Chapter Summaries

Garen and Linley effortlessly wiped out a bandit attack on Malone’s caravan, impressing Jenny, Keane, and the mercenaries. After Keane decided to ask them to teach him their techniques the next morning, the author added a note asking readers for suggestions about Jenny as a heroine.

• Jenny left with Keane, and Garen teased Linley about whether he was smitten with her.
• Garen’s System Map detected nearly a hundred approaching bandits, so he and Linley alerted the caravan.
• Garen killed dozens of bandits with Wind Blade Soaring Dance, while Linley slew the one-eyed leader with one strike.
• Garen used Gale Arrows to kill the fleeing bandits, leaving none alive.
• Malone offered Garen and Linley ten thousand gold coins, but Garen refused the payment.
• Keane watched Garen and Linley fight and decided to ask them to teach him their techniques the next morning.

Garen agreed to escort Jenny and Keane to Chier County City, and he and Linley carried them there on Xiao Pa, the Golden Sun Eagle. The group arrived above the City Lord’s Mansion, where Lady Wade was stunned to see the siblings traveling with powerful figures.

• Keane asked Garen and Linley to teach him their swordsmanship and magic, and Jenny apologized for her younger brother’s interruption.
• Jenny asked Garen to protect her and Keane on their journey to Chier County City, and Garen reluctantly accepted after Linley declined to decide for him.
• At dusk, Garen and Linley said goodbye to the mercenaries outside Blackstone City and flew toward Chier County City on Xiao Pa.
• Two Black-robed Men who had been waiting near Blackstone City watched their target leave on a Saint Realm magical beast and ran to report their failed mission.
• After an hour and a half, Garen brought the group to Chier County City, where Lady Wade saw them arrive above the city wall and recognized Jenny and Keane.

Garen brought Jenny and Keane to Chier County City and invoked Mackenzie's authority to protect them from Lady Wade. He and Linley then visited Mackenzie in Basil, and the chapter ended as Linley prepared to spar with him.

• Garen left Jenny and Keane in Chier County City, warning Lady Wade not to harm them, then flew away with Linley.
• Garen explained that he had invoked Mackenzie's name to shield the siblings and took Linley to meet Mackenzie in Basil.
• Garen and Linley introduced themselves to Mackenzie, who welcomed them and agreed to spar with them the following day.
• Garen told Mackenzie that Lady Wade had sent assassins after Jenny and Keane, and Mackenzie promised to investigate.
• Linley transformed into a Dragonblood Warrior and faced Mackenzie at a mountain outside Basil to begin their spar.

Linley sparred with Mackenzie, using his swordsmanship and Gravity Spell to fight on nearly equal terms before Mackenzie overwhelmed him with Saint Realm Momentum. Mackenzie praised Linley’s talent, and the group continued toward helping Jenny and Keane with their troubles.

• Mackenzie underestimated Linley at first, but Linley’s swift Violetblood Soft Sword attacks forced him to defend himself in earnest.
• Mackenzie unleashed his full strength with a flaming spear and suppressed Linley until Linley cast a Gravity Spell that slowed Mackenzie and let Linley gain a slight advantage.
• Mackenzie used his Saint Realm Momentum to hamper Linley, who surrendered, and Mackenzie called their spar a draw while praising Linley’s understanding of the profound truths.
• Garen praised Linley’s strength, and Mackenzie admitted that Garen and Linley’s abilities were difficult to imagine and that he felt outmatched by them.

Garen sparred with Mackenzie, demonstrating his mastery of the Wind Laws and testing how he could apply different Mysteries in combat. The fight left Garen close to fusing the Mysteries of Speed and Slowness.

• Mackenzie recovered his battle-qi while Linley reflected on his recent fight, then Mackenzie rose to spar with Garen.
• Garen flew without transforming, surprising Mackenzie with his grasp of the Laws and Mysteries.
• Garen's first slash sent Mackenzie flying, and Garen realized that his Wind Mysteries and the Fire Profundity of Explosion had not fused.
• Mackenzie activated his Fire Domain and attacked Garen with countless energy spear-shadows.
• Garen used the Mysteries of Speed and Slowness to shatter every spear-shadow, deepening his understanding as their fusion drew near.

Garen defeated Mackenzie’s limit-breaking attack, then healed him with Phoenix Blood Fruits. After the fight, all three gained insights, and they returned to Mackenzie’s residence to celebrate.

• Mackenzie unleashed a final fire-dragon strike, but Garen countered with his fused Mysteries of Speed and Slowness and sent him crashing into a hill.
• Garen fed the unconscious Mackenzie Phoenix Blood Fruits until his severe injuries were mostly healed, and Mackenzie said the fight had given him insight toward reaching the Saint Realm peak.
• Garen discovered that the battle had earned him over six million experience in the Mysteries of Velocity.
• Linley emerged from his meditation and told Garen and Mackenzie that watching Mackenzie’s Fire Domain had helped him begin learning the Mysteries of Fire Elements.
• Garen, Mackenzie, and Linley returned to Mackenzie’s residence, where Mackenzie treated the two young men with renewed respect.

Garen and Linley returned to Chier County City after Garen helped secure Keane’s position as city lord. Jenny’s feelings for Garen grew stronger, and the chapter ended with Garen giving the siblings Magic Crystal Cores.

• Mackenzie asked Oden about Chier County City, and Oden promised to deal with Wade’s control of the city.
• After spending five days with Mackenzie, Garen and Linley flew back to Chier County City on the Golden Sun Eagle.
• Jenny blushed when Garen arrived, and Linley teased her about her feelings for him.
• Keane explained that the provincial capital’s guards had arrested Wade and her brothers and delivered the Jax Family’s order appointing him city lord.
• Garen gave Jenny and Keane a pile of Magic Crystal Cores after learning they were worried about money.

Garen traveled to the Sunset Mountain Range to capture a Saint Realm Thunder-Winged White Tiger and awaken his father’s Tiger-Striped Warrior bloodline. He confronted the arrogant Tornest and left the tiger shocked after a casual strike sent him flying and wounded his paw.

• After saying goodbye to Jenny and Keane, Garen parted from Linley and set off alone for the Sunset Mountain Range.
• Garen arrived at the Thunder-Winged White Tiger’s territory with Xiao Pa and found the tiger, Tornest, who challenged him to kneel and beg for mercy.
• Garen sent Xiao Pa away and drew the God-Slaying Blade to test his newly fused Mysteries of Velocity.
• Tornest attacked Garen with a lightning-charged paw, but Garen’s casual swing sent him flying and left his paw bloodied.

Garen defeated the Thunder-Winged White Tiger and forced it to choose between death and submission, then bound it with a magical contract and named it Little White. As Little White began healing, Garen checked its status panel while Xiao Pa praised him and received a scolding.

• The Thunder-Winged White Tiger attacked Garen with a roar and lightning wings, then fled after he evaded its strikes.
• Garen transformed, caught up with the Thunder-Winged White Tiger, shattered its lightning attack, and wounded it with the God-Slaying Blade.
• Garen offered the Thunder-Winged White Tiger a chance to deepen its understanding of the Mysteries if it submitted, and it agreed to become his pet.
• Garen completed a magical contract with the Thunder-Winged White Tiger, named it Little White, and removed the Wind-element forces from its wound.
• Xiao Pa landed on Garen's shoulder and praised him, and Garen told Xiao Pa to improve his comprehension of the Laws and Mysteries.
• Garen sat on a rock and opened Little White's status panel while the tiger healed.

Garen recovered Little White, claimed the Thunder-Winged White Tiger as his mount, and headed home toward the Luo'ao Empire. Hodan, the Plane Overseer, explained the God Planes and urged Garen to travel to Infernal Realm, but Garen chose to stay in the Yulan Continent for now.

• Garen saw that Little White had made progress in the Lightning Elemental Laws and decided to use him to fight land-based Saint Realm magical beasts.
• Little White recovered from his injuries, and Garen rode him as Xiao Pa led the group toward the Luo'ao Empire.
• Hodan appeared in Garen's path, introduced himself, and explained the Material Planes, God Planes, and levels of Gods.
• Hodan revealed that he was the Yulan Continent's Plane Overseer and described taking Bolei and the Tiger-Striped Warriors to Infernal Realm.
• Garen declined to leave yet, saying he wanted to spend more time with his parents and explore the continent before seeking a bigger stage.
• Hodan told Garen he could find him on the tallest mountain in the Arctic Icefield whenever he was ready, then vanished.

Garen returned to Light-Extinguishing City and went to his cousin Abel’s engagement ceremony, where he met the Luo'ao Empire’s most powerful figures. The celebration was interrupted when a drunken young man declared that he would not let Irene marry Abel.

• Garen returned home, learned that his parents were attending Abel’s engagement ceremony, and left his magical beasts at the mansion before flying to the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Garen presented a ninth-rank light-element Magic Crystal Core and joined his parents at the prominent table hosted by Arthur.
• Arthur introduced Garen to Emperor Gafni, Burnett, Lois, Prince Irvine, and the other guests, who praised Garen’s strength and his Saint Realm magical beast.
• Abel arrived with his fiancée Irene, and Garen admired her confidence and beauty before trying to dismiss an image that came to mind.
• A drunken young man stood up and shouted that he would not let Irene marry Abel.

Lancelot disrupted Abel and Irene’s engagement ceremony by challenging Abel, prompting Garen to challenge Lancelot’s master, Robert, instead. Garen revealed that he could fly despite being a ninth-level warrior, leaving the Saint Realm experts stunned as Robert prepared to fight him.

• Lancelot interrupted Abel and Irene’s engagement ceremony and challenged Abel to a duel for Irene’s hand.
• Abel and Irene rebuffed Lancelot, and Lancelot struck the guard captain who ordered him to leave.
• Garen challenged Robert to a spar after suspecting Robert had helped orchestrate the provocation.
• Robert made Lancelot apologize, and Garen announced their match to the guests before leading everyone to the training ground.
• Garen flew into the sky without magic or a Saint Realm beast, shocking the Saint Realm experts, and Robert flew up to face him.

Garen killed Robert with a single punch, then learned from Arthur that Emperor Gafni was trying to curb Arthur’s growing power. Garen planned to challenge Lois in the imperial capital and force Gafni to hear Arthur’s intentions.

• Garen killed Robert in one punch during their spar, shocking the gathered nobles and Saint Realm experts.
• Garen apologized to Lancelot, then secretly ordered the Golden Sun Eagle to kill him because he had marked him with a Soul Mark.
• Arthur explained that Gafni distrusted him and had brought Robert and Lois to pressure him into surrendering command of the Northern Legion.
• Garen offered to settle the dispute and said he would travel to the imperial capital to challenge Lois and explain Arthur’s intentions to Gafni.

Garen helped his father awaken the Tiger-Striped Warrior bloodline using Green Essence and Little White’s blood, then traveled to the capital to find Lois. He learned Lois was cultivating on Black Obsidian Mountain and headed there.

• Garen reassured his uncle that he could handle Earth's Fury and revealed that he had subdued a Saint Realm Thunder-Winged White Tiger.
• Garen brought Little White home and had Clark drink Green Essence and its blood to awaken his Tiger-Striped Warrior bloodline.
• Clark transformed into a Tiger-Striped Warrior, gained purple wings, and reached the strength of a ninth-level warrior.
• After spending several days with his family, Garen left for the capital on Little White, while the Golden Sun Eagle guarded his home.
• Damon met Garen above the capital and told him that Lois usually cultivated on Black Obsidian Mountain.
• Garen flew toward Black Obsidian Mountain to find Lois.

Garen challenged Lois on Black Obsidian Mountain and defeated him with a single strike, prompting Lois to give up interfering in the Luo'ao Empire's affairs. The two became friends over drinks, while Lois resolved to leave politics and Garen offered to introduce him to his Dragonblood Warrior friend.

• Garen challenged Lois, and they flew above the clouds to keep their fight from damaging Black Obsidian Mountain.
• Garen transformed into a Tiger-Striped Warrior and disarmed Lois with one swift strike, stopping his blade at Lois's neck.
• Lois conceded defeat and agreed to stop interfering in the Luo'ao Empire's affairs, then said he would have Gafni abdicate and cultivate in seclusion.
• Lois explained that he had protected the royal family because of their past kindness and hoped Garen would lead the Luo'ao Empire to new heights.
• Lois invited Garen to his stone house for a drink, and Garen offered to introduce him to one of his Dragonblood Warrior friends.

Garen and Lois arranged for Gafni to abdicate in favor of Arthur, who planned to retake the Mosa Principality with imperial support. Garen then prepared to travel to the Chaotic Territory and cultivate in Beirut’s Miniature Plane, leaving after his mother urged him to find a wife.

• Garen and Lois agreed that Gafni would abdicate in a few years and Arthur would inherit the throne.
• Garen returned to Arthur and told him that Lois had approved military and logistical support for retaking the Mosa Principality.
• Garen decided not to join Arthur’s campaign and sent Xiao Pa to transport supplies instead.
• Garen chose to seek insight in Beirut’s Miniature Plane and planned to disguise his journey as casual travel.
• Garen said goodbye to his family, and his mother urged him to find a wife before he left.

One year later, Garen traveled across the continent, revisiting his childhood home and old friends before confessing his feelings to Jenny and promising to return after cultivating in seclusion. After meeting Linley and entering the Chaotic Territory, Garen found a gate hidden deep inside a magicite vein near the Dark Forest.

• Garen returned to his childhood home, visited George in the Yulan Empire, and shared a meal with Reynolds at a border city.
• Garen reunited with Jenny and Keane in Chier County City, and he and Jenny grew closer during several days exploring the countryside.
• Garen confessed his feelings to Jenny, and she agreed to wait for him while he completed his travels and cultivated in seclusion.
• Garen visited Linley and his companions in Yunfeng Town, then traveled with Linley to meet Mackenzie in the provincial capital.
• Garen entered the Chaotic Territory and wiped out bandits he encountered along the way.
• Garen discovered a large magicite vein near the Dark Forest and found a gate hidden deep within it.

Garen entered the Miniature Plane Secret Chamber and used its concentrated elemental energies to cultivate, advancing his Magic Level to the Saint Realm. He strengthened his spiritual power with the Soul Golden Bead and planned to make a name for himself on the Yulan Continent, while remaining wary of Old Beirut.

• Old Beirut took an interest in Garen but failed to probe his memories because of the System.
• Garen and Little White entered the Miniature Plane Secret Chamber, where they found a protected cultivation space surrounded by Spatial Turbulence.
• Garen and Little White began cultivating amid the dense Laws and energies of the Miniature Plane.
• After five years of study, Garen advanced his Magic Level to the Saint Realm and stopped short of becoming a god through the Wind Element.
• Garen absorbed less than one percent of the Soul Golden Bead, greatly replenishing and strengthening his spiritual power and Soul Power.

After leaving his miniature plane, Garen received a token from Beirut that qualified him to enter the Graveyard of the Gods, then reunited with Jenny in Chier County City. After learning that Linley would soon fight Heidesen, Garen and Jenny set off for Chiyan City to watch the duel.

• Garen left the miniature plane with Little White and flew toward Chier County City, but Beirut appeared and gave him a token for the Graveyard of the Gods.
• Garen planned how to manage the experience he would gain in the Graveyard so he could advance and fuse his divine powers effectively.
• Beirut observed that Garen was deliberately holding back from becoming a god and also praised Linley's comprehension.
• Garen reunited with Jenny, who told him she had spent the past five years managing county affairs with Keane and thinking of him.
• Garen learned that Heidesen had knocked Olivier unconscious and was due to fight Linley, so he and Jenny left for Chiyan City to watch.

Garen and Jenny visited Linley at the Earl of Longers's residence, where Garen reunited with old friends and astonished them by revealing his Saint-level powers. The visitors were invited inside to meet Linley.

• Garen told Jenny the story of Xiao Yan as they walked to the Earl of Longers's residence.
• Garen and Jenny arrived, met Ankh, Sessler, Wharton, and the others, and entered the hall.
• Garen reunited with Delia and met her mentor, Longers, who was stunned to learn Garen was a Saint-level Magus.
• Ankh revealed that Garen had also reached the Warrior Saint Realm five years earlier and was a Tiger-Striped Warrior.
• Little White intimidated Big Yellow the Earth Bear, who admitted he could not keep up with the tiger's speed.
• Barker arrived and said Linley invited everyone inside, delighting Delia.