Chapter Summaries

After the Sacred Festival Assassination Case, the Fies Kingdom moved toward war with the Bertich Kingdom while Li Si celebrated becoming a marquis and reflected on how his altered future had opened new possibilities. At his ball, he built ties with powerful nobles and introduced the White Dove Guild’s new magical product.

• Duke Ramu and Duke Bainamu led an assault on border cities, and the Fies Kingdom blamed the assassination on the Bertich Kingdom, stirring calls for war.
• Li Si hosted a ball at the Kane Family Estate to celebrate his promotion to marquis, with Arsen helping organize it.
• Li Si reflected that Ya Tean was confined and Li Si Kane had survived, while the Flame of Judgement and Joyce had taught him what he needed to pursue Legendary power.
• Bode Wen and Nelson praised Li Si, who credited the king and his teacher and described his childhood friendship with Mora.
• Li Si told the gathered dukes that he and Mora had founded the White Dove Guild and were developing magical products, including a completed Magic Air Conditioner.
• Duke House, Duke Barton, and Duke Russell recognized Li Si’s offer of cooperation and welcomed ties with the rising noble.

At a banquet promoting the White Dove Merchant Guild’s Magic Air Conditioners, Li Si prepared Mora to take charge of the guild as he planned to leave Can Guang City and pursue greater strength. The chapter ended when Mora spotted a woman approaching Li Si with a handkerchief.

• Li Si used the banquet to promote the White Dove Merchant Guild’s Magic Air Conditioners to Can Guang City’s nobles, while Mora pitched the product to young nobles.
• Li Si and Mora discussed Mora’s older brother seeking cooperation and how both of them had changed.
• Mora guessed that Li Si was preparing to leave Can Guang City, and Li Si confirmed he wanted to seek greater strength and leave the guild in Mora’s hands.
• Li Si teased Mora about the pink handkerchief in his pocket, but Mora said it had not been intended for him.
• Mora noticed someone approaching and told Li Si that she was definitely there for him.

Li Si was surprised when Lisa approached him in an evening gown, and the two shared an intimate moment on a balcony. The chapter ended with Li Si kissing Lisa as she relaxed into his embrace.

• Lisa approached Li Si at the ball wearing an evening gown, while Mora quietly left them alone.
• Li Si took Lisa to a secluded balcony and asked why she had dressed so beautifully.
• Lisa told Li Si that Joyce had suggested the dress, then promised she would wear it only for him.
• Li Si embraced Lisa and asked whether she had dressed up for him, and Lisa said she had.
• Li Si kissed Lisa, and she gradually relaxed and rested her hands on his shoulders.

Li Si told Joyce that he planned to leave Can Guang City and train alone as a mercenary in the Luo Xue Mountain Range, while Lisa stayed behind. Joyce agreed to remain in the city and offered Li Si a communication item and a gray glove before his departure.

• Li Si brought breakfast to the shy Lisa, who waited until he left before eating it.
• Li Si told Joyce he planned to travel alone as a mercenary and make the Luo Xue Mountain Range his first destination.
• Joyce agreed that Li Si should gain experience outside Can Guang City and learned he planned to leave within the week.
• Li Si explained that Ya Er and the others could not leave the city for long and that Lisa would stay to train safely.
• Joyce said he would remain in Can Guang City, offered Li Si a long-distance communication item through Fran, and handed him a gray glove.

Li Si received the Shadow Dragonhide Gloves and prepared to leave Can Guang City for training, arranging to travel with a merchant caravan toward the Aulaya Viscount Territory. After completing his preparations, he planned to visit the First Magic Workshop.

• Joyce gave Li Si the Shadow Dragonhide Gloves, which had been taken from the assassin Blood Blade, and Li Si tried them on.
• Li Si arranged to travel with a Fies Merchant Guild caravan heading toward the Aulaya Viscount Territory near the Luo Xue Mountain Range.
• Mora developed the White Dove Merchant Guild's local network, while players cleared the ruins on Pearl Street and helped the guild.
• Li Si stocked his Storage Ring with supplies, updated the Memory Orb through the guild faction panel, and planned to visit the First Magic Workshop.

Li Si prepared to travel to Xue Ling Town in search of the inheritance that would later make Dragos Mike a Legendary Arcanist. Fran explained how the hidden ruins appeared and gave Li Si a communication crystal, offering to help him enter if needed; Li Si left with supplies after looting Fran’s workshop.

• Li Si told Fran Stephens that he planned to leave Can Guang City and gain experience in the Luo Xue Mountain Range, and Fran guessed that he was heading to Xue Ling Town.
• Li Si explained his interest in finding the inheritance associated with Dragos Mike, and Fran warned that the ruins’ entrance was difficult to locate.
• Fran said Light Purple Mist caused the ruins to faintly appear, explained that they lay in another plane, and revealed that the ruins had once rejected him.
• Fran gave Li Si a communication crystal and promised to help him force his way into the ruins if he could not enter on his own.
• Li Si thanked Fran, took potions, enchanted items, and other supplies from the workshop, and Fran eventually kicked him out.

Before leaving Can Guang City, Li Si said farewell to his adventurer friends and told Lisa he would be away for a long time. Lisa asked to accompany him, but agreed to stay and study under Teacher Stephens, then kissed Li Si when he asked for a parting memento.

• Li Si shared a lavish dinner with Ya Er, Arsen, Elena, and Lunbos, then told them he would soon leave to gain experience elsewhere.
• Elena gave Li Si a wooden White Flower Amulet, while Ya Er resolved to train hard and surprise him when he returned.
• Li Si visited Lisa in the library and told her he planned to be gone for a long time.
• Lisa asked to go with Li Si, but he explained that Teacher Stephens would guide her toward becoming an Arcanist, and Lisa reluctantly accepted.
• Li Si asked Lisa to call him by his name and whether she would miss him; Lisa said she would and kissed him when he asked for a memento.

Angela awakened after absorbing Cain's divine power, becoming stronger and growing into a young girl. She agreed to travel with Marion to Frost Blood Castle to learn to master her new power, while Li Si prepared to begin training elsewhere.

• Li Si saw that Angela had grown after emerging from the Blood Cocoon and took her to eat fruit pancakes.
• Angela told Li Si that she felt stronger and had gained an unfamiliar special power.
• Li Si proposed that Angela go with Marion to Frost Blood Castle to learn to use Cain's divine power, and she agreed after Li Si promised to visit.
• Marion arrived, thanked Li Si, and gave him a Blood-colored Badge that would grant him a welcome at Frost Blood Castle.
• Marion and Angela departed, leaving Li Si to continue preparing for his training.

The Fies Merchant Guild’s caravan prepared to travel from Can Guang City to the Aulaya Viscount Territory, waiting an extra week for an unnamed important passenger. After the passenger arrived, the large merchant group departed for the northern border.

• Luo Kui inspected the caravan’s wagons and supplies while Zorf confirmed that the guards and mercenaries were ready.
• Luo Kui and Zorf waited for the unnamed lord, whose request had delayed the caravan’s departure by a week.
• Fink complained about the delay, and Magat scolded him and told him to wait quietly.
• A luxurious brown carriage arrived, and Luo Kui and Zorf greeted its passenger with respect.
• The merchant group finished preparing and passed through Can Guang City’s northern gate under the city guards’ escort.

Li Si traveled north with the Fies Merchant Guild in a luxurious carriage, while Magat used the journey to teach Fink about escort work. The caravan camped at dusk, and Li Si settled into the journey without taking charge of its arrangements.

• Li Si rode in the specially commissioned carriage at the center of the convoy and continued his Arcane Research during the journey.
• Magat explained to Fink that the carriage's Blood-colored Longsword Emblem marked it as assigned to a great noble, then warned him to be careful around it.
• The caravan stopped near dusk at a campsite chosen by the mercenaries, and its workers prepared the evening meal.
• Luo Kui asked Li Si whether he needed anything, and Li Si told him to handle the caravan's affairs without consulting him unless something came up.
• Li Si stepped out of his carriage and saw Magat and Fink returning to camp.

Li Si, traveling under the name Moriarty, approached the White Wolf Mercenary Group’s young Fink to meet the future commander of the Blood Wolf Knight Order. He befriended Fink around the campfire while Magat watched him warily.

• Li Si dressed as a novice adventurer and joined the caravan’s campfire gathering beside the White Wolf Mercenary Group.
• Fink eagerly asked Li Si whether he was a mercenary, and Li Si recognized him as the future commander of the Blood Wolf Knight Order.
• Li Si introduced himself as Moriarty and claimed to be Marquis Kane’s personal manservant.
• Fink asked about Marquis Kane and showed his curiosity about noble life, while Magat kept observing Li Si.
• The camp gathered around a pot of vegetable soup as the chilly evening meal was prepared.

Li Si joined Fink’s squad on a scouting patrol to observe the young warrior’s abilities and investigate how much of his past-life knowledge still applied. When a Forest Python ambushed them, Fink began fighting it under Magat’s watch, giving Li Si a chance to assess his strength.

• Magat agreed to let Li Si accompany Fink’s squad, then Li Si and Fink set out with Magat to scout ahead of the caravan.
• Li Si reflected on Blood Wolf Entanglement and decided to watch for signs of Fink’s strength and combat skill.
• Magat spotted a concealed Forest Python, knocked it from a tree, and told Fink to fight it while he watched.
• Fink studied the Forest Python, tested its reactions with a spear thrust, and evaded its sudden springing attack.
• Li Si praised Fink’s abilities and remarked that his physical strength seemed greater than an ordinary Bronze Warrior’s.

Fink fought and killed a Forest Python while Li Si and Magat watched. Afterward, Magat tried to draw Li Si’s interest in Fink’s future, but Li Si chose not to recruit him yet.

• Magat praised Fink’s talent and toughness as Li Si watched with interest.
• Fink baited the Forest Python into exposing its belly, then used his speed and spear to wound it while evading its attacks.
• After a long fight, Fink exhausted the Forest Python and killed it with a final thrust.
• Magat scolded Fink for his slow attack efficiency, then sent him back to summon the caravan workers.
• Magat described Fink as an excellent young man and hoped Li Si would offer him a brighter future, but Li Si declined to intervene for now.

At the Fies Merchant Guild’s campsite, Fink celebrated helping defeat a Forest Python and challenged Li Si to a spar. Li Si overwhelmed him but discovered signs of an unusual physique that might be connected to Blood Wolf Entanglement, and considered how Fink’s talent could be useful later.

• The caravan celebrated Fink’s Forest Python haul, and Luo Kui rewarded him with Gold Coins.
• Fink boasted about the battle and challenged Li Si to a spar while the others watched.
• Li Si dominated Fink in the spar, testing his limits and leaving the young warrior exhausted.
• Li Si noticed that Fink’s skin turned vivid crimson under pressure and suspected his unusual physique might relate to Blood Wolf Entanglement.
• Li Si decided not to investigate Fink’s ability yet and began considering the talented young warrior’s future potential.

Li Si traveled with the White Wolf Mercenary Group, trained Fink, and then rejoined his caravan to continue studying arcane arts. The story shifted to the tense Fies–Bertich border, where Bertich’s trade disputes and military buildup had left Beilu City under a Blood-colored Longsword banner.

• Li Si gave Fink special training and discovered that the White Wolf Body Tempering Art did not explain Fink’s unusual strength.
• Li Si shared pastries with the White Wolf Mercenary Group, then said farewell to Fink and returned to his carriage.
• Li Si continued north with the caravan and immersed himself in studying arcane arts.
• Bertich’s rulers raised border transit taxes, and the Fies Kingdom retaliated with equivalent tariff increases.
• Bertich stationed troops in Duke Mccay Territory, and a Blood-colored Longsword banner flew over Beilu City.

Duke Milk Baird seized Beilu City in a swift surprise attack and forced Duke McKay to submit, while Duke Ramu invaded the Bertich Kingdom from another direction. In the northern Dillon Kingdom, Lucar Dillon learned of the war declaration and waited for confirmation of the Fies Kingdom’s movements and the Church of the Gods’ response.

• Duke Milk Baird led elite troops into Beilu City and captured it with almost no resistance.
• Baird had Duke McKay brought before him, threatened him with a spear, and made him agree to cooperate.
• Duke Ramu invaded the Bertich Kingdom from another direction, reigniting war in the east of the Fanor Continent.
• In the Dillon Kingdom, Lucar Dillon questioned a minister about the assassination in Can Guang City and the Fies Kingdom’s declaration of war.
• The minister told Lucar that Fies troop movements were still unknown and the Church of the Gods had remained silent.

Lukar prepared the Dillon Kingdom to exploit the Fies Kingdom’s war with the Bertich Kingdom, while Li Si reached Kuka City and visited its mercenary tavern to recruit players and gather intelligence. The war’s news had not yet reached the northern border, and Li Si asked the tavern waiter what had been happening in the city.

• Lukar ordered Anna to investigate the Church of the Gods, the war, and the northern Fies Kingdom, while gathering war supplies and halting ore and weapon exports.
• Human kingdoms across the Fanor Continent received news of the war, and tensions between other nations temporarily eased as they watched the conflict.
• The Firth Merchant Group arrived in Kuka City, where Li Si said goodbye to Fink and went to the mercenary tavern to look for players.
• Li Si found players drinking and carousing alongside mercenaries in the tavern, including one performing a striptease onstage.
• Li Si ordered ale from the waiter and asked whether anything interesting had happened in Kuka City.

Li Si learned that Lizi Kuka had fled her arranged engagement with help from Keleisi, revealing that the events of the dungeon Keleisi's Revenge were beginning. At the tavern, two players recognized Li Si as Marquis Kane and asked how he had come so far from Can Guang City.

• A waiter told Li Si that Lizi Kuka's engagement had been called off and Viscount Kuka had locked down the city while searching for someone.
• Li Si recalled the dungeon story in which Lizi fled with Keleisi, was fatally wounded, and later Keleisi returned to take revenge on Viscount Kuka.
• Li Si realized the dungeon's events had only just begun and wondered whether Keleisi already possessed the ring, then tipped the waiter another silver coin.
• Yi Yao Xiao Xing evaluated the tavern ale while Wu Tian Wu Sheng approached him and pointed out a man who resembled Li Si from Can Guang City.
• Wu Tian Wu Sheng and Yi Yao Xiao Xing asked the man whether he was Marquis Kane, and Li Si confirmed his identity and asked how they had recognized him.

Li Si recruited Yi Yao Xiao Xing and Wu Tian Wu Sheng into the White Dove Merchant Guild, then left the mercenary tavern to search for Keleisi and Lizi. He wanted to find Keleisi’s devil’s ring and the rare Styx Memory Thief Demon within it.

• Wu Tian Wu Sheng explained how he recognized Li Si, and he and Yi Yao Xiao Xing asked to join the White Dove Merchant Guild.
• Li Si admitted the two players to the guild, reprimanded Wu Tian Wu Sheng for his striptease, and showed them powerful goods they could not afford.
• After the players left, Li Si warned the attendant not to spread news of him and departed the tavern.
• Li Si recalled that Keleisi and Lizi had fled to Kuka City and planned to find them before Lizi died during their escape.
• Li Si sought the devil’s ring Keleisi wore because it contained a rare Styx Memory Thief Demon with a drop of Styx Essence.

Keleisi hid Viscount Kuka’s daughter, Lizi, after helping her escape an arranged marriage, but their refuge was discovered by a young man named Li Si. Li Si claimed he had come to help them and demonstrated his power, leaving Keleisi to let him inside.

• Lizi and Keleisi shared a meal in Keleisi’s house while hiding from the guards searching for Lizi.
• Keleisi recalled how Lizi had first come to her home and how she had helped Lizi flee her father’s marriage plans.
• Someone knocked, and Keleisi checked the peephole before finding a young man outside instead of guards.
• The young man introduced himself as Li Si from Can Guang City and said he had come to help Keleisi and Lizi.
• Li Si conjured a dark blue fireball and warned that the door could not stop him, so Keleisi opened it.