Chapter Summaries

Zong Shen built a Wood Spirit Sword and discovered that a Kingdom Heart fragment could eventually let a lord found a kingdom and gain greater authority. After reflecting on the continent’s cycles of civilizations, he resolved to become the first lord to establish a kingdom and continued inspecting equipment from the Lucky Bag.

• Zong Shen constructed the Wood Spirit Sword, adding a second floating giant sword to the territory’s defenses.
• Zong Shen examined Kingdom Heart Fragment IV and learned that matching fragments formed one of seven items required to establish a kingdom and elevate lord authority.
• Zong Shen connected the seven existing human kingdoms and the displaced older races to a possible recurring cycle of Lord Games, then resolved to become the strongest lord and found a kingdom first.
• Zong Shen stored the fragment and decided to give the Chanting Acceleration Caster Gloves to Tasia.
• Zong Shen inspected a starry silver-gray Legendary Grade light armor that appeared to resonate with the night sky.

Zong Shen examined several rare items, including powerful star-themed armor, a building advancement stone, and a reusable sixth-order spell scroll. He discovered that the mysterious duel contract could let the True King challenge other dimensions, leaving him contemplating the larger stages of the Lord Game.

• Zong Shen identified the Star Guardian · Guardian Light Armor as top-tier Legendary equipment and chose to give it to Luna rather than Vereesa.
• Zong Shen examined a Building Advancement Stone and listed several territory buildings that could benefit, deciding to discuss the choice with Maryl.
• Zong Shen inspected a reusable sixth-order Starlight Descent spell scroll and planned to use it during the upcoming Defense Challenge.
• Zong Shen learned that the Mysterious Duel Contract could initiate dimensional challenges, but only the True King of the Endless Continent could activate it.
• Zong Shen connected the contract’s power to the Lord Game’s successive acts and realized that clearing the game could bring it to an end.

Zong Shen spent the evening at the Hot Spring Cabin before returning to the Lord's Fortress, where he distributed equipment and waited for Maryl. He gave Maryl new gear, construction supplies, and an Iron Golem, leaving her to test the powerful construct.

• Zong Shen reflected on the Lord System's trials and the territory's intense preparations for the Defense Challenge.
• Zong Shen visited the Hot Spring Cabin with Tasia and Ashia, gave Tasia and Ashia new equipment, and later gifted Luna Legendary-grade light armor.
• Vereesa returned with Zoe Babbitt and arranged for Zoe to sleep in her room, while Zong Shen stayed up reading and waiting for Maryl.
• Maryl returned from the construction site, and Zong Shen gave her the Protector's Top Hat and Grand Scholar Job Change Book.
• Zong Shen entrusted Maryl with supplies for the Central Stone Pillar Defense Plan and shield cart plan, then gave her the Iron Golem to try piloting.

Zong Shen arranged defenses, supplies, and construction plans with Maryl before learning that the cursed eyeball had destroyed Anta Village and been taken away by the Lord System. He prepared to get up and upgrade his territory, relieved that the threat had disappeared.

• Maryl test-drove the Iron Golem, and Zong Shen charged it with more Magic Energy so she could use it to defend herself and the territory.
• Zong Shen gave Maryl equipment and Energy Springs to organize, directed her to assign Logistics Heroes to bargain-hunt in the Market, and discussed advancing and fusing territory buildings.
• Zong Shen told Maryl to rest and asked her to have Dwarf Uncle forge him a sturdy Refined Alloy needle; afterward, he went to bed beside Luna.
• A Bauhinia investigation team examined the fel-corrupted Goblin Tribe ruins, concluded that an Outer God’s ritual projection had appeared there, and arranged for samples and reports to be sent to the Great City.
• A cursed eyeball transformed a villager in Anta Village into a flesh monster that devoured the entire village before a red beam took it away.
• Zong Shen asked the Strategy Module about the eyeball, learned it had been taken away after massacring Anta Village, and prepared to upgrade his territory.

Zong Shen prepared his territory’s defenses and expanded it from Level 8 to Level 10, using the expansion encounters to gather beasts and confront deserters from Seaka Bang City. After his forces captured most of the deserters and their horses, the territory reached Level 10, and Zong Shen found that expansion was taking longer while its challenges were becoming easier.

• Zong Shen surveyed the territory’s defenses, ordered Howie to recall non-combat residents, and summoned Reese Ulysses to help him travel with Blink.
• Zong Shen began expanding the Level 8 territory, and its defenses killed thirty-six attacking beasts before the expansion succeeded.
• Zong Shen started another expansion and identified the next attackers as deserters from Seaka Bang City, including light cavalry with mixed-blood Grassland Horses.
• Zong Shen ordered Colby to surround the deserters and preserve their horses; Colby’s forces killed twenty-one, captured fifty-six, and secured thirty-three warhorses.
• Zong Shen completed the expansion to Level 10 and noted that territorial expansion took longer but its challenges were becoming easier.

Zong Shen raised his territory from Level 8 to Level 18, then upgraded his Lord's Fortress to Level 8 ahead of the Defense Challenge. He recruited Zoe Babbitt and ordered his troops to assemble for an exploration operation that afternoon.

• Zong Shen used Fortune Divination and drew Great Misfortune, then stopped leveling his territory at Level 18 after seeing Chen Rui rise to Level 13.
• Zong Shen used the Level 8 City Lord's Mansion Upgrade Certificate, expanding and strengthening the fortress, its towers, and its gates.
• Zong Shen gave Favid a Flame Cloak and gave Vereesa a Strongheart Ring and a Modular Soft-Woven Belt.
• Zoe Babbitt pledged allegiance to Zong Shen, joined the territory, and agreed to become part of his adventurer team.
• Zong Shen ordered Vereesa and Zoe to assemble Wolf Cavalry, mages, Lion Garrison Knights, and anti-poison potions for an exploration operation.

Zong Shen appointed Jacques Picard as advisor to Zoe Babbitt’s adventurer squad, prepared a force for an expedition to the Poison Swamp, and rejected Clarissa Theresa’s first energy drink for being insufficiently sweet and lemony. He arrived at the swamp with Reese Ulysses and confronted Little Blackie, who had been hiding there.

• Zong Shen assigned Jacques Picard to assist Zoe Babbitt and told her to organize the Breath of the Wild adventurer squad.
• Zong Shen advanced Mappel to a Fourth Order Ranger and gathered sixty Dragonborn Rangers alongside the expedition’s other troops.
• Clarissa Theresa presented Zong Shen with her first energy potion, but he rejected its flavor and reassigned her to train apprentices and produce potions.
• Zong Shen packed most of the assembled Warriors into Pascal Contract's Big Pocket and traveled to the Poison Swamp with Reese Ulysses.
• Little Blackie dropped its meal in fright when Zong Shen appeared, and Zong Shen threatened it with the Dragon-Slaying Greatsword for failing to call him sir.

Zong Shen gathered Little Blackie and his troops to begin excavating the ruins beneath the Poison Swamp, first removing the Poison Bead and arranging ways to disperse the poisonous mist and contain the silt. After setting the excavation in motion, he returned to the territory to search a Market.

• Zong Shen made Little Blackie submit and told it to help excavate the Poison Swamp ruins.
• Zong Shen removed the High-grade Poison Bead and followed the Strategy Module's marker to the ruins with Little Blackie and Reese Ulysses.
• Zong Shen tried drilling into the swamp but found that the flowing silt made the Magic Energy Drill ineffective for excavation.
• Zong Shen brought his Warriors into the swamp, distributed antidotes and tools, and assigned Vereesa and Zoe to organize the work.
• Zong Shen ordered Kaginia to cast Windstrike Cataclysm to clear the poisonous mist and planned to use earth magic and wood to contain the silt.
• Zong Shen had Reese Ulysses return him to the territory, where he entered a Market to search.

Zong Shen led a large excavation in the Poison Swamp, uncovering Night Elf ruins, a damaged Chimera Roost, and buried supplies. After finding the treasure and equipment, he recovered a preserved letter describing Azshara City's fall and the Resistance Army's plans.

• Zong Shen bought earth-solidifying scrolls and an Earth-Gathering Pearl, then returned to the Poison Swamp with Reese Ulysses.
• Zong Shen and Vereesa organized the Warriors to drain and excavate the site, using magic, timber barriers, and the Earth-Gathering Pearl to control the mud and water.
• Zong Shen dug more than ten meters down and uncovered the Azshara Sewers' ground gate, the ruins, and a damaged Chimera Roost containing a newborn Roost Heart.
• Zong Shen followed the Strategy Module's markers and uncovered treasure chests, recruitment scrolls, and Legendary-grade Night Elf equipment.
• Zong Shen found and translated a preserved letter stating that Azshara City was about to fall and that the Resistance Army planned to build mountain bunkers and fortify the Mine while awaiting Alliance reinforcements.

Zong Shen uncovered evidence that Azshara's elves had prepared underground refuges before the invasion, then gathered a team to explore the Azshara Sewers. Vereesa opened a reinforced gate with her old credentials, and the group stood at the entrance to the tunnels.

• Zong Shen read a hidden letter explaining that Azshara's elves had buried barracks and stockpiled supplies in the sewers and mines to prepare for resistance.
• Zong Shen assembled Vereesa, Zoe Babbitt, Jacques Picard, and a small force of knights, rangers, and mages to enter the sewers.
• Zong Shen tried the Azshara Sluice Gate Key, but it only activated a nine-grid security screen and failed to open the reinforced gate.
• Vereesa recalled that the elves had strengthened their sewers after a warning from the Moon Goddess and traced the gate's pattern.
• The gate recognized Vereesa as Commander Vereesa of the Silver Covenant Legion and opened, revealing a dry, reinforced passage lit by rune lamps.

Zong Shen and his team explored the Azshara Sewers, where they found evidence of the elf warriors’ final stand and learned that demonic infiltration had sparked a civil war. After honoring the dead, they used the Strategy Module to identify valuable and dangerous sites as they began searching the vast ruins.

• Zong Shen examined the remains of elf warriors and found evidence that a powerful enemy had shattered their weapons and armor.
• The Strategy Module revealed that Blood-Burning Demons had divided the underground camps and infiltrated the Azshara Sewers, triggering a civil war before the Great Ruin fell.
• Vereesa identified several kinds of demons involved in the conflict, and she and Zong Shen pieced together how Azshara had fallen.
• Vereesa gathered the remains, and Favid used a Fireball to cremate them as she prayed for the dead.
• Zong Shen asked the Strategy Module to mark useful and dangerous locations, which revealed more than a hundred exploration sites and over twenty hazards.
• Zong Shen led Kaginia, Zoe, Vereesa, and Jacques Picard to collect valuables while the others gathered and cremated corpses.

Zong Shen explored another section of the Azshara Sewers, defeating a dormant fallen swordsman and finding valuable supplies, including a legendary ancient-tree seed. A mysterious floral fragrance led him to a pale elf woman clutching a vivid purple flower, whose nature remained unknown.

• Zong Shen led his warriors through the marked compartments, collecting treasure chests, a rare elven short blade, recruitment scrolls, and ancient-guardian seeds while they gathered and burned the corpses.
• Zong Shen’s warriors killed the dormant Fallen Azshara Elven Swordsman with a volley of attacks; it failed to transform after death, and Zong Shen collected Shadow Orbs from its remains.
• Zong Shen chose the right-hand passage to continue exploring and noticed a soft floral fragrance that Vereesa also detected.
• Zong Shen found two more dormant fallen undead in the new passage and had his warriors clear the fresh-looking corpses cautiously.
• Zong Shen discovered Fourth Order Elf Swordsman Recruitment Scrolls and a legendary Seed of the Shelter Ancient, which he planned to entrust to Luna.
• Zong Shen and his companions found the fragrance’s source: a pale elf woman lying on the ground and clasping a vibrant purple flower.

Zong Shen and Vereesa awakened Sophie, a Night Elf prayercaster who had slept for more than eighteen thousand years, and Sophie struggled to accept the changed world. After leaving Sophie time to decide her future, Zong Shen collected a treasure chest and an elven warbow, cleared the remaining marked enemies, and led the group farther into the ruins.

• Vereesa recognized Sophie, and Zong Shen removed the Eternal Sleep Flower while Vereesa revived her with Moon Goddess Spring.
• Sophie woke, recognized General Vereesa, and learned that more than eighteen thousand years had passed since the great war and that Vereesa now served Zong Shen.
• Vereesa asked Zong Shen to give Sophie time to decide whether to join the territory or seek out the Elves, and Zong Shen agreed before continuing his exploration.
• Zong Shen found a Golden Treasure Chest and a Legendary-grade Charged Nature Warbow, which he put away for a possible reward to Vereesa or Mappel.
• Zong Shen's warriors killed two Fallen Undead, collected their Shadow Orbs, and cremated their remains.
• The group continued down the right-hand passage as Vereesa explained the changed world to Sophie, who followed her while grieving for the lost past.

Zong Shen explored another section of the Azshara Sewers and found a powerful Blood-Burning dagger, a fifth Elven Key fragment, and several valuable elven items. He planned to expand his territory’s ruin exploration through adventurer squads and took stock of the new weapons and building plans.

• Zong Shen found a Bronze Treasure Chest and a damaged Kodo Beast leather backpack in the sewer compartments.
• Zong Shen discovered a skeleton with a Painful Blood-Burning Dagger embedded in its chest and stored the dagger after checking its attributes.
• Zong Shen opened the backpack and found the fifth Elven Key fragment, six Night Huntress recruitment scrolls, and several other items.
• Zong Shen learned that the remaining Elven Key fragments were scattered through Azshara, including the sewers, and considered sending adventurer squads to explore ruins using prepared routes and strategy information.
• Zong Shen examined two Moon Glaive Chariot construction scrolls and two Moon Well blueprints, planning to have his craftsmen study the chariots and add magical-energy power.

Zong Shen inspected the recovered items, equipped the Azshara Council Elder Badge, and distributed useful equipment to his followers. He then examined the remaining finds in the next compartment, including a powerful Storm Pearl with one use left.

• Zong Shen replaced his Dragonborn Knight Order emblem with the Azshara Council Elder Badge, gave the old emblem to Favid, and used his new skill points to improve his abilities.
• Zong Shen stored a letter that increased mental resistance and moved to the third gold-circle marker, where he found a skeleton and several items.
• Zong Shen collected the Tendon Cutter's Dagger for a scout and gave the Mana-Focused Glasses to Canigia.
• Zong Shen identified the Storm Pearl, learned it could summon a storm for 30 minutes, and stored it with one use remaining.

Zong Shen found a hidden quest in the Azshara Sewers that would grant him ownership of the underground fortress and valuable construction rewards. He then reached a vast hall, where an Aggregated Resentful Mutant Skeleton emerged and prepared to fight his group.

• Zong Shen identified the Verdant Vitality Staff’s supportive abilities and decided to give it to Salome Forestspeech.
• Zong Shen found a damaged map containing a hidden quest to clear and repair the Azshara Sewers Underground Fortress, cremate the Elf Race Warriors, and scatter their ashes in the forest.
• Zong Shen ordered his Warriors to burn the skeleton holding the map, then led the group deeper into the passage to search the fortress.
• Zong Shen entered a large hall and encountered an Aggregated Resentful Mutant Skeleton that could switch between spellcaster and mutant forms.
• Zong Shen drew his Dragon-Slaying Greatsword, inspected the monster’s attributes, and ordered the mage team to fall back while the Rangers prepared to fire.

Zong Shen and his troops defeated the Aggregated Resentful Mutant Skeleton and recovered its Negative Thought Aggregate Core, then continued searching the hall for treasure. He found a platinum chest, a cache of Night Elf recruitment scrolls, and another silver chest before approaching the fourth marker.

• Zong Shen reflected the skeleton’s necromantic arrows, then led attacks that weakened it in its caster form.
• The skeleton transformed into a giant wolfhound, but Zong Shen and his mages destroyed it after several more minutes of fighting.
• Zong Shen collected the skeleton’s ashes and recovered its Negative Thought Aggregate Core, deciding to save it until he had enough bones and a Loyalty contract.
• Zong Shen found and stored a platinum treasure chest, then opened a Magic Storage Chest containing numerous Night Elf recruitment scrolls, including a Fifth Order Night Elf Silvermoon Huntress Queen scroll.
• Zong Shen stored a silver treasure chest at the third marker and headed toward the fourth marker, where he could already see its contents.

Zong Shen searched the Azshara Underground Fortress’s left branch and discovered a warehouse guarded by an ancient undead elf. After learning that the monster’s imprisoned soul could enhance an Elf Race building or Tree Spirit, he prepared to fight it.

• Zong Shen found 120 Fourth Order Night Elf war bows and several storeroom keys in the right-side branch, then returned to the main passage and headed left.
• Zong Shen explored a side passage and collected treasure chests, Night Huntress Recruitment Scrolls, and Nature Druid Recruitment Scrolls while his warriors gathered and cremated the remains.
• Zong Shen, Zoe Babbitt, and Jacques Picard scouted a further passage, where they found two warehouses and an undead elf in the open hall.
• Zong Shen identified the monster as the Orange Overlord Grade Undying Body of Resentment Jianyu, whose soul could strengthen an Elf Race building or Tree Spirit if freed.
• Zong Shen summoned four Avalon Fifth Order Elite swordsmen and prepared to attack as the undead elf awakened.

Zong Shen battled the skilled undead swordsman Luo De Jian Yu, ultimately granting him a final duel and freeing his soul from its prison of hatred. He kept Luo De Jian Yu’s soul and absorbed his legendary swordsmanship knowledge.

• Luo De Jian Yu fought Zong Shen and four Avalon Elite Swordsmen, stacking speed buffs and cutting down two of them.
• Zong Shen used Wind Blade Advance and the Chrono Domain to hinder Luo De Jian Yu, then severed both his arms and legs.
• Luo De Jian Yu crawled toward a severed arm and clamped a sword in his mouth, so Zong Shen stopped his allies and offered him a swordsman’s final strike.
• Zong Shen struck Luo De Jian Yu down, freeing his soul and obtaining his Knowledge Essence.
• Zong Shen stored Luo De Jian Yu’s soul and used the Knowledge Essence, gaining his sword-wielding techniques and combat experience.

Zong Shen looted two ancient elf armories in the Azshara Sewers fortress, collecting extensive standardized weapons and armor for his territory. After clearing another side passage, he prepared his forces to face the Epic-level enemy in the final passage.

• Zong Shen collected Lord Swordspeech's remains and salvaged usable swords, shields, armor, and boots from a damaged warehouse.
• Zong Shen used the Master Key to open Warehouse XVI, where Sophie identified it as a supply room for the third branch's elf warriors.
• Zong Shen gathered hundreds of bows, ranger outfits, boots, helmets, and thousands of arrow bags from the intact armory.
• Zong Shen led the party to the first left-hand passage, collected two Silver Treasure Chests, and defeated the corrupted undead there for over eight thousand experience points.
• Zong Shen ordered his group to gather the remains and prepare before entering the final passage, where an Epic-level enemy awaited.