Chapter Summaries

White Phoenix Team prepared for its Crystal Destruction Mode match against Star-Moon, with Bai Xiaowen assigning lanes and jungle duties. The match began as the team left its base to carry out his plan.

• Bai Xiaowen won the coin toss, chose the Radiant side, and let Han Xinyue ban King of the Hill Mode before they selected Crystal Destruction Mode.
• Bai Xiaowen and his teammates entered the map while the commentator explained its respawns, Buyback option, and Wild Monster Soulstones.
• Bai Xiaowen assigned Han Xu to top lane, Qiao Rui to bottom, and himself to mid, telling them to defend towers and clear nearby monster camps.
• Bai Xiaowen sent Li Shuyi into Star-Moon's jungle to steal camps and told the team to save Soulstones, prioritizing Dire Wolves, Rock Golems, and the Centaur Tribe.
• The countdown ended, and White Phoenix Team prepared to leave its base.

The White Phoenix Team and Star-Moon Team began their Crystal Destruction Mode match, with Li Shuyi invading the enemy jungle while Star-Moon focused on top lane. After Li Shuyi stole a wolf camp without taking damage, Jing Xing warned his teammates that she was exceptionally dangerous.

• White Phoenix Team split its lanes, with Qiao Rui alone in bot lane and Li Shuyi sent to farm the jungle, while Star-Moon sent its duo lane top to pressure Han Xu.
• Han Xinyue ordered Star-Moon to focus on top lane and planned a team push when the first siege minion wave appeared.
• Li Shuyi invaded Star-Moon's jungle, and Jing Xing retreated from a wolf camp after Zhi Qi warned him she was nearby.
• Bai Xiaowen pushed Guo Baili's mid lane wave under the tower, then returned to his own jungle instead of supporting Li Shuyi.
• Li Shuyi cleared the wolf pack without taking damage or using a skill, prompting Jing Xing to warn his teammates that she was no ordinary opponent.

Li Shuyi escaped an ambush after killing Guo Baili, while the White Phoenix Team regrouped to push mid as siege units arrived. The Star-Moon Team rallied at the top lane and prepared to attack Han Xu beneath his tower and destroy the top outer tower.

• Li Shuyi used Wish Power Shield and Invincible Slash to kill Guo Baili, then escaped the four Star-Moon Team members pursuing her.
• Bai Xiaowen warned Li Shuyi not to overextend and directed the team to clear another jungle group before pushing mid at 4:30.
• The first siege units spawned for both factions, and Bai Xiaowen told the team to hold the top and bottom lanes while grouping mid.
• Jing Xing used the Star-Moon Team's Satyr Demon and Kobold Tribe Soulstones to strengthen their top-lane push.
• Jing Xing, Guo Baili, Han Xinyue, and Zhi Qi prepared to attack Han Xu beneath his tower and take the top outer tower.

Han Xu used the Deep Sea King Set and Waist-Wrapped Anchor Chain to stop the Star-Moon Team’s tower dive and preserve the White Phoenix Team’s momentum. After the Star-Moon Team lost Jing Xing and failed to kill Han Xu, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi advanced on their second tower with a powerful force of monsters and minions.

• The Star-Moon Team dove under the tower, but Han Xu activated Ironclad Wall and withstood their attacks while the tower targeted Jing Xing.
• Han Xu summoned the Ghost Ship with Deep Sea Shock, stunning the Star-Moon Team, then used the Waist-Wrapped Anchor Chain to pull Han Xinyue into the impact zone.
• The Star-Moon Team fled after the Ghost Ship struck; Jing Xing died to the tower, while Han Xinyue barely escaped Han Xu and the tower’s attacks.
• Han Xu cleared the minions and monsters, holding the Star-Moon Team’s first key tempo point.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi advanced toward the Star-Moon Team’s second tower with eight groups of monsters, a large minion wave, and summoned creatures.

Bai Xiaowen led the White Phoenix Team to defeat the Star-Moon Team and destroy its base. After the teams returned to the stage, the captains drew True Kill Mode for their next match.

• Bai Xiaowen took down the top-lane towers with Han Xu, while Li Shuyi collected Wild Monster Soulstones in the enemy jungle.
• The Star-Moon Team fought the White Phoenix Team at its second bottom-lane tower, but Bai Xiaowen's team killed four opponents without losing anyone.
• Han Xinyue remained alone as the White Phoenix Team advanced and destroyed the Star-Moon Team's base.
• The commentators praised the White Phoenix Team's strength and the improvements Li Shuyi and Han Xu had gained in the Spirit Realm.
• Bai Xiaowen and Han Xinyue drew the next match format, which was True Kill Mode.

White Phoenix Team defeated Star-Moon Team two to zero, with Han Xu earning the MVP for his Ghost Ship plays. Afterward, Titan Guild’s leaders realized Han Xu’s ultimate came from a powerful equipment set and speculated that Bai Xiaowen had other sets as well.

• Qiao Rui’s scouting and the team’s Psychic Shielding let White Phoenix Team ambush Star-Moon Team in a mountain valley, where the Ghost Ship struck four opponents.
• Li Shuyi and the Death Knight’s forces trapped Star-Moon Team, and White Phoenix Team won the match four against five.
• White Phoenix Team unanimously voted for Han Xu as MVP, and the audience applauded his performance.
• Han Xinyue hesitated to ask Bai Xiaowen for his contact information and decided to challenge him after improving her strength.
• The media praised White Phoenix Team’s decisive two-to-zero victory, while Titan Guild’s leaders identified Han Xu’s Ghost Ship as the effect of a set.
• Fu Hong told Titan Guild’s leaders that Bai Xiaowen’s summoned creatures also wore three-piece sets.

The White Phoenix Team’s Grand Unification and dominant four-person lineup reshaped rival guilds’ expectations, while Bai Xiaowen’s shop continued growing despite market pressure. The team kept training and winning as its prospects—and the Super God Guild’s influence—rose.

• Fu Hong told Fu Yiping that the Titan Guild should keep making amends to the White Phoenix Team and avoid fighting the Super God Guild’s rise.
• Wu Chonglian rejected Jingwu’s claims that Han Xu owed his success only to equipment and praised his combat instincts, then worried whether Jingwu could reach the Class-A League.
• The White Phoenix Team won its remaining nine matches by landslides without losing a member, while continuing its training.
• Old Demon and Zhang Bo told Bai Xiaowen that The More Knives, the More Victims had earned nearly 400,000 Psionic Points that quarter and was shifting toward selling Spirit Realm currency and food.
• Bai Xiaowen’s growing influence and the White Phoenix Team’s strength helped protect his shop from established A-rank Guilds’ commercial pressure.

Bai Xiaowen received a charter from newly crowned Nicholas IV making him grand lord of Northland and granting him temporary freedom to act across the Gorseflower Empire. Cecilia explained that Nicholas was fighting his uncle Gulamans and the conservative nobles for control of the empire, leaving Bai Xiaowen to weigh the factions and their support.

• Bai Xiaowen discovered Cecilia's signal among warehouse goods and summoned her, whereupon she delivered Nicholas's letter and imperial order.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that Nicholas IV had granted him all of Northland, authority to act throughout the empire, and temporary Spirit Realm privileges tied to Nicholas's rule.
• Cecilia explained that Gulamans had seized the throne in a coup but was defeated by Nicholas and fled to West Desert Province.
• Bai Xiaowen and Cecilia described the empire's five provinces and the old emperor's reforms that had angered the conservative nobles.
• Cecilia told Bai Xiaowen that most West Desert nobles backed Gulamans, while most nobles elsewhere were waiting to see what happened.

Bai Xiaowen received Nicholas IV’s urgent request for help but had too little stay time on the Kane Plane to prepare for the coming decisive battle. He sent Cecilia to the Central Province to gather intelligence and relay his strategic advice across planes, leaving him to plan from afar.

• Bai Xiaowen, Xiao Jun, and Qiao Rui discussed why Nicholas IV’s position had worsened despite his control of the Central Province and Imperial Legions.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that his limited stay time on the Kane Plane prevented him from handling the preparations needed for a decisive battle.
• Bai Xiaowen instructed Cecilia to take experienced White Stone Fief Legion veterans to the Central Province and explain his limits to Nicholas IV.
• Bai Xiaowen arranged to summon Cecilia daily so she could bring intelligence from the Central Province and carry his recommendations back to Nicholas IV.
• After Cecilia departed, Bai Xiaowen studied a map of the Gorseflower Empire and considered the Kane Plane’s importance to his territory.

Cecilia reported that Underworld monsters had emerged beneath the Gorseflower Empire and that West Desert nobles were cooperating with them as Central Province nobles repeatedly rebelled. Bai Xiaowen suspected outsiders were mentally controlling the rebels and warned Cecilia that awakened ones might be involved as she prepared to return to Nicholas IV.

• Cecilia told Bai Xiaowen that creatures from the Underworld were pouring out of the Bersuvi Grand Gold Mine and attacking Imperial forces in the West Desert Province.
• Cecilia explained that Central Province nobles kept rebelling, preventing Nicholas IV from marching against the West Desert Province.
• Bai Xiaowen proposed checkpoints to detect mind controllers and memory searches of captured noble leaders to uncover evidence of manipulation.
• Bai Xiaowen advised Nicholas IV to use that evidence to strengthen his authority and establish a defensive alliance across the Central Province.
• Bai Xiaowen warned Cecilia that awakened ones might be involved and urged her to use a teleportation spell to escape danger; Cecilia agreed and kissed him before leaving.

Qiao Rui told Bai Xiaowen that the Qingye Faction had struck against the Ouyang Faction after a clash between Fang Qinghua and Ouyang Heng. Cecilia later reported that Shapeshifters had replaced Central Province nobles, and Bai Xiaowen warned Nicholas IV to investigate heirs and guard against an assassination attempt during the western campaign.

• Qiao Rui explained that Fang Qinghua and Ouyang Heng fought at a bar, leaving Fang Qinghua without an arm and prompting the Ouyang Faction to send Ouyang Heng to the Spirit Realm.
• Cecilia told Bai Xiaowen that Shapeshifters had killed Central Province noble leaders, worn their skins, and started the rebellion.
• Cecilia said Nicholas IV had sealed routes, investigated the nobles, and gained control of the Central Province to prepare for a march west.
• Bai Xiaowen advised Nicholas IV to investigate nobles' heirs and have Archbishop Arlo examine the senior officers in Count Danton's vanguard for Shapeshifters.

Bai Xiaowen ordered defenses against possible Remnant incursions in Northland while Cecilia returned to the territory. In West Desert Province, Andre received a message and clashed with Abota over their plans and the threat posed by Richard.

• Bai Xiaowen and Cecilia discussed Nicholas IV's advancement to a Lord and the danger of the Remnants and the underground world.
• Bai Xiaowen told Cecilia to have Tim station troops in Blackrock City and establish northern sentry posts, and Cecilia returned to the Kane Plane.
• Andre received a scroll from a crow at an ancient castle tower in West Desert Province.
• Abota questioned Andre about the message and the plan for the class monitor, but Andre refused to share details and warned him not to scheme.
• Abota followed Andre and warned him that Vice Class Monitor Richard was ambitious and might not be deterred by the class monitor's status.

Andre told Auguste that Nicholas IV was taking aggressive measures in the Central Province under the guidance of a likely Awakened adviser. They decided to preserve their hidden agents and focus on countering Nicholas IV’s coming western expedition.

• Auguste left the Duke of Borsway’s sickroom and greeted Andre, who had come with new intelligence.
• Andre reported that Nicholas IV was forcing nobles to open their territories and using inspections to seize control, a strategy he believed came from an Awakened.
• Auguste and Andre considered why an outsider would interfere with Divine Court Training Camp Class 129’s Grand Unification attempt, including the possibility of Earth natives.
• Auguste suggested sending their Stealth team members in the Central Province to stir up trouble, but Andre argued they should remain hidden until Nicholas IV marched west.
• Andre said their immediate priority was figuring out how to deal with Nicholas IV’s impending western expedition army.

Auguste and Andre planned to use Count Danton’s forces to weaken the Gorseflower Empire without killing Nicholas IV, while Camille would lead the Underworld monsters into battle. After Danton died and his vanguard was routed, Cecilia told Bai Xiaowen that Nicholas IV had learned the truth through Danton’s Oath Stone, which revealed glimpses of his final moments.

• Auguste proposed killing Count Danton and using a Shapeshifter to ambush Nicholas IV, but Andre argued that Nicholas needed to survive to keep the Underground Monster Empire in check.
• Andre urged Camille to lead the Underworld monsters against Danton’s vanguard and said he had arranged for her war contribution; Auguste agreed.
• Auguste wanted the old duke killed, but Andre advised keeping him gravely ill and unconscious until Auguste controlled all of Besuwei Fief.
• Cecilia reported to Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi that Count Danton had died in battle and the Imperial Vanguard Army had been routed by Underworld monsters.
• Bai Xiaowen suspected enemies in Central Province had secretly communicated with West Desert Province, and Cecilia explained that Nicholas IV learned of Danton’s death through his shattered Oath Stone.

Cecilia showed Bai Xiaowen a painting identifying August Bersuvi as the man who killed Count Danton, and Bai concluded August was an infiltrating Evolver. Bai and his team weighed whether hostile Evolvers formed three competing teams or one enormous organization, and suspected August led a group aiming to unify Kane under the Conservative Noble faction.

• Cecilia gave Bai Xiaowen a painting of Count Danton's death, recreated from Nicholas IV's memories.
• Bai identified August Bersuvi as Count Danton's killer, and Cecilia explained August had recently shown unexpected ability and strength.
• Qiao Rui and Li Shuyi suggested August was an Evolver who had taken over the duke's son's identity.
• Bai proposed that the hostile Evolvers either belonged to three competing teams or to one large team divided among the Underworld, Old Noble faction, and Central Province nobles.
• Bai, Qiao Rui, and the others reasoned that August likely led the large team and had chosen the Conservative Noble faction as its target for Grand Unification.

Bai Xiaowen sent Cecilia to investigate four fiefs in the Central Province for Awakened infiltrators while warning her not to mistreat innocent nobles. Cecilia began the investigation by taking Count Dorell and key members of his family into custody.

• Bai Xiaowen explained that Auguste could gain enough power and contribution to become a lord, then advised Cecilia to investigate the Central Province rather than push herself too hard.
• Bai Xiaowen identified four potentially infiltrated fiefs and gave Cecilia a scroll to show Nicholas IV after her investigation.
• Cecilia returned to the Kane Plane, and Bai Xiaowen told his team to continue their plans and training.
• Qiao Rui told Bai Xiaowen about an upcoming Beijing auction where they could seek useful psionic treasures and trade surplus items.
• Cecilia led five hundred cavalry to Count Dorell's residence at dawn and took the count and key members of his family into custody.

Cecilia inspected Count Dorell's fief for infiltrators from another world and exposed one hiding in the body of Joseph, Count Dorell's second son. After the hostile awakened one escaped back to his own world, Cecilia marked the fief cleared and led the Imperial Army toward Murray Fief.

• Cecilia began inspecting the young nobles of Dorell Fief while Count Dorell watched.
• Joseph tried to leave the line, killed two Imperial Army soldiers, and fled when they stopped him.
• Cecilia, Sister Celine, Phil, and the soldiers pursued Joseph; Cecilia's arrow pinned him to a wall before he vanished in a flash of light.
• Cecilia told Count Dorell that the real Joseph was dead and that opportunists from another world had infiltrated noble households to provoke rebellion.
• Count Dorell cooperated with the inspection, and Cecilia marked Dorell Fief cleared before ordering the army to move on to Murray Fief.

Auguste and Andre discussed the loss of two agents in Central Province and planned to have Camille prove her worth. The chapter then introduced the Drow Elves and their matriarchal society, ending with Matron Cynthia addressing Kamila in a shadowy valley.

• Auguste returned to Bosuwei Manor and learned from Andre that Morgan and Jett had been driven out of Kane.
• Andre explained that his premature move against the Imperial Vanguard Army had exposed their agents in Central Province, but said he could still monitor Nicholas IV.
• Auguste ordered Andre to tell Camille that it was time for her to prove her worth.
• Andre defended Auguste's decision to take Danton's Kill Contribution from Camille and teased him about his interest in her.
• Matron Cynthia spoke with Kamila in a shadowy valley as the chapter described the Drow Elves and their society.

Camille discussed the next stage of the Drow Elf Empire’s invasion with Matron Cynthia, who revealed her plan to use Nicholas IV and the Bersuvi nobles against each other. The Drow Elves would wait near Bosuwei Manor, then attack whichever forces survived and seize West Desert Province.

• Matron Cynthia praised Camille for holding back Danton and explained that his escape would make his death at Bersuvi hands more useful.
• Camille passed Matron Cynthia a report and map from Bersuvi Territory proposing an ambush at Greydale Canyon.
• Camille warned Matron Cynthia that the Bersuvi lord was trying to make the Drow Elves and Nicholas IV weaken each other.
• Matron Cynthia ordered Camille to tell the West Desert nobles that the Drow Elf legions needed ten days to assemble, while revealing that Nicholas IV would target the Bersuvi nobles first.
• Matron Cynthia planned to wait near Bosuwei Manor, attack after Nicholas IV’s army breached the castle, and use West Desert Province as the Drow Elves’ new base.

Cecilia led a small force ahead of the army to catch up with the Emperor, but her suspicions about hidden enemies in a grove led to a clash with three Drow Elves. After chasing down their female leader, Cecilia discovered she was Camille Rockefeller, a creditor of Bai Xiaowen.

• Cecilia left the main force with Sister Celine and several riders to catch up with the Emperor as quickly as possible.
• Sister Celine sensed people hiding in a grove, and Cecilia ordered the riders to set it on fire.
• Three Drow Elves fled the burning grove, and Cecilia pursued the female one while the other two escaped in different directions.
• Sister Celine briefly restrained the woman with Truth Judgment, but the woman broke free and used spider-silk to evade Cecilia's arrow.
• The woman shot Cecilia's horse, so Cecilia summoned Rockback and continued the pursuit under his protection.
• The woman recognized Cecilia as Captain Bai's Follower and introduced herself as Camille Rockefeller, a creditor of Captain Bai.