Chapter Summaries

Duanmu Huai destroyed the Heavenly Father's and Demon King's Life Spheres, collapsing Hell and completing the Power of Destruction mission. He returned to the mothership with the Doom Marine advancement and new abilities, but the evolution of his Intimidation skill into Aura of Fear displeased him.

• Duanmu Huai squeezed the two Life Spheres together, prompting Dr. Hayden to summon a Mechanical Titan and threaten him.
• Duanmu Huai refused Dr. Hayden's offer to let him leave and fought the Mechanical Titan with magic.
• Duanmu Huai used Sword Rain and amplified magic to defeat the Mechanical Titan.
• Duanmu Huai smashed the Life Spheres together, causing Hell to collapse, then escaped through a Teleportation Gate as the Mechanical Titan fell into the abyss.
• Duanmu Huai returned to the mothership and received the Doom Marine class, new skills, and a level increase.
• The System Prompt upgraded Duanmu Huai's Intimidation skill to Aura of Fear, leaving him annoyed.

Duanmu Huai reviewed the gains from his Doom Marine advancement and prepared to travel to the Guardians’ Holy City. After entering the Webway, his crew received a distress call from a ship under attack by space pirates, and he moved to investigate.

• Duanmu Huai learned that his Doom Marine class absorbed a small portion of demons’ core power when he killed them, with stronger demons granting greater attribute gains.
• Duanmu Huai assessed his spoils, including the BFG cannon, Argent technology, warships, and fifteen thousand Night Watch ghosts, and planned to replace his ship’s Lances with Plasma Turrets.
• Duanmu Huai left the planet’s remaining problems to the Armed Reaction Alliance and set course for the Guardians’ Holy City through the Webway.
• Duanmu Huai waited aboard the warship while Ann, Okegis, Felin, and Gureiya read or worked, and Mia monitored communications.
• Mia detected a distress call from the Risk Assessment, whose crew reported an attack by space pirates, and Duanmu Huai ordered her to locate the signal.

Duanmu Huai answered a distress signal and found a Space Pirate ship attacking a merchant freighter. He led a boarding assault on the pirates’ Holy Grail-class Battlecruiser, and the pirate captain surrendered when Duanmu Huai reached the Command Room.

• Duanmu Huai and the girls followed a distress signal and spotted a Space Pirate ship attacking a Galaxy-class Armed Freighter.
• Duanmu Huai ordered a boarding assault to capture the Holy Grail-class Battlecruiser rather than destroy it.
• Duanmu Huai and the Night Watch launched in boarding torpedoes and stormed the pirate ship.
• Duanmu Huai advanced through the filthy corridors, where his Aura of Fear sent many Space Pirates fleeing or trembling.
• Duanmu Huai broke into the Command Room, and the pirate captain dropped to his knees and begged for mercy.

Duanmu Huai defeated a band of Space Pirates and offered their captured Holy Grail Class ship to Dardaniel Solas in exchange for rare cargo. He discovered a valuable Astropath among the prisoners, then received three famous Holy Relics from Dardaniel, leaving him astonished by the haul.

• Duanmu Huai learned that the defeated pirates were impoverished and had been holding human and alien prisoners aboard their ship.
• Duanmu Huai offered the damaged Holy Grail Class warship to Dardaniel Solas in exchange for unusual, rare, or mysterious cargo.
• Duanmu Huai found a child prisoner identified as an Astropath, recognizing the child’s potential for guiding him to ruins and Soul Cards.
• Dardaniel Solas returned with three Holy Relics: Xenos Bane, the Crimson Fist, and the Left Hand of Justice.
• Duanmu Huai recognized the famous equipment and wondered whether Dardaniel’s ancestors had been connected to the Blood Ducks.

Duanmu Huai learned that the Guardian Civilization was open to outsiders, recruited the blind Astropath Tong, and traveled to its galaxy. When the Guardians failed to answer his message, Tong sensed a force ahead filled with rage and intent on destroying everything.

• Dadanier told Duanmu Huai that the Guardian Civilization was relatively open-minded, and the two completed their trade before Dadanier left with the Holy Grail Class warship.
• Duanmu Huai brought the captured Astropath Tong aboard, warned her not to use Warp Space without permission, and ordered a Slayer Puppet to watch her.
• Lorena returned to her world to ask the Archbishop for help protecting Tong from corruption.
• Duanmu Huai's warship reached the Guardian Galaxy and sent a greeting, but Mia reported that the other side did not respond.
• Tong sensed boiling anger and hatred ahead, and Duanmu Huai decided to investigate.

Duanmu Huai's battleship destroyed the Kabal fleet attacking the High Tower and he met with the Guardian Civilization's leaders. After explaining the state of human civilization and the Inquisition's mission, he was interrupted by news that the Kabal had sent a message.

• Duanmu Huai ordered his battleship to attack the Kabal fleet bombarding the High Tower, and its weapons drove the Kabal into retreat.
• Duanmu Huai met Savala, Ekra, and Cade at the ruined High Tower and explained the Inquisition's purpose.
• Duanmu Huai told the leaders about the fallen Empire, Chaos Gods, and Warp Space, and said the Inquisition would leave them alone unless they threatened humanity or allied with Chaos.
• A staff member rushed into the reception room and announced that the Kabal had sent a message.

Duanmu Huai learned that the Kabal had trapped the Traveler and threatened to destroy the star system unless the Guardians surrendered. He sent Ann and the others to help evacuate civilians while he prepared to attack the Myriad Eagle Battleship.

• The Kabal commander gave the humans twelve hours to surrender the Traveler or face the destruction of their star system.
• Duanmu Huai decided to confront the star-destroying battleship, recognizing the Kabal’s threat was meant to draw him away from the Holy City.
• Savala revealed that the Kabal had shackled the Traveler, cutting the Guardians off from the Light and weakening their defenses.
• Ann found that magic could not affect the black construct, and Okegis could not pull it apart.
• Duanmu Huai ordered Ann, Gureiya, Felin, and the Night Watch to help evacuate civilians while he went to seize the Myriad Eagle Battleship.

Duanmu Huai attacked the Myriad Eagle Battleship, which the Kabal had used as bait while its fleet moved toward the Holy City to seize the Traveler's Light. His boarding force overwhelmed the ship, and the chapter ended with Duanmu Huai killing its commander before he could trigger self-destruct.

• The White Armor Pig-Face Monster sent the Kabal fleet toward the Holy City, sacrificing the Myriad Eagle Battleship to draw Duanmu Huai away.
• Duanmu Huai ordered his battleship to attack the Myriad Eagle Battleship and launched a boarding assault with the Night Watch.
• Duanmu Huai and the Night Watch fought through the ship as his Aura of Fear weakened the Kabal soldiers and strengthened his attacks.
• Kabal soldiers reported that the Myriad Eagle Battleship's reactors and weapons control had been seized, while its commander hesitated to activate self-destruct.
• Duanmu Huai stormed the Command Room and killed the commander before he could use the keycard.

Duanmu Huai and Okegis stopped the White Armor Pig-Face Monster as he drew power from the restrained Traveler. After Duanmu Huai killed him and broke the Restraint Device, the Traveler awakened, leaving Duanmu Huai facing its brilliant light.

• The White Armor Pig-Face Monster learned that the enemy had seized the Myriad Eagle Battleship and ordered the Kabal fleet to advance and prepare the Energy Conversion Device.
• The Kabal flagship reached the restrained Traveler, and the White Armor Pig-Face Monster began absorbing the Light.
• Duanmu Huai landed on the flagship and fought the White Armor Pig-Face Monster, who wielded a Flame Blade powered by the Light.
• Okegis and her Guardian Puppet trapped the White Armor Pig-Face Monster, allowing Duanmu Huai to cut him in two with his Chainsaw Sword.
• The White Armor Pig-Face Monster's soul emerged and claimed immortality, but Duanmu Huai's Thunder Warhammer struck the Restraint Device and freed the Traveler, whose radiance destroyed the soul.

Duanmu Huai helped Guardian Civilization recover after the Kabal attack, then attended a noble engagement banquet with Ann, Gureiya, and Okegis. The ceremony ended in scandal when Yarde Ulric publicly canceled his engagement to Oder Hasha and declared his love for Angela.

• Duanmu Huai's bomb freed the Traveler, which released Ghosts and revived tens of thousands of Guardians.
• Duanmu Huai destroyed most of the retreating Kabal fleet after its commander died, and the Holy City began rebuilding.
• Savala asked Duanmu Huai to help Guardian Civilization build warships, and they agreed to trade resources for his assistance.
• Duanmu Huai attended Yarde Ulric and Oder Hasha's engagement ceremony with Ann, Gureiya, and Okegis.
• Hanna asked Duanmu Huai to protect Ann, and he promised he would keep her safe.
• Yarde Ulric publicly canceled his engagement to Oder Hasha, embraced Angela, and declared that he intended to marry her.

At an engagement banquet, Yarde accused Odel of abusing Angela and demanded that Princess Ann punish her, but Duanmu Huai challenged the accusers to provide evidence and took control of the situation. He ordered Angela imprisoned and the nobles brought before the King, then revealed that he suspected Angela was not human and summoned exorcists to investigate.

• At the banquet, Yarde broke off his engagement to Odel and accused her of bullying and attempting to assassinate Angela, while several nobles and noblewomen supported his claims.
• Yarde demanded that Ann punish Odel, but Duanmu Huai intervened and questioned the accusers, who could produce neither evidence nor a witness.
• Duanmu Huai accused the nobles of planning to disrupt the banquet, pulled Angela away from Yarde, ordered her imprisoned, and sent the group to the royal palace to answer to the King.
• After the banquet, Duanmu Huai told Okegis to find Lorena and bring exorcists, explaining that Angela's display label had blurred and that she had resisted his Aura of Fear.

Duanmu Huai questioned the nobles’ accusations against Odel and brought Angela before the King to clarify her relationship with Yarde. When Angela’s words mysteriously swayed the hall, Sahariel attacked her with an angelic arrow.

• The King questioned Odel, Hanna, and the noble heirs, but their claims that Odel had bullied Angela remained unsupported.
• Duanmu Huai challenged the heirs’ claim that Odel targeted Angela for being a commoner and suggested that Angela be summoned.
• Angela denied being in love with Yarde, but her voice quickly softened the hall’s attitude toward her.
• Duanmu Huai sensed that Angela was influencing those around her, and Sahariel fired an angelic arrow at her.

Duanmu Huai exposed Angela as a Succubus who had been sent to incite unrest in Manaria on behalf of Fafnir, whom she claimed had returned as an undead monster. After the King ordered the incident kept secret, Duanmu Huai resolved to investigate the Evil Dragon’s resurrection.

• Sahariel attacked Angela, but Angela revealed her Succubus form and tried to escape before Duanmu Huai slammed her to the floor.
• Duanmu Huai threatened Angela until she confessed that Fafnir had summoned her to stir conflict between commoners and nobles in Manaria.
• Angela said Fafnir had returned as an undead monster and named its Evil Dragon Cultists as the people who had summoned her.
• Yarde admitted he had known Angela’s identity, and his father knocked him unconscious with a punch.
• After Duanmu Huai confirmed the cultists’ location, he killed Angela, and Sahariel reduced her body to ash.
• The King thanked Duanmu Huai and ordered the nobles to keep the incident secret, while Duanmu Huai decided to investigate who was trying to resurrect Fafnir.

After the banquet scandal, Duanmu Huai decided to investigate the Western Land while Ann worried about Odel’s ruined marriage prospects. Their conversation ended when Earl Hasha and Odel arrived to request an audience.

• The King ordered the banquet guests to keep the scandal secret, while Yarde was imprisoned and the kingdom considered how to deal with demons.
• Duanmu Huai concluded that Fafnir had not fully revived and decided to travel west with Okegis, Ann, Gureiya, Lorena, and Sahariel.
• Ann explained that Odel’s political engagement to Yarde had lacked affection and that Yarde had dreamed of overthrowing the old system to create a more equal world.
• Ann suggested that Duanmu Huai could marry Odel, but he refused to be drawn into the matter and told Ann to solve her own problems.
• A maid announced that Earl Hasha and Odel had arrived and requested an audience.

Earl Hasha asked Duanmu Huai to take his daughter Odel on as his personal maid after she gave up on marriage. Ann persuaded Duanmu Huai to let Odel accompany them west for an assessment, and he agreed after seeing her powerful card abilities.

• Earl Hasha thanked Ann and Duanmu Huai for helping his daughter, then asked Duanmu Huai to make Odel his personal maid.
• Duanmu Huai objected to the request, while Ann explained that noblewomen often served as palace maids and could handle important duties.
• Ann proposed taking Odel west with them so Duanmu Huai could assess her abilities, and she praised Odel's talent at the Magic Academy.
• Duanmu Huai viewed Odel's card, which showed that Black Swan Odel dealt two damage to all enemy units at the end of his turn.
• Duanmu Huai agreed to take Odel along and see what she could do.

Duanmu Huai and his companions crossed the mountains by gunship and reached a border village in the Western Empire to investigate the region. The next morning, soldiers sealed off the village after capturing a rebel leader who was to be executed there.

• Duanmu Huai learned from Ann and Felin that a powerful Empire lay west of the mountains and that dragons there had been cut off from Regnis for thousands of years.
• Duanmu Huai flew west with Ann, Gureiya, Lorena, Okegis, and Odel, while Gureiya suffered from airsickness and Odel cared for her.
• Duanmu Huai landed near a village, disguised the group as adventurers, and learned from the innkeeper that the village belonged to the Empire's borderlands.
• Duanmu Huai woke to find soldiers sealing off the village, and the innkeeper told him that the Imperial army had captured a rebel leader and planned to execute them there.

Duanmu Huai and his companions witnessed the execution of Ulfric Stormcloak in Skyrim Province when a black dragon attacked Helgen. After the dragon escaped from their assault, Gureiya identified its mysterious roar as a Dragon Shout.

• Duanmu Huai refused to interfere as Imperial soldiers prepared to execute Ulfric Stormcloak and the other prisoners.
• A black dragon descended on Helgen and summoned flaming meteors, while Ann raised a barrier over the inn.
• Duanmu Huai and his companions attacked the dragon, but its Dragon Shout extinguished Gureiya’s flames, broke Okegis’s threads, and knocked away their weapons.
• Duanmu Huai struck the dragon with his Thunder Warhammer, wounding it before it flew into the clouds.
• Gureiya recovered from her stunned state and told Duanmu Huai that the dragon had used a Dragon Shout.

After driving off the black dragon, Duanmu Huai and his companions carried General Tullius’s letter to Whiterun and learned about Skyrim’s civil war and the conflict over Talos worship. Lord Balgruuf then asked them to join Irileth’s guards in investigating a dragon reported at the Southern Watchtower.

• General Tullius thanked Duanmu Huai’s group for repelling the dragon, paid them, and asked them to deliver his letter to Lord Balgruuf in Whiterun.
• Hadvar guided Duanmu Huai and the others toward Whiterun and explained the civil war, the White-Gold Concordat, and Ulfric’s rebellion over Talos worship.
• Gureiya told Duanmu Huai that Dragon Shout was a legendary power and that she could not understand the black dragon’s words.
• Duanmu Huai’s group entered Whiterun with General Tullius’s letter and delivered it to Lord Balgruuf at Dragonsreach.
• A messenger reported a dragon at the Southern Watchtower, and Lord Balgruuf asked Duanmu Huai’s group to accompany Irileth and investigate.

Duanmu Huai and his companions killed a dragon attacking the watchtower, and Gureiya absorbed its power and learned a Dragon Shout. After Balgruuf the Jarl explained that the Greybeards had summoned her to Hrothgar Peak, the group planned to split up and investigate Skyrim while Duanmu Huai accompanied Gureiya.

• Duanmu Huai and his companions killed the dragon at the watchtower, and Gureiya absorbed its power and used a Dragon Shout.
• The guards identified Gureiya as Dragonborn, while Irileth urged the group to return to Whiterun and report the dragon's death.
• Duanmu Huai told Balgruuf the Jarl what had happened, and Balgruuf explained that the Greybeards had summoned Gureiya to Hrothgar Peak.
• Balgruuf gave the group rooms, food, and a reward, and the group rested in Whiterun.
• Ann proposed that the group split up: she would investigate the College of Mages in Winterhold with Okegis, Lorena would investigate the Nine Divines faith with Odel, and Duanmu Huai would accompany Gureiya.

Duanmu Huai and Gureiya traveled toward Hogarth Peak, but their awkward walk was interrupted when they encountered High Elves transporting human prisoners. After Duanmu killed the guards and freed the prisoners, he challenged Gureiya to choose between humanity and dragons.

• Ann left Gureiya in Duanmu Huai’s care, and the two set out on foot toward Hogarth Peak.
• Duanmu Huai and Gureiya struggled to make conversation as they walked together.
• Duanmu Huai stopped a High Elf patrol escorting human prisoners and demanded to know their alleged crime.
• Duanmu Huai killed the High Elf guards, learned the prisoners were bound for North Tower Fortress, and freed them.
• Duanmu Huai told Gureiya that his duty as an Inquisitor was to protect humanity and asked whether she chose humanity or dragons.