Chapter Summaries

The chapter explains Torina’s Seer Elf heritage, abilities, and three forms, then follows her visit to Aunt Thranduil’s manor to see Noelle. Thranduil tells Torina that Scher has gone to mate with a female Turquoise Dragon and may be away for years.

• The chapter details Torina’s bloodlines, Soul Seal, engravings, and formidable abilities in her Zheer Elf, Dragon-born Elf, and True Dragon forms.
• Rus Wang had examined Torina five years earlier and insisted she attend school in her Dragon-born Elf form, where she later graduated and entered Ravenna No.1 High School as a top student.
• Torina rode a Heron Eagle Dragon to Thranduil’s manor during winter vacation, intending mainly to visit Noelle.
• Thranduil told Torina that Noelle was still asleep and that she could wait for her to wake up.
• Thranduil explained that Scher had gone with the Dragon Clan Committee to mate with a young female Turquoise Dragon and might not return for a decade or two.

Rus Wang and the Light Dragon King discussed the Divine Realm’s soul-splitting technique and the danger it posed to the Silver Dragon King, while the Star Luo Empire faced a coming war and political collapse. As the Sun Moon Empire began its campaign, Barus successfully tested a device that let different races launch elemental attacks with Soul Power.

• The Light Dragon King told Rus Wang that the gods had used soul-splitting on Toriya and the Auspicious Beast, and warned him to prepare for the Silver Dragon King’s vulnerability.
• Zhang Cheng advised the Star Luo emperor on the empire’s future, then learned that Sun Moon Empire troops were advancing on his camp and suspected the emperor’s movements had been betrayed.
• Count Libai escorted the emperor back to the palace, killed suspicious figures near its entrances, and returned to the border to fight alongside Zhang Cheng.
• The Sun Moon Empire launched a probing attack on Zhang Cheng’s camp, beginning the war of unification as towns across the mainland fell into turmoil.
• Barus completed the Two-Horned Imprint, a device that let elves, dragons, and Soul Beasts use Soul Power for elemental attacks beyond their natural abilities.

Rus Wang reviewed Barus's promising Two-Horned Imprint tests while keeping Zi JI at a distance, and Toriya learned that Elf workers were demanding better conditions. The chapter left Toriya agreeing to appeal to her grandfather, Rus Wang, on the workers' behalf.

• Rus Wang learned that Zi JI wanted to return to Light Dragon King for further study and told her he would recommend her only after Barus examined her.
• Barus reported that the Two-Horned Imprint worked for contracted Elves, Dragon kin, and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, but subjects differed in how many Imprints they could use.
• Rus Wang suggested that Imprint capacity might depend on cultivation, physical capacity, and Soul Cores, and urged Barus to explore other uses for the Imprints.
• Venicia explained to Toriya that Elf workers faced long hours and low wages and asked her to petition Rus Wang for reforms.
• Toriya agreed to speak to Rus Wang and ordered a proper meal for Venicia.

Toriya asked Rus Wang to address the exploitation of Elf workers, and he revealed that the government had been testing economic reforms in pilot cities. The Elf Kingdom moved to replace private industry with state-owned enterprises and a planned economy, while Toriya learned why the changes had taken years to prepare.

• Toriya told Rus Wang about the worker abuses and asked him to intervene.
• Rus Wang ordered Ulides Roderick to have factory owners who broke labor laws arrested and tried according to the law.
• Rus Wang discussed the pilot cities’ reforms with the chancellor, who reported that the cabinet had prepared a nationwide planned economy.
• Rus Wang approved converting private enterprises into state-owned enterprises and setting hourly wages starting at three copper coins.
• Toriya realized the government had delayed action while testing the reforms, and Rus Wang explained the need for cautious, stable policies.

As Levant Year 299 ended, the Elf Kingdom celebrated three centuries of rapid development under Rus Wang and set plans to expand its railway network across the northern Zheer Continent. The chapter leaves the kingdom welcoming Levant’s fourth century as Rus Wang began his New Year’s radio address.

• The elves celebrated the new year as the kingdom marked its transition from tribal society to an industrial age, and the cabinet planned to extend railways throughout the continent’s north.
• Rus Wang approved fifteen-year prime ministerial terms, limited to two consecutive terms, and allowed Ulysses Taylor to seek a second term.
• At a Construction Corps camp, Henderson received a delivery of fireworks from Hank as the workers prepared to celebrate the new century.
• The Construction Corps camp’s residents celebrated with a feast and sang “Drifting Rootless Grass.”
• Rus Wang watched fireworks with his family, then began a New Year’s address broadcast across the Elf Kingdom and its settlements.

Ulides and Toriya dealt with concerns about the Star Luo Empire’s intelligence efforts and the growing attention around Toriya’s friends. Star Luo agents discovered the Elves’ role in disrupting supply lines but postponed investigating them, leaving the Elves aware that they had been noticed.

• Rus Wang reported that Star Luo intelligence was investigating Shrek members of the Spirit Pagoda and their Soul Tool trade with the Indigenous People.
• Ulides discussed Irwin’s new Titled Douluo status and explained how he had dealt with her involvement in the Holy Dragon Church.
• Venicia told Toriya that strangers were visiting her family and pressuring her for access to the princess.
• Toriya asked Irwin to investigate the people approaching Venicia and warned Venicia that others now saw her as a close aide.
• A Star Luo intelligence agent reported that disguised long-eared humans and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had disrupted army supply lines, but his superior prioritized stopping Soul Tool smuggling.
• The Grey Feather Division in Dragon Valley Forest received a message that the Star Luo People had started noticing the Elves.

After the Star Luo People noticed the Elves, Rus Wang ordered an investigation into whether military observers had compromised their secrecy in Dragon Valley Forest. Ulides Roderick and Massena selected Thranduil Frederick to lead the inquiry, and a black Soul Guidance Car arrived at her manor to notify her.

• Rus Wang ordered the military and Grey Feather Division to investigate the Dragon Valley Forest observation teams and punish any personnel who had broken regulations.
• Ulides Roderick and Massena discussed how to investigate without disrupting Dragon Valley Forest or the Black Water River front, while also checking for involvement by human gods.
• Ulides proposed Thranduil Frederick, citing her military service, Grey Feather Division record, Dragon connections, and Titled Douluo status.
• Massena agreed to submit Thranduil's name, and Rus Wang approved her appointment to lead the investigation.
• A few hours later, a black Soul Guidance Car pulled up in front of Thranduil's manor to notify her.

Thranduil received orders to investigate a major security leak at Dragon Valley Forest and traveled there to question the officers responsible. She arrived to find Riven, Elion, and Stias awaiting the investigation, but they could not explain how their hidden observation post had been exposed.

• Thranduil left her estate after receiving urgent orders from Ulides and learned she would need to use the military’s space-transmission array.
• She read a top-secret dossier about the leak and took a ring that allowed the Light Dragon King and Rus Wang to observe the situation in real time.
• Riven, Elion, and Stias discussed how their concealed underground observation post had been exposed, despite its Dragon Clan Rune Array and lack of visible human intruders.
• Riven learned that the Grey Feather Division investigator had arrived and went with Elion and Stias to the military teleportation array.
• Thranduil emerged from the array, surprised Riven, and asked her and the other officers to cooperate with the investigation.

Thranduil investigated the leak of military personnel photos and found that the rune inscription records were intact, pointing to the underground observation post as the likely source. When the teleportation array failed and a human Titled Douluo approached, Thranduil prepared for battle while the Light Dragon King warned Rus Wang to be ready to lead the Dragon Clan Committee.

• Thranduil inspected the outpost’s rune inscription facilities and confirmed that the leaked personnel appeared in the unaltered Image Recording Stone records.
• Elion told Thranduil that Grey Feather Division agents and a Crimson Fire Dragon were stationed at the underground observation post, so she ordered Riven, Elion, Stias, and Scher to join her investigation there.
• The Light Dragon King concluded that the leaked images came from an Image Recording Stone inside the observation post and suspected interference from the Divine Realm.
• The Light Dragon King told Rus Wang that he would put the Dragon Clan Committee under Rus Wang’s command and warned that the gods had disabled the Dragon Clan Rune Array for teleportation.
• After the Grey Feather Division reported the array failure and a human Titled Douluo’s approach, Thranduil told Riven, Elion, and Stias to prepare for battle.
• Dai Ruoheng flew alone to a mountain fifteen kilometers behind the battlefield and struck it with her Martial Soul Avatar.

Dai Ruoheng uncovered Thranduil and her allies hiding inside a mountain and ordered her Star Luo guard to capture them. Thranduil defeated Dai Ruoheng’s first attack with a Dragonflame Alloy shield and spear, and both sides charged into battle.

• Dai Ruoheng discovered the hidden elves, dragons, and Soul Beasts after the mountain was shattered, recognizing them from spy agency intelligence.
• The Light Dragon King warned Thranduil that Dai Ruoheng might have been secretly empowered by a god, so Thranduil planned to retreat with Riven and Scher.
• Dai Ruoheng ordered her forces to capture the unfamiliar group and attacked Thranduil in her White Tiger True Body.
• Thranduil met Dai Ruoheng’s attack with a Dragonflame Alloy shield and spear, knocking her back and breaking her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Dai Ruoheng’s guard rushed toward Thranduil, and Riven, Scher, and the other allies charged to defend her.

Thranduil fought Dai Ruoheng, whose body was controlled by a god, while the Light Dragon King prepared to protect the Dragon Race from the Divine Realm’s schemes. The Light Dragon King gave Rus Wang the Dragon God Core and a mandate to lead the Dragon Race if necessary, then transformed into an undead bone dragon and drew the gods’ attention away from the Zheer Continent.

• Dai Ruoheng’s strength suddenly surged, so Thranduil formed Mental Contracts with Riven and the Crimson Fire Dragon and sent Elion and the other elves and Soul Beasts to safety.
• Thranduil and the possessed Dai Ruoheng battled at level ninety-nine until a psychic attack left Thranduil badly wounded and Dai Ruoheng suddenly regained control of her body.
• Dai Ruoheng told Thranduil that a god had controlled her, and the two stopped fighting and exchanged names.
• The Light Dragon King entrusted Rus Wang with the Dragon God Core and named her the future Dragon Race leader if the Silver Dragon King betrayed them.
• The Light Dragon King wrote her decision to the Dragon Clan Committee, then transformed into an undead bone dragon and left the Dragon Valley World to draw the gods away.
• Destruction confronted Tang San over his schemes against the elves, and Tang San blamed the Light Dragon King for obstructing him.

Light Dragon King attacked Tang San in the Sea God Temple to protect the Dragon Race and crippled him before dying in a self-destruction that devastated the Divine Realm. Tang San survived with a curse that left him weakened for about ten years, while Golden Dragon King prepared for the conflict ahead.

• Light Dragon King used his hidden preparations to trap Tang San inside the Sea God Temple and began fighting him with Dragon Clan Secret Techniques.
• Huo Yuhao tried to aid Tang San spiritually, but Light Dragon King struck him with a mental attack and left him unconscious.
• After hours of battle, Light Dragon King defeated Tang San but ran out of energy just before he could kill him.
• Light Dragon King activated Dragon Soul Self-Destruction, shattering the barrier and wrecking much of the Divine Realm.
• Golden Dragon King sensed Light Dragon King's presence and decided to prepare for Tang San's knowledge of Dragon Clan Secret Techniques.
• Life told Xiao Wu that Tang San's limbs and eyes were cursed and would remain unusable for about ten years in the Divine Realm.

After the Light Dragon King’s death, Rus Wang and Ximing received his final arrangements in an illusion, where Ximing became the next Light Dragon King and Rus learned what threats lay ahead. Rus resolved to use the time bought by the Light Dragon King’s sacrifice to strengthen Zheer Continent and prepare to face the Divine Realm.

• Ximing withdrew to her bedroom in grief while Rus Wang and the Dragon Clan Committee organized the Light Dragon King’s treasures and arranged for the dragon eggs to hatch.
• Rus Wang secluded himself in his office to consider the Dragon Race’s next steps, then found himself on an island with Ximing in an illusionary secret technique.
• The Light Dragon King explained that his true body had perished and passed his Dragon King Core to Ximing, naming her the next Light Dragon King.
• The Light Dragon King warned Rus Wang about the Star Dou Forest, the Silver Dragon King, and the Divine Realm before the illusion faded.
• Rus Wang saw that the Divine Realm would be incapacitated for 3,649 years and Zheer Continent protected for 1,699 years, then vowed to expand his kingdom and usher in a new era.

The Silver Dragon King traveled to Zheer Continent to learn why the Light Dragon King had died and the Divine Realm’s attention had vanished, where Rus Wang explained the recent events and welcomed her to the Dragon and Elf community. After she returned to Star Dou Forest, Rus Wang learned his son Bazel had secretly fathered a five-year-old Dragon-born Elf boy, and set out to confront his children.

• The Silver Dragon King left Star Dou Forest with Di Tian and traveled through the Elf Kingdom’s teleportation network to Dragon Valley Forest.
• Rus Wang welcomed the Silver Dragon King and explained the Divine Realm’s failed plots, the dragons gathered on Zheer Continent, and the ten-year respite secured by the Light Dragon King.
• The Silver Dragon King enjoyed several days in the Elf Kingdom before returning to Life Lake, where Gu Yuena claimed she had been considering whether the elves might betray the Dragon Race.
• Iyuda told Rus Wang that Bazel had secretly fathered a five-year-old Dragon-born Elf boy with an elf woman who had taken dragon form.
• Rus Wang flew into a rage and ordered Iyuda to gather his younger siblings so he could find out whether they were also secretly pursuing elves.

Toriya arrived at Lostic University and moved into a dormitory the school had arranged to share with Venicia. She met her other roommates, including the Dragon-born Elf Luo Yinyao and Lina Taylor, and decided to tell her grandfather about the unusual grouping.

• Toriya rode across Lostic University’s explosion-damaged campus and reached her dormitory.
• Toriya entered the sparsely furnished dorm and planned to buy furniture for the shared living room.
• Venicia arrived with Luo Yinyao and Lina Taylor, Toriya’s new roommates.
• Luo Yinyao introduced herself as a Dragon-born Elf, and Lina introduced herself as Prime Minister Ulysses Taylor’s granddaughter.
• Venicia told Toriya that the school had deliberately placed them together, and Toriya said she would report it to her grandfather.

Venicia planned an interest group to study converting coal and water into vital energy, with Toriya and Lina offering resources and support. As the group took shape, Toriya learned that Luo Yinyao had studied Dragon Race Secret Techniques from her father through letters.

• Toriya asked Venicia what kind of interest group she planned to register at Lostic University.
• Venicia explained her plan to investigate using coal and water to produce vital energy for hybrid machines that could power Soul Tools without stored Soul Power.
• Venicia asked Toriya to retrieve her father's sealed array scrolls, and Toriya agreed to request energy ore samples from her family's geological survey team.
• Lina offered to use her family's connections to support Venicia's research, while Toriya offered Dragon Clan Rune Secret Techniques and other secret techniques.
• Toriya asked Luo Yinyao why she had never seen her at the estate, and Luo Yinyao explained that her father had taught her through letters.

Toriya invited Luo Yinyao to come home and help Venicia with research, while Li Na offered to speed up Venicia's interest group application. The four friends went to meet Elf researcher Yang Xuanmin, who realized they had sought her out because of her work.

• Toriya invited Luo Yinyao to come home and meet her father, and Luo Yinyao agreed.
• Li Na offered to help Venicia get her interest group application approved, and the friends decided to shop for dorm furniture.
• Venicia told Toriya and Li Na about Yang Xuanmin's research into helping Elves break through their level restriction, and showed them her recruitment poster.
• The four friends spotted Yang Xuanmin eating in a curry shop, and Li Na led them inside to meet her.
• A server gave Yang Xuanmin a note, and she realized the four friends had come to see her because of her research.

Toriya, Luo Yinyao, and Yang Xuanmin planned to search Herundis Manor for Crown Prince Barus’s Energy Conversion Array scroll. Meanwhile, Rus Wang reviewed escalating tensions and intelligence from Douluo Continent and prepared to investigate there himself.

• Yang Xuanmin explained that her research used costly rainforest herbs and Dragon Clan Rune Secret Techniques, and she revealed that she had learned Dragon script from Bakus.
• Toriya recognized Bakus as her fourth uncle and warned Yang Xuanmin that he was unmarried; she then agreed to invite Yang Xuanmin to Herundis Manor to help search for secret techniques.
• Ulides reported that Shrek City’s soil now matched Star Luo Continent’s, and Rus Wang ordered agents in the Sun Moon Empire’s military to monitor its warfare plans.
• Rus Wang suspected Gu Yuena’s soul had been switched and dismissed her claim to command the Dragon Race, then considered traveling to Douluo Continent to find the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Toriya, Luo Yinyao, and Yang Xuanmin used blood authentication to enter a protected room at Herundis Manor and began searching for Barus’s Energy Conversion Array scroll.

Toriya, Yang Xuanmin, and Luo Yinyao accidentally activated a Light Dragon King relic while searching for research scrolls, and Rus Wang was pulled through the resulting spatial shift with them. Stranded in the Extreme North, Rus Wang planned to travel to the Douluo Continent and observe the Sun Moon Empire’s unification while his officials maintained the kingdom’s work.

• Toriya found a map scroll that activated when she touched the Douluo Continent, and Irwin failed to stop it from triggering.
• Rus Wang arrived at the flying craft and protected Toriya, Yang Xuanmin, and Luo Yinyao as the relic teleported them away.
• Rus Wang caught the group above a frozen wasteland, sheltered them in a mountainside cave, and learned how they had activated the scroll.
• Rus Wang discovered that Yang Xuanmin had been with his son Bakus for thirteen years and that Luo Yinyao was Toriya’s cousin.
• Rus Wang identified their location as the Extreme North and decided to travel across the mountains and sea to observe the Sun Moon Empire.
• Rus Wang contacted Ulysses Taylor and Ulides, instructed them to continue the kingdom’s development, and asked for information about currencies he could use abroad.

Rus Wang searched the Extreme North for the Ice God Ruins while explaining divine cultivation to Toriya and the others. He formed a Mental Contract with Irwin to strengthen her, then flew to capture A-Tai and ask about the ruins.

• Ulysses received Rus Wang's message and began arranging help for the three university students stranded on Douluo Continent.
• Rus Wang searched the Extreme North for the Ice God Ruins but considered asking the Titan Snow Demon King for their location.
• Rus Wang explained god-level cultivation and the Dragon God's restrictions to Toriya, Luo Yinyao, Yang Xuanmin, and Irwin.
• Rus Wang formed a Mental Contract with Irwin, raising her power to pseudo-level 108 while concealing her breakthrough from the Divine Realm.
• Rus Wang left the cave outpost and flew toward A-Tai to capture him and ask about the Ice God Ruins.