Chapter Summaries

Kulu reached Arthur’s camp and gave him information about the refugees, while Arthur and Kular discussed how to handle them. Arthur decided they should accept as many refugees as possible as a first step toward engaging with and eventually ruling the wider Maysen Region.

• Kulu approached the elf camp, where a peak Great Knight stopped him, but Arthur allowed him inside.
• Kulu saw the camp’s thousands of noble elf guards and its Great Knight trainees, then recognized the Oris Family crest outside Arthur’s tent.
• Arthur questioned Kulu about the refugees and told him that relief had already been sent to them.
• After Kulu left, Kular warned Arthur that accepting refugees could cause trouble because elves were hostile toward outsiders.
• Arthur said they should accept as many refugees as possible to prepare for engaging with and ruling the Maysen Region.

Adir and Kular planned how to accept and govern refugees in Silver Mist Forest while preventing clashes with the native Elves. Kular also reported that Natasha had agreed to merge the Dark Wizard Alliance into the Silver Mist Royal Court, partly in exchange for Adir giving Gloria the Bloodline Blade.

• Adir proposed settling refugees in separate areas of Silver Mist Forest to reduce conflict with native Elves.
• Adir outlined a plan to divide the refugees among new towns, have human nobles manage them, and appoint Elf overseers to restrain abuses.
• Adir and Kular agreed that sealed roads into Silver Mist Forest could be reopened.
• Kular told Adir that Natasha had agreed to merge the Dark Wizard Alliance into the Silver Mist Royal Court.
• Kular criticized Adir for giving Gloria the Bloodline Blade, and Adir explained that the artifact was no longer useful to him and helped secure the alliance.

Arthur and King Cass moved the Silver Mist Royal Court’s campaign to Griffin Academy after the academy refused to submit. Griffin’s headmaster dismissed reports of the Moon Elf King’s strength, but the chapter ended as a silver claw shattered the academy’s protective array.

• Three months after the Dark Wizard Alliance surrendered, the Silver Mist Royal Court ended its isolation and expanded into nearby territories while other powers stayed silent.
• Arthur and King Cass confronted Griffin Academy, whose leaders rejected the Royal Court’s demands and resisted surrender.
• Arthur ordered one final negotiation, but Griffin’s wizards drove the envoy out, so Arthur walked toward the city.
• Headmaster and Xilu discussed why they believed Griffin’s protective array could withstand the Moon Elf King.
• A gigantic silver claw struck Griffin City and broke its protective wizard array.

Arthur and the Silver Mist Royal Court conquered the Maysen Region, and King Cass handed the throne to Arthur. Afterward, Arthur considered his growing World Energy and his struggle to advance his Origin Force, wishing he could reach the High Domain to find a suitable inheritance.

• Arthur broke Griffin Academy's protective wizard formation, and Kular, Gloria, and Natasha joined him as the academy fell to the Silver Mist Royal Court.
• The Royal Court defeated the remaining forces and spread its authority across the region until Maysen was unified.
• King Cass abdicated and handed the throne to Arthur.
• Arthur noticed that World Energy was accumulating much faster after the Royal Court expanded its territory and checked his status.
• Arthur lamented that his Origin Force was increasing slowly and that he lacked an inheritance for advancing beyond the fourth level.
• Arthur considered seeking the High Domain, but the route from Maysen had long been cut off and its existence was uncertain.

Fifty years after unifying the Maysen Region, Arthur had built a large force of loyal Great Knights and prepared to extend the Royal Court’s influence into thirteen Subdomains. He and Edith addressed how to identify gifted apprentices and transport them, with Arthur deciding that the chaotic regions between them would have to be cleared.

• Arthur reflected on the Maysen Region’s former connections to the High Domain and resolved to search for records about it.
• Arthur worried that the escaped Demon God had entered the chaotic lands, though he expected the surface world’s rejection to destroy its projection within thirty or forty years.
• Fifty years later, Arthur watched eight hundred Great Knights train, the result of his academies and personal training program.
• Edith told Arthur that wizards and knights would begin staffing outposts in all thirteen Subdomains next year to recruit talented children.
• Arthur showed Edith a Soul Stone that could detect wizard aptitude and explained that apprentices would need to be transported back by airship.
• Arthur decided to clear the bordering chaotic regions, citing access to the Subdomains’ resources, ancient ruins, and areas suitable for development.

After fifty years of helping stabilize the Maysen Region, Arthur prepared to resume his journey through the River of Time and Space. He chose a powerful cluster of worlds that were devouring and merging, despite the dangers, and headed toward its central world.

• Arthur reviewed his status and lamented how little his abilities had grown over fifty years, apart from his accumulated World Energy.
• Arthur decided the Maysen Region was stable enough for him to leave and activated the sorcery arrays on the altar.
• Arthur used his Transmigration Ability to enter the River of Time and Space and searched for a world harboring Level Four beings.
• Arthur discovered several powerful worlds merging together, with the central world stronger than the Cursed World.
• Arthur weighed the risks and cost of continuing his search, then chose to enter the central world.

Arthur awoke in the body of Xiso Karad, an exiled prince traveling through Aierka State, and assessed how his powers had carried into the new world. He began asking Rune about the state and the territory they were heading to, leaving Rune surprised by the prince’s changed behavior.

• Rune stopped the traveling procession for a rest and asked whether Xiso had woken up.
• Arthur regained his memories and learned that Xiso Karad was the third son of King Kurid, exiled to the borderlands three months earlier.
• Arthur found that the world suppressed magic, battle aura, and most of his mental power, but left his Source Power intact.
• Arthur left the carriage and asked Rune how long remained before they reached their destination.
• Arthur questioned Rune about Aierka State and the territory’s problems, surprising Rune with his new interest in their affairs.

Arthur reflected on the Ancient Kings and discovered the Karad Royal Family carried a weak trace of their bloodline power. After reaching Xisili City, he confronted the assistant magistrate over the city’s ill-equipped force of only two hundred guards despite funding for five hundred.

• Arthur recalled that the Ancient Kings had truly existed and used his power to awaken the faint Bloodline Mark in Xiso’s body.
• Arthur concluded that the Karad Royal Family had inherited the Ancient Kings’ bloodline, though Xiso’s trace of it was extremely weak.
• Arthur decided to settle in the Maysen Region and investigate the world at his own pace, with the Calamity Curse less urgent after reaching Level Four.
• Arthur’s party traveled under Rune’s guidance and reached Xisili City at dusk.
• Arthur saw the city’s two hundred poorly equipped guards and demanded that the assistant magistrate explain why the force fell short of its funded complement of five hundred.

Arthur arrived in Xisili City as its new lord and noticed outsiders from another world among the onlookers. After he entered the city, Shrim and Lela planned for the Founding Association to gain influence by joining Prince Xiso’s forces.

• Arthur dismissed the nervous old man and sensed several unusual outsiders among the crowd at the city gate.
• Arthur entered Xisili City with his escort, while the gathered onlookers gradually dispersed.
• Shrim identified Arthur as Prince Xiso of the Karad Empire and urged the Founding Association to seize the chance to serve him.
• Shrim predicted that Prince Xiso would recruit soldiers because Xisili City was dangerous and its guard force had dwindled.
• Lela told Shrim to find out how many association members were from Aierka State so they could gather once the prince acted.

Arthur learned that the players in Xisili City were shielded by the World Consciousness and ordered a recruitment drive to strengthen the city’s defenses. Lela and Shrim recognized the drive as a chance for their group to gain a foothold in the military and planned to gather eligible players.

• Arthur observed that the World Consciousness concealed the players’ presence and speech from locals.
• Arthur told Rune to recruit soldiers, retain the existing two hundred guards for training, and restore the force to five hundred before the end of the month.
• Arthur arranged for heralds to announce the recruitment drive around Xisili City, offering soldiers room, board, pay, and wheat.
• Lela told Shrim that joining the army could help their group advance, and Shrim reported that fifty-three male players were eligible.
• Lela asked Shrim to summon their eligible members before other players could claim the opportunity.

Arthur ended recruitment after inspecting the unusually fit applicants, many of whom were players from another world. He realized the players’ otherworldly aura was fading as the worlds merged, while the new recruits settled in and discussed the game’s unreliable quest rewards.

• Ruxiu wondered why the applicants in Xisili City were so strong, and Rune suggested they might be different from people elsewhere.
• Arthur recognized that about half the applicants were players and noticed that their otherworldly aura was fading as the mark of this world took root.
• Arthur ended recruitment and ordered Rune to take the new soldiers to the estate and house them with the earlier recruits.
• By afternoon, five players discussed how joining the army had gone smoothly but complained about the game’s quest system and its unreliable rewards.

During a training session, Arthur summoned the hardworking Lela and accidentally let him inspect his character panel. Lela discovered Arthur had once reached Ancient King power, while Arthur realized the World Consciousness had revealed some of his information but would not be alarmed by it.

• Lela won the training contest and received a Ginnar as a reward.
• Arthur asked for Lela to come to the pavilion, establishing a character relationship that let Lela inspect his identity panel.
• Lela saw that Arthur was a Seventh Tier being who had once reached the Tenth Tier and excitedly realized he had found a living Ancient King.
• Arthur sensed that the World Consciousness had swept over him and revealed information to Lela, but concluded his reincarnation would keep the World Consciousness from becoming suspicious.

Arthur secretly planted part of his Origin Power inside Lela, who mistook Arthur's power for a game secret and rallied the Founding Association to approach Prince Xiso. After Lela logged out, Arthur took over his body in the real world and began investigating the Genesis Game.

• Arthur lodged part of his Origin Power inside Lela without his noticing, then dismissed him to rejoin his team.
• Lela shared Arthur's character data with Shrim and the Founding Association's core members, and they decided to focus their members in Xisili City to get close to Prince Xiso.
• After discussing their plans, the players appeared to sleep while their true auras vanished under the World Power's concealment.
• Lela logged out of the game, and Arthur's Origin took control of his body in the real world.
• Arthur examined the world through Lela's memories, judged its power, then opened the Genesis Game Forum and clicked a video file.

Arthur examined a video that he recognized as a glimpse of another world and concluded that the World Consciousness was spending vast amounts of World Power to direct civilization toward the Genesis Game. He used his own World Energy to conceal a forum post about Prince Xiso, then left after confirming the cost was small.

• Arthur watched a video of colossal figures fighting and recognized its images as real scenes from another world.
• He browsed the forum and saw that the Genesis Game had become the world's focus, with governments and the public heavily invested in it.
• Arthur reasoned that the World Consciousness was continuously spending World Power to steer civilization toward the game, likely because of its players.
• Arthur registered a new forum account and wrote a post titled "Shocking! The Lord of Xisili City, Prince Xiso, Is Actually...!!"
• Arthur used World Energy to erase traces linking him to the post and saw that the action had cost only a few dozen points.

Arthur observed how the merging worlds and the World Consciousness were preparing people for the coming upheaval, then decided he could provide the supernatural power they lacked. After he vanished, an information-leaking post began spreading across the internet.

• Arthur gave his umbrella to a boy who nearly fell in the rain, then explored a city whose streets were covered in advertisements for Genesis Game.
• Arthur reasoned that players would receive a greater share of the world's final blessing and gain an advantage when the worlds merged.
• Arthur saw World Power spreading among the people and discovered that their supernatural potential was unusually high, especially among the young.
• Arthur concluded that the people lacked a way to cultivate supernatural power and said he could provide what they needed.
• Arthur vanished without leaving a trace, and a post exposing information began spreading rapidly online.

Lela learned that a player had publicly revealed Prince Xiso’s identity as the reincarnation of an Ancient King, ruining his plans to gain an early advantage. Powerful groups began discussing the revelation and preparing to send players to Xisili City.

• Shrim urgently called Lela and told him to check the forum for news about Prince Xiso.
• Lela found a post revealing Prince Xiso’s identity, status, and bloodline, along with a player’s account of gaining special quests and rewards from him.
• Lela grew furious because the public revelation would intensify competition and destroy his plans to build favor with Prince Xiso unnoticed.
• A young man warned a group that the revelation might be suspicious and that an Ancient King should not appear so early in the game.
• A young woman argued that Prince Xiso was weakened and that the person who posted the information might not understand the game’s importance.
• The middle-aged man ordered the group to follow the post’s instructions and send their people to Xisili City to seek an opportunity with Prince Xiso.

Lela and Shrim watched players flock to Xisili City to get close to Prince Xiso, while Arthur inspected the troops and rewarded Lela with an Azure Potion. Lela paid three hundred Genesis Coins to claim it, and the payment’s mysterious power flowed into Arthur.

• Lela and Shrim discussed how hundreds of players had infiltrated Xisili City and how rival guilds were gaining ground.
• Arthur inspected the troops with Ruxiu and praised the hard-working soldiers and servants.
• Arthur singled out Lela and offered her an Azure Potion as a reward.
• Lela learned that claiming the potion would cost three hundred Genesis Coins and confirmed the purchase.
• A faint purple power flowed from Lela into Arthur, who handed her the Azure Potion.

Arthur confirmed that players’ game currency was World Power and planned to use his growing forces to study how World Power worked as the worlds merged. On the battlefield, Lela’s Azure Potion-enhanced strength let him kill several enemies and earn back its cost, while other players watched him with envy.

• Arthur handed Lela an Azure Potion and confirmed that players’ game currency was World Power attached to their projected bodies.
• Arthur reflected that he had gathered about a thousand people in Xisili City and planned to use them to study World Power during the worlds’ merger.
• Lela fought on the battlefield and killed several enemies with strength and speed greatly increased by the Azure Potion.
• Lela checked his Genesis Coins, realized he had nearly earned back the potion’s cost, and charged after the fleeing enemies.
• The other players pressed on for battle merit and spoils, while some watched Lela and discussed his performance.

Arthur observed the success of the soldiers’ training and the players he had promoted, while players from another world investigated the Azure Potion and decided to raise Prince Xiso’s importance. As Arthur left the battlefield, he watched an unseen power draw purple energy from fallen enemies and turn it into World Power for the players.

• A group of warriors in gray armor concluded that the Azure Potion made ordinary people superhuman and planned to seek a large supply and invest heavily in Prince Xiso.
• Arthur praised Shrim and the soldiers’ training, crediting Shrim and the players he had appointed to military posts.
• Arthur recalled promoting members of the Founding Association, including Lela, despite the risks of giving players influence over his forces.
• Arthur left the battlefield with his retinue to pursue his own purpose.
• As players killed enemies, an unseen power drew purple energy from the fallen and converted it into World Power that flowed into the players.

Arthur studied the world-plundering mechanism while his army spent months suppressing bandits across Aierka State. Lela learned that Arthur might soon move against Soang, the region’s most powerful faction.

• Arthur had the Chip record and analyze the plundering between worlds as his army defeated a bandit force.
• Arthur’s forces spent the following months defeating bandits and raiders they could handle.
• Lela woke with pain in his injured leg and reflected on the game’s gradual restoration of pain for players.
• Lela met Shrim, who told him Arthur might soon launch a campaign against Soang.
• Lela learned that Soang was a former principality that had resisted the Karad Empire and remained largely independent despite its formal submission.