Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaowen learned that the Dwarf Kingdom's Moya Great Mine was in danger of an earthquake and planned to go there. King Kamush revealed that the Orcs had found Silas's Sanctuary but no one had been accepted by it, while Halofinsen hinted at more information.

• Halofinsen told Bai Xiaowen that he found the Earth Vein Corridor in the Moya Great Mine before the one in Amusha Forest, and Bai Xiaowen warned that the Dwarf Kingdom could be attacked soon.
• King Kamush revealed that the Orcs had found Silas's Sanctuary, but none of their warriors could draw its hidden sword and gain its acceptance.
• Bai Xiaowen identified the shield as Silas's Sanctuary and agreed that people of other races could try to wield it.
• The Camelot Queen told Bai Xiaowen that someone unknown had taken the artifact from the sixth prophecy, Akari's Fury, and asked him to seek the remaining artifacts.
• Bai Xiaowen chose to go to the Dwarf Kingdom, and Halofinsen raised his hand to share another potentially important detail.

Halofinsen revealed that the Grand Overlord had been interested in the Pale Swamp, prompting Bai Xiaowen to receive a vision of an ancient underground temple. Bai Xiaowen accepted the A+ Main Quest to reach the Sealed Temple and decipher its inscriptions, then prepared to travel there with Charlotte.

• Halofinsen told Bai Xiaowen that the Grand Overlord had questioned him about the Pale Swamp and ordered everyone who knew its secret killed.
• Bai Xiaowen sent Catherine away and offered Halofinsen a chance to earn leniency by helping the allied forces.
• The Doom Bracelet showed Bai Xiaowen a lifeless swamp, a giant crocodile, and an underground hall covered in ancient inscriptions.
• Bai Xiaowen received the Sealed Temple Main Quest, with a thirteen-day time limit, to travel to the Pale Swamp and decipher the inscriptions.
• Bai Xiaowen asked the Camelot Queen to borrow Song of Forgotten Kings from the Wisdom Treehouse and said he would travel with Charlotte while his other companions stayed at the Amusha Sea.

Bai Xiaowen contacted Qiao Rui, Cecilia, and Han Xu, then arranged for them to leave the Amusha Sea and head to the Dwarf Kingdom while he and Li Shuyi pursued the third mainline quest. The separated groups prepared to continue independently, and Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi opened their treasure chests before setting out.

• Bai Xiaowen contacted Qiao Rui, Cecilia, and Han Xu and told them to go to the Dwarf Kingdom after withdrawing from the Amusha Sea.
• Qiao Rui agreed to delay the reunion, and Cecilia admitted she was disappointed but accepted that the split was practical.
• Qiao Rui consoled Cecilia and proposed opening their three accumulated Golden Treasure Chests before traveling to the Dwarf Kingdom.
• Bai Xiaowen reassured Li Shuyi that Qiao Rui would not be angry, and they prepared to open their chests and depart.
• Li Shuyi drew Fenrir's Fur from her chest, while Bai Xiaowen obtained a piece of Gold Equipment from Fenrir's chest.

Bai Xiaowen gave Fenrir’s Gold bone claws to Kitz and leveled up so Kitz could use them, then drew a Dark Gold war banner from the Shadowblade Sword Saint. The chapter ended with Bai Xiaowen examining the banner’s unusual abilities.

• Bai Xiaowen judged Fenrir’s bone claws usable but gave them to Kitz because no party member needed them.
• Bai Xiaowen leveled up to meet the claws’ Agility requirement, triggering Spirit Resonance and allowing Kitz to wield them effectively.
• Li Shuyi drew a Five-Star Enhancement Card from the Shadowblade Sword Saint’s chest.
• Bai Xiaowen drew the Shadowblade Overlord War Banner, a Dark Gold item that boosted attributes and granted movement bonuses under specific conditions.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi assessed a Dark Gold cloak and decided it would be most useful for Xiao Jun’s upcoming Awakening Trial. As they traveled toward Camelot Royal City, a Gnoll messenger delivered Bai Xiaowen a scale bearing a cryptic message signed “G.”

• Bai Xiaowen explained that the cloak could greatly aid a Quasi-Awakened in an Awakening Trial, and Li Shuyi agreed it should go to Xiao Jun.
• Bai Xiaowen drew a Brass Wine Jug that could remove control effects but shared a use count with food.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi rested in Redstone City, stored Mother of Direwolves, and set out for the teleportation array on their way to Camelot Royal City.
• A weak Gnoll blocked their cart, knelt, and presented Bai Xiaowen with a black wooden box.
• Bai Xiaowen opened the box and found a scale with a message congratulating him on capturing an important target and warning him to keep the scale safe.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi entered the Pale Swamp, where they encountered hostile terrain and a giant crocodile before meeting Lobsterfolk. When their leader recognized the mysterious scale signed by “G,” he brought them to his village.

• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi discussed the anonymous letter and traveled north to the Pale Swamp after arriving in Camelot.
• They recognized the swamp’s yin aura and speculated that it was connected to the Pale Mire in Dead Spirit Lake Treasure Ground Space.
• Bai Xiaowen’s summons killed a Dead Marsh Giant Crocodile that attacked them in the mist.
• A group of Lobsterfolk confronted Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi, but their leader reacted strongly to the scale from “G.”
• The Lobsterfolk leader escorted Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi to a shell hut in the village.

Bai Xiaowen met the Mud Lobsterfolk prophet Gorick, who honored the Matriarch’s token by giving him Withered Bone Raincoats and assigning Yalpet as his guide to the ancient ruins. Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and Yalpet entered the Pale Mire, where skeletons approached through the fog.

• Yalpet brought Bai Xiaowen to Gorick, who said he had to help because Bai Xiaowen carried the Matriarch’s token.
• Bai Xiaowen asked Gorick for elite guides and a way for humans to move through the Pale Mire, and Gorick provided two Withered Bone Raincoats and named Yalpet as his guide.
• Bai Xiaowen put on a Withered Bone Raincoat, removing his Yin Aura, then left the tribe with Li Shuyi and Yalpet.
• Yalpet described finding the magnificent ruins in the western swamp but said he had been unable to approach them.
• Several skeletons emerged from the fog, and Yalpet warned Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi not to get trapped fighting them.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi fought through a horde of Drowned Zombies and discovered that a Mirror Maze in the swamp had made the Sealed Temple seem unreachable. They found the real ruins by traveling east, where Yalpet recognized the temple as tangible and near.

• Li Shuyi and Bai Xiaowen slaughtered the Drowned Zombies, impressing Yalpet with their strength.
• The group saw a vast temple in the mist, but Bai Xiaowen's Psychic Sensing detected only empty space where it stood.
• After traveling west toward the temple without getting closer, Bai Xiaowen turned the group around and led them east instead.
• Li Shuyi recognized familiar terrain, and Bai Xiaowen explained that the swamp's eastern and western sides formed a Mirror Maze around the Lobsterfolk village.
• Yalpet saw the real temple ahead and dropped to his knees.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi entered the Earth Temple, where they discovered that its barrier barred nonhumans and encountered Elder Heroic Spirits. After Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi fought the spirits, the Elder Assassin Spirit died without the expected soul explosion, leaving Bai Xiaowen staring at the Black Soul Stone.

• Yalpet failed to enter the ruins, and his secret search with Lobsterfolk warriors could not find them.
• Bai Xiaowen told Li Shuyi that the Earth Temple was likely a Guardian Order relic protected from nonhumans and might hold clues to defeating Amotava or healing the earth.
• Bai Xiaowen detected Elder Heroic Spirits and instructed Li Shuyi to attack the Spellcaster Heroic Spirits while he handled the others.
• Li Shuyi rushed the Spellcaster Heroic Spirits as Bai Xiaowen summoned allies and fought off the Elder Shieldbearer and Elder Assassin Spirits.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi killed the Elder Assassin Spirit, but its expected soul explosion did not occur, and Bai Xiaowen noticed a change in the Black Soul Stone.

Bai Xiaowen discovered that Elder Heroic Spirit fragments could raise his summoned creatures’ Battle Specialties, then cleared a puzzle-guarded corridor with Li Shuyi. They entered a second corridor and found another stone-door puzzle after defeating more spirits.

• Delifa explained that Elder Heroic Spirit fragments contained combat skills that summoned creatures could absorb, and Bai Xiaowen had her feed compatible fragments to selected creatures.
• Bai Xiaowen told Delifa to save fragments for the Skeleton Champions until they had absorbed powerful souls and transformed.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi defeated more than a dozen Elder Heroic Spirits and reached a mechanical stone door covered in symbols.
• Bai Xiaowen recognized the door’s designs as a visual pattern puzzle, identified the correct choice, and opened the door.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi entered the corridor, defeated another group of Elder Heroic Spirits, and found a second stone door and tablet.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi advanced through the temple, where Bai Xiaowen deduced that the steles taught a secret language needed for the final inscription. They battled the Ancient Prophet Spirit and uncovered the limits of its Great Prophecy, but the boss unleashed a Psychic Storm as its life fell below half.

• Bai Xiaowen explained that each stele revealed part of the Ancient Guardian Order's secret language, and he and Li Shuyi entered the next sealed corridor.
• More than twenty Elder Heroic Spirits attacked alongside the level 10 boss, the Ancient Prophet Spirit.
• The Ancient Prophet Spirit used Great Prophecy to slow Li Shuyi and bind her with shackles, while Bai Xiaowen inferred that the skill made imagined effects real.
• Bai Xiaowen used a Berserk Talisman to free Li Shuyi and concluded that Great Prophecy had limited priority and could spend at most 10% of the boss's life.
• Li Shuyi and the summoned creatures cleared the Elder Heroic Spirits and surrounded the Ancient Prophet Spirit, reducing its life below half.
• The Ancient Prophet Spirit unleashed Psychic Storm, inflicting intense mental pain and dizziness on Bai Xiaowen and his summoned creatures.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi defeated the Ancient Prophet Spirit and deciphered the inscriptions in the Sealed Temple, completing their main quest. They discovered a hidden chamber with an Azure-Gold Crown and a Teleportation Orb, and Bai Xiaowen prepared to take the crown.

• Li Shuyi broke free from the Ancient Prophet Spirit’s stun, survived its Great Prophecy, and charged it while Bai Xiaowen recovered and attacked.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi killed the Ancient Prophet Spirit, and the Black Soul Stone gained enough growth points to qualify for an upgrade.
• Bai Xiaowen deciphered the three steles as the temple trembled, completing and submitting the Sealed Temple main quest.
• Bai Xiaowen activated the Reinforcement Runes, opened a hidden chamber, and found an Azure-Gold Crown and a Teleportation Orb with Li Shuyi.
• Bai Xiaowen reached for the Azure-Gold Crown before they touched the Teleportation Orb.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi left the Pale Swamp and found another Guardian Order secret base, where they obtained Mara’s Wisdom and its Triune Magic Orbs. Equipping both triggered Mara’s Gift, temporarily advancing Bai Xiaowen to Lord Tier and leaving him checking his enhanced status.

• Bai Xiaowen obtained the Prophet’s Crown, whose abilities included extending his Mental Scan while meditating and marking targets to increase critical damage.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi activated the Teleportation Orb and arrived in a sealed underground cavern containing another Guardian Order base.
• Bai Xiaowen deciphered the pillar’s pattern and opened it, revealing Mara’s Wisdom, one of the Seven Sacred Artifacts.
• Bai Xiaowen equipped Mara’s Wisdom and the Triune Magic Orbs together, activating Mara’s Gift and enduring a surge of mental energy.
• The Spirit Realm Rules temporarily advanced Bai Xiaowen to Lord Tier, increased his base priority and attributes, and granted him a temporary skill slot and a Lord-exclusive skill.
• Bai Xiaowen recovered and opened his attribute panel to inspect the changes.

Bai Xiaowen examined the temporary skill slot granted by Mara’s Gift and discovered that skills learned in it would match his profession level before reverting to skill books when the slot disappeared. He tested the Prophet’s Crown’s Mind’s Eye and found that it extended his mental scan to twelve hundred kilometers, while Wisdom Aura remained limited to a three-thousand-meter radius.

• Bai Xiaowen learned that skills placed in his temporary slot would reach his profession level and return as skill books when the slot vanished.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi discussed Wisdom Aura’s support for spellcasters and its ability to hinder enemy casting.
• Bai Xiaowen meditated with the Prophet’s Crown and extended his mental scan beyond ten thousand meters, then to three hundred kilometers.
• Bai Xiaowen focused his scan in one direction and extended it to twelve hundred kilometers.
• Bai Xiaowen confirmed that Wisdom Aura’s range stayed fixed at three thousand meters despite his expanded mental scan.

Bai Xiaowen acquired Mara’s Wisdom Holy Relic and returned from the Sealed Temple with his power greatly increased. At the Lobsterfolk village, he met Snake Mother Jia Gelila, who revealed that she had chosen to take his side.

• Bai Xiaowen explained that grave robbers had died trying to reach Mara’s Wisdom and used the activated Teleportation Orb to leave the sealed chamber with Li Shuyi.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi returned to the Sealed Temple entrance, found the ruins buried, and retraced their route to the Lobsterfolk village.
• Gorick greeted Bai Xiaowen and asked for the Matriarch’s token so he could summon her.
• Jia Gelila appeared through the token and Bai Xiaowen identified her as the Snake Mother.
• Jia Gelila said she had not decided which side to support until Bai Xiaowen returned from the Sky Sanctum Temple with the inheritance and greater power.

Bai Xiaowen learned why Jia Gelila had betrayed the Grand Overlord and agreed to cooperate with her against its otherworldly consciousness. The meeting ended with a plan to stay in contact, and Bai Xiaowen headed to the Dwarf Kingdom.

• Jia Gelila explained that her Mudflat Snakefolk were natives threatened by the growing numbers of converted Deep-Sea Snakefolk.
• Jia Gelila revealed that she suspected the Grand Overlord was an alien consciousness inhabiting Amotava’s remains, and Bai Xiaowen confirmed it came from outside the Black Tide Plane.
• Jia Gelila said she had stayed with the Abyss Faction to survive, but Bai Xiaowen’s victories and the Guardian Order’s legacy convinced her to switch sides.
• Jia Gelila offered to help ambush the Grand Overlord at the Earth Vein Pillar in the Moya Great Mine, and she gave Bai Xiaowen a scale and a ritual for contacting her.
• Bai Xiaowen learned the communication ritual from Gorick, received its materials, and traveled to the Dwarf Kingdom.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi arrived at the Moya Great Mine and used their undead summons to rescue three Dwarves from a Snakefolk ambush. The Death Knight overwhelmed the enemy forces, and Li Shuyi joined the fight as Bai Xiaowen assessed his new summon.

• Three Dwarves, including Jili Eagle-Eye, were cornered by Snakefolk leaders Kroze and Xi'en's forces in the mine.
• A Corpse Monster appeared and attacked the Snakefolk, while Kroze failed to trace its summoner and suffered mental backlash.
• The Snakefolk attacked the Corpse Monster, but its poisonous fog and the arrival of more undead turned the battle against them.
• The Death Knight charged through the Snakefolk and struck down an Elite Tier warrior, while a wave of fear froze the surrounding enemies.
• Li Shuyi and Bai Xiaowen arrived on direwolves, and Li Shuyi leaped into the battle as Bai Xiaowen praised the Death Knight's performance.

Bai Xiaowen unlocked a Boss-tier Death Knight with the Black Soul Stone’s seventh-layer enhancement and rushed to aid a lost Dwarven reconnaissance squad. He arrived to find the squad facing Snakefolk bosses, then used his Lord-tier Psychic Field to immobilize their enemies as his allies attacked.

• Bai Xiaowen learned that Jilly Eagle-Eye’s Dwarven reconnaissance squad had gone missing, located it with Mental Scan, and volunteered to provide support.
• On the way to the battlefield, Bai Xiaowen upgraded the Black Soul Stone to level 7 and spent 3000 Soul Essence to unlock a Boss-tier Death Knight.
• Bai Xiaowen considered saving Soul Essence for Elite Terror Knights and additional Terror Knights, but postponed the decision until a battle demanded it.
• Bai Xiaowen arrived at the battlefield and spread his Lord-tier Psychic Field, stunning or freezing the Snakefolk, including their two bosses.
• Li Shuyi and Bai Xiaowen’s summons attacked the immobilized Snakefolk while Bai Xiaowen killed targets with Light of Wisdom.

Bai Xiaowen rescued Jilly Eagle-Eye and returned to coalition headquarters, where he offered to locate the Snakefolk and revealed a way to reclaim land from the sea. The chapter ended with Ahan reporting that Harold had earned the recognition of Silas's Sanctuary, the Hidden Sword Shield.

• Bai Xiaowen disrupted Kroze's spellcasting with Wisdom Aura, and the Death Knight killed the Snakefolk commander while Li Shuyi collected the treasure chests.
• Bai Xiaowen rescued Jilly Eagle-Eye and learned about the Dwarf Kingdom's Three-Tribe Council and Jilly's place in the Eagle-Eye Tribe.
• At coalition headquarters, Ponga Graybeard and Ahan debated whether to defend the Moya Great Mine or seek out the Snakefolk's main force.
• Bai Xiaowen offered to use Mental Scan to find the Snakefolk and revealed that he had discovered a way to drive back the seawater at the Pale Swamp temple.
• Bai Xiaowen's Guardian Faction reputation reached Worship Level after he completed the third stage of the Sealed Temple main quest.
• Ahan reported that the coalition had found Apollo's Whisper and that Harold had earned the recognition of Silas's Sanctuary, the Hidden Sword Shield.

Bai Xiaowen sought the missing ax from the Sixth Prophecy and tried to negotiate with the Dwarves for the Elder Rune Armor. Chieftain Morato Graybeard proposed exchanging the armor for one Magic Crystal Cannon from the captured flagship of Vazhatas.

• Ahan confirmed that the ax from the Sixth Prophecy had not been found, and Bai Xiaowen proposed announcing its importance and using the Prophecy Tablet to locate it.
• Ponga Graybeard told Bai Xiaowen that the Three-Tribe Council had rejected handing over the Elder Rune Armor, offering him a crafted piece of equipment instead.
• Bai Xiaowen asked to meet Morato Graybeard, visited Chieftain Kadel Eagle-Eye first, and raised Kadel’s Affection Level from acquaintance to friend.
• Bai Xiaowen and Ponga Graybeard met Morato at the Dwarven smithy, where Morato recognized Bai Xiaowen’s increased strength and learned he had found a way to repair the damaged earth.
• Morato said he favored an exchange for the Elder Rune Armor and proposed that Bai Xiaowen give the Dwarves one Magic Crystal Cannon from Vazhatas’s captured flagship.