Chapter Summaries

After the Floating Castle crashed into New Stefan, Xia Lin mourned the apparent loss of the black dragon while the city’s defenders fought off a demi-human invasion. Restored by Master Laura’s magic, Xia Lin and his companions found the entrance to the underground altar and prepared to confront Anlin.

• The Floating Castle crashed into the Star Moon Opera House, devastating New Stefan, and Xia Lin found a warm black dragon scale among the rubble.
• Laila blamed herself for the dragon’s death, then claimed the stars said there was still hope and ran toward the castle ruins.
• General Roderick rallied New Stefan’s defenders as Rosalind, Claw, James, Sailun, Malin, and others led resistance against the invading demi-humans.
• Xia Lin decided to raid the underground altar and stop Anlin, but his exhausted companions doubted they could manage it.
• Master Laura appeared, restored the group with [Time Rift], and provided access to magical equipment while promising reinforcements for the city.
• Xia Lin and his companions searched the wreckage, found an opening leading underground, and prepared to enter the altar.

Anlin’s ascension ritual was interrupted when her floating castle collapsed, leaving her wounded but empowered and convinced Xia Lin had sabotaged her. Xia Lin’s group rescued the prisoners and freed Sword Duke Edwin, but Veronica chose to fight Xia Lin out of loyalty to Anlin as the demigod approached.

• The collapse destroyed Anlin’s ritual and killed her Dragonborn loyalists, but she survived with much of the divine power she had absorbed and blamed Xia Lin.
• Xia Lin and his companions reached the ruined altar, defeated its Dragonborn guards, and found Sword Duke Edwin bound and several prisoners trapped behind a magical barrier.
• Veronica arrived and dispelled the barrier, while Felicity’s call to her father helped Edwin awaken from his mind control.
• As Anlin approached, Veronica confessed that she could not betray the one who had given her new life and took a stance against Xia Lin.

Anlin separated the Sword Duke and Bargren from Xia Lin’s group and ordered Veronica to stop them, while she fought the others. Xia Lin realized Veronica was holding back because she could not bring herself to kill them, and he told the team to help her lose.

• Anlin trapped the Sword Duke and Bargren behind a divine wall, then left Veronica to handle Xia Lin’s group.
• Veronica disrupted the team’s tactics with crystal barriers and powerful spells, but Xia Lin noticed that she kept choosing defensive or harmless moves.
• Xia Lin tested his suspicion and saw Veronica’s Disintegrate spell miss him after she hesitated at the final moment.
• Xia Lin told his companions through their telepathic link that Veronica wanted to defeat them but could not kill them.
• Xia Lin changed their plan and urged the team to help Veronica lose beautifully.

Xia Lin and his companions turned their fight with Veronica into a performance of Starfall Love, helping her willingly lose and fall unconscious. Meanwhile, Anlin defeated the Sword Duke and Bargren, then resumed the godhood-sealing ritual above New Stefan.

• Xia Lin told his companions that Veronica was resisting her duty and asked them to help her find a dignified way to lose.
• Kade, Iliya La, Sera, and Felicity transformed the battlefield into a stage, where Xia Lin invited Veronica to dance.
• Xia Lin and Veronica performed Starfall Love, and Veronica revealed her Crystal Dragon form and surrendered as her [Heart of Resonance] dissolved into light.
• Veronica fell unconscious, and Felicity revealed that the poison she had drunk had been part of the plan.
• Anlin overpowered the Sword Duke and Bargren, then raised the altar above New Stefan and restarted the godhood-sealing ritual with the [Star Moon Chain].

Anlin raised a divine domain over New Stefan and weakened everyone in the city, but Xia Lin’s divine fragment turned the effect to his advantage. Master Laura, Sword Duke, and Bargren engaged Anlin, giving Xia Lin a chance to carry out his plan as he focused on reaching the tower.

• Anlin raised a colossal tower from the city’s ruins and spread her proto-divine kingdom’s Faith Deprivation domain across New Stefan.
• Xia Lin’s divine fragment converted the domain’s weakening effect into Divine Harmony, while he and the others mocked Anlin for having no followers.
• Master Laura appeared and used fused spells to hinder Anlin, then gave Sword Duke and Bargren replicas of their old weapons.
• Master Laura, Sword Duke, and Bargren attacked Anlin together and told Xia Lin to leave the fight to them.
• Xia Lin decided to climb the hundred-meter tower, seeing Anlin’s display as a clear path toward his target.

Xia Lin and his companions sought a way to reach the battle atop Anlin’s tower after its divine altar destroyed the Griffin Knights. Using his connection to the Fragment of the God of Possibility, Xia Lin reshaped the tower into a spiral road and led the group upward.

• Edwin, Bargren, and Laura’s phantoms attacked Anlin, but she unleashed divine meteors against them.
• Twelve Griffin Knights charged toward the tower, where Anlin’s Divine Grace Altar purified them into golden dust.
• Xia Lin sensed his authority over the unfinished divine kingdom and commanded the tower to form a spiraling road.
• Xia Lin turned one puppet monster against its companions, then led the group in a final charge up the tower.

Anlin overwhelmed the defenders atop the tower while Xia Lin’s team fought through Dragonborn puppets below. Laila found Tiamat’s Chain of Binding and, with Veronica’s help, began floating toward the battle above.

• Anlin used her divine authority to restrain the dwarf and Edwin, but the dwarf unleashed Rune: All Things Disintegration and Edwin wounded her with a precise counterattack.
• Anlin crushed the defenders with enhanced gravity and divine spears, destabilizing Rola’s projection.
• Sera used Void Grip to tear apart thousands of Dragonborn puppets, and Xia Lin raised a stone platform and barriers before discovering that using his authority had shortened his Divinity Fragment Fusion Countdown to fourteen days.
• Laila found Tiamat’s Chain of Binding beneath the rubble and hesitated to trust Veronica, who offered to help her reach Xia Lin in exchange for the necklace’s healing power.
• Veronica healed her injuries, returned the necklace, and sent Laila upward in an Intermission Passage bubble that mimicked her aura.

Anlin reached the Goddess statue after fighting off the Warriors, while Xia Lin’s group discovered his divinity would soon detonate. Anlin sealed herself and the statue behind a golden barrier, leaving Xia Lin and his friends with one final chance to stop her.

• Master Laura marked the weak link between Anlin’s divine spark and mortal body, and Sword Duke pierced it while the Dwarf held her off.
• Anlin unleashed Divine Grace: Heavenly Punishment, gravely injuring Sword Duke and the Dwarf before fleeing toward the divine throne as Laura’s phantom vanished.
• Xia Lin’s group reached the summit and found the [Star Moon Chain] on the Goddess statue, where Xia Lin discovered his divinity countdown had fallen to three hours.
• Anlin struck the group with a fiery meteor, then protected herself and the statue inside an indestructible golden barrier while she absorbed divine power to heal.
• Xia Lin told Sera and Kade that he had five minutes before exploding and could use his ability once more, and they stood with him as he prepared to blow himself up with Anlin.

Xia Lin and his allies tried to stop Anlin before the divine self-destruction countdown ended, and he appeared to die while Laila moved to steal the ritual’s Star Moon Chain. Xia Lin survived, caught the falling chain, and put it on as the countdown reached zero, starting a divinity fragment fusion countdown.

• Xia Lin, Sera, and Kade fought Anlin’s Dragonborn puppets while Xia Lin saved his final authority for a crucial moment.
• Xia Lin failed to breach Anlin’s barrier, and Anlin bound Sera and Kade before striking Xia Lin down.
• Laila used the Chain of Tiamat to bypass Anlin’s barrier and loosened the Star Moon Chain from the Goddess statue.
• Xia Lin revealed that he had faked his death and warped Anlin’s attack, but its aftershock knocked Laila from the statue.
• Xia Lin caught the falling Star Moon Chain and put it on as the divine self-destruction countdown expired.

Xia Lin awakened Alethea’s divinity through the cold chain and effortlessly overwhelmed Anlin, whose attempt to destroy New Stefan ended in her death. Sera and Kade were freed and healed, while Xia Lin stood as the Divine Kingdom Spire’s true Master.

• The cold chain awakened Alethea’s authority within Xia Lin, and his golden light freed and healed Sera and Kade while Anlin recoiled in fear.
• Anlin began casting Punishment of Annihilation, but Xia Lin used an empowered Grease spell to make her fall and disrupt the spell.
• Anlin’s Dragonborn puppets bowed to Xia Lin, and Sera’s Minor Curse made Anlin sneeze, demonstrating the difference in their divine ranks.
• Anlin began swelling with unstable power to destroy New Stefan, so Xia Lin tore open Master Laura’s Phantom Killer scroll.
• The spell trapped Anlin in a terrifying vision, stopped her heart, and left her dead beneath her own statue.

Xia Lin and his companions defeated Anlin, whose death restored the night sky and returned the stolen divine power. As they recovered and discovered new powers, Veronica appeared to take Anlin’s remains, while Xiao Ai’s sacrifice left the group grieving.

• Anlin’s death transformed her into an ancient red dragon, and the golden canopy over New Stefan vanished as the stolen divine power returned.
• Xia Lin found that his Mythical Rank had risen, his countdown had become a 90-day fusion countdown, and he had gained new abilities; Kade and Sera became Mythical Companions.
• Xia Lin’s companions confirmed that Iliya La and Felicity were safe, then mourned Xiao Ai after seeing her dragon scale had stopped Anlin’s fatal blow.
• Laila returned with Veronica, who had rescued her during her fall and revealed that she was free of Anlin’s control.
• Xia Lin allowed Veronica to take Anlin’s remains, and Veronica departed through a portal after teasing a play about a greedy adventurer who became a hero.

After Laila revealed that Xiao Ai’s soul survived inside the Tiamat's Chain of Binding, Xia Lin used the stillborn Primordial Dragon God's Egg to restore it. Xiao Ai returned as a miraculous incubating egg, and Xia Lin and Laila headed down to help in the city.

• Laila stopped Xia Lin and told him the stars had shown her that the Tiamat's Chain of Binding could help restore Xiao Ai.
• Xia Lin appraised the necklace and discovered that a fragile fragment of Xiao Ai’s soul remained inside it.
• Xia Lin found that the stillborn Primordial Dragon God's Egg still held primordial power and a divine imprint, then tried to move Xiao Ai’s soul into it.
• Xiao Ai’s soul fused with the egg, which transformed into a warm, football-sized Miracle Egg that Xia Lin recognized as her new beginning.
• Xia Lin thanked Laila, promised her ice cream, and put the Miracle Egg in his Space Bag before they went to support the battle in the city.

After New Stefan defeated the demi-human coalition, Xia Lin discovered that Seratalia could help him reveal and choose Mythical Power specialties. He selected a transformation feat, extending his countdown to a year, and began planning how to use his new abilities.

• After Anlin died, her Dragonborn followers lost their power and fled, while New Stefan's private armies joined the defenders against the demi-human coalition.
• Xia Lin reunited with General Roderick, and the city's forces won after reinforcements arrived; the fighting left New Stefan devastated.
• Xia Lin met Seratalia in the Sea of Stars, where she explained that his divine mark had stabilized her remnant soul and might help her return to life.
• With Seratalia's guidance, Xia Lin imagined his mist-covered Mythical Power as a game panel and chose the Freely Transform feat, which raised his self-destruction countdown from eighty-nine days to one year.
• The next morning, Xia Lin tested Animal Form by taking on velociraptor-like legs, then resumed his Magic Warrior training.

A month after the battle, Xia Lin and Sera reflected on their new abilities and the city's recovery as they went to find Kade. At the temporary Temple, Kade reacted with excitement to something Felicity had told him.

• Xia Lin reviewed his level-seven abilities, new feats, copied spells, and modest personal fortune while Sera described her own Mythical powers and Kade's advancement.
• Xia Lin and Sera walked through rebuilding New Stefan, discussing Malin's aid, Xia Lin's donated reward, Claw's new tavern, and Sara's work with the slum children.
• Xia Lin recounted their companions' recent paths, including Iliya La's departure, Laila's relief work, the Priest of the God of Imagination's gift, the group's silver-rank promotion, and the Sword Duke's worsening condition.
• Xia Lin and Sera arrived at the temporary Temple, where Kade excitedly asked Miss Felicity if something was true.

Felicity took charge of New Stefan’s provisional government and distributed power among committees while Xia Lin declined a council seat. She told him the committee had approved a group statue honoring him and his companions, with a ceremony planned in ten days.

• Felicity explained that her father could no longer govern, so she appointed Julian chief adviser to handle the city’s politicians.
• Felicity described how she had pushed the Sword Duke’s chair away and divided authority among committees to prevent anyone from monopolizing power.
• Felicity offered Xia Lin a council seat, but he refused to get involved in politics.
• Felicity announced that the New Stefan Interim Governance Committee had unanimously approved a group statue honoring Xia Lin and his companions.
• Felicity said the statue would include Xia Lin holding a gear and that a major ceremony would take place in ten days.

New Stefan held a ceremony to honor the heroes who had saved the city and remember those lost in the disaster. The city’s leaders and people paid tribute to Xia Lin and his companions as New Stefan began rebuilding.

• Xia Lin, Sera, Kade, and Laila joined a procession through New Stefan, where residents applauded and thanked them.
• Felicity addressed the crowd and unveiled a monument honoring the heroes and all who fought for the city.
• Sword Duke Edwin thanked the heroes, admitted his own mistakes, and knelt before them.
• Felicity, the council, soldiers, nobles, and commoners followed Edwin and knelt to honor the heroes.
• Edwin declared a new beginning for New Stefan as bells rang, children sang, and a rainbow appeared above the monument.

Xia Lin, Kade, and Sera traveled toward the Tsaros Empire while recalling the farewell banquet in New Stefan and arguing over Sera’s decision to hide a diary from Ambassador Hill. Back in New Stefan, the mysterious purple-robed mage appeared before Laila and asked for her cake.

• Xia Lin, Kade, and Sera camped on the road to the Tsaros Empire and talked about their journey and the farewell banquet a month earlier.
• At the banquet, Ambassador Hill asked Xia Lin about the diary, and Sera gave her an old address while secretly keeping the diary herself.
• Sera explained to Kade that she had withheld the diary’s location to protect herself, and Xia Lin stopped their argument.
• Laila left a strawberry tart for Xiao Ai’s statue in New Stefan and chatted beside it.
• The mysterious purple-robed mage appeared behind Laila, revealed eyes identical to hers, and asked for her chocolate cake.

Moira visited Laila to investigate Xia Lin for the Great Council, suspecting his connection to a power uncovered with the Supreme Commander's tomb. After Laila described what she knew and vouched for Xia Lin, Moira left through a Dimensional Gate to report back.

• Moira arrived travel-worn, ate Laila's chocolate cake, and explained that two Red Mantis women had pursued her.
• Moira told Laila that the Great Council had ordered her to investigate Xia Lin, who was connected to the excavation of the Supreme Commander's tomb and a power from beyond their world.
• Laila recounted her experiences with Xia Lin and said his aura felt like starlight, but she trusted him as a good person.
• Moira asked whether the thing inside Xia Lin was good or bad, then asked where he had gone; Laila said she did not know.
• Moira immobilized a patrolling guard, teased Laila, and left through a Dimensional Gate after asking her to visit Aunt Selune.
• Laila watched Xia Lin's statue, called him unfathomable, and left the square to find food.

Liana and Lily reached New Stefan battered after being trapped for months in a strange place, and learned that Xia Lin had already left town. Liana received news that Leon was coming to find her, while Xia Lin faced a new request for help in a border town.

• Liana and Lily arrived at the New Stefan Adventurers' Guild, where Grayson told them Xia Lin had left a month earlier and shared news of the city.
• Lily asked after Xia Lin and was relieved to hear he was safe, while Liana recounted how they had fought a purple-robed mage and been trapped in the Sea of Stars for hours as more than three months passed outside.
• Amy told Liana that Leon was on his way from Orlando, and Liana rushed out after giving Grayson a scrap torn from the mage's robe to investigate.
• Lily prayed for Xia Lin's safety as he faced a middle-aged man in a border town who asked him and his companions to help the townspeople.

Xia Lin and Sera arrived in Baras Town and learned that a mysterious haunting had left local adventurers with permanent losses of Constitution. After negotiating a Shield Spell Wand as payment, Xia Lin agreed to investigate and learned another adventurer was already on the case.

• Xia Lin and Sera entered Baras Town and found its residents and adventurers unusually subdued.
• The adventurers crowded around Xia Lin after spotting his Silver-rank badge and begged him to help them.
• The guildmaster explained that a month-long haunting had targeted adventurers with seductive dreams and permanently reduced their Constitution.
• Xia Lin noticed the guildmaster had avoided the effects by taking a Death Ward potion, while Temple remedies had failed to help the victims.
• Xia Lin negotiated a Shield Spell Wand as his reward for investigating and learned another adventurer had already accepted the commission.