Chapter Summaries

Li Si and Cecile crossed the Elf Forest toward the Bolin Kingdom, where Cecile hoped to escape an attack targeting her Sun Elf Bloodline. Elf Rangers and fighters ambushed them, and Li Si subdued their attackers while trying to explain that he had not captured Cecile.

• Cecile told Li Si she had chosen the route through the Elf Forest because it was shorter and seemed safer than traveling through a human kingdom.
• An Elf Ranger shot an arrow at Li Si, and three elf professionals rushed toward him and Cecile.
• Li Si hurled a shield at Elusa, forcing her to retreat, then broke Pedroes’s rapier and knocked him into a tree.
• Li Si seized Gadley’s hands, forced him to his knees, and knocked him unconscious while dodging Elusa’s attacks and another arrow.
• Li Si told Elusa that Cecile was not an elf slave he had captured.

Li Si and Cecile encountered an elf patrol that mistook him for a slave hunter, then later found the Black Panther Slave Hunter Group transporting two captive elves in the Elf Forest. Li Si began a surprise attack on the group, whose leader Welber sensed danger just before an arrow struck one of his men.

• Elusa and Elsa realized Li Si and Cecile were not slave hunters after Li Si defeated the elf patrol and left with Cecile.
• Two days later, Li Si spotted the Black Panther Slave Hunter Group resting in Akala River Valley with two unconscious elves.
• Li Si accepted a Gold-level quest to defeat the group and protect the captives, then sent Cecile to hide and approached in stealth.
• Welber sensed danger and ordered his group to leave, but an arrow from the forest struck the warrior carrying one of the elves.
• Welber drew his bow and fired toward the place where the attack had come from.

Li Si rescued two captured elves by defeating Welber and his Black Panther Slave Hunter Group in the Elf Forest. After killing Welber, Li Si’s staff mastery rose to Legendary-level.

• Welber ordered his companions to move the captured elves, but Li Si’s hidden arrows killed two of them when they tried to take the elves.
• Welber tracked Li Si and attacked him, but Li Si blocked his strike and used Shadow Shuttle to kill the remaining companions.
• Welber abandoned the captured elves and fled, but Li Si pursued him and stopped his escape with spells.
• Welber unleashed Arrow Rain Storm, but Li Si survived behind layered barriers and exposed Welber’s traps.
• Li Si killed Welber, completed the commission quest, and raised his staff mastery to Legendary-level.

Li Si defeated Welber, gained new abilities, and discovered that one of the rescued elves was a pure-blooded Moon Elf. He summoned the Elf Guard, whose arriving members recognized him and were shocked to learn whom he had rescued.

• Li Si gained Legendary-level Staff Mastery, new specialties and skills, and the Legendary Skill Master milestone after defeating Welber and completing Cecile's commission.
• Li Si returned to Cecile and found that the two captive elves were safe; Cecile treated them and Li Si discovered the silver-haired girl had silver eyes, marking her as a Moon Elf.
• Cecile crushed a gemstone to summon the Elf Guard, and Li Si waited with her while she tended to the unconscious elves.
• Elusa and Elsa hurried to the signal, recognized Li Si, and cautiously approached after he told them he had sent the alert.
• Cecile explained that they had rescued the elves from a Slave Hunter Group and revealed that one was a Moon Elf, leaving Elusa stunned.

Li Si and the elves learned that the rescued girl, Daphne Gladis, was a Moon Elf from the secluded Elf Village Tyrion. As they waited for Baldivia, Daphne revealed that the Elf Court had been sealed off by Illicel, leaving Li Si and Cecile worried that something was wrong.

• Elusa confirmed that Daphne was a Moon Elf and thanked Li Si for rescuing her from the Slave Hunter Group.
• Daphne woke up, learned that Li Si had saved her, and introduced herself before explaining that she had sneaked out of Tyrion with Polly.
• Li Si inferred that Tyrion might be accessible through teleportation and learned that Daphne had traveled with her sisters toward the Elf Court.
• Daphne said Illicel had barred entry to the Elf Court, prompting Cecile and Elusa to wonder what had happened.
• Li Si questioned Daphne and Elusa about the elves while waiting for Baldivia, but learned little beyond general information about Emerald City.

Li Si and Cecile continued toward the Bolin Kingdom after meeting Xian Dai Er Baldivia, who took Daphne back to Emerald City and gave Li Si a token. Near the edge of the Elf Forest, an attacker ambushed Cecile with a shadow dagger.

• Li Si learned that Zhuonuo City was sealed and considered seeking Elder Illicel for information about the Elf Court.
• Xian Dai Er arrived with Pedroes and Gadley, apologized for her squad's earlier attack, and recognized that Li Si had received Goddess Fenriria's blessing.
• Xian Dai Er found Daphne, reprimanded her for secretly leaving Emerald City, and invited Li Si and Cecile to travel with her to the city.
• Li Si declined the invitation, accepted Xian Dai Er's token, and agreed to carry Cecile's letter to her father in the Bolin Kingdom.
• Several days later, Li Si and Cecile neared the edge of the Elf Forest, where a shadow dagger flew toward Cecile and Li Si knocked it aside.

Li Si protected Cecile from Sink, a Gold-level assassin who had been sent to kill her, and suspected the attack was tied to Demogorgon and the Elf Court’s destruction. After Sink revealed his Abyssal power, Li Si killed him, leaving the mystery of why Cecile was targeted unresolved.

• Li Si intercepted Sink’s ambush on Cecile and forced the assassin into a retreating fight through Elf Forest.
• While fighting Sink, Li Si considered whether Cecile’s Sun Elf Bloodline connected her assassination to Demogorgon’s plans against the Elf Court.
• Li Si stopped Sink from escaping and demanded to know who had sent him, but Sink claimed the Assassin Guild had assigned the mission.
• Sink’s Abyssal power erupted as he fled, confirming Li Si’s suspicion that he served Demogorgon.
• Li Si caught Sink, overwhelmed him with his iron hammer, and found a Space Ring among the assassin’s remains.

Li Si defeated the assassin who had targeted Cecile and discovered a Source Blood Crystal that tracked Sun Elf bloodlines. On the road through the Bolin Kingdom, he found a young vampire named Augustus whose blood aura reminded him of Angela, and watched as two of Andre’s followers tried to capture him.

• Li Si searched Sink’s Storage Ring, found the Source Blood Crystal locked onto the Sun Elf bloodline, and used it to locate Cecile.
• Li Si reassured Cecile that he had dealt with the assassin, and they continued toward Akote City in the Bolin Kingdom.
• In Vak Viscount Territory, Li Si sensed a familiar aura and approached a battle between Augustus and the vampires Valentine and Morin.
• Valentine and Morin tried to make Augustus return to Lord Andre, while Augustus insulted them and fought back using his rapid regeneration.
• Li Si recognized all three as Silver-level vampires and noticed that Augustus’s unusually pure blood aura resembled Angela’s.

Li Si rescued Augustus from vampires hunting him and learned that Angela was in Akote City. He arrived there with Cecile to meet an elf elder, leaving the meeting about to begin.

• Augustus unleashed power granted by Angela, but Morin and Valentine recognized it was fading and cornered him as he tried to flee.
• Li Si intervened, killed Valentine, and let Morin escape after marking her.
• Li Si questioned Augustus, learned he was heading to Akote City to find Angela, and told him to ask her to stay there.
• Augustus buried Valentine and hurried toward Akote City, while Li Si returned to Cecile and traveled with her to the capital.
• Li Si and Cecile reached the elf station and waited for the elder, who entered the reception room.

At the Akote City elf encampment, Ricardo Illicel told Li Si and Cecile about a series of Sun Elf murders and gave Cecile a Legendary-level protective talisman. Li Si revealed that Cecile’s attacker was a human empowered by the Abyss, prompting Ricardo to send the news to the Elf Court and ask Li Si to go there with him.

• Ricardo Illicel greeted Li Si with respect after learning he had received Goddess Fenriria’s blessing, then asked Cecile why she had come to Akote City.
• Li Si told Ricardo that a Gold-level assassin had attacked Cecile, and Ricardo explained that Sun Elves of the Illicel Family had repeatedly been found dead with all their blood drained.
• Ricardo said the family was recalling its members from outside the Elf Court for their safety and gave Cecile a Legendary-level protective talisman made by Lord Forest Prayer Nimancha.
• Li Si told Ricardo the assassin was human and had carried an Abyssal aura, shocking Ricardo and Cecile.
• Ricardo decided to send the intelligence to the Elf Court immediately and asked Li Si to accompany him there.

Li Si learned that the Illicel Family had sealed the Elf Court after more Sun Elves were attacked, and considered whether to accept Ricardo’s invitation while planning to investigate the danger. He went to the Burns estate to seek information from Lord Burns, but Angela rushed to greet him when she heard he had arrived.

• Li Si questioned Ricardo about the sealed Elf Court and learned that two more Sun Elves had been attacked, while the Illicel Family refused to seek help from the Elf Kingdom.
• Ricardo told Li Si that the family would return to the Elf Court after its last member came back from a human kingdom, and Li Si left without deciding whether to join them.
• Li Si decided to seek intelligence from Lord Burns and went to the Burns Family estate in Akote City.
• Angela woke hungry, heard from a maid that Li Si had arrived from Can Guang City, and ran downstairs to greet him.

Li Si reunited with Angela at the Burns Residence in Akote City and learned about the strict limits on creating new Blood Clan members. He discovered that Angela’s final trial was to eliminate the vampires in the Bolin Kingdom, and he saw a way to pursue the task through a marked vampire and the Gold-level Lord Andre.

• Li Si studied the portrait of the First Burns Duke and concluded that it likely depicted the Frost Blood Prince, Lord Burns.
• Angela rushed into Li Si’s arms, revealed her transformed young-woman appearance, then reverted to bat form and ate the pastries he had brought.
• Augustus arrived to check on Angela, recognized Li Si as the man who had saved him, and left after Angela dismissed him.
• Angela explained that she had transformed Augustus into a Blood Clan member and described how drinking blood could corrupt Blood Clan into vampires.
• Li Si asked about meeting Lord Burns, and Angela said she could take him there only after completing her task of eliminating the Bolin Kingdom’s vampires, especially those at Gold level.
• Li Si recalled that he had marked the Silver-level vampire Morin and that her companion Lord Andre was likely Gold level, giving them a possible lead.

Li Si and Angela tracked down the vampires in the Bolin Kingdom, arriving at Andre’s hidden lair after Li Si followed his mark on Morin. Li Si killed Morin and took the Bloodthirsty Crystal, then intercepted Andre as he tried to flee.

• Angela told Li Si that her search for vampires had failed, and Li Si offered to help eliminate the high-level vampires in exchange for an audience with Lord Burns.
• Morin reported to Andre that Angela and a black-robed man had disrupted his plan to use Augustus, prompting Andre to consider fleeing or seeking help.
• Li Si teleported into Andre’s underground lair with Angela, killed Morin with Mental Collapse, and retrieved the Bloodthirsty Crystal from the blood pool.
• Andre sensed Morin’s death and fled in bat form, but Li Si struck him out of the air and confronted him.

Li Si and Angela confronted the Gold-level vampire Andre beneath Kate City, and Angela’s overwhelming power forced him to submit as the Vampire Queen of the Bolin Kingdom. They left him bound by Li Si’s spell and ordered him to gather the kingdom’s vampires for a loyalty ceremony in two weeks, then headed into Kate City to check on Augustus.

• Li Si defeated Andre’s attempt to resist and introduced him to Angela, who revealed her powerful Fresh Blood and Darkness domains.
• Angela overwhelmed Andre with blood blades and her Darkness domain, while Li Si gained insights into both domains by watching her fight.
• Angela ordered Andre to submit to her as the Vampire Queen, and Andre accepted rather than risk further punishment.
• Li Si sealed Andre’s soul and life force with the Emblem of Decay and ordered him to gather the Bolin Kingdom’s vampires in two weeks.
• Li Si and Angela teleported outside Kate City, where Angela returned to bat form, and they set out to check on Augustus.

Augustus returned to Kate City with Li Si and Angela, and Li Si brought him to Kate Castle to meet his father, Sebino Kate. After Li Si revealed an overwhelming aura, Sebino realized his guest might possess the power of the Extraordinary Domain.

• Augustus waited in his inn room, troubled by the fear that his father would reject him and by his unresolved feelings about Kate City.
• Li Si invited Augustus to accompany him and Angela to Kate Castle, hinting that Augustus would not want to miss the chance to see the Kate Marquis.
• Li Si presented Angela as Miss Angela Burns, and the castle steward led the group to meet Sebino Kate.
• Augustus saw his father and stood quietly nearby while Li Si began the meeting on Angela's behalf.
• Sebino sensed Li Si's immense power, suspected he possessed the Extraordinary Domain, and asked what help Li Si wanted.

Li Si told Marquis Sebino that he planned to gather the Gold-level vampires of the Bolin Kingdom in Kate City so Angela could eliminate them, and secured the Kate Family’s support by revealing Angela’s Extraordinary Domain. As Li Si prepared to leave Sebino and Augustus alone, Augustus revealed his vampire transformation and began explaining what had happened to him.

• Sebino sensed Li Si’s Extraordinary Domain and treated him with newfound respect.
• Li Si told Sebino that Andre had agreed to summon the Gold-level vampires of the Bolin Kingdom to Kate City, and asked the Kate Family for assistance.
• Li Si explained that the mission was Angela’s assignment from the Burns Family, and Angela demonstrated her own Extraordinary Domain to Sebino.
• Sebino agreed to support Li Si and Angela, hoping the campaign against the vampires would also benefit the Kate Family.
• Li Si looked to Augustus, who chose to remove his hood and reveal his vampire fangs to his father.
• Augustus began telling Sebino what had happened to him while Li Si and Angela left them to talk.

Li Si and Angela gathered the Gold-level vampires in Kate City, where the vampires planned to test Angela and deliver her to Lord Burns. After Dewitt insulted Angela, Li Si attacked him and declared that none of the vampires would leave alive.

• Andre delivered Angela's demand to Dewitt, who mocked her and challenged her to meet in Kate City four days later.
• Antoine, Palmer, and Dewitt discussed Angela's power and agreed to go to Kate City, intending to capture her for Lord Burns.
• A week later, Andre led Li Si and Angela to a gathering of eight Gold-level vampires, while Li Si sensed that Andre was using a clone and located his main body nearby.
• Dewitt insulted Angela and threw down a drained victim, prompting Li Si to crush Dewitt's head beneath his foot.
• Li Si released his overwhelming aura and told the vampires that every last one of them would die there.

Li Si and Angela launched their planned assault on the vampires gathered in Kate City, revealing their overwhelming strength and forcing the vampires into battle. Li Si trapped the vampires inside a citywide magic barrier, then appeared behind a Gold-level vampire and pierced his chest.

• Li Si seized DeWitt, rescued the humans the vampires had thrown aside, and stood against the gathered vampires.
• Angela unleashed her Fresh Blood and Darkness Extraordinary Domain and attacked the vampires with Blood Blades.
• The battle wrecked the meeting place, alerted Kate City, and brought Marquis Kate Sebino and another Gold-level Kate Family fighter into the fight.
• Palmer and Antoine recognized Li Si and Angela’s strength and ordered a retreat, abandoning DeWitt.
• Li Si activated the magic array he had prepared with Marquis Kate, trapping the vampires inside its barrier and teleporting nearby residents to safety.
• Li Si used the array’s spatial power to appear behind a Gold-level vampire and pierced his chest with his right hand.

Li Si and Angela battled the Gold-level vampires in Kate City, while Palmer revealed that he and Antoine served a hidden Legendary vampire. As Li Si pressed the pair for information and launched another attack, Palmer and Antoine prepared to use a secret treasure.

• Li Si tore out a weak Gold-level vampire’s heart and burned him to ashes as Sebino and another warrior engaged other vampires.
• Angela summoned a blood-and-darkness scythe and soul-binding shackles, overwhelming the three vampires she faced.
• Palmer claimed that he and Antoine served a Legendary Prince, but restrictions prevented him from revealing the Prince’s identity or proving it to Li Si.
• Antoine attacked with his Extraordinary Domain while Palmer tried to strike Li Si from behind, but Li Si countered them and launched ghostly blue fire meteors across the battlefield.
• Li Si charged Palmer and Antoine with a longsword, and Antoine seized a white fang identified as the Secret Treasure: Fresh Blood and Death Fang.

Angela used Cain’s Dark Blood Scythe to destroy the Legendary-level blood claw unleashed by Antoine and Palmer, then collapsed from mana exhaustion. Li Si identified the scythe as Demigod Equipment and began dealing with the fallen vampires, leaving to check on the captive he had taken earlier.

• Antoine and Palmer unleashed a huge blood claw with their shattered fangs, while Li Si tried to evacuate Angela and the Kate Family helpers.
• Angela swung Cain’s Dark Blood Scythe, and a phantom wielding a matching scythe appeared and cut the blood claw apart.
• Angela fainted after exhausting her mana, and Li Si caught her before discovering the scythe was Demigod Equipment exclusive to Cain’s God Child.
• Li Si killed the unconscious vampires on the battlefield and collected their diminished hearts, then found Antoine and Palmer dead from what appeared to be a backlash.
• Li Si stored Antoine and Palmer’s bodies and returned to the underground chamber to check on the vampire he had captured earlier.