Chapter Summaries

Suixiang and Suixin brought more than three hundred Cat-men slaves to Kurd City and persuaded them to obey Medivh’s rules. The Cat-men settled in District Two, where Suixin began restoring their Inheritance Spirit Runes.

• Suixiang and Suixin told the imprisoned Cat-men that their ancestors had become undead and encouraged them to integrate into Kurd City.
• Medivh assigned the Cat-men to District Two and put Suixiang, Suixin, and the other Cat-girls in charge of them.
• Suixiang led the Cat-men to District Two, warned them not to resist or escape, and arranged for them to rest under guard.
• The next morning, Queling and other Spirit Cat Warriors greeted Suixiang and Suixin in District Two.
• Suixin began restoring Queling’s Inheritance Spirit Rune in stages, explaining that inscribing too much at once could seriously harm or kill the recipient.

Suixiang persuaded Medivh to offer the Spirit Cat Tribe a chance to move to Kurd City, then led a skeleton caravan to Spirit Cat Hill. She reached Riddle and the tribe before fighting began, but the Cat-men still had to decide whether to accept the offer.

• Queling completed her Inheritance Spirit Rune, grew stronger, and learned the lost Cat Clan Combat Technique from Suixiang.
• Queling, Suixiang, and Suixin worried that Riddle's death would leave the Spirit Cat Tribe vulnerable to its hostile rival.
• Medivh agreed to send soldiers to help the Cat-men move to Kurd City if they chose to go.
• Suixiang traveled with a skeleton caravan for ten days to reach Spirit Cat Hill, where Riddle prepared to hold off the skeletons while the tribe fled.
• Suixiang reunited with Riddle and explained that the caravan had come to invite the Spirit Cat Tribe to Kurd City, declaring that the Cat-men belonged there.

The Spirit Cat Tribe agreed to move to Kurd City after Riddle recognized her grandfather among the skeletons and learned they could preserve the Cat-men’s traditions. The tribe defeated a Gnoll raid, completed its migration, and Medivh learned of a hidden route into the Gewalt Federation.

• The Spirit Cat Skeleton Warlock told Riddle that one part of its body had been forged from her grandfather’s bones, and Suixiang and Suixin demonstrated the Cat-men’s recovered inheritance.
• Riddle accepted that the Spirit Cat Tribe would belong to Kurd City, and the chieftain and warriors agreed to migrate and packed their belongings and ancestors’ bones.
• When Gnolls returned to Spirit Cat Hill, the Green Bone Skeletons and Spirit Cat Skeletons defeated them while the Cat-men watched.
• The tribe left Spirit Cat Hill at night with the Skeleton Caravan and reached Kurd City after fifteen days without facing serious danger.
• A Skeleton Mage reported that Medivh’s forces had found a hidden mountain route into the Gewalt Federation, and Medivh ordered the captured slave merchants given to the Cat-men as a welcoming gift.

The Spirit Cat Tribe arrived in Riddle, where Medivh welcomed its 85,328 Cat-men and arranged shelter, work, and a celebratory meal. After the tribe shared its knowledge with Riddle, the chapter ended with its hungry members discovering the city’s fish stew, potatoes, and bread.

• The Cat-men reached Riddle and were amazed by the city’s size, while Medivh discovered that tens of thousands had migrated.
• Medivh reassured Suixiang that Riddle could feed the tribe and sent some Cat-men to District No. 4 to rest.
• The Spirit Cat leaders paid their respects to Medivh, and the tribe shared its combat techniques and warlock knowledge with Riddle.
• Medivh had the skeletons count 85,328 Cat-men, whose warriors, warlocks, and workers promised to strengthen Riddle.
• The Skeleton Chefs prepared a welcoming feast, and the Cat-men eagerly ate fish stew with potatoes and bread.

Medivh helped the Spirit Cat Tribe settle into Kurd City, restore its traditions, and find new roles, while Riddle died peacefully after seeing her people secure. As Medivh revived bones from Spirit Cat Hill, he uncovered powerful Lizardman remains and added new Skeleton Warriors and Shamans to his forces.

• Medivh recognized the Cat-men's Keken as corn, set aside herbs for cultivation, and arranged homes, food, and training for the Spirit Cat Tribe in Districts No. 2 and No. 4.
• Riddle asked to be buried in Graveyard District No. 2, then died peacefully with the middle-aged chieftain and other Cat-men honoring her.
• The Cat-men quickly took up work throughout Kurd City, while Suixiang thanked Medivh for supporting the tribe's new life.
• Medivh melted and revived bones from Spirit Cat Hill, learning that its original inhabitants had been Lizardmen whose remains included powerful Transcendents.
• Medivh gained twenty Light Blue Dual-Spear Skeleton Warriors, twelve Sky Blue Dual-Spear Skeleton Warriors, five Light Blue Transcendent Lizardman Skeleton Warriors, and two Light Blue Transcendent Lizardman Shamans.

Medivh expanded Kurd City’s forces and construction while reflecting on the stronger powers beyond his reach. On November 22, he joined the Spirit Cat Tribe’s first wedding since its migration, where worried Cat-men privately discussed an unspecified problem.

• Medivh reforged the Transcendent bones of the Spirit Cat Tribe and Gnolls into new Skeleton Warriors and Warlocks, adding to Kurd City’s forces and knowledge.
• Over two months, more Skeletons advanced to First Rank, bringing Kurd City’s total to 257 First-Rank Skeletons, though Medivh remained cautious about the city’s strength compared with the Hobarton Family and other powers.
• Medivh inspected Kurd City’s expanding districts and ordered construction to begin on Nine-Grid Districts No. 6 and No. 7 while the Skeleton Assassins searched for ancient burial grounds.
• After returning to District Two, Queling shared advice with her friends about what she had learned while staying with Suixiang.
• On November 22, Medivh attended the Spirit Cat Tribe’s first wedding in Kurd City and was welcomed among the honored guests.
• As Medivh watched the ceremony, several Cat-men hurried away with worried expressions to speak privately.

After discovering that Lingxi had arranged a reception because she believed false stories in a Secret Parchment, Medivh told her to correct the misinformation and destroy the texts. As the Spirit Cat Tribe developed its magical institutions and supplied ancient battlefield bones, Medivh continued forging Skeletons and reached the intermediate level as a Necromancer.

• Lingxi invited Medivh to a special reception, where he learned she had arranged it because she believed human lords claimed their subjects' brides' first time.
• Medivh corrected Lingxi's misunderstanding, and she agreed to burn the Parchments and tell the Spirit Cat Tribe the truth.
• Medivh assigned the No. 2 High Tower Castle to the Spirit Cat Warlock Hall, which trained Warlocks and Spirit Rune Warriors and taught Cat Clan Combat Techniques.
• The Skeleton Assassins found more Ancient Battlefields, and Skeleton Caravans brought aged Green Bone back to Kurd City for Medivh to forge into Skeletons.
• By late November, Medivh's spiritual power passed the threshold for a first-tier, intermediate-level Necromancer.

Medivh strengthened Kurd City by resurrecting powerful Blue Bone Skeletons and established a trade route through Anthony, a bankrupt merchant recruited by Audrey. After the first shipment reached Kurd City, Medivh planned to expand the city’s agricultural and livestock districts.

• Medivh resurrected twenty-one Cobalt Blue Skeletons and nine Transcendental Sky Blue Skeletons, raising Kurd City’s combat strength.
• Audrey and the Flame Skeleton Mage recruited Anthony as a trade agent, giving him startup capital in exchange for signing a Magic Contract.
• Anthony bought the requested seeds, saplings, livestock, and everyday goods while Skeleton Knights guarded him, and Audrey rewarded him with a Knight Breathing Technique.
• The Skeleton Caravan returned to Kurd City with its cargo, and Audrey reunited with Medivh at No. 1 High Tower Castle.
• Medivh assigned the new supplies for cultivation and storage, then planned the outer Nine-Grid Districts as farmland, an orchard, and livestock pastures.

Medivh designed new clothes for Audrey and the Cat-girls, then continued developing Kurd City and reviving skeletons as the new year arrived. The city’s population, resources, and magical knowledge had grown, and construction and spring planting continued.

• Audrey praised Medivh’s clothing designs, changed into a formal dress he had made, and enjoyed a private dance with him.
• Medivh dressed the Cat-girls in maid dresses and planned to develop Kurd City’s textile industry and produce stockings.
• More than two months after the Spirit Cat Tribe moved to Kurd City, Medivh surveyed the city’s expanding districts and spring farmland from No. 1 High Tower Castle.
• Using information from the Spirit Cat Tribe, Medivh’s excavation teams found ancient battlefields and recovered bones that let him revive many Transcendental and ordinary Skeletons.
• The revived Skeleton Mages brought magical knowledge and spells, while Medivh recovered middle volumes of Flame and Earth Battle Qi techniques.
• The Big-Horned Ox herd grew to 134 animals, including eight first-rank magical beasts, and supplied blood that helped five Green Bone Mages advance.

Medivh’s Skeletons excavated the Spirit Cat Tribe’s ancestral graves and brought thousands of valuable Blue Bones back to Kurd. After sorting and refining the bones, Medivh credited Suixiang and the Spirit Cat Tribe with helping Kurd grow stronger.

• A Spirit Cat Skeleton Warlock reported finding the Spirit Cat Tribe’s ancestral land, and Medivh remotely guided trained Skeletons as they carefully excavated it.
• The Skeleton Caravan returned to Kurd with the ancestors’ bones, while the Cat-men lined the road to bid farewell to them.
• Medivh sorted the bones, preserving the oldest Purple Bones and valuable Deep Blue Bones while setting aside those in the worst condition for refining.
• Medivh refined the urgent bones into Skeleton parts, prioritizing Cobalt Blue and Deep Blue Bones to strengthen Kurd’s forces.
• Suixiang brought food to Medivh, who praised her as a lucky star and reflected on how the Spirit Cat Tribe’s discoveries had helped Kurd grow.

Medivh spent a month resurrecting Cobalt Blue Skeletons while Kurd City expanded its defenses and developed its forces. After Audrey advanced to an advanced first-rank knight, Medivh surveyed the city, relaxed, and returned to his work in the Underground Warehouse.

• Medivh resurrected 108 ordinary Cobalt Blue Skeletons, including 36 Rangers and 72 Assassins, as his spiritual and magical power grew.
• Kurd City built walls around its first-ring districts and began enclosing the second ring, while mixed teams of Skeleton and Spirit Cat Warriors patrolled the outskirts.
• Medivh checked Kurd City's layered defenses and forces, then discovered that Audrey had advanced to an advanced first-rank knight and congratulated her.
• Medivh surveyed the territory and returned to No. 1 High Tower with several Cat-girls following him.
• Audrey resumed training, and Medivh returned to the Underground Warehouse the next morning to smelt and resurrect Cobalt Blue Skeletons.

Medivh excavated a Fox-person, Rabbit-person, and Gnoll battlefield, gaining Sky Blue bones that helped him revive new Skeletons and break through to Tier One High-Rank Necromancer. After reviving a Cobalt Blue Spirit Cat Warlock, he prepared to revive a Sky Blue Spirit Fox Warrior.

• The Bone Spirit Assassins found an Ancient Battlefield marked by the Fox-person and Rabbit-person maids, and Medivh sent the Archaeology Team to excavate it.
• The team returned with more than eight hundred Fox-person, Rabbit-person, and Gnoll skeletons dated to 356 years ago, making them Sky Blue quality; Medivh rewarded the maids and began reviving Skeleton Assassins and Rangers.
• Medivh revived a Spirit Fox Skeleton Warlock, used the Spring of Time's reward to break through his spiritual bottleneck, and became a Tier One High-Rank Necromancer.
• Medivh tested the Spirit Fox Warlock's illusions, then sent him to record his Inheritance and teach the Fox-person maids.
• Medivh revived a Cobalt Blue Spirit Cat Warlock, received a powerful Spring of Time reward, and, after recovering, brought over components for a Sky Blue Spirit Fox Warrior.

Medivh used Sky Blue skeletons to activate his mental power while resurrecting stronger skeletons, rapidly improving his abilities and Kurd City's strength. With his Blue Bone reserves depleted, he continued to avoid unifying Odyssey and attracting the Alien Empire and Gewalt Federation.

• Medivh resurrected Sky Blue Spirit Fox and Spirit Rabbit skeletons to activate his mental power, then used the boosted state to revive Cobalt Blue and Deep Blue skeletons.
• By mid-April, Medivh had smelted and resurrected the newly stocked Sky Blue bones, producing hundreds of warriors, warlocks, rangers, and assassins.
• Medivh learned that a resurrected skeleton's quality depended on its weakest component and considered more advanced assembly methods beyond his current abilities.
• Medivh's work added 259 Blue Bone Skeletons of at least intermediate first rank to Kurd City in just over three months.
• Medivh resolved to build strength quietly rather than unify Odyssey, wary that the Alien Empire and Gewalt Federation would turn Kurd City into a proxy in another war.
• Medivh used up the Sky Blue bones and more than two thousand Cobalt Blue and Deep Blue bones, leaving the Underground Warehouse low on Blue Bone reserves.

Medivh oversaw Kurd’s growing prosperity, studied intelligence about the Odyssey War, and expanded the city’s skeleton workforce. With Kurd’s strength and archaeological knowledge increasing, he decided to attack a Kobold tribe in the Winter Mountains.

• Medivh surveyed Kurd’s expanding farms and districts as its population, food supply, and transcendent heritages grew.
• Audrey brought Medivh unofficial histories and legends about the Odyssey War, helping him and Medivh identify major battlefield sites for future excavations.
• Medivh shifted from resurrecting Blue Bone Skeletons to producing Grey Bone and White Bone laborers while remotely guiding an Archaeology Skeleton Corps at an ancient battlefield.
• By May 9, Medivh had resurrected 2,412 Grey Bone Skeletons and 1,346 White Bone Skeletons, while Kurd’s excavators recovered thousands of war skeletons each day.
• Medivh decided to wage war on a Kobold tribe in the Winter Mountains, claiming he was curious about the age of its ancestors.

Medivh led the Skeleton army in an assault on the Kobold tribe to seize its vast Ancestral Graveyard. The Kobolds’ elderly Dragonblood Sorcerer proved far stronger than expected, and Medivh’s forces surrounded him and began concentrating their attacks.

• Medivh ordered his army to seal the Kobold mines’ exits and attack the settlement aboveground.
• The Kobold Dragonblood Sorcerer sent the tribe’s warriors out to destroy the skeletons, confident they were weak.
• The Kobolds charged into battle but were quickly overwhelmed by the Skeleton Warriors and their allies.
• The elderly Dragonblood Sorcerer revealed himself and attacked, blasting Blue Bone Skeletons into fragments with Dragon Tongue Magic.
• Medivh discovered the Sorcerer was a second-tier high-level Transcendent and ordered his forces to focus fire while sturdier troops absorbed the damage.

Medivh wiped out the Kobold Horde and discovered an ancient Dragon Nest beneath its mine, then began turning the site’s bones and resources to Kurd’s advantage. He returned to Kurd in early June to prepare for the rainy season and continue resurrecting skeletons.

• The Blue Bone Skeletons killed the old Dragonblood Sorcerer, and Medivh’s forces wiped out the remaining Kobolds on the surface and underground.
• Medivh explored the Kobold Ancestral Graveyard and found ancient Dragonblood remains and yellow bones beside a Magma Pool, suggesting the cavern was an abandoned Dragon Nest.
• Medivh planned a mountain fortress to protect the graveyard and support mining, while skeletons transported corpses, ore, and valuables back to Kurd.
• Medivh smelted Kobold bones into parts for miners and blacksmiths, resurrected several kinds of Skeleton Miners, and saved Dragonblood remains for a later advancement.
• Medivh returned to Kurd in early June with Blue Bone Skeleton parts, planning to spend the rainy season processing Cat-man Blue Bone before making Blue Bone Miners and Blacksmiths.

Medivh prepared Kurd and Black Furnace Fortress for the early rainy season while developing Kurd’s skeleton forces and magical disciplines. As torrential rain began, a Little Cat smelled Murlocs nearby and worried about her father.

• Medivh gave up searching for the Necromancer’s missing bones after learning the Kobolds had pulverized bodies for fertilizer.
• Medivh surveyed Kurd’s defenses, crops, and newly forged skeletons, then ordered stronger patrols against Murlocs during the rainy season.
• Medivh focused future construction on Black Furnace Fortress as a hidden second base in case the Alien Empire targeted Kurd.
• The rainy season began, and Medivh invited Audrey to watch the rain with him.
• A Little Cat smelled Murlocs and hurried to find out whether her father was safe.

Little Cat visited her father, He Chuan, during the Murloc attack and saw that Kurd City’s defenses kept him safe. After the rainy season’s devastating floods, Medivh anticipated famine and disease and ordered the floodwater corpses taken to Black Furnace Fortress to be dried out.

• Little Cat and her mother brought food to the eastern wall, where Little Cat reunited with He Chuan as he defended Kurd City from the Murlocs.
• He Chuan reassured Little Cat that she was safe, and she handed him the food before returning home with her mother.
• The Murloc Elder recognized Kurd City as a deadly trap and ordered the Murlocs to stay away.
• After the Murlocs retreated, He Chuan won the Headhunting Tournament, collected fish, and shared a stew with his family and neighbors.
• The rainy season lasted nearly two months, leaving widespread floods, ruined crops, and corpses across the Odyssey Region.
• Medivh ordered skeletons to collect the floodwater corpses and take them to Black Furnace Fortress to dry out.

Medivh organized the transport and preservation of corpses while preparing to raise more skeletons. In Loran City, Wester tried to hire the Bounty Guild to kill him, but the Hobarton Council stopped him; Medivh remained focused on surviving the conflict between the Alien Kingdom and the Gewalt Federation.

• Medivh ordered skeletons to retrieve marsh corpses and built a segmented zip line to transport them to Black Furnace Fortress.
• Starving humans and alien forces began collecting and cooking corpses as the floodwaters receded, while Medivh decided to resurrect more skeletons.
• After learning Medivh had trained in the Knight Breathing Technique, Wester concluded he was alive and ordered his butler to contact the Bounty Guild.
• Knight Levis delivered the Hobarton Council's warning that Wester had crossed the line, and Wester agreed not to hire Bounty Guild experts, though he still planned to use Odyssey's Mercenary Groups.
• Hobarton elders discussed Medivh and Rhine, while Medivh remained unaware of their conversation and focused on growing stronger rather than returning to the family.

After the floods exposed Kurd to raiders, Medivh withdrew the Skeleton Legion behind the city walls and prepared to defend the settlement. Goblins and Werewolves attacked, but Kurd’s forces crushed them, and the story left the battle against the Werewolf Tribe underway.

• Medivh ordered farmland reclaimed, flood-washed bones collected, and patrols expanded as dried mud and corpses fouled Kurd’s air.
• Bandits and alien tribes began converging on Kurd, so Medivh pulled most skeletons back and ordered the walls raised.
• Medivh let the Goblins enter a walled killing ground, where his archers and warriors slaughtered them and their Transcendents.
• The Werewolf Tribe attacked Kurd’s defenders, but its warriors were surprised by the strength of the Blue Bone Skeletons and suffered heavy losses.
• The Werewolf Leader tried to order a retreat, but a Taunt Totem drew him toward the Cobalt Minotaur Warrior, and allied curses left him dazed before he was killed.