Chapter Summaries

Xing En and Uchiha Madara traveled along an unfamiliar route and dealt with giant spiders before discussing why Xing En had become a renowned Dark Ranger. As night fell, they decided to rest, and Madara used Wood Style to make them beds.

• Xing En admitted he had chosen a route he had never taken, relying on his intuition that it would be shorter.
• Several giant spiders surrounded Xing En and Uchiha Madara, but Madara burned them to ashes while Xing En explained that animals did not see him as a threat because he was a Night Elf.
• Uchiha Madara told Xing En that his Night Elf nature had let him travel safely and become the Elzeran Continent's only Dark Ranger.
• Xing En and Uchiha Madara decided to rest for the night as the sky darkened, despite expecting a long journey.
• Uchiha Madara grew two beds from the ground with Wood Style, and Xing En lamented that others could not learn such a useful ability.

Uchiha Madara and Xing En waited overnight for the leopard spiders stalking them, while Xing En explained that the creatures approaching were different from the vanguard they had already fought. As the spiders began roaring nearby, Madara questioned whether they were spiders at all.

• Uchiha Madara reflected on his three Magic Stones and hoped that traveling with Xing En would soon help him find the fourth.
• Xing En told Uchiha Madara that more leopard spiders were nearby and that the ones they had fought earlier were only the vanguard.
• Uchiha Madara raised a wooden cage around himself and Xing En as protection from the approaching creatures.
• Xing En said the larger creatures behind the vanguard looked like an entirely different species.
• A loud, mammal-like roar came from the approaching spiders, and Uchiha Madara asked Xing En what kind of creature could make such a sound.

Uchiha Madara and Xing En were surrounded by Leopard Spiders, and Madara sought a way to escape without killing them. Xing En warned that attacking their leader would enrage the group, leaving Madara to find another solution.

• Green eyes appeared in the darkness, and Uchiha Madara learned they belonged to Leopard Spiders with leopard bodies and spider legs.
• The Leopard Spiders surrounded the cage and threatened Uchiha Madara while ignoring Xing En.
• Uchiha Madara asked Xing En to make the creatures leave, but Xing En said they were too unintelligent to follow commands.
• Uchiha Madara identified a larger red Leopard Spider as the likely leader, and Xing En warned that killing it would provoke the others.
• Xing En said she wanted to learn how Madara would handle the situation, and Madara declared that he could solve it.

Uchiha Madara used his ocular technique to control the red spider leader, stopping the surrounding spiders and demonstrating his power to Xing En. Xing En learned that Madara could control living creatures with his eyes, as he had previously done with a Drake.

• Uchiha Madara met the red spider leader's gaze with his blood-red eyes while Xing En waited to see how he would handle the spiders.
• The spider leader's eyes turned blood-red, and Xing En mistakenly thought Uchiha Madara had sent his soul into its body.
• Uchiha Madara corrected Xing En, explaining that his eyes controlled the spider rather than indicating possession or a blood relation.
• Uchiha Madara explained that the Uchiha clan's ocular technique could control creatures, recalling that he had used it on a Drake near Red Rock City.
• Xing En was astonished to learn that Uchiha Madara could control a Drake within minutes.

Xing En questioned Uchiha Madara about his power to control a spider leader and the changes his presence might cause to Elzeran Continent. Madara explained how his golden flames had empowered the dangerous snow demons, and both agreed that he should collect the Magic Stones and return home as soon as possible.

• Uchiha Madara demonstrated complete control over the spider leader, explaining that he controlled its brain so it could not refuse commands.
• Xing En asked what changes Madara had made to Elzeran Continent, and Madara said he only wanted Magic Stones and hoped to avoid damaging the world.
• Uchiha Madara recalled that snow demons near Winterfort had resisted his physical attacks and fire-element magic.
• Uchiha Madara explained that the snow demons had devoured his golden flames, raising the risk that they could become even more dangerous.
• Xing En concluded that the continent's factions wanted Madara to collect the Magic Stones and leave because they could not safely oppose him.
• Uchiha Madara agreed that returning to his own world quickly without harming Elzeran Continent was what he wanted.

Xing En and Uchiha Madara discussed the strange changes on Elzeran Continent and the possibility that unseen powers were monitoring them. As Madara focused on returning home, he asked whether Xing En desired the Wish Horn, leaving Xing En’s answer unresolved.

• Xing En and Uchiha Madara agreed that helping Madara return could benefit both him and Elzeran Continent, while Madara hoped to avoid war with its powers.
• Uchiha Madara suggested that unseen observers might be watching them, and Xing En called out to Ci Enyiwu; inside an abandoned church, Ci Enyiwu shook her head.
• Xing En told Uchiha Madara that Xilin’s body was growing healthier while he became less like himself, and Madara praised the diviner’s sacrifices.
• Xing En connected Xilin’s changes with the increase in monsters, renewed attacks on humans, and the woman resembling Alustriel who had fought him over the Magic Stone.
• Xing En warned that many factions would covet the Wish Horn, and Uchiha Madara asked whether Xing En wanted it.

Uchiha Madara and Xing En talked through the night about the Wish Horn, Xing En’s investigation into Alustriel, and loneliness. Their conversation ended with Xing En revealing that Belaque’s age seemed to have stopped advancing, leaving Madara surprised by the mystery of her appearance.

• Xing En said he wanted the Wish Horn to disappear from Elzeran Continent, but refused to join Madara in searching for Magic Stones because he needed to investigate Alustriel’s appearance in the Night Elves’ underground world.
• As dawn approached, Madara and Xing En discussed companionship, loneliness, and how Belaque usually fell asleep before their conversations got far.
• Xing En said Belaque was exceptionally powerful and skilled at stealing, but that no one knew her true age.
• Xing En revealed that Belaque’s age seemed to have stopped advancing, and Madara considered how her appearance showed no signs of aging.

Xing En and Uchiha Madara discussed Belaque’s mysterious age while traveling toward a remote Traveler’s Land. They arrived at a desolate settlement, where Xing En assured Madara that people still lived there.

• Xing En told Uchiha Madara that old records linked Belaque to events from an unknown number of years ago, though he could not be certain what they proved.
• Uchiha Madara and Xing En discussed Belaque’s unexplained age as they traveled toward the Traveler’s Land, with Madara growing more suspicious.
• Xing En said they would reach a tavern where they could rest before riding Chocobos.
• Uchiha Madara and Xing En reached a deserted-looking cluster of houses, and Xing En assured him that people still lived there.

Uchiha Madara and Xing En stopped at a remote home where the owner warned them that the race Xing En had discovered had been wiped out by black monkeys. Madara suspected the attackers might be magically corrupted creatures as they considered continuing toward the changed region.

• Uchiha Madara told Xing En how the Magic Stone had caused Mirror Lake to vanish after a child died and the mother went mad.
• Xing En and Uchiha Madara reached a remote home where the owner welcomed Xing En and explained that his supposed tavern was actually his house.
• The owner warned Xing En that the area had changed and was no longer suitable for survival.
• The owner said black monkeys had attacked the nearby race about ten days earlier and left corpses throughout its settlement.
• Uchiha Madara questioned whether the attackers were really monkeys and suspected the black creatures might be magically corrupted.

Xing En and Uchiha Madara learned that black monkeys had killed a village’s inhabitants and occupied their home, prompting nearby residents to prepare to leave. They set out to deal with the monkeys and retrieve the object Xing En believed was a Magic Stone, though they did not know whether the monkeys had taken it.

• Xing En and Uchiha Madara questioned a nearby innkeeper about the black monkeys and learned that they had attacked a village and driven its people away.
• The innkeeper said the witness had already left and that the remaining local households planned to move away.
• Uchiha Madara offered to deal with the monkeys, and Xing En agreed to help while they went to retrieve the object they sought.
• Xing En explained that he had discovered the village and believed its totem depicted a Magic Stone, though the monkeys might have taken it.
• Uchiha Madara said he would make the monkeys return whatever they had taken.

Uchiha Madara and Xing En discussed confronting the black monkeys that had taken over a distant village while sharing a free meal with a local owner. They learned that a young man may have survived and been treated with respect by the monkeys, though the report came from a possibly unreliable witness.

• Uchiha Madara and Xing En agreed that the black monkeys' massacre gave them a reason to act against the creatures.
• The owner offered Uchiha Madara and Xing En a free meal, whether it became a celebration or a farewell.
• Xing En questioned why the monkeys had bypassed the owner's place, and the owner said he only knew the village had been occupied and its people killed.
• Uchiha Madara and Xing En compared the monkeys to black four-armed creatures Xing En had encountered before.
• The owner said Wu Lao'er had claimed a young man survived and that the monkeys treated him with respect.
• Xing En asked whether Wu Lao'er had already left.

Uchiha Madara and Xing En arranged to borrow the village owner's two Chocobos for their journey toward the trouble caused by the monkeys. They promised to return within five days, leaving the owner to decide whether to stay or flee based on their return.

• The owner told Xing En and Uchiha Madara that Wu Lao'er and most residents had left, and said he would wait for news before deciding whether to go.
• Xing En learned that the Chocobo renter had left with all his birds, and the owner offered his family's two Chocobos despite depending on them for food gathering.
• Xing En set a five-day deadline for their return, and Uchiha Madara promised the owner that the Chocobos would be safe.
• The owner brought out the two Chocobos with bags of supplies, and Uchiha Madara explained that the food was meant for the birds.
• The owner returned with provisions for Uchiha Madara and Xing En after admitting he had forgotten to prepare food for them.

Uchiha Madara and Xing En set out across the barren land on borrowed Chocobos and discussed how people survived hardship in their respective worlds. Xing En explained that nature mages could prevent famine, then admitted that the claim no one had starved was only official rhetoric.

• The owner gave Uchiha Madara and Xing En small provisions and urged them to care for his Chocobos and return safely.
• Uchiha Madara gave the owner a gold coin and advised him to flee with his family if they did not return.
• Xing En and Uchiha Madara rode off on their Chocobos and raced across the barren land.
• Uchiha Madara and Xing En discussed how money and poverty affected people in their worlds.
• Xing En said nature mages could grow crops even after disasters, but clarified that the claim no one had starved was only official talk.

Uchiha Madara and Xing En traveled across the Elzeran Continent, discussing its creatures and the strange inhabitants Xing En had encountered. They continued on foot toward their destination, uncertain whether those unknown beings had vanished or still lived elsewhere.

• Uchiha Madara and Xing En stopped riding after two days because their Chocobos were exhausted, then continued on foot.
• Xing En explained that five ancient magical beasts were recognized on the continent, while Uchiha Madara questioned how intelligence and size worked among its creatures.
• Uchiha Madara fed a Chocobo as he and Xing En walked across a desolate plain and noticed traces of people living there.
• Xing En described the strange upright beings he had encountered as unlike any known race and possibly not fully evolved.
• Uchiha Madara suggested that a group of monkeys had wiped out the beings, but Xing En said they might still survive in some undiscovered part of the continent.

Uchiha Madara and Xing En debated faith and the causes of war as they traveled toward a village occupied by monkeys. They arrived openly, intending to learn what the monkeys wanted before deciding how to deal with them.

• Uchiha Madara explained that faith could be used to influence people and start wars, while Xing En said wars on Elzeran Continent were usually fought for profit.
• Uchiha Madara and Xing En reached the unnamed village and saw that monkeys had occupied it.
• Uchiha Madara rejected sneaking in and proposed confronting the monkeys directly, while Xing En wanted to speak with them first.
• Uchiha Madara and Xing En rode their Chocobos to the village entrance with their senses expanded and examined its strange buildings.

Xing En and Uchiha Madara reached a village occupied by intelligent monkeys and encountered two black monkeys lying in wait. Xing En prepared to communicate with them to learn what had happened in the village and seek the Magic Stones.

• Uchiha Madara and Xing En discussed the village’s strange towering buildings as they approached it.
• Xing En called out to two monkeys hiding underground, and they emerged from the earth.
• Uchiha Madara identified the black creatures as ordinary, non-demonized monkeys, while Xing En questioned whether they were monkeys at all because they had seemed to understand him.
• Uchiha Madara suggested the monkeys had come out because they realized their ambush had been discovered, and he said he was ready to fight them if needed.
• Xing En walked toward the monkeys to ask what had happened in the village and whether they could provide the Magic Stones.

Xing En realized the creatures guarding the territory were a previously unknown people who looked like monkeys and could speak, while Uchiha Madara remained focused on finding the Magic Stone. The monkeys demanded their Chocobos, and Xing En and Uchiha Madara refused to hand them over as the standoff continued.

• Xing En told Uchiha Madara that the creatures were humans rather than animals after he failed to communicate with them as monkeys.
• One of the black monkeys spoke to Xing En and Uchiha Madara, demanded to know why they had entered its territory, and insisted that they leave.
• The monkeys demanded that Xing En and Uchiha Madara surrender their two Chocobos, and one suggested asking their king whether to kill the intruders.
• Uchiha Madara questioned the monkeys about their demands and said he wanted to find the Magic Stone, while Xing En refused to give up the Chocobos.

Uchiha Madara and Xing En entered the black monkeys’ village to retrieve the Magic Stone, discovering that the monkeys were intelligent and hostile. After one monkey backed down under Madara’s threat, the pair continued inside as more monkeys gathered around them.

• Xing En marveled at the black monkeys’ humanlike behavior, while Uchiha Madara asked them to return the Magic Stone.
• One black monkey went into the village after Madara described the stone, while the other challenged the outsiders’ right to claim it.
• Uchiha Madara tested his Sharingan on the monkey and found that it could not control it, confirming the monkeys had humanlike traits.
• When a roar prompted the monkey to bare its fangs, Madara threatened it, and it silently stepped aside.
• Uchiha Madara and Xing En rode their Chocobos farther into the village as the monkeys signaled ahead and gathered around them at nightfall.

Uchiha Madara and Xing En confronted the monkeys over the Magic Stone, and Madara used his power to turn them against their white-furred elder. The elder was restrained as one of the monkeys began pulling out his tongue.

• Uchiha Madara and Xing En arrived seeking the Magic Stone, and the white-furred old monkey denied that it was there.
• The old monkey admitted that the monkeys had killed humans and said they had torn out the tongue of another man who came looking for the stone.
• Uchiha Madara's eyes turned blood-red, and the black monkeys began closing in on the old monkey.
• The black monkeys restrained the old monkey and pried open his mouth while Xing En and Uchiha Madara watched.
• One of the black monkeys gripped the old monkey's tongue and began pulling it out as Madara told him to reflect on his deeds.

Uchiha Madara forced the old monkey to abandon his defiance and lead him and Xing En to a black stone in the village. The stone seemed ordinary to the monkeys, leaving Madara and Xing En unsure whether they had found the Magic Stone.

• Uchiha Madara used an illusion to make the old monkey believe the black monkeys had torn out his tongue, then demanded the Magic Stone.
• The old monkey denied knowing about the Magic Stone, but agreed to take Uchiha Madara and Xing En to the village king because the black stone they sought was in the main hall.
• The old monkey said all the monkeys had seen the black stone and that it seemed like nothing more than an ordinary rock.
• Xing En explained that he had only seen murals describing a miraculous black stone and had never seen the Magic Stone itself.
• Uchiha Madara suspected they had come to the wrong place, and Xing En asked whether he would be angry if the stone turned out not to be the Magic Stone.