Chapter Summaries

Sandru mobilized the Nether Palace’s undead allies for an invasion of the real world, promising them homes in the new cities. On the island, Duan Xu and the goblins argued over whether to attack nearby ports or target the Blood Duke, until news arrived that Fishmen had entered the Duke’s city.

• Sandru gathered the allied undead at the Nether Palace and announced plans to seize the real world’s territories within a month.
• The goblins urged Duan Xu to join an attack on the Blood Duke, while Duan Xu favored taking coastal ports they could hold.
• Black Gloves proposed sending goblins to persuade the ports while Duan Xu’s Fishmen joined the goblins against the Blood Duke.
• A goblin reported that Fishmen had been seen entering the Blood Duke’s city, and the goblins turned to look at Duan Xu.

Romeo forced survivors in a lawless settlement to join the Nether Palace’s war against Blood Duke, while Sandru sent undead leaders to recruit factions across the world. The chapter ended with Sandru urging Baron Kagali to negotiate with the Fililu Family by threatening the glacier they depended on.

• Romeo failed to recruit a poison maker and used poison to kill him, then threatened the settlement’s survivors with the same fate unless they joined the Nether Palace.
• A hunter agreed to join Romeo after learning he could choose whether his wife and son fought, and other settlers began enlisting.
• Sandru arrived at Dragon Duke’s castle with the undead leaders and assigned the Original Mountain Folk and Ghost Mountain Clan to recruit mountain factions in the west.
• Sandru took Baron Kagali north to speak with the Fililu Family and suggested he could melt their glacier and harm their wolves.

Usas returned to the elven leaders and declared that the strange life-and-death rain was an opportunity to restore the elves’ power. She called on them to follow her and become the Underworld Elves, leaving their future in her hands.

• The elven leaders gathered to discuss abnormal nighttime rain that made plants grow wildly and infused food with life and death powers.
• The leaders realized that eating affected plants and animals could slowly turn elves into beings touched by the underworld.
• Usas appeared before Lasso White Moon, forced him from his seat, and took the throne as the last princess of the former royal family.
• Usas reminded the leaders that she had awakened after Liu Zhi used the remaining roots of the Amara Tree.
• Usas called the rain an opportunity and urged the elves to follow her path as the Underworld Elves.

Seven days after Liu Zhi ordered the transformation, Sandru gathered allied forces at the Dragon Duke’s castle, where the Fililu Family and Usas’s elves arrived with troops changed by Netherworld power. The assembled forces showed how thoroughly the wolves, werewolves, and elves had transformed as the army prepared to unite.

• Sandru recruited more than half the western factions and brought the Fililu Family into his cause.
• Fililu arrived with his full force, including Wolf Herders, Wolf Cavalry, and werewolf guards whose troops showed signs of Netherworld transformation.
• The Fililu force intimidated the other gathered factions until Usas arrived with every elven troop.
• Usas brought the elves’ transformed guard forces, now Underworld Elves with grayish skin and glowing purple markings.
• The Sword Dancers drew power through their ritual dances from Liu Zhi and the Feathered Serpent God, strengthening their trust in Usas.
• Amara commanded the Treants to transform into bare, withered trunks covered in vines.

Sandru gathered the Nether Palace’s forces and led them west to subdue the remaining powers before confronting the Blood Duke. The Snake People surrendered and asked to learn the elves’ ability to make snakes grow enormous.

• Usas brought the elves and three hundred Flower Sprite priests to Dragon Duke Castle, where the elves pledged their support to the Nether Palace.
• Sandru decided to conquer the western powers first and use survivors as vanguard troops against the Blood Duke.
• Usas showed the gathered races how the elves marched in square formations, allowing Sandru’s mixed army to advance without scattering.
• As Sandru’s forces moved west, two powers surrendered on the first day, including the Snake People.
• The Snake People’s chieftain told Sandru they had abandoned an ambush after seeing the elves and asked to learn their snake-enlarging ability.

Sandru gathered the western factions and led their forces toward the Blood Duke’s territory, where the enemy prepared to meet them. As the battle approached, the Blood Duke questioned Nasha about the Nether Palace’s leaders and learned that there were two necromancers named Sandru, along with Amanet.

• The western factions joined Sandru, who made the latest arrivals supply the vanguard and cannon fodder before marching south.
• The elves noticed the sun had changed course, and Sandru recognized the influence of Liu Zhi and the Feathered Serpent God's Sun Divinity.
• Sandru's army reached the area near the Blood Duke's territory after following a route Romeo had revealed through the poisoned border.
• The Blood Duke assembled about two thousand troops to face Sandru's force of more than six thousand and summoned Nasha to ask about the enemy leaders.
• Nasha told the Blood Duke that the Nether Palace had two leaders named Sandru and a woman named Amanet, and that the stronger Sandru was its Grand Leader.

Duan Xu and Black Gloves reached the Blood Duke's castle, where they discovered Nasha and his Fishmen preparing to leave. Black Gloves's mech crashed into Nasha's group, and Nasha blamed Duan Xu for the many Fishmen killed in the explosion.

• Duan Xu realized the castle guards had mistaken his group for Fishmen already living in the territory.
• Black Gloves activated his scrap-metal mech and insisted on reaching the castle before Nasha could claim credit for assassinating the Blood Duke.
• Duan Xu led his Fishmen into the castle, where he found Nasha handing weapons to his Professional Fishmen.
• Black Gloves's mech fell from the sky and exploded among Nasha's Fishmen, killing many of them.
• A piece of scrap metal struck Duan Xu and sent him flying, while Nasha shouted at him and demanded to know what he had done.

Sandru organized Liu Zhi's forces and began the assault on Blood Duke's territory. Romeo's spellcasters drove the poisonous wall forward as Treants hurled stone balls and spider bundles at Blood Duke's troops.

• Blood Duke arrived at the edge of his territory with more than two thousand troops, unaware that Romeo's people had added poisonous mushroom spores to the mist.
• Sandru arranged the heroes and troops into a main force, ranged units, spellcasters led by Romeo, and charging forces on both flanks.
• Sandru signaled ten Treants to hurl stone balls at Blood Duke's forces, while Romeo directed the spellcasters to push the poisonous wall into enemy territory.
• The poisonous mist advanced about one kilometer, destroying vegetation as poisonous mushrooms spread across the ground.
• The Treants threw bundles of spiders and spider eggs toward Blood Duke's troops, and Sandru raised the Death Long Staff and ordered the attack.

The Blood Duke’s forces fell into disarray as Sandru’s army used a poisonous wall and a coordinated assault to overwhelm them. The Blood Duke tried to rally his troops, but multiple cavalry and flying units closed in while Sandru’s main force advanced to surround them.

• The Blood Duke ordered a retreat from the advancing poison, and heavy-armored soldiers were trapped, poisoned, and killed as archers under Gerdong rained arrows on the fleeing troops.
• The Blood Duke tried to reform his scattered forces, but the centaurs and the Fililu Family’s wolf legion charged into his ranks and broke them apart.
• The Bloodseekers took flight to protect the Blood Duke from the wolf cavalry, while the Blood Duke withdrew beside his mages and asked how to stop the enemy’s advance.
• Imperial Guard werewolves joined the fight, and wolf cavalry used throwing ropes and nets to ensnare the Bloodseekers.
• The Swan People attacked the Bloodseekers from above as Sandru’s main force advanced in formation and surrounded the Blood Duke’s troops from three directions.

The Blood Duke used blood-red crystals and dolls to control Lasso White Moon and several faction leaders, turning them against Sandru and Usas. Sandru recognized the pattern, baited the hidden attackers into striking, and prepared to face them as Jian Gu Duo Te moved to defend him.

• The Blood Duke spotted Lasso White Moon through the Water Mirror Spell and used a blood-red crystal to urge him to kill Sandru.
• Lasso White Moon resisted the command to attack Sandru and instead charged at Usas, who turned black and fought back.
• Sandru suspected that the Blood Duke had been influencing hostile factions and positioned himself as bait while ordering the elves to help Usas.
• The Blood Duke placed crystals into more dolls, causing several faction leaders and their warriors to charge Sandru.
• Jian Gu Duo Te sent the defense force to protect Sandru, but Sandru stopped him and cast Quicksand Trap.

Sandru fought the red-eyed leaders as Lasso White Moon revealed his grudge and began a Sword Dance that spread red mist across the continent. After the Eye of Horus killed the Blood Duke and the mist began crystallizing the armies, Sandru told Usas to seize control of the moon.

• Sandru used the Quicksand Trap against charging soldiers and ordered his forces to target red-eyed enemies, while a beam from the Eye of Horus saved him from attacking leaders.
• Usas dragged Lasso White Moon into the air and questioned why he had turned against them, but he broke free and flew skyward.
• Lasso White Moon declared that he would destroy the world, then performed a Sword Dance that turned the moon red and spread dangerous red mist from the battlefield.
• The Eye of Horus vaporized the Blood Duke, and the red mist began crystallizing mages and wounded soldiers from nearly every force.
• After Liu Zhi revealed what was happening, Sandru told Usas to seize control of the moon, and she summoned the elven Sword Dancers to mirror Lasso White Moon's dance.

Usas ended Lasso White Moon’s rule and learned that the Blood Duke had prepared a continent-wide plan to control other factions through blood. Sandru organized the surviving forces to attack the Blood Duke’s castle, which was already transforming into blood crystal.

• Usas turned the moon grayish purple, and Lasso White Moon warned her about the Blood Duke’s plans before dissipating.
• Underworld rain fell and clashed with the blood mist, prompting Sandru to shelter everyone within the poisonous mushrooms’ influence.
• Sandru explained that the Blood Duke’s plan could assimilate nearly every race and ordered the leaders to warn their people and avoid the blood mist.
• Usas assured Sandru that the elves were safe, while the Fililu Family commander said his family would deal with its own traitors.
• Sandru sent Jian Gu and Gerdong away with the Undead Army, then led the reorganized forces toward the Blood Duke’s castle.
• The land near the Blood Duke’s castle grew increasingly strange as the castle began turning into blood crystal.

The Black Gloves accidentally triggered a massive eruption beneath the Blood Duke's castle while trying to repair and operate his scrap-metal mech. The blast destroyed half the city and gave Duan Xu an opening to attack Nasha.

• The Black Gloves's mech started after the Blood Duke's core defenders struck it, and he killed one of the soldiers.
• Blood threads formed around the mech, so the Black Gloves activated its experimental skill and struck the ground, unleashing a surge of blood and crystal shards.
• The Black Gloves struck the ground three more times, then smashed the control panel with a wrench when the mech stuttered, triggering a volcanic eruption that destroyed half the city.
• Duan Xu confronted Nasha over his betrayal, and Nasha declared himself king of the Dead Lake Fishmen as pink lightning and blood-colored crystals appeared around him.
• The eruption knocked Nasha off balance, allowing Duan Xu to charge and strike him in the face with his spear.

After Nasha was injured, the First Blood Duke carried him away from Blood Duke Castle as a dangerous blood mist spread through the ruins. Duan Xu recovered in the rain, rallied the surviving fishmen, and led them in capturing the castle, leaving him to consider pursuing Nasha for another opportunity.

• Duan Xu wounded Nasha, causing the crystal on Nasha's brow to melt into a crimson substance, and the First Blood Duke blasted Duan Xu aside before carrying Nasha away.
• Duan Xu saw the blood mist revive wounded soldiers and suspected it was transforming them, but he collapsed before he could escape its effects.
• After Netherworld rain dispelled the mist, Duan Xu gathered more than a hundred surviving fishmen and persuaded Nasha's troops to follow him.
• Duan Xu led the fishmen into Blood Duke Castle and ordered them to kill the surviving humans, leaving no humans alive when the rain stopped.
• Duan Xu secured key points in the castle and considered sending men after the First Blood Duke and Nasha.

The First Blood Duke rescued Nasha and explained that he needed Adam’s belongings from the Nether Palace to pursue his goal of replacing the Earth Mother Goddess. Nasha agreed to help in exchange for a chance to become a player, and they set out for the Nether Palace after the First Blood Duke warned him about a deadly countering blood.

• The First Blood Duke brought Nasha to a dormant volcanic crater and questioned him about the explosion that had disrupted the Duke’s plans.
• The First Blood Duke revealed that the apparent lava was the blood of the Leyline and offered it as a means for Nasha’s clan to evolve.
• The First Blood Duke explained that he wanted Nasha to infiltrate the Nether Palace and steal what Adam had left behind, promising to help Nasha become a player.
• Nasha accepted the mission, and the First Blood Duke carried him through the blood of the Leyline into a pool of corrosive blood.
• The First Blood Duke pulled Nasha from the pool, warned him that its blood could kill him, and began taking him toward the Nether Palace.

Nasha escaped the Blood Sea with the First Blood Duke and his warriors hidden inside the Fishmen, while Sandru discovered their likely route to the Nether Palace. Sandru sent warnings ahead, but Liu Zhi was unable to respond as he dealt with a disruption to his work in the Demiplane.

• The First Blood Duke and his Blood Armor Warriors turned into crimson liquid and entered Nasha and the Fishmen, then sent them racing out of the Blood Sea toward the Nether Palace.
• The Mummy Corps let Nasha and the Fishmen pass because they recognized them as allies and had no hero directing them.
• Sandru arrived at Blood Duke Castle, questioned Duan Xu, and sent centaurs and Swan People to track Nasha's escape route.
• Sandru examined the tainted blood in the explosion crater and realized it lay above the place where Amanet had vanished into the Blood Sea.
• Sandru suspected Nasha could use the Underworld Sea Area to reach the Nether Palace, but Liu Zhi did not answer because the rain had disrupted his work absorbing divine nature and taking control of the Demiplane.
• Sandru ordered messengers to warn Dragon Duke Castle and Mand to keep Nasha out of the Nether Palace, then the Swan People returned with bad news.

Sandru tried to stop the Blood Duke from corrupting the Earth Mother Goddess’s Leyline blood, using the Cup of Deadly Poison to seal the volcanic crater while Usas went to retrieve the goddess’s essence blood. Meanwhile, Black Gloves crash-landed in the Underworld and rebuilt his wrecked mech into a crude flying exoskeleton.

• Usas identified the crater as the site of the Child of Destiny’s final battle and explained that the Blood Duke had spent millennia corrupting the Leyline blood to replace the Earth Mother Goddess.
• Usas told Sandru that the goddess’s essence blood could seal the breach, but they needed a substitute for Amara, so Sandru sent Usas and the Fililu Family’s Wolf Cavalry to retrieve it.
• Sandru chose to turn the crater into a poisonous swamp with the Cup of Deadly Poison, and Romeo agreed to help strengthen the poison and seal the area.
• Black Gloves fell into the Underworld after the explosion at the Blood Duke’s castle destroyed his scrap-metal mech.
• Black Gloves salvaged the wreckage into a crude propeller-powered exoskeleton and attempted to fly toward the Nether Palace, but its broken controls sent him upward.

Sandru and Romeo poisoned the volcano’s magma to make poisonous mushrooms and spiders grow across the opening, turning the area into a deadly barrier. The poison also contaminated the Blood Sea beneath the volcano, threatening the bald man’s grand ritual as Sandru headed back to the Nether Palace.

• Usas returned from the Elven lands with blood-red wood, and Sandru sent her and the elves away from the volcano.
• Sandru’s Toxicity Knowledge reached Level 4 as he and Romeo prepared a potent poison.
• Romeo poured the poison into the magma, and Sandru added the Cup of Deadly Poison and blood-red wood while drawing rain and harvest divinities from the Feathered Serpent God.
• Romeo threw Spider Eggs and poisonous mushrooms into the magma, where they rapidly grew and spread webs across the volcano’s opening.
• Sandru and Romeo poisoned the area further, making it a forbidden zone, and Sandru left Romeo to guard it while he returned to the Nether Palace.
• The bald man saw poison spores falling into the Blood Sea and feared they would destroy his preparations for the grand ritual.

Nasha and the First Blood Duke led their forces up the Nether Palace mountain, fighting past the defenses and reaching the Scarab Secret Hall. With Decapitators blocking their way, the First Blood Duke used lightning to force Nasha to charge at them.

• The Soul Suppression Tower overwhelmed Duan Xu's fishmen, so the First Blood Duke left them behind and led the Blood Armored Guards up the mountain with Nasha and his personal guards.
• Mand ordered his soldiers to kill the abandoned fishmen, then pursued the group with gargoyles, forcing the First Blood Duke and Nasha to leave guards behind to hold them off.
• Nasha fought through the Nether Palace's remaining defenders with lightning, and the group passed the Soul Suppression Tower without stopping to destroy it.
• Nasha led the First Blood Duke to the Scarab Secret Hall, where five Decapitators emerged to block their way.
• The First Blood Duke compelled Nasha to charge at the Decapitators by surrounding him with lightning that accelerated his body.

Nasha and the First Blood Duke raced to claim two mysterious orbs in the Scarab Secret Hall, but Black Gloves crashed into the hall and swallowed the item that could make someone a player. Nasha and the First Blood Duke consumed pieces of the blood-colored orb, triggering dragon transformations that ended with the First Blood Duke exploding.

• Nasha realized the First Blood Duke had used him to enter the Nether Palace and charged into the Scarab Secret Hall, where he found a glowing orb and a blood-colored orb.
• The real First Blood Duke emerged from inside Nasha, struck him aside, and seized the blood-colored orb while Nasha went for the glowing orb.
• Black Gloves crashed into the hall, landed on the glowing orb, and swallowed the item that could turn someone into a player.
• Nasha attacked Black Gloves, but the First Blood Duke dragged him back and tried to take the blood-colored orb from him.
• The First Blood Duke swallowed half the orb, and Nasha ate the rest, causing both of them and the slain Blood Armored Warriors to transform into dragons.
• The First Blood Duke protested that the transformation was not what he wanted, then exploded.