Chapter Summaries

Ron helped Ilya set up warning magic arrays around his land and factory, then taught factory workers to use Heart-Connecting Vines to sort Elemental Cards. After Sylvie warned him that Yuna’s background contained suspicious details, Ron checked on Yuna at the bar and returned to the Flower Shop for dinner.

• Ilya explained that Shadow Ore was scarce and that its limited supply hindered her wish to bring magic arrays to ordinary people.
• Ron showed the factory workers how Heart-Connecting Vines could sort Elemental Cards quickly, then helped Ilya set up warning arrays around the factory and nearby land.
• Ilya declined Ron’s dinner invitation and clarified that the Elf Race Saintess would not marry outside her race, while Ron denied having romantic intentions toward Edith.
• Sylvie told Ron that an investigation had found suspicious details in Yuna’s otherwise clean background, and Ron acknowledged her warning.
• Ron watched Yuna serve questionable drinks at the bar, asked whether anyone had gone upstairs, and then headed back to the Flower Shop with her for dinner.

Ron received a side quest to make Elemental Cards popular throughout the Imperial Capital, then was interrupted by Yuna sneaking into his room. Yuna returned to the attic after revealing she had killed a fifth-rank warrior and was still troubled by the danger surrounding Ron.

• Yuna persuaded Nora to ask Ron for permission to learn cooking, and Ron readily agreed.
• The system gave Ron a side quest to sell Elemental Cards across the Imperial Capital, with Elemental Potato seeds and a cultivation method as the reward.
• The system warned Ron that a spy had entered his room, and he found Yuna hiding in his wardrobe.
• Yuna teased Ron about Nora before leaving, and Ron resumed meditating.
• Yuna reflected on killing a fifth-rank warrior who had been tracking Ron and fell asleep after deciding she might make him try some terrible cocktails.

Andre III learned that Ron's Golden Red Chrysanthemum had helped create the Explosive Potion that turned the tide in the northern war, while Princess Mia prepared a meal for him at the palace. In Chaos City, Ron taught Nora to cook, and she joined Ron, Yuna, and another companion for dinner.

• Andre III received reports that the Explosive Potion had helped the human army drive back the orc forces, and learned that its stabilizing agent came from Ron's Golden Red Chrysanthemum.
• Andre III worried that Ron's growing ties to the Harvest Goddess and the military could give him political influence if he returned to the Imperial Capital.
• A palace attendant told Andre III that Princess Mia had prepared hot pot for him, and Andre III headed to the dining hall.
• Ron tied an apron on Nora and taught her how to chop tomatoes and make stir-fried tomatoes and eggs.
• Ron guided Nora through making several more dishes, then called Yuna to help carry them out before the four of them sat down to eat.

Ron checked on Nora and the nuns’ work at his shop, then used the puppet in Mia’s room to speak with her after dinner. Mia reported that her father had praised the hotpot and planned to invite noble young ladies to try it.

• Yuna teased Nora about Ron hugging her while teaching her to chop vegetables, and Nora denied that anything romantic had happened.
• Ron asked Sylvie whether the nuns were comfortable harvesting leaves, and she said they enjoyed seeing their Elemental Cards pile up.
• Ron projected his consciousness into the puppet in Mia’s room and cut off its vision while Mia changed with the help of two maids.
• The system triggered a quest to watch Mia change, but Ron ignored it and failed the quest while reading about cross-racial reproduction.
• Mia told Ron that her father had praised the hotpot in front of the household staff, and she planned to invite noble young ladies over for hotpot.

Mia chose a location and layout for Ron’s hot pot restaurant in the Imperial Capital, and Ron taught her an employee training plan. Back in his own body, Ron began carving mahjong tiles using coins as inspiration.

• Mia gave Andre III two decks of Elemental Cards and promised to promote them among the aristocrats.
• Mia reviewed her survey results with Ron and chose Central Street at Peace Square as the hot pot restaurant’s location.
• Mia proposed separate floors and dining areas for nobles, merchants, officials, and commoners, then took notes as Ron explained an employee training plan.
• Ron ended his connection with Mia and used the Heart-Connecting Vine to retrieve a pale green block made by Guy’s construction crew.
• Ron carved Emperor Andre’s portrait into the block, painted it gold, and continued making tiles for a game of mahjong.

Ron finished making a mahjong set and then joined Mason and the others, who had come to his shop to show their support. He taught them to use Heart-Connecting Vines for a more convenient game of Legendary Kill and offered Harper a vine to take home.

• Ron completed 108 mahjong tiles for the Coin, Circle, and Staff suits, then designed seven more tiles featuring the emblems of orthodox gods' churches.
• Ron stored the finished mahjong set and left his study, while Nora secretly read Viscountess's Rise Diary at the counter.
• Ron learned from Yuna that Mason, Harper, Edith, and three other Magic Academy teaching assistants were upstairs, and he carried them ale and fruit.
• Ron gave the group Heart-Connecting Vines and showed them how to use the vines to handle their cards, drinks, and fruit while playing Legendary Kill.
• Harper asked whether Ron sold Heart-Connecting Vines, and Ron said he would give him one when he left.

Ron sampled Yuna’s experimental drinks and found that her dark green concoction tasted good, though her other creations were unpleasant. He asked Yuna to have Nora and Sylvie try the green drink, then returned to the Flower Shop, where Nora hid her smut book and the doll in her lap watched her with eerie glowing eyes.

• Yuna gave Ron a foamy pale yellow drink, and he spat it out after tasting its bitter, sour flavor.
• Ron sampled Yuna’s dark green drink, enjoyed it, and asked her to send some to Nora and Sylvie for their opinions.
• Ron tried Yuna’s thick fruit-and-milk mixture, disliked it, and rinsed his mouth with the green drink.
• Yuna offered Ron more strange drinks and suggested names for the green one, but Ron left the naming to her and returned to the Flower Shop.
• Nora hid her smut book beneath Essential Knowledge for Running a Shop when Ron arrived, while the doll in her lap emitted an eerie light.

Livim and the elves fought orc deserters and discovered that werewolves were using ambush tactics. A young elf survived a werewolf's attack thanks to his Scale Vine, while the attackers escaped into the woods.

• Livim explained to a young elf why orcs raided the Human Empire each winter and why the elves aided the humans.
• Livim spotted an approaching battle, and the elves joined the fight against several dozen exhausted orc warriors.
• A hidden werewolf struck the young elf from above, but Livim evaded it and warned the others about the ambush.
• The werewolves ordered the orcs to break through and escaped into the woods as the elves regrouped.
• The young elf got back up unharmed and credited the Scale Vine on his wrist with shielding him from the werewolf's blow.

Elf warriors discovered that Scale Vine could automatically protect its bearer and greatly reduce injuries, prompting the elf priest to seek cooperation with Ron. In Chaos City, Ron reached the second rank in battle qi cultivation and received a new quest to spread hot pot barbecue restaurants throughout the Human Empire.

• An elf warrior survived a werewolf's ambush with only a minor injury because his Scale Vine shielded him, and the leading elf warrior sent a report to the clan.
• The elf priest reported Scale Vine's combat results to the empress, received authorization to discuss cooperation with Ron, and set off for Chaos City.
• Ron completed his morning training and reached the second rank as a warrior.
• Nora prepared breakfast while Ron showered, and the system announced that he had completed the quest to help Mia open a hot pot restaurant in the Imperial Capital.
• The system gave Ron a follow-up quest to expand hot pot barbecue restaurants across the Human Empire, with a Phantasmal Weeping Willow seed and cultivation method as the reward.

Viscount Karl took his wife and daughter Betty to Princess Mia’s new hotpot barbecue shop, where the family enjoyed the food and Betty tried grilling meat. After their meal, a waiter invited Betty to visit the top floor, where Princess Mia was hosting distinguished guests.

• Betty persuaded her mother to ask Viscount Karl to pay for a visit to the hotpot barbecue shop.
• On November 25th, Viscount Karl brought his wife and Betty to the crowded shop on Central Street.
• The family ordered hotpot and barbecue, and Betty eagerly tried grilling pork belly herself.
• The family received a Noble Edition Elemental Cards deck as a gift after paying.
• Viscount Karl declined to go upstairs but asked a waiter to take Betty to see Princess Mia and her guests.

Betty joined the young nobles gathered at Princess Mia’s new hotpot and barbecue restaurant, where Mia promoted the food and Elemental Cards. After the guests left, an exhausted Mia sought comfort from Irene before they prepared to inspect the shop’s business.

• Betty joined her noble friends on the restaurant’s seventh floor and concealed her free Elemental Cards so they would not expose her earlier visit.
• Betty played the cards with the other nobles and saw that many guests had become absorbed in the game.
• Mia arrived, greeted the young nobles, and gave a speech about bringing hotpot and barbecue from Chaos City to the Imperial Capital.
• The guests enjoyed the meal, and Mia promoted Elemental Cards by playing several rounds with them.
• After the guests departed, Mia clung to Irene and complained of exhaustion, then agreed to help inspect the restaurant’s business.

Ron inspected the Spice Fir’s many culinary and medicinal uses, then planted its seeds in the Dimensional Plane and accelerated their growth through four harvests. After one year inside the Cultivation Space, he had gathered fruits of four different colors.

• Ron read the Spice Fir’s description and learned that its parts could be used for seasoning, medicine, and other effects, including a reproductive effect from mixing all four fruit powders.
• Ron exchanged Wealth Points for ten square meters of Cultivation Space and used the Spice Fir Cultivation Method to prepare the planting area.
• Ron planted the Spice Fir seeds and controlled the growing conditions as the trees rapidly grew to towering heights.
• The Spice Fir bore pink, bright-red, pale-yellow, and light-white fruits in four successive harvests, completing a year of growth inside the Cultivation Space.

Ron harvested Spice Fir fruit, leaves, branches, and resin, then prepared seasonings and a medicinal brew at the Flower Shop. Nora drank the brew and found that it had improved her eyesight.

• Ron collected a spring fruit and stripped brittle needle leaves from a Spice Fir branch, then discovered the branch released golden resin.
• Ron applied the resin to his skin and noticed it made his skin feel smoother and more elastic.
• Ron snapped off more Spice Fir branches, collected bark, and left Doll in charge of caring for the tree.
• Ron ground fruits into seasonings, stored the spicy bottle, and brewed bark with Autumn Fruit powder.
• Ron gave the brew to Nora, who drank it and felt her vision become clearer.

Ron showed Yuna how Spice Fir needles and resin could be used as tea, a skin treatment, and a restorative drink. After the resin drink eased her hidden injuries, Yuna transformed and moved close to Ron, suggesting she wanted to soak in it and drink the bathwater.

• Ron gave Nora eye medicine and told her to drink it over the next few days to cure her nearsightedness.
• Ron brought a Spice Fir branch to Yuna and brewed tea from its needles, which made Yuna feel unusually warm.
• Ron collected the branch's golden resin and showed Yuna how to apply it to her face and mix it into hot water.
• Yuna discovered that drinking the resin helped repair her hidden injuries from years of cultivating Shadow Battle Qi.
• Yuna transformed into a mature beauty, leaned close to Ron, and said that soaking in the resin while drinking the bathwater sounded nice.

The author recounted the long struggle to get Starting a Plant Revolution in Another World contracted and recommended, and announced that it would go premium at noon the next day. The author planned to publish 10,000 words daily for a month and asked readers to subscribe and support the book.

• The author explained that the book's first two contract applications failed before Boss Xingye helped secure approval on April 7.
• The author described delays in signing and receiving a recommendation, which finally arrived after the book had reached about 300,000 words.
• The recommendation raised the book's bookmarks from 1,500 to 2,300 in a week, and the author decided to put it on the shelves.
• The author announced a plan to publish 10,000 words a day for the first month after launch and set bonus-chapter rules for Hall Masters and monthly tickets.
• The author listed mutual promotions, thanked readers who had tipped, and asked readers to subscribe and give monthly votes.

Ron learned that the resin could heal hidden injuries that hindered high-tier warriors from reaching the legendary realm, so he warned Yuna to keep it secret and share it with Nora and Sylvie. After Yuna confronted him about his closeness with Nora, Ron returned to the shop and decided to keep his distance until he understood his feelings.

• Yuna explained that the resin water could repair hidden injuries, which could prevent high-tier warriors from advancing toward the legendary realm.
• Ron gave Yuna the resin branch and told her to share it with Nora and Sylvie while keeping its properties secret.
• Ron explained that Nora was too frugal to use the resin for herself, and Yuna urged him to consider whether he was prepared to take responsibility for Nora before changing her habits.
• After Yuna scolded him and threw him out of the bar, Ron told Nora to try the extra seasonings for lunch.
• Ron stopped himself from pinching Nora's cheek and returned to his study, deciding to restrain himself until he knew whether he merely lusted after her or truly cared for her.

Ron managed the nuns’ growing production of Everchanging Radish and Elemental Cards, using access to mahjong as a work incentive. Meanwhile, Elemental Cards expanded across the empire and Mia’s hotpot restaurant opened to a packed crowd, leaving her thrilled with its success.

• Guy reported that 235 nuns had arrived and that they had become absorbed in playing War of the Gods instead of the other games.
• Ron proposed tracking each group’s workload every three days and awarding mahjong access to the top-performing group and the three hardest-working nuns in each other group.
• Guy reported that Ron could expand the Everchanging Radish fields near the Dalle River, while Elemental Cards sales spread through the capital, eastern and southeastern cities, and Chaos City.
• Ron learned through Mia that her hotpot restaurant had drawn aristocrats and commoners alike, who praised its food and attentive service.
• Mia told Ron that the restaurant’s successful opening had given her a sense of accomplishment beyond what buying a dress could provide.

Ron planned the hot pot shop’s expansion with Mia and spent the evening enjoying his comfortable life at the Flower Shop. When Mason and Edith visited the bar, Yuna pressed Sylvie into sampling her unusual cocktails, and Ron arrived to find Sylvie looking pale.

• Ron and Mia agreed to open a hot pot shop branch in the Imperial Capital while scouting locations in other major cities, with Mia taking sixty percent of the shares and Ron forty percent.
• Nora cooked dinner with Spice Fir fruit powder, and Yuna persuaded Sylvie to help taste a new mixed drink while Ron declined.
• Ron relaxed in his study, using the Heart-Connecting Vine to fetch books, pour tea, and massage his shoulders as he worked on cards.
• Nora told Ron that Mason and Edith had arrived at the bar, where Yuna had been questioning Edith about whether an Elf Saintess could marry outside her race.
• Ron entered the bar and ordered a Green Trap, then saw Sylvie looking pale beside several strange drinks and realized she had been enduring Yuna’s cocktail tasting.

Ron hosted a game of War of the Gods with Edith, Mason, and Sylvie, who became increasingly absorbed in mahjong despite losing. After the game, Edith told Ron that the Elf Race planned to send a priest to discuss buying Scale Vine in large quantities, leaving Ron hopeful about completing his sales quest.

• Ron invited Sylvie to join Edith and Mason for War of the Gods, and they taught her how to play mahjong.
• Sylvie grew more focused as she played, but she lost copper coins in each of the three rounds.
• Ron ended the game late at night, and Sylvie returned to her bedroom while trying to appear unconcerned about her losses.
• Edith told Ron that an elf priest would visit in a few days because the Elf Race wanted to buy Scale Vine in large quantities after seeing it work well against Beastmen.
• Ron welcomed the prospect of the Elf Race's purchase, which could help him finish his quest to sell 5,000 Scale Vine plants.

Betty bought a commoner edition of Elemental Cards in the Imperial Capital, while Ron changed the magic patterns on four noble edition cards and sent Guy to arrange their distribution. Sylvie watched the nuns play War of the Gods, and the chapter left the effects of Ron’s new card strategy uncertain.

• Betty stopped her carriage and bought a 10-copper-coin commoner edition deck of Elemental Cards because she wanted both versions for her collection.
• The shopkeeper promoted the cards to another customer, who also chose the commoner edition instead of the 1-gold-coin noble edition.
• Ron replaced the Everchanging Radishes for four noble edition card types with versions bearing new magic patterns.
• Ron told Guy to keep thirty thousand decks and send the remaining new versions to the Gem Trade Alliance, and Guy agreed to pass Ron’s letter to Gil.
• Sylvie watched a nun play War of the Gods and pushed her back into her seat when the nun tried to give it up.