Chapter Summaries

Goliya completed her transformation into a powerful Black Knight and invited Bai Xiaowen’s squad to join her new Death Kingdom. The squad accepted a Lord-Tier quest to help her rise further, then received an elite quest to kill every living being on the Grand Mausoleum’s lower level.

• Goliya absorbed the Grand Mausoleum’s sinister energy, reincarnated as a Black Knight, and declared her ambition to rule Aaron and command the dead.
• Goliya remembered Bai Xiaowen and said she would not attack the squad, but wanted him to join her Army of the Dead.
• Bai Xiaowen accepted Goliya’s invitation to join the Death Kingdom, and the squad received the Lord-Tier side quest to help Goliya reach Lord Tier.
• Goliya sensed nearby living beings and ordered the squad to harvest them as the first soldiers of her Army of the Dead.
• The Spirit Realm Rules activated the elite quest to kill all living beings on the Grand Mausoleum’s lower level, including the guards accompanying Richard and Glandis.

Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Squad attacked the Royal Halberd Guards in the tomb chamber, but Goliya’s Death Breath wiped out most of the enemies and claimed the credit for their victory. After completing the elite side quest, Goliya stood among the fallen and began summoning the warriors of the Ice Wasteland.

• North Palace guards demanded to check on Glandis, but Prince Richard’s Royal Halberd Guards blocked their way.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi launched an attack, and the White Phoenix Squad fought the Royal Halberd Guards inside the tomb chamber.
• Li Shuyi dodged the guards’ halberd thrusts while the Skeleton Champion, Wolf King Raging Claw, Bai Xiaowen, and Qiao Rui supported her.
• Goliya used Death Breath, killing the remaining Royal Halberd Guards and completing the elite side quest, The First Sacrifice.
• Goliya raised her Skeleton Greatsword and called for the warriors of the Ice Wasteland to rise.

Bai Xiaowen helped Goliya raise an undead legion in the Grand Mausoleum, and she led it to attack the Imperial Army camp outside North County Monastery. The chapter ended with the undead charging into battle while the White Phoenix Squad followed behind.

• Goliya used her Skeleton Greatsword to turn corpses into Zombies, and Bai Xiaowen submitted The First Sacrifice quest.
• Bai Xiaowen gained Death Kingdom merit points, and Goliya comprehended Necromantic Sacrifice.
• Goliya explained that mindless undead in the Grand Mausoleum would join her, while the intelligent undead leaders had already escaped.
• Goliya sensed the Imperial Army above and vowed to kill its soldiers and make them her servants.
• Goliya and the White Phoenix Squad emerged from the Grand Mausoleum with several hundred undead and attacked the Imperial Army camp at the Monastery gates.

Bai Xiaowen and Goliya wiped out the Imperial Army soldiers at the Monastery, where Goliya comprehended Death's Grasp and raised more undead. Goliya proposed making Northshire the Death Kingdom's stronghold, but Bai Xiaowen warned that its political importance would invite retaliation and pointed to another location on his map as a better starting point.

• Bai Xiaowen picked off Imperial Army officers while Goliya charged through the soldiers and killed them with her Skeleton Greatsword and Death Breath.
• Goliya raised undead from the fallen soldiers, then used her newly comprehended Death's Grasp to pull fleeing enemies into the undead horde.
• Bai Xiaowen and Goliya finished off the Imperial Army camp, and Goliya revived dozens of soldiers with Cursed Blade.
• Bai Xiaowen concluded that the nuns in the Monastery had been killed by the undead Boss Tier creatures that escaped the Grand Mausoleum.
• Goliya proposed Northshire as a stronghold for the Death Kingdom, but Bai Xiaowen warned that occupying the capital would provoke the major factions.
• Bai Xiaowen argued that the Death Kingdom should avoid Northshire and tapped another location on the map of the Northern Frontier.

Bai Xiaowen persuaded Goliya to establish the Death Kingdom on Silverstar Territory, but Goliya insisted they first visit Dragon's Tomb to draw on its power. The White Phoenix Squad accepted an A+ quest to protect her there, and the group set out toward the tomb.

• Bai Xiaowen proposed taking neutral Silverstar Territory as the Death Kingdom's defensible starting point, and Goliya agreed.
• Bai Xiaowen urged Goliya to leave Northshire quickly, but she said the undead could cross the Boguayas Strait along the seabed and pointed out Dragon's Tomb as a necessary stop.
• Goliya revealed that Dragon's Tomb was where dragons slept, triggering the A+ Elite Side Quest to protect her from disturbance for 120 minutes.
• Bai Xiaowen questioned Delifa about Goliya's ability to resurrect Bone Dragons, and Delifa said Goliya's unusual powers might make it possible.
• Bai Xiaowen accepted the quest, and the White Phoenix Squad followed Goliya's Undead Legion toward Dragon's Tomb as Goliya warned that Dragonkin might guard it.

Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Squad reached the Burial Grounds in Kevindes Valley, where Goliya prepared to awaken an ancient corpse and begin the Dragon’s Tomb quest. The A+ quest started with a two-hour countdown, and Bai Xiaowen took command of the elite undead around them.

• The narration recounted how Grand Duke Kevindes looted Dragon’s Tomb and how the valley later became known as the Burial Grounds.
• Bai Xiaowen, Qiao Rui, and the White Phoenix Squad traveled with Goliya’s reduced Undead Legion to the frozen lake in Kevindes Valley.
• Bai Xiaowen learned about Qiao Rui’s Soul Whisperer abilities, including Soul Melody, Soulwalk, and her Soul Flute’s Annihilation Rest.
• Qiao Rui sensed many dead souls nearby, and Goliya identified the lake as the place where an ancient, powerful corpse awaited awakening.
• Goliya ordered Bai Xiaowen to prevent disturbances while she awakened the corpse and drove her Skeleton Greatsword into the ice.
• The Spirit Realm Rules began the A+ Dragon’s Tomb quest and gave Bai Xiaowen command of twenty Ghosts and seventeen Spider Demons, which he ordered to hide around Goliya.

Bai Xiaowen and his team fought the Burial Grounds’ dragonkin while Goliya prepared to face the Dragon Clan. After defeating the first Lizardfolk squad, they planned their defense and began battling a group of Earthwalker Dragons, leaving the chieftain for last.

• Goliya’s awakening drew restless spirits into her Skeleton Greatsword, creating a dark vortex that alerted the dragonkin guarding the Burial Grounds.
• Steel Eye led a Lizardfolk squad against Bai Xiaowen, who summoned Butcher and his Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers to defeat them; Bai Xiaowen took a B-Tier Shriveled Liver from Steel Eye’s chest and gave it to Li Shuyi.
• Qiao Rui offered Bai Xiaowen her S-Tier Entangling Vines, but he told her to keep it and asked her to use her Sentinel Perch’s falcon for reconnaissance later.
• A group of Earthwalker Dragons arrived, led by the Constitution-type Advanced Boss Black-Scaled Earthwalker Dragon Chieftain, and Bai Xiaowen ordered the team to defeat its underlings first.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi attacked the Elite Earthwalker Dragons while Butcher held off the chieftain and Qiao Rui played the Soul Melody from a safe position.

Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and Qiao Rui defeated the Earthwalker Dragon herd and its chieftain, gaining a powerful hammer and Drake Blood. As another wave of monsters approached, Bai Xiaowen advised Li Shuyi to save her level-up for after she accepted her Hero Trial.

• Bai Xiaowen killed the Earthwalker Dragons with powerful shots while Li Shuyi and the undead finished off wounded enemies, and Butcher held the chieftain in place.
• The group surrounded and killed the Black-Scaled Earthwalker Dragon Chieftain after Qiao Rui healed Li Shuyi from a tail strike.
• Bai Xiaowen opened the Golden Treasure Chest and obtained an Earthwalker Dragon Bone-Spike Hammer and Drake Blood; the group gave the Drake Blood to Li Shuyi.
• Li Shuyi said she had enough experience to reach Level 7, but Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui advised her to wait until after accepting her solo Hero Trial mission.
• Qiao Rui sensed that more, stronger monsters were approaching, leaving the squad facing trouble as the mission continued.

Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Squad prepared for a mass assault by Dragonkin forces by reshaping the ice lake into a fortified position. Dragonkin leader Nakitasi ordered his forces to attack, and they began advancing through the treacherous terrain.

• Qiao Rui shared Falcon Spirit’s vision with Bai Xiaowen, revealing hundreds of monsters converging on the ice lake under several Dragonkin leaders.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered the squad’s undead to break up the ice and build a circular fortification surrounded by holes and deceptive thin ice.
• Nakitasi called on his servants to kill the intruders after Bai Xiaowen’s claim that they had come for archaeology failed to appease him.
• The monster groups charged toward the ice wall, but the holes disrupted their advance and sent several creatures into the lake.
• Qiao Rui identified four Advanced Bosses, and Bai Xiaowen shared their abilities and Nakitasi’s status with the squad.

Bai Xiaowen’s group used an ice-wall defense to repel the Dragonkin monsters and killed the Kobold Diviner, Mibo, before his Bloodlust could strengthen the Snow Kobolds. After more than twenty minutes, the wall was close to collapsing, and Dragonkin leader Nakitasi led the clan leaders into the fight as Bai Xiaowen prepared to use what he had held back.

• Bai Xiaowen’s group held the monsters back at the circular ice wall, with the Butcher blocking the gap and undead attacking from behind the defenses.
• Bai Xiaowen shot the Kobold Diviner, Mibo, and the Butcher hooked him into range while Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, and the others attacked.
• Li Shuyi caught the Golden Treasure Chest after Mibo died, and the Snow Kobolds hesitated when they saw their leader fall.
• Nakitasi ordered the Dragonkin monsters to keep attacking while his forces battered the ice wall for more than twenty minutes.
• With the wall nearly broken, Nakitasi called the clan leaders to charge, and Bai Xiaowen noted that he had held something back.

Bai Xiaowen’s forces broke the battlefield stalemate by having Delifa revive fallen combatants as skeletons, then used coordinated attacks to kill the ambushing Half-Dragon Boss Maji. The battle continued with Nakitasi still held back by the Butcher.

• Nakitasi sent elite monsters to smash through the ice wall while Qiao Rui weakened the enemy with Soul Melody.
• Delifa outmaneuvered Gnoll leader Hogg, and Bai Xiaowen protected her from his Frenzied Bite with a Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier.
• Bai Xiaowen, Delifa, and their allies killed Hogg, allowing Delifa to revive more than a hundred fallen combatants as Skeleton Soldiers.
• Rageclaw and Bai Xiaowen activated buffs, turning the undead charge into a rout against the weakened Dragonkin forces.
• Maji ambushed Bai Xiaowen, but Qiao Rui used Tether to pull him to safety and imprisoned Maji with Sonic Strike Array.
• Li Shuyi, Rageclaw, and the White Phoenix Squad focused their attacks on Maji and killed him within seconds.

Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Squad defeated the Dragonkin forces at the ice lake, killing all four Leader Tier Dragonkin monsters while the survivors fled. As the squad waited for the mission to end, they began opening their treasure chests, and Li Shuyi drew a powerful poison skill book before opening another Golden Treasure Chest.

• Bai Xiaowen used Delifa's Corpse Revival to turn fallen enemies into Skeleton Soldiers, whose repeated attacks helped drive Nakitasi's Life Value down.
• The Dragonkin forces fell into disarray, and the surviving Snow Kobolds and Gnolls fled as Bai Xiaowen's summons killed the remaining enemies.
• The Butcher returned to full health and helped finish Nakitasi, leaving all four Leader Tier Dragonkin monsters dead.
• The White Phoenix Squad chose not to pursue the fleeing enemies and waited for the mission timer to end while Qiao Rui surveyed the area with Falcon Spirit.
• Li Shuyi opened Maji's Level 7 boss chest and drew the Venomous Burst Skill Book, but decided to wait for another skill slot rather than replace one of her existing skills.
• Qiao Rui gave Li Shuyi the Golden Treasure Chest dropped by Mibo, and Li Shuyi opened it to reveal twenty-two Golden cards.

The team opened their remaining treasure chests and assessed several special items and pieces of Gold Equipment. They allocated the Bonefang Necklace to Li Shuyi for her upcoming Hero Trial and set Nakitasi’s powerful greatsword aside for trade.

• Li Shuyi obtained a Dirty Idol that could bluff dragon-type monsters and Giant Dragon Research Notes with blank Psionic parchment pages.
• Bai Xiaowen drew the Bonefang Necklace from Hogg’s chest and explained how its attribute points could help Li Shuyi meet the Drake Blood’s Constitution requirement.
• Li Shuyi accepted the Bonefang Necklace in place of her Feathering Necklace to improve her survivability in the Hero Trial.
• Qiao Rui drew two pieces of Gold Equipment from Nakitasi’s chest, including the Dragonkin Arbiter greatsword, which the team planned to seal with Gold Honeywax for trade.

After Goliya completed the awakening ritual, she brought a Bone Dragon under her control and forced Lich Bard to submit. Bai Xiaowen completed the Dragon's Tomb quest, and Goliya named the Bone Dragon Sindragosa.

• The White Phoenix Squad opened the remaining Silver Treasure Chests and waited while Goliya's 120-minute awakening ritual ended.
• A Bone Dragon burst through the ice, but Lich Bard appeared and revealed that he had interfered with its mind and tried to seize control of it.
• Goliya overpowered Bard with the Bone Dragon and the undead, then claimed his soul imprint and made him her subordinate.
• The Spirit Realm Rules awarded Bai Xiaowen 2,500 Death Kingdom Merit Points for completing the Dragon's Tomb quest with Excellent completion.
• Bai Xiaowen suggested naming the Bone Dragon Sindragosa, and Goliya approved the name.

After Goliya awakened Sindragosa in Dragon's Tomb, she led the Undead Legion toward Silverstar City on Silverstar Island. The White Phoenix Squad rode the Frost Dragon across Boguayas Strait while Lich Bard guided the rest of the legion by sea.

• Sindragosa announced herself as Goliya's Frost Dragon as the storm over Dragon's Tomb cleared, and Goliya gained the skill Eternal Enslavement.
• Goliya's undead legion searched Dragon's Tomb, recovered a few dragon bones and ancient dragon blood, and then set out for Silverstar City.
• Goliya refused Lich Bard's suggestion to attack Northshire City and ordered him to follow her plans.
• After Qiao Rui's Falcon Spirit spotted human soldiers near the Monastery, the legion changed routes to avoid them and traveled to the western shore of Boguayas Strait.
• Goliya assigned Bard to guide the undead across the sea while she and the White Phoenix Squad flew on Sindragosa toward Silverstar Island.

Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Squad reached Silverstar Island and learned how Lord Aldington’s harsh rule and legal slavery oppressed its people. When tax collectors arrived at Glauber’s Salt Village to enslave villagers who could not pay, Bai Xiaowen brought Goliya and the squad forward to intervene.

• Bai Xiaowen explained that Silverstar Island was ruled by Aldington, whose corrupt officials, powerful army, and legal slavery impoverished the commoners.
• Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and the others entered Glauber’s Salt Village disguised as mercenaries while Goliya waited outside.
• An elderly couple told Bai Xiaowen that the Crossflower soldiers accompanied the tax collector and that villagers who could not pay their taxes were taken as slaves.
• Two hours later, a tax collector and an elite cavalryman arrived with soldiers, and Bai Xiaowen waited until they began collecting taxes.
• The tax collector ordered soldiers to bind more than a dozen villagers who could not pay, and Bai Xiaowen led Goliya and the White Phoenix Squad toward the village.

Bai Xiaowen and Goliya intervened when Silverstar Territory soldiers tried to seize a little girl and other villagers as slaves. After Goliya killed the tax official and his soldiers, Bai Xiaowen offered the people of Glauber's Salt Village protection if they joined Spiritcalling Academy.

• An Elite Tier cavalryman ordered his soldiers to seize a little girl and her father, and the old apprentice mage tried to stop them.
• Goliya blocked the soldiers and killed more than a dozen with Death Breath while sparing the prospective slaves.
• Goliya killed the Elite Tier cavalryman, and Bai Xiaowen introduced the group as Spiritcalling Academy.
• The old apprentice warned that Silverstar City would send a stronger army and enslave the villagers.
• Bai Xiaowen offered to protect the villagers if they joined Spiritcalling Academy, and the old apprentice asked what joining required.

Bai Xiaowen persuaded the villagers of Glauber's Salt Village to join the Spiritcalling Academy, then used newly created undead as laborers to demonstrate its power to Goliya. As Yorn fled and Goliya sensed approaching undead forces, the chapter left their plans for Silverstar Island facing a new arrival.

• Bai Xiaowen convinced the villagers, including Yorn, to join the Spiritcalling Academy by promising protection and freedom from slavery.
• Goliya transformed the dead soldiers into undead, and Bai Xiaowen controlled them as workers while presenting the display as the academy's miracle.
• By the sea, Bai Xiaowen argued that living humans could support the Death Kingdom better than weak skeletons, and outlined a ranked academy to secure their loyalty.
• Li Shuyi told Bai Xiaowen that Yorn had secretly fled, and Bai Xiaowen concluded that conquering Silverstar Island would be difficult.
• Goliya sensed approaching forces as squads of undead soldiers waded ashore behind a spell-protected Lich.

Bai Xiaowen and his team began the A-Tier Hero side quest to help Goliya seize control of Silverstar Island. After analyzing the challenge, Bai Xiaowen clashed with Lich Bard over whether to slaughter the island’s inhabitants or rule them and establish a Spiritcalling Academy.

• Lich Bard arrived on Silverstar Island with an undead legion and pledged his loyalty to Goliya.
• Goliya initiated the Battle of Silverstar Island quest and told Bai Xiaowen’s team to prepare a combat plan.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that the island’s hidden defenders, the need to besiege Silverstar City, and the quest’s broad ruling objective made the mission difficult.
• Lich Bard proposed conquering villages and killing their residents to grow the undead army before attacking Silverstar City.
• Bai Xiaowen rejected Bard’s plan and advocated ruling the living and establishing a Spiritcalling Academy, noting that Goliya had already approved the idea.

Bai Xiaowen won Goliya’s approval to lead the Undead Legion in a direct assault on Silverstar City and secured an order preventing Bard from killing civilians. As Bard privately urged Goliya to eliminate Bai, the story shifted to Silverstar City’s formidable but complacent defenses.

• Bai Xiaowen and Bard argued over whether to build strength gradually or attack Silverstar City directly, and Bai defended his plan as faster and less harmful to civilians.
• Bard tried to cast Energy Absorption on Sonia, but Bai Xiaowen used Butcher to block the spell and threatened Bard into backing down.
• Goliya chose Bai Xiaowen’s strategy, appointed him commander of the Undead Legion, and ordered Bard to cooperate and leave the Spiritcalling Academy alone.
• Bai Xiaowen persuaded Goliya to forbid Bard from deliberately killing humans without her command, then left to prepare the assault plan with Qiao Rui and Li Shuyi.
• Bard privately warned Goliya that Bai Xiaowen would betray the undead and should be eliminated, but she dismissed him without revealing her view.
• Silverstar City was described as a heavily fortified city whose Crossflower Legion patrols had grown lax after decades without war.