Chapter Summaries

Li Si and Aivar ventured deeper into God Spirit Island, where strange fruit trees attacked and the island’s divine power distorted their surroundings. The black cat identified the central palace and a nearby spot to the right as the island’s strongest sources of divine power.

• A vine attacked Li Si after he picked a banana, and he realized that an unknown force had interfered with his mind.
• Li Si confirmed he was no longer mentally affected, while Aivar abandoned his fruit and grew wary of the island’s danger.
• As Li Si and Aivar entered the misty forest, their detection range shrank and they felt an oppressive presence; Aivar noted that the island’s Sprites had disappeared.
• Li Si and Aivar walked through an apparently endless forest, though the black cat confirmed that only about half an hour had passed.
• The black cat explained that divine power caused the island’s strange effects and identified the central palace and a nearby place to the right as the strongest sources of its aura.
• Li Si paid the black cat ten Gold Coins and led Aivar toward the nearby source of divine power.

Li Si and Aivar found an ancient altar where four Petitioners still prayed to the fallen God of Storms and Thunder, Ansel. When the Petitioners attacked, Li Si discovered they could still use divine spells and began fighting them.

• Li Si followed the black cat’s directions and found a storm-patterned altar in a forest clearing, with four white-robed figures kneeling on its steps.
• The black cat identified the figures as Petitioners, and Li Si suspected the blue-green orb atop the altar was keeping them alive after Ansel’s fall.
• The altar’s mental influence overwhelmed Aivar, so Li Si sent him back to the forest’s edge while he approached the Petitioners alone.
• When Li Si stepped onto the altar, the four Petitioners turned toward him and attacked with the priest divine spell Searing Radiance.
• Li Si blocked the first blasts with protective spells, then used Forced Prowl to vanish and struck at the Petitioner on the far right.

Li Si defeated four petitioners guarding an altar in Ansel's ruined God Kingdom and obtained the Faith Crystal of Ansel. Black Cat revealed that the crystal contained the divine power aura it had sensed, leaving Li Si with a mysterious treasure that could benefit him.

• Li Si found that his dagger could not penetrate the petitioners' defenses, so he switched to spells and tested their strengths and weaknesses.
• While Li Si fought, Aivar felt compelled to head toward the island's center but suppressed the urge and stayed with him.
• Li Si exploited the petitioners' vulnerability to Earth spells and kept attacking until all four exhausted their energy and vanished.
• Li Si climbed the altar and took the blue-green orb, which was identified as the Faith Crystal of Ansel.
• Black Cat explained that such crystals guided Faith Power in churches and said the divine power aura it had sensed was inside the crystal.

Li Si absorbed Ansel’s Faith Crystal into Wisdom of Sphinx, restoring some of the Legendary accessory’s power, then continued with Aivar toward the island’s central palace. At the palace entrance, an aged voice welcomed Aivar as the descendant of its lord.

• Li Si let Wisdom of Sphinx devour Ansel’s Faith Crystal, raising its stored Divine Power to 64 and revealing a soul-enhancement effect.
• Li Si and Aivar left the altar ruins and followed the pale-blue stream toward the center of the island.
• Li Si questioned Aivar about feeling oppressed and considered whether his connection to the island and the Storm Trident fragment had been arranged.
• Li Si and Aivar reached a vast grassland and saw the azure palace with three spires behind it.
• As Li Si and Aivar approached the palace steps, an aged voice welcomed Aivar as the descendant of its lord.

Li Si and Aivar met Ansel, the spirit of God Ansiel’s high priest, who revealed that Aivar carried Ansiel’s divine bloodline and could receive an inheritance that might open the path to godhood. Aivar accepted, and Ansel led him and Li Si into the temple’s core, concealing a strange smile as they followed.

• Li Si and Aivar confronted Ansel, who identified himself as the high priest of the fallen God Ansiel.
• Ansel explained that the island was a fragment of Ansiel’s shattered God Kingdom and that the Storm Lord had likely caused Ansiel’s fall.
• Ansel awakened a response in Aivar’s body and revealed that Aivar was Ansiel’s descendant, with the cyan-blue power coming from his divine bloodline.
• Ansel said Ansiel’s inheritance could purify Aivar’s bloodline and give him an opportunity to ascend to godhood, though it would not guarantee success.
• After weighing his doubts, Aivar accepted the inheritance, and Ansel led him and Li Si into the temple while hiding a strange smile.

Li Si watched Aivar enter the Sea Holy Grail to receive Ansiel's divine inheritance, then questioned Ansel about the fallen god and the surviving petitioners. Ansel revealed his hostile intentions and forced Li Si to his knee with the statue's divine power.

• Li Si recognized the statue as God of Storms and Thunder Ansiel and learned that the Sea Holy Grail held Ansiel's divine inheritance.
• Ansel assured Aivar that the baptism was safe, and Aivar submerged himself in the pool and fell asleep as its power entered him.
• Li Si questioned Ansel about the surviving petitioners and learned that Ansiel had been defeated by the Storm Lord.
• Ansel admitted Ansiel had fallen but said that would soon change, then unleashed the statue's power against Li Si.
• Li Si was forced to one knee under the crushing divine pressure.

Li Si endured Ansel’s divine pressure and learned that Ansel planned to resurrect himself by taking over Aivar’s body. After Ansel tried to kill him, Li Si revealed he had used a mirror image to escape and confronted Ansel with a sharp object that appeared to threaten his resurrection.

• Li Si resisted the Divine Statue’s assault, and Ansel explained that he was a fragment of Ansiel created to restore the fallen God.
• Ansel revealed that Aivar’s body was being strengthened for his resurrection and offered Li Si the role of his first divine envoy, but Li Si refused.
• Ansel increased the pressure on Li Si and attacked him, but Li Si suspected Ansel’s power was confined to the temple and used a mirror image to escape.
• Li Si told Ansel he had guessed his nature and chose to let the resurrection proceed because he thought it could benefit Aivar.
• Li Si showed Ansel a sharp object, and Ansel cried out in terror when he recognized it.

Li Si uncovered Ansiel’s plan to use the Storm Trident fragment as the vessel for his soul core and take over Aivar’s body. After Li Si extracted the core with his talent, he destroyed it, ending Ansiel’s existence while Aivar remained asleep.

• Li Si deduced that Ansiel had sent Aivar away with the Storm Trident fragment to conceal his soul core and prepare to possess Aivar.
• Ansiel offered Li Si treasures and divine power, but Li Si refused to trust him and accused him of lacking the strength to act outside the temple.
• Li Si used his talent to control the fragment and draw Ansiel’s soul core out of it.
• Ansiel begged Li Si to spare him and offered knowledge, power, and servitude.
• Li Si crushed Ansiel’s soul core, and Ansiel’s spectral body vanished from the temple.

Li Si absorbed Ansel’s remaining divine power from the Holy Grail, fused three kinds of divinity, and gained progress toward Extraordinary Domains. He discovered that Ansel’s lingering will remained within the divinity, leaving him to resist its influence as he examined his new powers.

• Li Si confirmed that Ansel’s remnant soul had been destroyed, checked on the sleeping Aivar, and returned to the temple in his true body.
• Li Si used Wisdom of Sphinx to absorb the Holy Grail’s divine power, but strands of divinity entered his soul and subjected him to repeated, painful impacts.
• Li Si endured the divinity fusion assessment and successfully fused Divinity Storm, Divinity Thunder, and Divinity Wave.
• Li Si briefly spoke as if he were Ansel and realized that Ansel’s will and memories remained in the divinity, though Wisdom of Sphinx helped him regain control.
• Li Si checked his system panel and learned that he had mastered all three divinities, begun comprehending Extraordinary Domains, and gained the Extraordinary Domain Controller specialty and Extraordinary Domain milestone.

Li Si survived Ansel’s attempt to possess Aivar, absorbed the god’s power, and gained new abilities and rewards from the island. After returning to the Eagle, Li Si spent his accumulated experience to break through to another level.

• Li Si enhanced Wisdom of Sphinx with the divine power he had collected, upgrading its Divergent Arcane Revelation effect to Legendary-level.
• Li Si tested his three Extraordinary Domains and wrecked much of Ansel Temple while keeping Aivar safe in the pool.
• Aivar woke with a strengthened body and new powers, and Li Si confirmed that Ansel’s remnant soul was gone.
• Li Si and Aivar left the island, and the system completed Ansiel’s Grudge, awarding Li Si 45 million experience points and the Ocean Blessing specialty.
• Li Si teleported away from the Eagle and used his accumulated experience to begin another breakthrough.

After reaching Level 100, Li Si received the Gold-level Cross-Rank Challenge quest and chose to hunt Blood Shark Patrick, but Ansel’s lingering will threatened to interfere. He asked Teacher Stephens how to handle it, and Stephens recognized the seriousness of Li Si’s achievement and prepared to help.

• Li Si spent 135 million experience to reach Level 100, passed the breakthrough evaluations, and received the quest to defeat a Gold-level professional.
• Li Si chose Blood Shark Patrick as his target rather than returning to Can Guang City to challenge Welf, and planned to prepare carefully before the fight.
• Ansel’s lingering will disrupted Li Si, so he contacted Teacher Stephens for advice on removing or controlling it.
• At Can Guang City’s Fes Royal Magic Academy, Teacher Stephens continued training Gold Dragon Ludwig while monitoring Li Si’s message.
• Stephens was astonished that Li Si had fused with divinity and replied that he had experience with the problem, considering going to help him.

Li Si finished digesting the residual will in Ansel’s divinity and waited at Giant Horn Island for Blood Shark Patrick, whose extraordinary ship had repeatedly eluded him. When Aivar reported that the Hurricane had entered the port, Li Si went ashore to confront Patrick, who had just disembarked.

• Li Si continued training with divine power, strengthening his Extraordinary Domain while the Eagle’s crew hunted pirates and waited for news of Blood Shark Patrick.
• Li Si learned that Patrick’s extraordinary ship, the Hurricane, was difficult to catch, so he laid an ambush near Giant Horn Island, a port the ship often visited for supplies.
• Aivar spotted the Hurricane entering Giant Horn Island’s port and hurried back to alert Li Si.
• Li Si took Aivar’s small boat toward the port to meet Patrick.
• Patrick disembarked from the Hurricane, and his fearsome aura silenced two port workers.

Li Si ambushed Blood Shark Patrick at Giant Horn Island Harbor and lured him out to sea, where he revealed the extraordinary power behind his spells. Patrick recognized Li Si’s Extraordinary Domain just as Li Si unleashed three enhanced Arcanes that threatened the Gold-level druid.

• Patrick met with Jesseia at Storm Tavern, learned the Church of All Beasts’ operation in the Fies Kingdom had failed, and heard that Jesseia had rebuilt the Church’s covert network in Bertich.
• Li Si waited at the docks for Patrick and arranged for Aivar to bring Charles and Bazel to seize the Hurricane once Patrick was lured away.
• Li Si struck Patrick with Repulsion Spell and sent him flying from the harbor out over the sea.
• Patrick transformed into a blood-red shark, pursued Li Si, and stopped him with water spears.
• Li Si unleashed three six-ring Arcanes, and Patrick realized Li Si possessed an Extraordinary Domain.

Li Si used his Extraordinary Domains and a surprise melee attack to trap and wound Patrick, but Patrick turned the battle into a direct fight and broke Li Si’s arm with a counterattack. Li Si survived because his newly created Sage Robe absorbed much of the blow, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Charles, Aivar, and Bazel watched Li Si and Patrick fight, then crept toward the Hurricane to prepare to take it over.
• Li Si used his Extraordinary Domains to combine lightning, wind, and water spells, trapping Patrick in a dangerous sea cage.
• Li Si buffed himself, approached Patrick under Stealth, and drove a longsword into his back with Backstab.
• Patrick stopped trying to escape, resisted Li Si’s Fear Aura, and charged at him with a bite.
• Li Si blocked Patrick’s charge with a shield, but Patrick struck him with his tail and broke his left arm.
• Li Si emerged from the sea alive as his Sage Robe restored itself, having absorbed much of Patrick’s attack.

Li Si defeated Gold-level pirate Patrick after a brutal battle, resisting Patrick’s attempt to seize his body through Soul Invasion. He appeared over the Hurricane with Patrick’s corpse, leaving the pirates stunned and marking his rise as a new power in the Pearl Sea.

• Li Si used the Acid Mist Spell and the Klosterman Heavy Arrow Technique to injure Patrick, then continued attacking as Patrick transformed through the power of the Lord of All Beasts.
• Li Si fought the blackened Patrick with Shadow Assault, blue flames, a spear, and a massive warhammer, but Patrick revealed that he had feigned losing his reason and restrained Li Si with vines.
• Patrick invaded Li Si’s soul to take control of his body, but Li Si overwhelmed and destroyed Patrick’s soul in his sea of consciousness.
• Li Si emerged unharmed as Patrick’s transformed body faded, leaving Patrick dead and floating on the sea.
• Li Si appeared over the Hurricane and threw Patrick’s corpse onto the deck, shocking the pirates and ending the battle in silence.

After killing Patrick, Li Si claimed the rewards for the cross-rank victory and began his Gold-level breakthrough at sea. He completed a second baptism of world power and ended the chapter as a Gold-level Arcanist, examining his greatly increased attributes.

• Li Si used his Thunder Domain to kill Patrick's Silver-level and Bronze-level followers, then ordered Aivar, Charles, and Bazel to bind the surviving pirates and sail to the Eagle.
• Li Si recovered at sea and reviewed the quest rewards for defeating Patrick, including new specialties, skills, milestones, and an evolved Omnipotent - Li Si.
• Li Si activated his Gold-level breakthrough after receiving the World Baptism status, enduring the transformation of his body and soul as world power entered him.
• Li Si advanced to Gold-level, gained the benefits of his rank and a second baptism of world power, and received the World Baptism specialty.
• Li Si tested his expanded perception, reflected on his year of adventures, and examined his new Gold-level attributes.

After killing Blood Shark Patrick, Li Si returned to the Hurricane having advanced to Gold-level and decided to use his victory to build his reputation around the Pearl Sea. He found and recruited the future Pirate King Ariel, whose nonstop chatter quickly tested Li Si’s patience.

• Li Si appeared on the Hurricane, and Charles realized that Li Si had advanced to Gold-level after killing Patrick.
• Li Si ordered Charles to hang Patrick’s corpse from the prow, then inspected the Hurricane and considered its intricate magic rune circuits.
• Li Si decided to send the captured pirates to Dan’erluo Port so his victory over Patrick would help spread his name.
• Li Si discovered that a concealed Silver-level spellcaster among the prisoners was Ariel, a future Pirate King known for his incessant talking.
• Ariel praised Li Si in a nonstop sung poem, so Li Si cast a Human Hold Spell that froze him and sealed his mouth.

Li Si returned to Giant Horn Port aboard Hurricane with Blood Shark Patrick’s corpse and demanded Patrick’s pirates be handed over. After Halile invoked the port’s rules, Li Si revealed he was Marquis Kane of the Fies Kingdom and overwhelmed the harbor with a giant tsunami, forcing Halile to yield.

• De Leon asked Rice to investigate Patrick’s disappearance, but Rice stalled while waiting for the situation to unfold.
• Hurricane returned with Blood Shark Patrick’s corpse hanging from its bow, and Charles announced that the Eagle Pirate Group had claimed the ship and demanded Patrick’s men.
• Rice told Charles that Li Si would need to speak with Halile before taking the pirates, so Li Si appeared above a massive fireball and introduced himself as Marquis Kane of the Fies Kingdom.
• Li Si attacked Halile with the fireball, then summoned a towering tsunami that threatened to destroy Giant Horn Port.
• Halile recognized Li Si’s overwhelming power, surrendered Patrick’s men, and pleaded for forgiveness.

Li Si sailed the Hurricane from Giant Horn Port to Dan'erluo Port with Helen, intending to bring her to meet John Bertich as the Fies Kingdom advanced on Huang Shi City. After revealing that he was both the captain of the Eagle and Marquis Kane, Li Si asked Dan'erluo Port’s Gold-level leaders whether they would work for him.

• Halile handed Li Si Blood Shark Patrick’s pirates and valuable gifts, and Li Si gave the gifted Space Ring to Helen.
• Li Si told Helen that he planned to visit the front near Huang Shi City and offered her the chance to see John Bertich; Helen agreed to go with him.
• The Hurricane reached Dan’erluo Port, where Ivor and Grace blocked its way and learned that Li Si had killed Patrick and wanted to claim the pirates’ bounties.
• Ivor and Grace escorted Li Si to their manor, where he disclosed that he was the captain of the Eagle and Marquis Kane of the Fies Kingdom.
• Li Si asked Ivor and Grace whether they were interested in working for him.

Li Si persuaded Ivor and Grace to swear allegiance by revealing his ties to Legendary powerhouses and promising them an opportunity to receive a Legend’s guidance. He left Dan'erluo Port in their care and set out for Huang Shi City, intending to claim the port as his territory when he returned.

• Li Si told Ivor and Grace that he planned to request Dan'erluo Port as his fief and revealed that the Flame of Judgement was his teacher.
• Li Si promised Ivor and Grace an opportunity to receive guidance from a Legendary Majesty, and they agreed to swear allegiance to him if he fulfilled that promise.
• Li Si instructed Ivor and Grace to guard Dan'erluo Port and make arrangements to help him control the city.
• Li Si entrusted the Hurricane to Aivar and Charles, left them a crystal ball to summon him, and told Aivar to discipline Ariel.
• Li Si departed with Helen and Bazel, declaring that his next destination was Huang Shi City.