Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xu used the identity of Feng to investigate Zhang Qi, then teleported to rescue Robin and Cui Lu’s party from the Eldritch Giant Talio. Talio identified Feng as the Cleric carrying the Arcane Notebook and attacked him, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Zhao Xu used Locate Creature and Greater Scrying to find Zhang Qi unconscious and badly wounded beside Feng Ge, then teleported toward them.
• Robin, Aite, Cui Lu, and the surviving players faced Talio, an Eldritch Giant who demanded an Arcane Notebook and prepared to kill Robin.
• Zhao Xu appeared as Feng and used Dimension Pull to teleport Robin’s party out of the path of Talio’s sword.
• Zhao Xu identified himself to Talio, who explained that a prophecy had led him to seek a Cleric carrying an important Arcane Notebook.
• Talio swung his greatsword at Zhao Xu, who remained the giant’s target.

Zhao Xu survived Eldritch Giant Talio’s four-hit combo by using the Starfall Cloak with Relic Hunter’s Fortune and Reflexive Dodge. He then struck Talio with a rapid spell combination and stunned him, leaving the giant frozen as his sword fell.

• Eldritch Giant Talio hit Zhao Xu with four consecutive sword strikes, but Zhao Xu dodged their damage through the Starfall Cloak and his enhanced Reflex Saves.
• Talio recognized the Starfall Cloak and questioned how Zhao Xu had avoided all damage, while Zhao Xu explained to himself how his spells and abilities made the attacks almost impossible to land.
• Talio began casting Greater Dispel Magic as Zhao Xu completed a five-spell combination in a single round.
• Zhao Xu hit Talio with two Axiom Hammers and used Command Spell to order him to be stunned.
• Talio froze like a statue, and his greatsword fell to the ground.

Zhao Xu defeated and imprisoned the Eldritch Giant Talio, then searched its memories for information about the Arcane Notebook and the attacks on Clerics of the Goddess of Magic. He resurrected the fallen adventurers, and Robin recognized him as a possible Divine Incarnation, pontiff, patriarch, or chosen of a god.

• Zhao Xu used a prepared spell combination to deal enough damage to Talio to stun it for three rounds.
• Zhao Xu enhanced his Wisdom, cast Mind Spider, and searched Talio’s memories for information about notebooks and the group.
• Zhao Xu sealed Talio away with Imprisonment before introducing himself to the surviving players and learning about the Mining Association’s assassination squads.
• Zhao Xu resurrected the fallen adventurers, prompting Robin to address him as “Your Majesty.”

Zhao Xu used divine power to resurrect all the fallen fighters at Falling Star Lake without costing them levels or Constitution, then vanished to pursue the remaining traces. Priest Robin identified the spell as a Divine Miracle, and the survivors realized Zhao Xu was a Divine Incarnation.

• Heavenly Light restored Aite and the fallen players to full health, reviving them without any loss of Constitution or levels.
• Feng Ge explained that only the ninth-ring Complete Resurrection could normally restore the dead without penalties, and Cui Lu noted Zhao Xu had simply ordered everyone brought back to life.
• Zhao Xu praised the survivors and disappeared to pursue the remaining traces.
• Robin identified the mass resurrection as a Divine Miracle, explaining that it invoked a God’s power rather than merely casting an ordinary spell.
• Cui Lu pointed out that Zhao Xu had not petitioned anyone, and Feng Ge concluded that he was a Divine Incarnation.
• The Arthur Official Forum listed the Falling Star Lake battle and reports of a Divine Incarnation among its trending topics.

After reviving the fallen players at Falling Star Lake, Zhao Xu returned to the real world and considered how the campaign could succeed. He posted a revised strategy to help preserve Winter City's players, as Arthur began attracting attention beyond its community.

• Zhao Xu logged off after using Miracle to revive Zhang Qi and the others, then went jogging and bought dinner.
• Zhang Qi told Zhao Xu that their team had become a forum sensation and asked whether the players could defeat the mine owners; Zhao Xu pointed out that the long journey and scattered forces were major disadvantages.
• Zhang Qi praised the fourth-level Wizard Starry Reflection, and Zhao Xu discussed Ghost Strike and armor-piercing weapons without revealing that he was Starry Reflection.
• Zhao Xu revised and posted his Falling Star Lake strategy to help preserve Winter City's players, while forum users and people outside the game community began paying more attention to Arthur.

Zhao Xu sought a way to break the deadlock at Starfall Town, but Divination Spell directed him to Antinoa. She revealed that the Demiplane where he would earn Iron Will held the God of Death’s Scythe and a fragment of the God of Death’s Godhead, leaving Zhao Xu to weigh the danger of the upcoming trial.

• Zhao Xu sealed the Eldritch Giant with Imprisonment Spell and traveled to Starfall Town, where he found the town on high alert as players’ attacks were quickly crushed.
• Zhao Xu used Miracle Spell to simulate Divination Spell, which marked Antinoa’s name as the way forward, so he teleported to Mystra and then the Floating City.
• Zhao Xu told Antinoa about his recent experiences and asked about the Carrion Beast Den and the Demiplane trial for Iron Will.
• Antinoa explained that the Demiplane contained the God of Death’s divine artifact, the true God of Death’s Scythe, and Zhao Xu said he would avoid courting death to obtain it.
• Antinoa revealed that the Demiplane also contained a fragment of the God of Death’s Godhead, one of Arthur’s few shortcuts to godhood.

Zhao Xu used Commune to question Artoria about the Falling Star Lake Battle and the Godhead Fragment, then created a hidden Mage Mansion to hear her explain why the gods had not intervened. Artoria revealed that the God of Death was the only god who could not be resurrected.

• Zhao Xu reconsidered his plan after learning that the God of Slaughter had once gained godhood through the God of Death's Godhead Fragment, and decided to spend five days strengthening himself.
• Zhao Xu cast Commune, which connected him to Artoria because she was fused with him, and asked her about the Falling Star Lake Battle and Carrion Beast Den.
• Artoria explained the battle's military realities, and Zhao Xu asked why the gods had not taken the Godhead Fragment from the Demiplane.
• Artoria prompted Zhao Xu to recall that the God of Death's Godhead left no residual traits, allowing the God of Slaughter to succeed it without disturbance.
• Zhao Xu used Miracle to create a Mage Mansion and secured a private space for Artoria's explanation.
• Artoria told Zhao Xu that the God of Death was the only god who could not be resurrected.

Zhao Xu infiltrated Starfall Town’s underground treasury to learn about Falling Star Lake’s past and encountered Ferguson, an immortal Mithral-bodied mage who had witnessed its history. Ferguson demanded that Zhao Xu defeat him for the information, then cast Mage Disjunction.

• Artoria explained that the death-tainted Demiplane grew more dangerous for stronger creatures near its core, and Zhao Xu revised his plans.
• Zhao Xu used Greater Invisibility, Mind Shield, and Earth Mastery to slip underground and enter the treasury without triggering its defenses.
• Zhao Xu ignored the treasury’s records and confronted Ferguson, whom he recognized as a Jade Star Master.
• Ferguson introduced himself as a Seventh-ring Mage and challenged Zhao Xu to defeat him for information about Falling Star Lake.
• Lux warned Zhao Xu that Ferguson was more than a Seventh-ring Mage as Ferguson cast Mage Disjunction.

Zhao Xu thwarted Frank’s Mage Disjunction by raising a solid stone wall, prompting the Ninth-Ring Mage to cancel his spell and agree to answer a question. Zhao Xu asked about Falling Star Lake’s origins, and Frank revealed that he too was seeking the truth beneath the earth.

• Lux warned Zhao Xu that Frank was casting Mage Disjunction, which could destroy his magic items.
• Zhao Xu activated Trigger Spell and Swift Burst, then cast Stone Wall to block Mage Disjunction’s effect.
• Frank moved the wall aside, canceled his spell, and said Zhao Xu had earned the right to ask him a question.
• Zhao Xu approached Frank cautiously and asked about the truth behind Falling Star Lake’s birth.
• Frank asked whether Zhao Xu had come seeking the thing beneath the earth.

Zhao Xu negotiated with Wizard Frank, who wanted to learn the Haste-enhanced Stone Wall spell Zhao Xu had used. After Zhao Xu demonstrated his ability to conjure gold with Wish, Frank was shaken and offered another bargaining chip.

• Zhao Xu realized Frank had been unnerved because Zhao Xu acted after him but still cast Stone Wall first.
• Frank asked Zhao Xu to trade the method behind his spell, and Zhao Xu demanded a better offer.
• Zhao Xu refused to teach Frank the spell and warned him to offer something worthwhile.
• Frank offered a Mithril Crystal that could turn a silver mine into a valuable Mithral mine.
• Zhao Xu conjured twenty thousand gold coins with Wish to show he was not interested in Frank's initial offer.
• Frank, shaken by Zhao Xu's apparent costless Wish, clenched his teeth and said he had another offer.

Zhao Xu and Lux heard why Frank wanted a spellcasting method: a devil had taken his wife’s soul and offered to return it if he met one of three conditions. The chapter ended with Zhao Xu telling Frank to contact the devil so he could confront it.

• Frank offered Zhao Xu a Greater Spell Haste Wand and a Legendary Necromancy Staff in exchange for a way to cast spells intuitively.
• Lux explained that the staff’s necromancy spells might help Zhao Xu in the coming battle because its former owner had worshipped Death God Naraka.
• Zhao Xu told Frank that an advancement could grant intuitive spellcasting, but Frank said he had already reached his limit.
• Frank revealed that he had made a deal with a devil to gain the immortal advancement of the Jade Star Master, and the devil had taken his wife’s soul.
• Frank said the devil would return his wife’s soul if he became a Legendary Mage, among three possible conditions, then served it for three years.
• Zhao Xu told Frank to contact the devil so he could speak with it.

Zhao Xu confronted a devil’s will summoned through Frank’s bronze mirror to recover Frank’s wife’s soul. He turned the devil’s wager into a binding oath with five Miracle Spells, then named Graz’zt as his guess.

• Frank revealed that his wife’s soul had been swallowed by the bronze mirror and summoned the devil responsible.
• The will of a Hell Lord appeared in the mirror, threatened to turn Frank’s wife into a lemure, and mocked Zhao Xu.
• The devil offered to return the soul if Zhao Xu guessed its identity in three tries, wagering Zhao Xu’s soul in return.
• Zhao Xu cast five Miracle Spells to make the wager’s contract binding, fair, and immediately enforceable.
• Zhao Xu guessed that the figure in the mirror was Graz’zt.

Zhao Xu exposed Demon Lord Graz'zt's scheme to manipulate Frank, then used an Anti-magic Field to suppress the mirror and reveal that Frank's wife's soul was inside it. Frank departed to revive his wife, leaving Zhao Xu with several rewards and a staff that could prevent dead players from reviving.

• Zhao Xu identified the mirror's adversary as Graz'zt, and the Demon Lord tacitly admitted his identity before tossing a gemstone to Frank.
• Graz'zt sealed the area and tried to ensnare Zhao Xu, but Zhao Xu reached the mirror and cast an Anti-magic Field that suppressed its power.
• Zhao Xu told Frank that his wife's soul was inside the mirror and that the emerald was a trap meant to corrupt her and claim Frank's soul.
• Frank thanked Zhao Xu, gave him magical items, a Mithril Crystal, and a booklet about Falling Star Lake, then left with the mirror to revive his wife.
• Zhao Xu examined his rewards and picked up a Necromancy Staff that could bind a dead player's soul and prevent their revival.

After Zhao Xu woke on Earth, he discovered that contact with Arthur’s divine power had begun synchronizing his attributes and sharpening his intelligence. Meanwhile, the assault on Starfall Town collapsed under defenders’ spells, Winter Wolves, and cavalry, until a mysterious Wizard descended from the sky and saved Cui Lu’s group.

• Zhao Xu recovered by eating chocolate and found that he could visualize complex mathematical concepts and reason with striking clarity.
• Zhao Xu concluded that his intelligence was beginning to synchronize with his Arthurian attributes and turned his thoughts to Arthur’s spell structures.
• Players attacking Starfall Town suffered heavy casualties from fireballs, Winter Wolves, traps, and repeated cavalry charges.
• Cui Lu’s exhausted group was surrounded, and she led them in a desperate charge against the heavy cavalry.
• A robed Wizard wielding a massive scythe appeared in midair and killed the charging cavalry, rescuing Cui Lu and the players behind her.

Zhao Xu broke through the cavalry and rescued surrounded players with his giant scythe, but Starfall Town’s forces continued overwhelming the battlefield. A Cleric appeared at Falling Star Lake, healed a poisoned Rogue, and summoned the Goddess of Magic’s Temple, allowing players to resurrect there directly.

• Zhao Xu charged into the heavy cavalry, killing riders with his giant scythe and unleashing a burst of magical fire that cleared a path for the surrounded players.
• Zhao Xu continued cutting through the guards as Lux discussed synchronizing with the scythe, while he anticipated facing the mine owners’ stronger forces.
• Starfall Town’s archers and crossbowmen kept killing players, and a Rogue was poisoned and left helpless as his companions fell around him.
• A Cleric appeared before the Rogue, reflected an incoming crossbow bolt with Reverse Arrow, and healed him while curing his poison.
• The Cleric called for the Goddess’s glory, causing a pillar of light and a temple projection to appear above Falling Star Lake, where players could now resurrect directly.

Zhao Xu used Vengeful Storm to destroy the Northern Alliance Archer Corps that had been suppressing the players at Starfall Town. After Lux warned him not to fight every battle alone and pointed out the risk of plague from the corpses, Zhao Xu cast Fimbulwinter to bring winter early.

• Players rallied after Zhao Xu summoned a temporary temple that let them resurrect nearby, while Zhao Xu chose not to spend charges from his Legendary Necromancy Staff.
• Lux urged Zhao Xu to change strategy and help the players overcome the Archer Corps instead of winning the battle by himself.
• Zhao Xu cast Vengeful Storm, deafening and corroding the archers before lightning and hail killed the corps and its captain.
• Lux warned that the dead bodies could spread plague, and Zhao Xu decided cold weather would prevent the corpses from rotting.
• Zhao Xu cast the ninth-ring Divine Spell Fimbulwinter, and the players witnessed the battlefield's first early winter.

Zhao Xu cast the Ninth-ring Divine Spell Fimbulwinter, blanketing Falling Star Lake and its surroundings in a severe, months-long snowstorm that halted the battle and helped the players. As the forces withdrew to reorganize, he overheard the Anti-aggression Alliance arranging an emergency meeting and logged out to join it and advise them.

• A Fighter and the other combatants noticed snow falling across the battlefield, and the storm soon covered the region in ice and snow.
• Zhang Qi and Cui Lu connected the unprecedented weather to the Temple of the Goddess of Magic, while the storm cooled fires, slowed corpse decay, and reduced the enemy archers' accuracy.
• Zhao Xu revealed that he had cast Fimbulwinter over a 50-kilometer radius for four months, then realized its severe snowfall could ruin local crops.
• Zhao Xu used Miracle to imitate Keen Ear Spell and listened as a liaison told Cui Lu that the Anti-aggression Alliance would withdraw, reorganize, and meet in ten minutes.
• Zhao Xu reviewed the Falling Star Lake campaign and logged out so he could join the alliance's meeting and offer suggestions.

After logging off, Zhao Xu discovered that his real-world memory and intuition had greatly improved, then joined the Anti-aggression Alliance meeting to warn players about the Mining Association’s plague and reveal the Association’s trump cards. He also explained that his Ninth-ring Divine Spells had created the temple and winter at Falling Star Lake, leaving the players stunned by magic’s power.

• Zhao Xu noticed his enhanced memory and intuition while reading forum posts about the temple and sudden winter in Starfall Town.
• Zhao Xu joined the Anti-aggression Alliance group late, changed his nickname to Starry Reflection, and drew attention from players who recognized him as a level 4 Wizard.
• Zhao Xu warned the group that the Mining Association could spread a plague through battlefield corpses, causing infected players to lose Constitution and remain out of combat without a third-ring Remove Disease.
• Zhao Xu said he would appear that afternoon wearing a cloak marked with a huge number 5, then uploaded information about the Mining Association’s trump cards at Falling Star Lake.
• Zhao Xu revealed that the Ninth-ring Divine Spells Miracle and Fimbulwinter had created the temple and winter, and told the group that Wizards stood above Clerics.

Zhao Xu demonstrated extraordinary spell knowledge and memory by solving difficult Wizard questions in the Anti-aggression Alliance’s QQ group. He then redirected the group to decide how to confront the threat at Falling Star Lake, arguing that the choice would determine whether Starfall Town belonged to Winter City or the players.

• Zhao Xu answered Wizard players’ questions and drew a detailed Mage Armor spell model, silencing the group with his explanation.
• Zhao Xu derived all seven special cases in Shrink Human from its spell model, convincing the group that he had memorized and could rapidly analyze spell structures.
• The group praised Zhao Xu’s knowledge, and guild executives urged their Wizard companions to send him more questions.
• After answering several more questions, Zhao Xu asked how the alliance would handle the enemy’s trump card at Falling Star Lake.
• Alliance members debated seeking Winter City’s aid, and Zhao Xu argued that relying on the city would make Starfall Town Winter City’s, while relying on themselves would make it the players’.

Zhao Xu persuaded the Counterattack Alliance to aim to take control of Starfall Town and challenged the group’s existing battle plan. After proving his tactical and organizational abilities, he won the leaders’ support and set the revised plan in motion.

• Zhao Xu told the Counterattack Alliance that they could take Starfall Town for themselves, and he argued that the town’s leadership requirements were within their reach.
• Ten Directions Swordsman announced that Wanderer would likely become a level three Fighter by the next day, giving Winter City high-end combat power.
• Zhao Xu criticized the alliance’s strategic plan, then drew precise diagrams to answer a tactical expert who questioned his competence.
• Zhao Xu posted his revised battle plan, which assigned the alliance’s factions and players to roles after he reviewed the group members.
• The alliance’s leaders accepted Zhao Xu’s plan, and Zhao Xu declared that everything would proceed according to it.