Vol. 8The Source Takes Root

Li Si secured allies and power against the Shadow Monsters and the Hunting Temple, then founded the Source of All Laws and pushed it to grow despite opposition. The volume ended with Li Si entering a newly appeared dungeon after beasts destroyed Greystone City.

  • Li Si uncovered the Shadow Monster posing as Ricky and warned Preston that Lonely Mountain City faced a threat.
  • Li Si gained the dwarves’ trust, forged new equipment, and asked Preston whether he wanted to see the city destroyed.
  • Li Si stopped Havaro’s ritual beneath Dan’erluo Port and prepared his allies for the Phillips Crystal crisis.
  • Li Si infiltrated Luen’s Rune Great Hunt, fought the Blood Wolf, and claimed the Hunting Divinity Shard after Kane Floating City destroyed Luen’s avatar.
  • Li Si claimed World Rune [Thunder], mastered Chaos Power, and founded the Source of All Laws with Lisa.
  • Li Si rejected Oliver’s offer to join the Myriad Forms Secret Society, then raised a question as the Legendary Council voted on his school.
  • Li Si won the Legendary Council’s approval for the Source of All Laws and began recruiting members and promoting Magic Journals.
  • Li Si entered the dungeon near Greystone City after beasts destroyed the town.
Chapters 741–846 Read from ch. 741

Arc 29The Shadow in the Kingdom

Li Si helped the dwarves repel the Shadow Monsters, gained access to their sacred artifacts and Magma Heart, and uncovered a Shadow Monster posing as Ricky. He revealed his World Tree blessing to Preston and began warning the Dwarf King about the threat to Lonely Mountain City.

  • Li Si joined Philip and Kaleb in the Shadow Nest, where he discovered that Kent Holden had fused with the nest and escaped with it.
  • The dwarves let Li Si study their Demigod Equipment, and he gained Mountain Soul's Fury's recognition before drinking from the Eternal Brew.
  • Li Si forged Emberwing, visited Magma Heart, and recovered Mattias's Ring of Magic and a Legendary Soul Ember Orb.
  • Puer gave Li Si Samekhahar's Divine Power Baptism, and Li Si later forged Elements Weaver and strengthened his ring by absorbing the staff.
  • Li Si left a clone at the Iron Hammer Workshop and met Kaleb and Ricky, then exposed Ricky as a Shadow Monster working with Kent Holden.
  • Li Si learned that the false Ricky had devoured the real Ricky and gathered a list of collaborators before bringing Kaleb and the elves to meet Preston.
  • Li Si summoned Yggdrasil’s Projection over Lonely Mountain City, and Preston welcomed him into the royal palace after recognizing his blessing.
  • Li Si asked Preston whether he wanted to see Lonely Mountain City destroyed.
Chapters 741–765 Summaries Read

Arc 30The Hunting Divinity Shard

Li Si prepared his allies for the Phillips Crystal crisis, returned to Dan'erluo Port, and stopped a hidden Havaro ritual from destroying the city. He infiltrated the Luen Pocket World’s Rune Great Hunt, then used Kane Floating City to destroy Luen’s avatar and claim the Hunting Divinity Shard and Pocket World.

  • Li Si warned Preston and Kaleb that the Phillips Crystals could expose sealed Pocket Worlds to attack, and secured the Dwarf Kingdom’s cooperation in taking the third site.
  • Li Si traveled among allied factions to gather support while Preston purged Shadow Monsters and Kaleb went to warn the Church of the God of War.
  • Lisa destroyed a Legendary Torture Demon beneath Dan'erluo Port, and Li Si returned to investigate the spatial rifts connected to its summoning.
  • Li Si uncovered Havaro’s Black Hearts and defeated the Divine Avatar, then blessed Dan'erluo Port with life-giving flames and gained rewards including Divine Blood.
  • Li Si held a celebration for the players and announced rewards for hunting Heretic Believers as he prepared for the Phillips Crystal’s arrival.
  • Li Si rescued Belial and resurrected Eao, then used Belial’s body to infiltrate the Hunting Temple’s Rune Great Hunt and investigate its planned sacrifice.
  • Li Si discovered that Luen’s ceremony used the deaths of thousands to empower an altar, while Luen’s clone turned the participants into a gigantic Blood Wolf.
  • Li Si fought the Blood Wolf until Kane Floating City opened a Space Channel and destroyed Luen’s avatar, leaving the Hunting Divinity Shard for Li Si to claim.
Chapters 766–792 Summaries Read

Arc 31Founding the Source of All Laws

Li Si strengthened himself by claiming the World Rune [Thunder] and gaining insight into Chaos Power, then joined the Pan-continental Mage Association and founded the Source of All Laws. After building its first base and attracting Oliver’s attention, he brought his new school before the Legendary Council and prepared to challenge its expected approval.

  • Li Si absorbed the Hunting Divinity Shard into Wisdom of Sphinx and later gave it to Joyce to protect his territory.
  • Li Si traced the patterns around World Rune [Thunder], mastered Resonance Thunder Control Technique, and claimed the rune, where he witnessed Vilmos’s memories of Lanasis’s betrayal.
  • Li Si investigated the giant gods’ history in the Elf archive, then learned from Maurice that Auril had destroyed Ice Dawn Pocket World to prevent its capture.
  • Talindra asked Li Si to establish a new school within the Pan-continental Mage Association and taught him Star Realm Magic while promising to keep searching for Stephens.
  • Li Si registered Source of All Laws as a faction, studied Talindra’s Star Realm Guidance, and mastered Chaos Power.
  • Li Si and Lisa established the faction’s base near Yonas City, where Li Si raised a magical tower with Chaos Power and welcomed Oliver of the Myriad Forms Secret Society.
  • Oliver offered Li Si his society’s leadership and legacy if Source of All Laws joined it, but Li Si rejected the offer.
  • Minos admitted Li Si to the Legendary Council, and as the council began voting on his school application, Li Si stood to raise a question.
Chapters 793–819 Summaries Read

Arc 32The Source Takes Root

Li Si built the Source of All Laws into a growing reform faction, recruiting mages and introducing Magic Journals despite opposition from the Legendary Council. When a dungeon appeared after a beast attack destroyed Greystone City, Li Si entered it as rival factions and hidden dangers remained in play.

  • Li Si persuaded the Legendary Council to approve the Source of All Laws and established a teleportation link between its base and Kane Floating City.
  • Li Si visited Minos Floating City to study classified magic, then declined Borcan’s offer to join the Tower of Scorched Embers while Borcan chose to support him anyway.
  • Li Si opened recruitment with a Dream Power test, and Cole passed to become the Source of All Laws’ first member.
  • Li Si brought Simoni in to help launch Magic Journals, but the Legendary Council rejected his proposal to spread them across the Association.
  • Li Si defeated Aurelian’s Star Spells with Chaos Power, earned Aurelian’s support, and received rewards for their sparring match.
  • Cole wrote a paper on perceiving spatial fluctuations, earned Li Si’s recognition, and became Li Si’s disciple.
  • Borcan arranged for the Tower of Scorched Embers to support the Source of All Laws, while Li Si’s new resource rules encouraged members to study and publish papers.
  • After a dungeon passage appeared near Greystone City and beasts destroyed the town, Li Si volunteered to investigate and entered the dungeon as Pascal’s team detected a disturbed strand of magical power.
Chapters 820–846 Summaries Read
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