Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Madara learned that Helunaixing had lied about being familiar with No Man's Land, but Helunaixing claimed to have reliable knowledge of the Magic Stone and the Seven-Colored Butterfly. The group agreed to continue cooperating if Helunaixing could guarantee his information was true.

• Dales Yi and the restaurant owner revealed that Helunaixing was a newcomer to No Man's Land, and Helunaixing admitted he had not visited often.
• Helunaixing claimed he still knew about the Magic Stone and had more accurate information than anyone else in the area.
• Dales Yi explained that the Seven-Colored Butterfly lived only in the White Forest and was rumored to grant wishes, while Helunaixing clarified that it merely showed people false visions of their desires.
• Uchiha Madara pressed Helunaixing about why he wanted the butterfly, but Helunaixing kept his purpose secret and asked whether they would continue their agreement.
• Uchiha Madara agreed to keep working with Helunaixing if he could guarantee his information was true.

Uchiha Madara and Dales questioned Helunaixing about his motives for seeking the Seven-Colored Butterfly and whether his information could be trusted. Helunaixing agreed to take them toward the White Forest after their meal, but warned that a danger inside frightened him.

• Dales asked why Helunaixing wanted the Seven-Colored Butterfly, and Helunaixing explained its value and beauty.
• Uchiha Madara questioned Helunaixing's information, and Helunaixing admitted he could not guarantee its accuracy.
• Dales accused Helunaixing of leading them into a trap, but Uchiha Madara chose to trust him and asked him to share what he knew honestly.
• Helunaixing offered to take Uchiha Madara and Dales to the location after they finished eating.
• Helunaixing warned that the White Forest was dangerous and said something inside prevented him from going farther.
• Helunaixing discussed how wealth made him feel secure, while Uchiha Madara declined to hear a future secret unless it concerned him.

Helunaixing warned Uchiha Madara and Dales that a massive war would soon disrupt the balance of power on the Elzeran Continent. Uchiha Madara urged Dales to use the conflict to establish the necromancers, leaving Dales to weigh the opportunity against the risk of lasting rejection.

• Helunaixing offered to share a little-known secret of the Elzeran Continent, and Dales persuaded him to tell it.
• Helunaixing predicted a huge war that would change the continent’s balance of power, though he would not reveal its cause or opponents beyond saying humans would fight in it.
• Dales doubted that such a war would happen and said the necromancers lacked the numbers and strength to take part.
• Uchiha Madara argued that the war could let the necromancers prove themselves and gain influence while minimizing their losses.
• Dales considered the chance to fulfill his wish, but recognized that mishandling the conflict could cause the continent to reject all necromancers.

Dales sought a chance for necromancers to prove they could live peacefully alongside other races, while Uchiha Madara encouraged him to use the coming war and public opinion to change their reputation. Helunaixing remained skeptical and questioned Madara’s identity before reflecting on his own unmet ambitions.

• Helunaixing questioned Uchiha Madara’s name and suspected he was an influential figure, while Madara claimed to be an ordinary nobody.
• Dales asked when the war might begin, but Helunaixing said he could not predict when either side would find an excuse to fight.
• Dales explained that he wanted necromancers to prove they could live peacefully with other races, and Helunaixing called the goal wishful thinking.
• Uchiha Madara told Dales that necromancers could change their reputation by doing what was right and guiding public opinion.
• Helunaixing guessed that Uchiha Madara might be a race’s king, but Madara denied it and praised Helunaixing’s strength.
• Helunaixing admitted that he had once expected to reach the peak of the Elzeran Continent, but now felt that expectation had become a joke.

Uchiha Madara, Dales Yi, and Helunaixing finished their meal in No Man's Land and discussed the White Forest, a strange and dangerous place where everything was white. Uchiha Madara grew excited to see it, and the three set out toward the forest.

• Uchiha Madara and Helunaixing chatted while Dales Yi ate, and Helunaixing praised the younger generation of the Elzeran Continent.
• Uchiha Madara paid the tavern owner two silver coins for their meal, and the owner explained that people passing through No Man's Land were too dangerous to cheat.
• Helunaixing described White Forest as a place where every living thing and object was white and its trees used human corpses for nutrients.
• Dales Yi said he had visited White Forest as a child with his father, while Uchiha Madara decided he wanted to see it.
• Uchiha Madara, Dales Yi, and Helunaixing stood up and set out for White Forest.

Dales Yi, Uchiha Madara, and Helunaixing set out to find what Helunaixing wanted, using a summoned Four-Winged Bird for transport. As they flew away from the crowd in No Man’s Land, Uchiha Madara remained uneasy about something in Helunaixing’s eyes.

• Helunaixing said the forest had all the resources they needed, so the three left the tavern without preparing supplies.
• Helunaixing asked to ride Dales Yi’s summoned Drake, but Dales Yi refused, saying it needed rest and deserved respect.
• Dales Yi summoned a Four-Winged Bird instead, while Helunaixing and Uchiha Madara discussed how necromancers had been absent from the continent for years.
• Passersby gathered to watch the necromancer summon the bird, and Helunaixing complained that it was no Drake.
• Dales Yi, Uchiha Madara, and Helunaixing climbed onto the Four-Winged Bird, which took off as the crowd grew.

Uchiha Madara, Dales Yi, and Helunaixing traveled toward the White Forest and discussed the missing corpse of the fifth Demon King. In Eternal Sun Royal City, the city lord learned that Alustriel was traveling with a golden-eyed vampire and summoned Xilin, whose health had improved enough for him to walk.

• Helunaixing estimated that their Four-Winged Bird would take about two days to reach the White Forest and spoke about his long experience among the demon race.
• Dales Yi revealed that the fifth Demon King's corpse had been sealed in the Demon Codex and had vanished after he used it to survive a dangerous situation.
• A raggedly dressed man told the city lord that Alustriel was with a golden-eyed vampire, whom he identified as the Vampire King.
• The city lord said the report gave him a reason to launch a campaign against Alustriel and ordered the man to keep watching them.
• Xilin met the city lord, who remarked that he had recovered enough to walk, and Xilin credited the peaceful conditions with his improving health.

Xilin told the city master that humans held the advantage over the elves, but warned that the alliances around them made war’s outcome uncertain. After leaving, Xilin admitted to Ci Enyiwu that he was trying to prolong his life, while the city master prepared to act against the elves.

• The city master asked Xilin to assess the balance between humans and elves, and Xilin said humans were stronger but noted the possible support of the Night Elves and orcs.
• The city master told Xilin that Alustriel had been seen traveling with the Blood King and called the elves’ alliance with vampires an unforgivable crime.
• Xilin said his divination ability had vanished after he recovered, and explained that his body had improved because he had stopped revealing fate’s secrets.
• The city master dismissed Xilin after questioning his recovery and hearing him say that black magic capable of making people younger no longer existed.
• Ci Enyiwu confronted Xilin in the palace shadows, and Xilin admitted he feared death and had no choice but to keep trying to prolong his life.
• Xilin told Ci Enyiwu that the city master planned to move against the elves and asked whether she already knew.

Xilin urged Ci Enyiwu to stop a war that would disrupt Elzeran Continent, but Ci Enyiwu refused, saying his mission was to preserve fate. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara, Dales Yi, and Helunaixing reached the snowy outskirts of White Forest, where Uchiha Madara learned about rare hereditary abilities.

• Xilin warned Ci Enyiwu that only he could stop the coming war, but Ci Enyiwu said he would not change fate.
• Ci Enyiwu entered the city lord’s room after noting that the city lord would summon him, and the city lord was surprised that Ci Enyiwu could read his thoughts.
• After two days of flying, Uchiha Madara and the others spotted the snow-covered White Forest and woke Dales Yi.
• Dales Yi shook Helunaixing awake and remarked that his body felt soft, prompting Helunaixing to explain that aging loosened the body.
• Uchiha Madara asked about mages and ability users, and Helunaixing explained that rare abilities could be inherited through families.

Helunaixing explained that his family’s rare inherited ability had little practical value, while Dales Yi and Uchiha Madara discussed bloodline abilities and necromancy. After two days aboard the Four-Winged Bird, they reached the edge of the White Forest, where Helunaixing warned them not to fly over it; Uchiha Madara then named the Ice Dragon as one of the continent’s greatest dangers.

• Helunaixing told Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi that his family’s unusual ability was rare but impractical, leaving them with an unremarkable status.
• Uchiha Madara compared Helunaixing’s inherited ability to Kekkei Genkai, and Dales Yi explained that anyone could learn necromancer spells.
• Helunaixing directed the Four-Winged Bird to land at the edge of the White Forest and warned that flying over it had killed other travelers.
• Uchiha Madara asked what the forest contained, and Helunaixing challenged him and Dales Yi to name the continent’s most dangerous place.
• Uchiha Madara cited Winterfort’s Howling Gorge and Leiyin Deweng, the Ice Dragon, as a major danger.

Uchiha Madara, Dales Yi, and Helunaixing discussed strange dangers before falling from the sky toward the White Forest. Helunaixing stopped their fall, and they met two members of the Heavenly Eye Clan.

• Helunaixing warned Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi that abnormal places were the greatest dangers on the Elzeran Continent, but they cited other unusual forests that were not dangerous.
• Dales Yi dismissed the Four-Winged Bird, and he, Uchiha Madara, and Helunaixing plummeted toward the ground.
• A man and a woman below tried to save the falling trio by creating a small pool of water.
• Helunaixing stopped the trio in midair with a snap of his fingers, and Uchiha Madara thanked the pair below for trying to help.
• Dales Yi recognized the pair as members of the Heavenly Eye Clan, and the woman asked why they had fallen from the sky.

Uchiha Madara, Dales Yi, and Helunaixing entered the White Forest after travelers warned them about its beasts, traps, and rival visitors. They found a corpse hung beside a bloody trespass warning, and Uchiha Madara recognized it as a threat left by people rather than the forest itself.

• A man and woman warned Uchiha Madara, Dales Yi, and Helunaixing about the White Forest’s dangers and wished them caution as they entered.
• The three joked about which of them had drawn the woman’s praise for their eyes, while Uchiha Madara wondered whether a Heavenly Eye Clan girl had seen his Sharingan.
• Dales Yi spotted a corpse hanging from a large white tree beneath the words “Trespassers die!”
• Uchiha Madara dismissed the display as a human-made warning and said it only indicated that people had set traps in the forest.

Uchiha Madara, Dales Yi, and Helunaixing traveled through the White Forest as they discussed No Man’s Land’s bloody competition, its forgotten past, and the war threatening a legendary race. Helunaixing explained that the white snakes were immensely valuable, but their exact worth remained unclear.

• Uchiha Madara led Dales Yi and Helunaixing onward, confident he could handle the forest’s traps and keep Helunaixing alive until he revealed the Magic Stone’s location.
• Helunaixing explained that No Man’s Land’s visitors had become rivals once they entered the White Forest, and that the forest exposed the region’s true lawless nature.
• Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi reasoned that No Man’s Land’s walls suggested it had once been a prosperous city, though Helunaixing knew nothing of its history.
• Helunaixing said a legendary race might soon disappear in a war, but his faction was too weak to intervene and could only hope the race survived.
• Uchiha Madara asked why people sought the White Forest’s white snakes, and Helunaixing said they were coveted treasures whose prices had risen until they could no longer be bought.

Uchiha Madara learned that white snakes in the White Forest contained Cultivation Pills, which could heal wounds and increase cultivation, and that hunters had made them nearly extinct. Helunaixing refused to reveal where the Magic Stone was and threatened to leave the White Forest.

• Helunaixing explained that white snakes contained a pale-yellow lump called a Cultivation Pill, which healed wounds and raised cultivation.
• Helunaixing said white snakes had become extremely rare after people hunted them for their Cultivation Pills, while other high-level magical beasts also contained similar lumps.
• Uchiha Madara asked why Helunaixing sought Seven-Colored Butterflies, and Dales Yi suggested they were mainly prized by nobles as ornaments.
• Helunaixing argued with Dales Yi and Uchiha Madara over his interest in the butterflies, then threatened to leave the White Forest without revealing the Magic Stone's location.

Uchiha Madara, Dales Yi, and Helunaixing discussed the valuable but difficult-to-keep creatures of the White Forest before encountering a half-eaten white snake. As they continued through the forest, Uchiha Madara sensed they had entered someone else's hunting grounds, though Helunaixing doubted his judgment.

• Dales Yi asked Helunaixing to teach him how to keep White Forest creatures alive, but Helunaixing refused and said Dales Yi would have to acknowledge him as a master.
• Helunaixing explained that white snakes and their cultivation pills were easy to sell, while seven-colored butterflies were difficult to keep and could cause hallucinations.
• Uchiha Madara and his companions found a white snake with only half its body remaining, and Helunaixing explained that its cultivation pill was in the front half.
• Uchiha Madara warned that someone nearby might be hunting them and urged the group to proceed cautiously.
• Uchiha Madara stopped and said they had entered someone else's hunting grounds, but Helunaixing called his conclusion reckless.

Uchiha Madara spotted and disarmed an ambush in the trees, impressing Dales Yi and Helunaixing. As the group continued onward, Helunaixing remained suspicious of Madara’s identity and questioned his unfamiliar name and family.

• Uchiha Madara explained that an ambush would likely be set on the ground or in the trees, then threw kunai at hidden tripwires and triggered arrows concealed overhead.
• Uchiha Madara told Dales Yi and Helunaixing that the path was safe, leaving both stunned by his accurate deduction.
• Helunaixing asked Uchiha Madara to reveal his real name, but Madara insisted that Uchiha Madara was his genuine name.
• Dales Yi said he believed Madara, while Helunaixing continued to doubt him as they walked onward.
• Helunaixing asked what family Madara belonged to, and Madara answered that he was part of the Uchiha family, which Helunaixing had never heard of.

Uchiha Madara, Helunaixing, and Dales Yi were ambushed in the White Forest by a group of men seeking to rob them. The men surrounded the trio, and Helunaixing prepared to teach them a lesson.

• Concealed weapons flew at Uchiha Madara, Helunaixing, and Dales Yi, but Helunaixing stopped them and dropped them to the ground.
• Uchiha Madara called to the hidden attackers and said the trio had no reason to fight them.
• The men emerged from the trees, and Helunaixing told them the trio was searching for the Seven-Colored Butterfly, not the White Snake.
• The leader revealed that his group had been waiting to rob travelers and had chosen the trio as their target.
• Helunaixing offered to settle the dispute through combat, and the men surrounded the trio as Dales Yi urged them to keep the peace.

Helunaixing confronted a group of men who had blocked their path and killed their leader with his power, then lifted the rest into the air. Dales Yi pleaded for them to be spared, but Uchiha Madara left the decision to them and reminded Dales Yi that murderers had to pay with their lives.

• Helunaixing warned the men not to provoke him, but their leader mocked him and refused to let the group pass.
• Helunaixing lifted the leader, crushed his body, and killed him in front of the others.
• Helunaixing raised the remaining men into the air, and Dales Yi asked him to spare them because they had only blocked the road.
• One of the captives denied that they had killed anyone, while Dales Yi urged Uchiha Madara to intervene.
• Uchiha Madara said the matter was Helunaixing and Dales Yi's business, and reminded Dales Yi that murderers had to pay with their lives.

Helunaixing executed a group of people despite Dales Yi's objections, arguing that they deserved punishment for their crimes. Uchiha Madara burned their remains, and Helunaixing asked him his name after noticing his fire magic.

• Helunaixing spared the group at first, but then crushed them together, saying their crimes deserved death.
• Dales Yi condemned Helunaixing and questioned whether every person in the group was guilty, while Uchiha Madara defended Helunaixing's decision.
• Helunaixing compared the victims' deaths to avenging fathers the group had killed, and Dales Yi insisted that innocent people should not be harmed.
• Dales Yi lamented that traveling with Helunaixing and Uchiha Madara had turned him into a murderer, while Helunaixing said he had taught him to act decisively.
• Uchiha Madara set fire to the mass of bodies, and Helunaixing asked him to identify himself.

Uchiha Madara, Dales Yi, and Helunaixing continued through the forest, where Madara spotted a huge white snake camouflaged against a white tree. Helunaixing chose to take it for money and demonstrated his power by cutting the snake in two, leaving Dales Yi asking what he meant to show them.

• Dales Yi reflected on the many deaths they had witnessed and wondered whether the victims had deserved to die.
• Uchiha Madara spotted a huge white snake wrapped around a white tree, which Dales Yi and Helunaixing had not noticed.
• Uchiha Madara suggested the snake might be worth money, and Helunaixing agreed to take it.
• Helunaixing used a gesture to float the snake toward them and then sliced it into two pieces.
• Dales Yi asked Helunaixing what the snake's supposed interesting trait was.