Blood Bull and entered the Blood Bull Adventurer Team through the Secret Passage.

Blood Bull and Edward plotted to spread a new plague in Fluorescent City, while Da Lianna investigated a possible connection between false believers and the Mist Merchant Troupe. Parr learned why the Golden Dragonfly Family controlled Fluorescent Academy and revealed John’s romantic misadventures to Karina.

• Blood Bull visited Fluorescent Academy, failed to see Matthew, and met Edward to discuss their plan to create and spread a new plague.
• Blood Bull learned that the Death Heretics’ assistant had died after the Church wiped out his territory’s cultists, so Edward agreed to make the plague without him.
• Da Lianna told Uncle Grey that a false believer in the Mist Viscount Territory had cooperated with the Plague Heretics, and Uncle Grey offered to investigate the Mist Merchant Troupe.
• Parr and Wei Wei waited at the docks for Da Lianna, then returned to Karina’s home after she failed to arrive.
• Karina explained that the Youyan Family gave the Golden Dragonfly Family control of Fluorescent Academy to balance power among the Western Territory’s nobles.
• Karina asked Parr whether John had met other women on his journey, and Parr eventually told her about John’s behavior.

Parr and Wei Wei opened a grilled rabbit and drink stall in Fluorescent City as Parr began fulfilling his oath to spread Spicy Rabbit. Ivan Youyan helped draw attention to the stall, and a customer finally tried the skewers and praised their flavor.

• Parr and Wei Wei set up their stalls on a quiet stretch of Fluorescent City's snack street, where Parr grilled Stupid Rabbit over Red Leaf Charcoal.
• Parr priced the skewers at fifty Copper Coins, but passersby balked and began to leave despite the enticing aroma.
• Ivan Youyan arrived with Aunt Qian, bought two skewers for a Gold Coin each, and was impressed by the taste.
• When Ivan's praise made the crowd suspect a staged act, he pointed out that Parr was using valuable Red Leaf Charcoal.
• Parr returned the price to fifty Copper Coins per skewer, and a customer bought two and praised the spicy flavor.

Parr and Wei Wei sold their skewers and flavored water while Ivan Youyan tried to recruit Parr into the Youyan Family. Parr refused, but Ivan stayed to support the stall, then helped drive off thugs hired by jealous shop owners.

• Parr's skewers and Wei Wei's drinks sold out, and Ivan Youyan sampled the cola-flavored water.
• Ivan Youyan explained the Youyan Family's dire situation and offered Parr a title, but Parr refused to serve a noble.
• Ivan returned to support Parr's stall, and Parr gave him skewers rather than accept any favor.
• Hired thugs tried to wreck Parr's stall, but Parr knocked them down with punches to their groins.
• Ivan revealed his identity and ordered the security officers to take the thugs away, discouraging the shop owners from targeting Parr again.

Parr left Breeze Space and gained the ability to transform the Black Short Sword into a defense-breaking long saber and a sturdy arm guard. After selling out his stall with Wei Wei, he faced an attack from a fiery-haired beggar man, whose fireballs Fett appeared to deflect away from Wei Wei.

• Parr took his final step out of Breeze Space and saw Azure Giant Wolves exploit a flaw in a horned beast herd’s defenses; the lead wolf explained that his reward could break through all defenses.
• Parr transformed the Black Short Sword into a long saber and shattered a Rough Stone gemstone by striking its vulnerability, learning the attack consumed Stamina.
• Parr tested the sturdy gauntlet formed from the sword fragments, returned the weapon to its original form, and went back to Wei Wei when she called for him.
• Parr and Wei Wei sold most of their food and drinks by noon, while Ivan Youyan again failed to persuade Parr to reconsider his offer.
• A fiery-haired beggar man demanded grilled meat from Parr, then attacked him and Wei Wei with fireballs; Parr dodged his own, and Fett knocked the other fireball upward.