Chapter Summaries

Li Si watched the Snow Bear Army and Snow Eagle Army seize Ice Peak City as fear and bloodshed fed an abyssal ritual. The Demon Envoy sacrificed himself to open a stable rift, revealing the Abyss beyond.

• Li Si entered Ice Peak City and saw the Snow Eagle Army emerge from a portal to attack the City Guard Army while spreading out to block reinforcements.
• Li Si sensed unnatural fear and madness rising from the battle and suspected Duke Ward’s forces were fueling a Demon Gate ritual.
• Iden Woolf led the Snow Bear Army through the city gate, helping the Snow Eagle Army defeat the defenders and advance toward the Ice Fortress Royal Palace.
• Anna discovered that King Lukar was missing and could not locate Lord Wrath of the Northlands as Duke Ward arrived in the city.
• The Demon Envoy appeared, thanked Strand Ward, sacrificed himself into a blood-red vortex, and opened the Demon Gate to the Abyss.

Li Si watched Duke Ward's forces and the Royal Court Guard Army battle the Abyss demons pouring into Ice Peak City, while the Ice and Snow Goddess Church contained two other Demon Gates. Just as the humans seemed close to driving back the invasion, a white meteor vanished above the city and rain began to fall, which Li Si recognized as World's Lament.

• Li Si observed the largest Demon Gate open before the Ice Fortress Royal Palace, while Duke Ward realized Demon Envoy Shaz Wood had opened it despite their abandoned alliance.
• Duke Ward's Snow Bear Army and Snow Eagle Army formed up and fought the demons, while Anna and the palace ministers searched in vain for King Lukar.
• A flood of demons emerged from the Space Rift, and Duke Ward led his soldiers against them as his forces contained the battlefield and sent troops toward the other gates.
• The Ice and Snow Goddess Church sealed the two smaller Demon Gates with holy power, and Anna brought the Royal Court Guard Army and enshrined experts to reinforce Duke Ward.
• Human forces pushed the demons toward the largest Space Rift until a thunderous white meteor crossed the sky and disappeared, bringing rain that Li Si identified as World's Lament.

Li Si realized the World's Lament marked Hitty Whitman's death and suspected the hidden mastermind had changed course because of Moriarty's actions. At the battlefield, a mutilated Lukar revealed Whitman's corpse and unleashed a brutal assault, while Li Si identified the king as Demogorgon's Mental Sub-body and prepared to use a crystal ball.

• Li Si connected the World's Lament over Ice Peak City to Hitty Whitman's death and reasoned that Moriarty's arrival and Duke Ward's troop movements might have changed the mastermind's plans.
• Anna noticed a rift opening above the royal palace, where a horribly wounded Lukar appeared and dropped Hitty Whitman's corpse before Duke Ward.
• Duke Ward and Anna concealed Whitman's death and urged the troops to keep fighting, but Lukar announced the killing, summoned more demons, and battered the army with blood-red attacks.
• Duke Ward thought of Moriarty as the city's last hope while the Ice and Snow Goddess Church's lights faded in the distance.
• Li Si dodged Lukar's bloodlight, saw the system identify Lukar as Demogorgon’s Mental Sub-body, and took a crystal ball from his Storage Ring.

Li Si summoned Stephens to Ice Peak City, where Stephens confronted the Abyss Lord possessing Lukar while Li Si prepared to close the Demon Gate with Dream Power. As Duke Ward rallied the defenders, Li Si’s illusory doorway shattered and unleashed a huge golden pillar of light toward the gate.

• Li Si recognized that Demogorgon likely possessed Lukar and contacted Stephens for help.
• Stephens arrived, protected Li Si, and went to confront Lukar after granting Li Si a forced teleportation spell.
• Stephens and Lukar disappeared in a flash of light as Stephens used Wrath of Gaia to engage him.
• Moriarty urged Duke Ward to hold back the demons and evacuate civilians once the Death Cult was ready, so Duke Ward led the defenders in a desperate counterattack.
• Li Si used Dream Power to open a passage to the Dream World, but the illusory doorway cracked and exploded, sending a golden pillar of light toward the Demon Gate.

Duke Ward and Anna retreated as Li Si’s unleashed Dream World power destroyed the main Demon Gate, while Stephens fought Demogorgon, who abandoned Lukar’s body after testing the Legendary Mage. The remaining gates were sealed, but escaped demons spread into the Dillon Kingdom, leaving Ice Peak City devastated and unable to continue its planned invasion of the Fies Kingdom.

• Duke Ward ordered the defenders to retreat, and a golden pillar destroyed the main Demon Gate and the demons gathered around it.
• Anna asked Duke Ward about the golden pillar, but he postponed the explanation and led him and the soldiers to help seal the other Demon Gates.
• Li Si treated his injuries after the Dream World Doorway’s power overwhelmed his control array, then teleported home and collapsed unconscious.
• Stephens fought Lukar, whom Demogorgon controlled, and Demogorgon abandoned the body after concluding that Stephens was too powerful to challenge.
• The Ice and Snow Goddess Church sealed the other two Demon Gates, while Duke Ward and Anna hunted down demons that had regained their reason and fled.
• Dozens of demons escaped into other regions of the Dillon Kingdom, and the losses left Ice Peak City’s forces unable to invade the Fies Kingdom.

After recovering from the Demon Gate battle, Li Si learned that Demogorgon might be behind the attack and resolved to act more cautiously. Stephens gave him a powerful Space Magic inheritance, and Li Si reviewed the rewards he had gained for destroying the Demon Gate as he looked toward growing stronger.

• Li Si woke at Kinnear Simon's residence, where Stephens told him he had taken away Demogorgon's body but found no useful information and warned that a powerful Abyss Lord's plans remained unclear.
• Stephens praised Li Si's handling of the crisis, cautioned him that Demogorgon might have noticed him, and gave him Stephens' Space Analysis Handbook.
• Li Si reflected on his overconfidence and resolved to be more careful without becoming timid or passive.
• Li Si absorbed the inheritance and discovered it contained Stephens' extensive research on Space Magic, including advanced teleportation techniques.
• Li Si checked his system rewards and gained experience, Demon Hunter and Dimension Destroyer specialties, the Unknown Hero specialty, the Lament of Ice Peak City milestone, and Dream Materialization.

Li Si reflected on the damage the Demon Gate crisis had dealt the Dillon Kingdom while King Strand Dillon struggled to restore order and feared Lukar might return. When Li Si visited Strand, he revealed that Demogorgon had possessed Lukar and was dead, then refused any reward, leaving Strand desperate to secure the Death Cult’s continued support.

• Li Si assessed how the destruction in Ice Peak City and the Dillon Kingdom’s military losses had removed its threat to the Fies Kingdom, then rested to recover from Dream Refraction’s backlash.
• Strand Dillon took the throne, reassured Lukar’s former supporters, and reassigned Viscount Jacobo Bytes to Frost Snow Fortress as punishment for betraying him.
• Strand worried that the missing Lukar might return and set aside time to sleep in hopes of contacting Mr. Moriarty.
• Li Si appeared in the Ice Fortress Royal Palace, congratulated Strand, and told him that Lukar was dead because Demon Prince Demogorgon had possessed his body.
• Strand asked how to repay the Death Cult for its help, but Li Si said he wanted nothing, leaving Strand distressed about losing a powerful potential ally.

After the battle in Dillon Kingdom, Strand sought the Death Cult’s protection, while Li Si arranged support for the kingdom and planned to travel east to strengthen his other classes. The chapter ended with Strand meeting Moriarty in secret and presenting rare materials to secure an alliance.

• Strand asked Moriarty what Dillon Kingdom would have to offer in exchange for protection from a Legendary powerhouse, and Moriarty promised to pass along the request.
• Li Si told Joyce about the crisis in Dillon Kingdom and asked him to support Strand; Joyce agreed to send an avatar to the kingdom.
• Li Si told Joyce he planned to cross Dillon Kingdom on foot and travel by sea to Bertich Kingdom, using the journey to train his other classes, test his limits, and develop his monk talent.
• Li Si ended the call and rested, intending to ease his soul injuries before setting out.
• Strand met Moriarty at Garsa Warehouse No. 6 and presented precious metals and Magic Gems, convinced the Death Cult was an ally against Demogorgon.

Li Si left Ice Peak City with precious magical metals from Strand and traveled east across the frozen Dillon Kingdom, training his body and mind through prolonged exposure to the cold. As his cold resistance grew, a new system notification sounded, leaving the chapter on an unexplained development.

• Li Si accepted Strand’s trove of rare metals and gave him a bead carrying the aura of a Legendary existence, promising that a lord would meet him soon.
• Li Si teleported out of Garsa Warehouse and left Ice Peak City, heading east into the snowy wilderness.
• Li Si began ascetic-style training, traveling in thin clothes while enduring frostbite and studying Arcane arts.
• Li Si periodically stopped to warm himself and recover his Health Points, avoiding the use of his emergency artifacts as training crutches.
• After several days of training, Li Si heard a different sound from the system.

Li Si entered the Corea Hills and trained by fighting a powerful Ice Rage Bear with a series of weapons and combat skills. After killing it and roasting its paws, he sensed someone outside the cave and invited them in.

• Li Si advanced to Mid-level Cold Resistance and continued east toward the Corea Hills.
• Li Si attacked an Ice Rage Bear but found its Ice Armor deflected his dagger strikes.
• Li Si switched between a shield, longbow, and longswords to exploit the bear’s clumsiness and weaken its defenses.
• Li Si defeated the Ice Rage Bear and roasted its paws in a cave.
• Li Si sensed someone outside the cave and invited them to share the meal.

Li Si met the Druid Isidore in his cave and shared roasted bear paws with him before Isidore continued his journey. Days later, Li Si stalked the young white dragon Tobias and attacked him as he ate in his mountain nest.

• Isidore introduced himself to Li Si, accepted a roasted bear paw, and complained that he was tired of chewing grass.
• After eating, Isidore thanked Li Si and left the cave, while Li Si suspected he was avoiding trouble.
• Li Si spent several days observing a young white dragon and chose it as a target to test his training.
• Tobias recalled being driven from his mother's nest and struggled to find enough food, having previously escaped a pack of snow wolves.
• As Tobias ate an elk in his nest, Li Si struck from the shadows and stabbed the dragon's abdomen with a dagger.

Li Si ambushed and killed the young white dragon Tobias in its nest, earning powerful dragon-slaying rewards. He then turned to the valuable corpse and prepared to harvest it.

• Li Si wounded Tobias’s abdomen with a dagger empowered by Advanced Magic Weapon and Shadow Assault, then dodged the dragon’s attacks.
• Li Si used Forced Prowl to vanish from Tobias’s sight and positioned himself above the dragon in the nest.
• Li Si dropped onto Tobias and used Destructive Blow to sever one of its wings, preventing its escape.
• Li Si defeated and killed Tobias after the injured dragon made a final attempt to fight back.
• Li Si received the Dragon Slayer and Hunting Master specialties, two milestones, and 800,000 experience points for killing Tobias.
• Li Si examined his rewards and prepared to harvest the dragon’s corpse for its valuable parts.

Li Si harvested a young white dragon’s remains, used its blood to strengthen himself, and gained powerful new traits. After training across the Corea Hills, he reached the busy coastal Ward City and headed for its Mercenary Guild.

• Li Si collected the white dragon’s blood and essence blood, then processed and stored its body as materials.
• Li Si bathed in the dragon blood and gained the White Dragon trait, which increased all his attributes and granted spell and cold damage resistance.
• Li Si searched the abandoned Dragon Nest and found several Frost Gems before leaving.
• Li Si continued his ascetic training and gained three basic physical combat traits.
• Li Si crossed the Corea Hills, arrived at Ward City, paid the entry tax, and went to the Mercenary Guild.

Li Si visited Ward City's Mercenary Guild to learn about the city's growing sea trade and sell the magical beast materials he had collected. He stunned the mercenaries by producing a huge pile from his spatial storage, leaving even the boastful Charles impressed and cautious.

• Li Si walked through Ward City and listened as mercenaries discussed voyages to the Bertich Kingdom and the dangers of sea travel.
• Charles described the two-month voyage to Dana Port, warned about seasickness, and said the Church of the Ocean Goddess might establish a church in Ward City.
• Li Si considered how new churches could bring navigation and shipbuilding knowledge that would help Ward City and Dan'erluo Port develop.
• Li Si told Theodore that he wanted to sell magical beast materials, then produced a three-meter-tall pile from his storage item.
• Charles and the other mercenaries recognized Li Si as a powerful figure, and Charles quietly sat down rather than challenge him.

Li Si sold a large haul of magical beast materials to the Mercenary Guild and asked manager Rude to find him a berth on a proven ship sailing to the Bertich Kingdom. As Li Si waited in Ward City, he spotted an unusual child beggar, stopped him with Mage Hand, and suspected he might be a future big shot.

• Li Si sold materials worth thirteen thousand Gold Coins to the Mercenary Guild and had the payment converted into low-grade Magic Gems and Elemental Crystals.
• Li Si asked Rude to find him a berth on a merchant ship that had already returned from the Bertich Kingdom, and Rude agreed to look for one.
• Li Si considered the Bertich Kingdom's war with the Fies Kingdom as he searched Ward City for an inn.
• Li Si noticed a filthy, shivering child beggar and approached him instead of entering the inn.
• The child tried to flee, but Li Si used Mage Hand to lift him into the air and wondered if he was another future big shot.

Li Si met the starving beggar Evans in Ward City, fed her, and took her to an inn before traveling to the Bertich Kingdom. After cleaning her up, he discovered that Evans was actually Helen Evans, the future Pirate Queen Mad Helen.

• Li Si gave the hungry beggar Evans cake and milk, and she began to trust him.
• Li Si invited Evans to accompany him to the Bertich Kingdom, and she agreed.
• Li Si defended Evans from an inn attendant, paid for a room, clothes, and a bath, and brought her upstairs.
• Li Si cleaned Evans and realized from her appearance that she was a girl.
• Evans confirmed that her full name was Helen Evans, and Li Si recognized her as the future Pirate Queen Mad Helen.

Li Si recognized the young beggar Evans as the future Pirate Queen Mad Helen and sheltered her while planning for the pirate chaos ahead in the Pearl Sea. After arranging passage for himself and Helen aboard a merchant ship, he prepared to leave Ward City for Dana Port.

• Li Si discovered that Evans was a girl and recognized her as the future pirate Helen, then carried her to her room and arranged clean clothes and food for her.
• Li Si recalled the coming pirate wars in the Pearl Sea and considered how the Bertich Kingdom’s conflict with Fies would leave its shipping routes vulnerable.
• Helen cautiously enjoyed her warm room and food, then wondered what Li Si’s name was.
• Li Si asked Rude to find a ship to Dana Port and spent the next two days gathering supplies and training while Helen rested at the inn.
• Rude arranged passage aboard the Milne Chamber of Commerce ship Mermaid, and Li Si planned to board with Helen the following morning.

Li Si and Helen boarded the merchant ship Mermaid in Ward City to sail south toward the Bertich Kingdom. Captain Loren warned Li Si that pirate attacks had increased, and the ship departed the next morning with Li Si agreeing to help protect it.

• Theodore led Li Si and Helen to the Mermaid, where third mate Mans showed them to their cramped private cabin.
• Li Si settled Helen into the cabin, then saw Charles board the Mermaid and recognized him as an unusual Hunter-class extraordinary individual.
• Captain Loren told Li Si that pirates had been attacking merchant ships near Dana Port and asked him to help defend the Mermaid.
• The Mermaid raised anchor the next morning and carried Li Si and Helen south toward the Bertich Kingdom.

Li Si and the Mermaid’s crew endured a storm at sea, with Aivar’s warning and divine power helping the ship weather it. After the storm passed, a beautiful, dreamlike song suddenly enveloped the ship and affected everyone on deck.

• Helen went onto the deck with Li Si, but the approaching storm frightened her because it recalled a pirate ship sinking in a storm.
• Aivar warned Captain Loren that a storm was coming, and the crew hurried to secure the Mermaid before it hit.
• Li Si returned to the cabin with Helen, eased her distress with Resistance Boost, and used Floating Spell to keep her safe as the ship rode the violent waves.
• Aivar’s faint blue power shielded the Mermaid from the worst of the waves, and the storm passed after an hour.
• Captain Loren called for a celebration, but a beautiful song suddenly reached the deck and left Loren and the others longing and struggling.

Li Si saved the Mermaid’s crew from a group of Sirens and learned that Aivar had once found a mysterious island after surviving a shipwreck. Aivar asked Li Si how he could return to the island, leaving its nature and location unresolved.

• Li Si immobilized the Mermaid’s crew, flew to the Sirens, and stunned them with Thunder Domain.
• Li Si captured one Siren, killed the others, and returned to release the crew from his spell.
• Captain Loren thanked Li Si, who identified the attackers as Sirens and advised the crew to seek divine blessings for future voyages.
• Li Si checked that Helen was safe, then met Aivar outside his cabin.
• Aivar told Li Si that, after a storm two or three years earlier, he had reached a beautiful island with a rainbow bridge, fruit trees, fairies, and a sapphire-blue palace before waking back at sea.
• Aivar asked Li Si how he could find and set foot on the island again.