Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaowen offered the dwarves an Arcane Mech assembly key instead of a Magic Crystal Cannon, securing Morato’s support and the Elder Rune Armor for his Awakening Skill quest. While waiting to reunite with Qiao Rui and the others, he found Han Xu training as a blacksmith in a nearby dwarf camp.

• Bai Xiaowen refused Morato’s request for a Magic Crystal Cannon, explaining that he could not provide one to any human kingdom.
• Bai Xiaowen showed Morato the [Arcane War Machine Assembly (Incomplete)] and described the temporary Arcane Mech it could summon.
• Morato accepted the assembly key as a valuable trade, promised his vote, and agreed to send the Elder Rune Armor.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi headed to a nearby dwarf camp after failing to locate Qiao Rui and the others, where they found Han Xu forging an iron spearhead.
• A dwarf blacksmith scolded Han Xu for stopping work, and Bai Xiaowen later intervened when the smith criticized his spearhead.

Bai Xiaowen learned that Han Xu had become an apprentice blacksmith and received Qiao Rui’s Twisted Illusion Scroll, then planned the team’s next steps. The Dwarf Kingdom approved an exchange that would bring the Elder Rune Armor to headquarters, allowing Rageclaw’s Awakening Skill to be completed.

• Han Xu told Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi that he had earned a Blacksmith Apprentice Certificate and was studying under Antoine Greybeard after completing a special quest.
• Bai Xiaowen told Han Xu to focus on blacksmithing and promised to supply spirit-energy iron ore for practice.
• Han Xu gave Bai Xiaowen the Twisted Illusion Scroll and relayed Qiao Rui’s message that she could track his location through the Mysterious Stone.
• Bai Xiaowen planned to discuss strategy against the Snakefolk and said he would ask the Dwarf clan chief about finding Li Shuyi a blacksmithing mentor.
• The Three-Tribe Council approved exchanging the Arcane War Machine Assembly for the Elder Rune Armor and sent an elite squad to deliver it to Moya Great Mine.

Bai Xiaowen traded the Arcane War Machine Assembly for the Elder Rune Armor and used it with two other quest items to awaken Summon Angerclaw. He discovered Rageclaw’s enhanced abilities and growing pack, then named the awakened skill Wolf Valley.

• Bai Xiaowen exchanged the Arcane War Machine Assembly with Morato Graybeard and Kadel Eagle-Eye for the Elder Rune Armor, completing the final quest step.
• Bai Xiaowen asked Morato Graybeard to take Charlotte as an apprentice, but Morato refused and recommended that Bai Xiaowen visit Antoine Graybeard instead.
• Bai Xiaowen submitted the Crimson Oakheart, Mother of Direwolves’ Nameplate, and Elder Rune Armor, paid 200,000 Psionic Points, and awakened Summon Angerclaw.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi examined the new skill rules and found that its summoned pack contained the Mother of Direwolves and two Elite Direwolves, though only one wolf could be summoned at a time.
• Bai Xiaowen summoned Rageclaw and discovered his improved attributes and abilities, including pack buffs, rune armor, and Beast Instinct.
• Bai Xiaowen named the awakened Summon Angerclaw skill Wolf Valley.

After Li Shuyi signed a Spirit Summoning Contract, Bai Xiaowen discovered she could sense Wolf Valley but could not summon a wolf without its consent. Rageclaw revealed that the wolves had gained intelligence and could communicate mentally, leaving Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi to recognize that summons had to be treated as partners.

• Bai Xiaowen summoned the contract scroll and helped Li Shuyi sign her name in blood beside his.
• Li Shuyi sensed Wolf Valley and several psychic auras but could not summon a wolf.
• Rageclaw spoke to Bai Xiaowen mentally and explained that he, Halaken, and the Direwolf pups could communicate through Heart-to-Heart Communion.
• Rageclaw told Bai Xiaowen that signing the contract only allowed Li Shuyi to contact Wolf Valley, while the wolves could refuse to be summoned.
• Bai Xiaowen explained to Li Shuyi that intelligent wolves could coordinate tactics but needed to be treated as partners.
• Rageclaw complained that Bai Xiaowen sent him into danger and otherwise shut him away in a dark little room.

Li Shuyi summoned Rockback, an armored Elite Tier Direwolf from Wolf Valley, and learned that he could protect her at the cost of her stamina. Bai Xiaowen reassured Rageclaw that Rockback would be treated as a companion, then learned that Wolf Valley had only four wolves and needed time to grow.

• Bai Xiaowen ordered Rageclaw to help Li Shuyi summon one of his offspring, and Rockback answered her call.
• Li Shuyi discovered that summoning Rockback used little mental energy but slowly drained her stamina.
• Bai Xiaowen examined Rockback's Constitution-focused attributes and skills, including extra life, thorn damage, and a taunting roar.
• Rageclaw worried that Li Shuyi would recklessly use Rockback to take hits, and Bai Xiaowen explained that Rockback would serve as a companion rather than a disposable tool.
• Li Shuyi promised to protect Rockback, and Rageclaw revealed that Wolf Valley had only four wolves and asked Bai Xiaowen to give him and his wife time to raise more.

Bai Xiaowen learned how Wolf Valley’s Spirit Summoning Contract worked before the Snake Mother Jia Gelila contacted him with news that Xi'en had launched a major naval attack on the Dwarf Kingdom’s South Sea fleet. Jia Gelila revealed the Snakefolk had secretly built a powerful force of Ghost Dreadnoughts and Magic Crystal Cannons, leaving Bai Xiaowen to await their next move.

• Bai Xiaowen learned that Wolf Valley gained Direwolves every three months and that contracted Awakened summoned random pack members according to their bonds and the Direwolves’ willingness.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that summoning Mother of Direwolves Harekin was difficult and that summoning powerful Direwolves drained most Awakened’s stamina.
• Bai Xiaowen felt the Snake Mother Jia Gelila’s scale grow hot and performed a ritual to contact her.
• Jia Gelila told Bai Xiaowen that Xi'en had begun a massive night naval battle in the Dwarf Kingdom’s South Sea.
• Jia Gelila revealed that the Grand Overlord had moved the Magic Crystal Cannon construction base south and built at least ten Ghost Dreadnoughts with hundreds of cannons.
• Jia Gelila explained that she had been excluded from Snakefolk leadership, and Bai Xiaowen asked her to learn what the Snakefolk planned next.

Bai Xiaowen learned that the Snakefolk had ambushed the Allied Forces’ fleet with Ghost Ships and Magic Crystal Cannons, then urged the commanders to prepare for a decisive battle. He explained why the cannons could not be reproduced and began outlining a way to eliminate their threat.

• Snake Mother Jia Gelila promised to report Xi'en’s battle plans to Bai Xiaowen and asked him to keep their communications secret.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi headed to headquarters after news arrived that the Snakefolk had attacked the South Sea Fleet.
• At the emergency meeting, a battlefield report cut off amid Magic Crystal Cannon fire, and Bai Xiaowen revealed that the Snakefolk had built an underwater production base near the Moya Great Mine.
• Bai Xiaowen warned that the Allied Forces could not confront the cannons directly and explained that the gods forbade their manufacture, though captured weapons could be used during the war.
• When Ahan asked how to eliminate the cannons, Bai Xiaowen said only a few Snakefolk craftsmen could make them and that the Grand Overlord had put those craftsmen in grave danger by bringing them to the front lines.

Bai Xiaowen planned a secret raid on the Snakefolk’s Magic Crystal Cannon production base while the allied fleet prepared for battle. After learning that Qiao Rui had escaped a devastating naval attack with a few Ghost Ships, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi flew to Silverglow Beach and reunited with her and Cecilia.

• Bai Xiaowen arranged with Ahan to keep the raid’s details secret and reviewed the Seven Sacred Artifacts, noting that the Meat-Cleaver Axe was missing.
• Qiao Rui contacted Bai Xiaowen and reported that the allied South Sea Fleet had been nearly wiped out and that Snakefolk ships were pursuing her underwater.
• Bai Xiaowen told Qiao Rui to head toward Silverglow Beach and wait for backup, then left with Li Shuyi on White Eagles.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi reached the Ghost Dreadnought near Silverglow Beach, where they reunited with Qiao Rui and Cecilia.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi reunited with Qiao Rui’s surviving fleet, then prepared to face the pursuing Snakefolk fleet. Bai Xiaowen and his allies launched a counterattack, and Bai Xiaowen landed alone aboard one of the enemy’s Ghost Dreadnoughts.

• Qiao Rui introduced the rescued human leaders Kitrich, Batma, and Paulson to Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi.
• Bai Xiaowen revealed his Lord Tier power, ordered the fleet to prepare for battle, and assigned the human leaders their tasks.
• Alberta, Harper, and Skolata led the Snakefolk pursuit fleet into battle, exchanging cannon fire with the retreating humans.
• Two White Eagles flew toward the Snakefolk Ghost Dreadnoughts, carrying Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui with the other women to launch separate attacks.
• Bai Xiaowen leaped onto the mast of Harper’s Ghost Dreadnought, where Harper recognized his Lord Tier strength and prepared to fight.

Bai Xiaowen led his Undead Legion against High Priest Harper’s Snakefolk aboard a Ghost Dreadnought, using Wisdom Aura to cripple their skills and strengthen his summons. Harper pursued Bai Xiaowen across the masts while the rest of the White Phoenix Team fought the other dreadnought.

• Snakefolk archers attacked Bai Xiaowen, who summoned his elite undead to drive through the enemy ranks.
• Bai Xiaowen activated Wisdom Aura, slowing enemy skills and reducing their spiritual power while boosting his summons.
• The Death Knight used Wide-Area Desecration and Withering Coil to damage enemies and heal the Shadow Assassin, then led the undead against Harper’s students.
• Harper attacked the mast beneath Bai Xiaowen and pursued him after Bai escaped to another mast.
• Cecilia rode Steel Fang to use her Mounted Archery bonus, while Li Shuyi charged with Rockback and used Invincible Slash to break through encirclement.

Li Shuyi and her companions fought to hold off the Snakefolk while Bai Xiaowen faced High Priest Harper aboard the dreadnought. Bai summoned Rageclaw to join the fight, and the armored battle wolf wounded Harper as the battle continued.

• Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, and Cecilia used their skills to cut down Snakefolk and protect one another.
• War Priest Alberta challenged Li Shuyi, but she matched his agility and superior swordsmanship before he called two Snakefolk generals to attack her.
• Li Shuyi activated Invincible Slash to evade the generals and resumed fighting Alberta.
• Bai Xiaowen judged that his companions would struggle to defeat the Ghost Dreadnought and descended from the mast to confront Harper.
• Harper attacked Bai Xiaowen with his warhammer, but Rageclaw appeared and tore deep gashes into him.

Bai Xiaowen and Rageclaw overwhelmed Harper and the Snakefolk aboard the ship, then Bai Xiaowen unleashed Super Orochi Nagi to annihilate hundreds of Snakefolk and slave warriors. He gained nearly a thousand growth points and Soul Essence, while recognizing that such a massive attack would be harder to repeat against enemies who spread out.

• Harper stunned Bai Xiaowen and Rageclaw, but Bai Xiaowen used Mental Force Field to daze Harper before he could land another blow.
• Rageclaw tore into Harper, broke his arm with a Critical Hit, and killed him while Bai Xiaowen supported the attack with Light of Wisdom.
• Bai Xiaowen's summoned army slaughtered the controlled Snakefolk as two leaders broke free and rallied reinforcements to charge him.
• After checking the damage shared from Butcher, Bai Xiaowen activated Blood Rage and unleashed Super Orochi Nagi, incinerating hundreds of Snakefolk and slave warriors.
• Bai Xiaowen collected nearly a thousand growth points and Soul Essence, then concluded that his summoned army would provide more reliable growth than relying on such mass-kill opportunities.

Bai Xiaowen routed the Snakefolk aboard the Ghost Dreadnought, forced their mage apprentices to turn their cannons on their own fleet, and steered the ship toward Li Shuyi and the others. He left the other Snakefolk ships in confusion as his Wisdom Aura reached their dreadnought.

• Bai Xiaowen’s Super Orochi Nagi blast broke the Snakefolk warriors’ morale, and Rageclaw killed a pursuing Snakefolk Boss Tier.
• Bai Xiaowen led his summoned creatures into the gun deck and threatened the Snakefolk mage apprentices with death unless they turned their cannons on their allies.
• The mage apprentices surrendered, and Bai Xiaowen made them fire at nearby Snakefolk ships, throwing the fleet into confusion.
• Bai Xiaowen left Delifa to supervise the defectors, then steered the Ghost Dreadnought toward Li Shuyi and the others.
• Bai Xiaowen’s Wisdom Aura reached the other dreadnought as he approached within several hundred meters.

Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, and Cecilia fought to hold off the Portnu Tribe aboard the Ghost Dreadnought while Bai Xiaowen’s Wisdom Aura weakened the Snakefolk prayer leaders. Skolata finally joined the battle, and a prayer leader struck Li Shuyi with Chain Lightning as the fight intensified.

• Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, and Cecilia held off waves of Snakefolk and slave warriors on the crowded deck while Skolata kept his distance and sent fresh fighters forward.
• Bai Xiaowen’s Wisdom Aura disrupted the prayer leaders’ spellcasting, and Skolata realized Harper might already have been defeated and the dreadnought captured.
• Skolata entered the fight with his serpent-fang blades and used Serpentine Movement to weave through the crowd toward the three women.
• Li Shuyi and Qiao Rui said they could keep fighting, with Qiao Rui noting that Wisdom Aura reduced her mental energy consumption.
• Cecilia warned Li Shuyi as a prayer leader unleashed Chain Lightning, striking at her with seven rapid bolts.

Li Shuyi and Bai Xiaowen’s reinforcements killed High Priest Skolata and captured the snakefolk dreadnought. The remaining Ghost Ships fled into the Deep Sea, ending the battle and leaving the White Phoenix Team in control of two captured dreadnoughts.

• Li Shuyi used Wish Power Shield and Invincible Slash to evade Chain Lightning, then returned to protect Rockback from Skolata’s attack.
• Bai Xiaowen’s Wisdom Aura and Qiao Rui’s Soul Melody weakened Skolata while Li Shuyi fought him, and Butcher and the Death Knight arrived with reinforcements.
• Li Shuyi killed Skolata, and the summoned army routed the leaderless snakefolk and captured the dreadnought.
• The other snakefolk Ghost Ships fled into the Deep Sea after Bai Xiaowen confirmed their retreat with Mental Scan.
• Bai Xiaowen and his companions returned to the Freedom Legion’s flagship, where Kitrich asked if the battle was over.

After defeating the Snakefolk fleet, Bai Xiaowen recruited the three human leaders to join his next operation. He planned to wait for the Snakefolk to march toward the Earth Vein Pillar, then attack their rear and destroy their Magic Crystal Cannon production base.

• Bai Xiaowen’s Ghost Ship fleet submerged, reassuring the three human leaders that they would no longer be vulnerable to attacks from below.
• Bai Xiaowen invited Batma, Paulson, and Kitrich to join his plan, and all three agreed to follow his commands despite the risks.
• Bai Xiaowen assessed the leaders’ personalities and required them to trust and obey him without question in battle.
• Bai Xiaowen revealed that he intended to destroy the Snakefolk’s Magic Crystal Cannon production base and kill its magical craftsmen.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that the Snakefolk would likely march to destroy the Earth Vein Pillar, giving his forces a chance to attack their rear.

After assessing the spoils from their victory over the snakefolk, Bai Xiaowen used intelligence from Snake Mother Jia Gelila to learn that Grand Overlord had led a major assault on the Dwarf Kingdom. The chapter ended with Bai Xiaowen ordering the Freedom Legion to attack the snakefolk’s magic crystal cannon production base while their forces were away.

• White Phoenix Team opened four Golden Treasure Chests and found a Mind Protection Spell, a Viper's Jaw dagger, and the Dim Skull of the War Priest among the loot.
• Bai Xiaowen spent two days meditating while his fleet waited underwater and watched for snakefolk patrols.
• Bai Xiaowen contacted Snake Mother Jia Gelila, who confirmed that the Potunu and Fenrik Tribes had been annihilated.
• After receiving Jia Gelila's intelligence, Bai Xiaowen learned that Grand Overlord had led elite forces north to attack the Dwarf Kingdom's Earth Vein Corridor.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered the Freedom Legion to enter combat readiness and head for the snakefolk's magic crystal cannon production base.

Bai Xiaowen led the Freedom Legion in a surprise assault on the Snakefolk production base at Great Rock Reef, exploiting intelligence that the Grand Overlord and his strongest forces were away. The invaders broke through the base’s defenses and advanced through its disorganized defenders, while Bai Xiaowen discovered a vast altar complex centered on a temple that blocked Spirit Detection.

• Bai Xiaowen learned that the Grand Overlord, the high priests of the seven Snakefolk Tribes, and Xi'en had left the production base, while the Snake Mother was assigned to a feint.
• Bai Xiaowen detected two nearby Snakefolk patrol fleets and ordered the Freedom Legion to attack the fleet at ten o’clock rather than risk being caught between both.
• The Ghost Dreadnought scattered the patrol fleet, and Bai Xiaowen halted the pursuit after its survivors fled without resisting.
• Bai Xiaowen’s fleet smashed through the bubble shield at Great Rock Reef and landed inside the base, triggering an alarm while its strongest defenders were absent.
• The Freedom Legion overwhelmed the disorganized Snakefolk as Bai Xiaowen used Lights of Wisdom to kill Elite Snakefolk and scanned the base.
• Bai Xiaowen identified fifteen small altars, five large altars capable of reincarnating Snakefolk, and a temple-like inner structure that blocked Spirit Detection and was likely the main altar.

Bai Xiaowen realized the Snakefolk had lured the Freedom Legion into an ambush at the central altar, where Xi'en confronted Qiao Rui and her forces. Bai arrived in time to counter Xi'en’s aura and faced the Snakefolk lord as the two sides prepared to fight.

• Bai split the Freedom Legion, sending Qiao Rui and the main force toward the central altar while he and Li Shuyi headed east to destroy the Magic Crystal Cannon factory.
• Suspecting the easy approach was a trap, Bai turned back toward Qiao Rui just as she reported that her forces had been ambushed.
• Xi'en offered the Freedom Legion the choice of surrendering and becoming Snakefolk or dying, but Cecilia answered with an arrow and defied him.
• Bai arrived at the plaza on Rageclaw and used his Wisdom Aura to counter Xi'en’s Brutality Aura.
• Bai used Insight to examine Xi'en and learned the lord’s attributes and several of his skills.

Bai Xiaowen assessed Xi'en’s immense defenses and learned that he wielded the missing sacred artifact, Akari’s Fury, the Meat-Cleaver Axe. Suspecting Xi'en was stalling until the Grand Overlord returned, Bai Xiaowen and his team prepared to kill him, recover the artifact, and destroy the Magic Crystal Cannon base within three hours.

• Bai Xiaowen calculated that Xi'en’s constitution, armor, and enhanced equipment made him extraordinarily difficult to damage, while Xi'en’s Brutality, crowd control, and Massacre made him dangerous in return.
• Bai Xiaowen recognized Xi'en’s great axe as the missing sacred artifact, Akari’s Fury, the Meat-Cleaver Axe.
• Xi'en offered to explain how he had obtained the axe, but Bai Xiaowen interrupted him and ordered an attack, suspecting he was buying time.
• Qiao Rui reasoned that Xi'en had warned the Grand Overlord during the raid, and Li Shuyi realized the Grand Overlord might return.
• Bai Xiaowen set the team the goal of killing Xi'en, reclaiming the artifact, and destroying the production base before the Grand Overlord returned in at least three hours.
• Bai Xiaowen reassured his teammates that Xi'en could not use the artifact’s true power because it had not acknowledged him.