Chapter Summaries

Li Si recounted how he rescued Cecile and thwarted Demogorgon’s attempt to corrupt the World Tree, then learned that Fenriria regarded him as a World Tree Favored One. Fenriria granted him the Full Moon Blessing, and Adela named him Elf Sage Lord Li Si as she asked him to help the Elf Kingdom.

• Li Si told Fenriria how Demogorgon had covered the Elf Court in blood, corrupted the World Tree with Abyss Power, and been stopped before Li Si rescued Cecile.
• Li Si explained that the World Tree had made him a favored one and tasked him with opposing the Endless Abyss, while Fenriria questioned why it had chosen him.
• Fenriria blessed Li Si with the Full Moon Blessing, and he comprehended the Extraordinary Domain Moon.
• Adela told Li Si the Elf Kingdom needed his help and addressed him as Elf Sage Lord Li Si, leaving him startled by the title.

Li Si accepted the title of Elf Sage from Goddess Fenriria and gained the Elf Kingdom’s support to fight the Abyss demons. After Adela assigned Daphne to accompany him, the council learned that Li Si had been involved in the Elf Court crisis, and Philip set out to meet him.

• Adela told Li Si that the Elf Kingdom would support his plan to clear out the invading Abyss demons and asked him to keep the Elf Court’s destruction secret for now.
• Adela assigned Daphne to stay with Li Si and told them that the ceremony making him an Elf Sage would take place in Elf Village.
• Li Si left the Elf Sanctuary with Cecile and the others, deciding to wait for the Elf Kingdom’s response while planning how to oppose the Abyss demons.
• Alfie Fall told the Emerald City Council that Demogorgon had destroyed the Elf Court and corrupted World Tree Yggdrasil.
• Philip learned that Li Si Kane had been granted the title of Elf Sage and left the council chamber to meet him.

After returning Cecile to Igli, Li Si recruited Bella and Mil into a new force against the Abyss demons and granted them World Tree Marks. He named the organization Wrath of Nature and revealed its emblem, the Half-Withered World Tree.

• Li Si brought Cecile home, and Igli tearfully reunited with his daughter while grieving Ariana’s death.
• Igli thanked Li Si for bringing Cecile back, and Li Si left the father and daughter together.
• Li Si proposed an organization to find and defeat Abyss demons, and Bella and Mil swore loyalty to him.
• Li Si granted Bella and Mil World Tree Marks that strengthened their connection to nature and helped them recover and grow stronger.
• Li Si named the organization Wrath of Nature and chose the Half-Withered World Tree as its emblem.

Li Si chose the Illicel Family’s base in Emerald City as Wrath of Nature’s headquarters and gained the loyalty of the elves still there. He gave Daphne a World Tree Mark in exchange for her help, then wondered what special talent Adela believed she could offer.

• Bella suggested that Li Si use the abandoned Illicel Family base in Emerald City for Wrath of Nature.
• Li Si inspected the base, approved of its facilities, and recruited its remaining elves into Wrath of Nature.
• Li Si considered claiming the Illicel Family’s other properties and wealth, with Adela’s support and Cecile’s inheritance rights in mind.
• Li Si offered Daphne a World Tree Mark in exchange for helping Wrath of Nature, and she accepted.
• Li Si gave Daphne the mark and wondered what special talent Adela expected her to bring.

Li Si studied elven magical runes and adapted to the power he had gained from the World Tree’s baptism while preparing to change his combat style and establish Wrath of Nature. An invitation led him to Philip’s Grocery Store, where he discovered that the shopkeeper Philip Scalia was a Legendary elf and a master alchemist, and the chapter ended as Philip welcomed him into his hidden palace.

• Li Si studied the magical runes at Wrath of Nature’s Emerald City base and trained to control his newly enhanced body and strength.
• Li Si entrusted Wrath of Nature’s dealings with the Elf Kingdom to Daphne, while he wondered why Emerald City had handed over the Illicel Family’s properties without negotiation.
• Li Si received an invitation to Philip’s Grocery Store and suspected that Philip had deliberately placed the Arcane Card there.
• Philip Scalia revealed that he was both the grocery store’s owner and a Legendary representative of the Emerald City Elf Council, and he thanked Li Si for confronting Demogorgon.
• Philip led Li Si upstairs into a vast alchemical palace created with advanced Space Art and welcomed him to his home.

Li Si explained his plan for Wrath of Nature to search for Abyss demons across the Fanor Continent and train fighters to oppose them. Philip recognized the group’s need for recruits, and Li Si offered Emerald City World Tree Marks in exchange for its support.

• Philip questioned Li Si about Wrath of Nature’s purpose, and Li Si said it would track Abyss demons and investigate Demon Prince Demogorgon’s plans.
• Li Si argued that the threat extended beyond Elf Forest, so Wrath of Nature should search across the Fanor Continent without trying to unite all its races.
• Philip warned that Wrath of Nature lacked members and that building a force from scratch would take too long.
• Li Si revealed that he could grant World Tree Marks to strengthen recruits, and Philip recognized their value.
• Li Si proposed recruiting members from Emerald City rather than relying on elves hostile to other races, and he said he could grant three hundred World Tree Marks, with more possibly available later.

Li Si secured Emerald City's comprehensive support for Wrath of Nature in exchange for keeping it focused on Abyss demons and neutral in the Elf Kingdom's internal conflicts. After Li Si left, Philip revealed that he was an alchemical puppet and wondered how Li Si had sensed something was wrong.

• Philip asked Li Si whether he would reserve the World Tree Marks for Wrath of Nature, and Li Si agreed while seeking Emerald City's help recruiting members.
• Philip offered Wrath of Nature personnel, intelligence, logistics, and material support on the condition that it target Abyss demons and remain neutral among elven factions, and Li Si accepted.
• Li Si recounted the Elf Court's destruction, and Philip said the elf factions were inspecting their ranks for signs of Abyssal infiltration.
• Li Si asked Philip to manufacture alchemy items from blueprints for fighting Abyss demons, including Flesh Seeds and Sanctified Scepters, and Philip agreed.
• After Li Si left, Philip revealed his metallic alchemical-puppet body and wondered how Li Si had detected his secret.

Li Si returned to Wrath of Nature’s headquarters after securing Emerald City’s support, while the Elf Kingdom kept the Elf Court’s Destruction and his identity as a World Tree favored one secret. The recruits gathered at the headquarters, and Shazoo was stunned to see Sindair and Gale Sword Saint Igli Alser among them.

• Li Si decided that keeping his identity as a World Tree favored one secret would protect his plans from Heretic Believers and unwanted attention.
• Emerald City delivered supplies and assembled recruits for Wrath of Nature.
• Eric and Shazoo recognized many familiar young elves at the Martial Arts Arena and discussed why their elders had sent them.
• Shazoo spotted Sindair Baldivia leading Emerald City's Elf Guard and remembered how she had outmatched him since childhood.
• Li Si arrived with a middle-aged elf and a girl, and Shazoo recognized the elf as Gale Sword Saint Igli Alser.

Li Si welcomed Emerald City’s elves to Wrath of Nature and used his overwhelming aura to establish his authority. He then revealed that the World Tree had been corrupted by the Abyss, shocking the assembled elves.

• Li Si and Igli discussed Igli’s decision to join Wrath of Nature, while Cecile reassured Li Si that she was recovering.
• Mil reported that the elves had arrived, and Li Si approached the assembled recruits in the Martial Arts Arena.
• Li Si’s Extraordinary Domain of Nature and Life overwhelmed the elves, forcing dozens to their knees before he withdrew it.
• Li Si told the recruits that Wrath of Nature aimed to prevent another catastrophe and warned that the destruction of the Elf Court was only the beginning of a worse future.
• Li Si revealed that the World Tree had been corrupted by the Endless Abyss and that he had helped save it, then silenced the elves’ shocked outcry with his aura.

Li Si rallied the elves who had joined Wrath of Nature and demonstrated the power of the World Tree Mark by granting one to Xian Dai Er. He established rules for earning the mark and began the elves’ first combat assessment, while Cecile chose to prove herself rather than accept one directly.

• Li Si provoked the elves into standing firm and told them that Wrath of Nature would fight the Abyss demons without retreating.
• Li Si granted Xian Dai Er a World Tree Mark, which sharpened her perception of nature and gave her a clearer path toward the Extraordinary Domain of Nature.
• Li Si told the elves that the mark carried responsibilities and set standards for earning and keeping it.
• Li Si made the Martial Arts Arena Wrath of Nature’s base and ordered the elves to spar so he could assess them.
• Igli agreed that the elves had to protect their homeland themselves, and Cecile refused Li Si’s offer of a mark and chose to fight for one.

Li Si organized Wrath of Nature’s new elven recruits and began compiling a handbook on fighting Abyss demons. After noticing Daphne idling beside him, he announced that he would give her special training.

• Li Si granted World Tree Marks to more than a hundred elves who performed well in sparring and appointed Igli to oversee their training.
• Li Si gave Cecile a World Tree Mark and began teaching her, while also assigning Gold-level captains Vadim Medina, Johnny Almeida, Ras Miris, and Xian Dai Er to lead teams.
• Wrath of Nature’s leadership structure took shape as the recruited elves settled into their roles and began training.
• Li Si wrote a demon tactics handbook using knowledge from his past life, adapting its advice to the elves’ combat styles.
• Daphne relaxed beside Li Si with Angela, and Li Si woke her and told her she would undergo special training.

Li Si began special combat training for Daphne and discovered that she was a skilled Moon Elf priest. After inspecting her combat information, he learned that Daphne possessed a Legendary-level Talent called Key of Pious Faith.

• Li Si woke Daphne and insisted she train instead of continuing to rest.
• Li Si led Daphne to the Martial Arts Arena, where the other Elves watched her begin individual training.
• Daphne revealed her holy tome and cast defensive buffs and Flame Strike at Li Si.
• Li Si allowed Flame Strike to hit him lightly so he could inspect Daphne's combat information.
• Li Si saw that Daphne's talent was Key of Pious Faith and was surprised it was Legendary-level.

Li Si discovered that Daphne possessed the Legendary-level Talent Key of Pious Faith, which could greatly enhance divine spells once she committed to a faith. During their training fight, he exposed her lack of combat experience and resolve, and the chapter ended with Daphne surrendering as Li Si prepared to keep training her.

• Li Si examined Daphne's Key of Pious Faith and realized that her Talent's full effects depended on her choosing a God and becoming a true believer.
• Li Si suspected that Elf Great Sage Adela had a reason for keeping Daphne near him, possibly connected to his link with the World Tree.
• Daphne used Obscuring Mist to hide herself, but Li Si tracked her with his heightened senses, broke her divine shield, and cleared the mist with a spell.
• Daphne cast Stone Wall and set traps, but Li Si leaped over the wall and broke through her divine shield with a dagger strike.
• Daphne crouched behind her holy scripture and surrendered, while Li Si criticized her lack of combat experience and prepared to continue the training.

Li Si completed the first draft of the Demon Tactics Handbook and arranged for Philip to make training golems for Wrath of Nature. He went to the Elf Council to meet representatives of the Church of the Gods before receiving the title of Elf Sage, as Elf Kingdom prepared to reveal Elf Court’s destruction and seek allies against the Abyss demons.

• Li Si finished the first draft of the Demon Tactics Handbook and decided he would revise it after the young elves studied and trained with it.
• Li Si asked Philip to make Extraordinary Training Golems, and Philip agreed to obtain the materials from the Elf Council as a favor to Wrath of Nature.
• Li Si told Daphne there would be no special training that day and reminded her to get ready to accompany him to the Elf Council.
• Adela informed Li Si that Elf Kingdom would announce Elf Court’s destruction by Demon Prince Demogorgon while keeping the corruption of World Tree Yggdrasil and Li Si’s favored status secret.
• Li Si set out for the Elf Council to meet representatives of the Church of the Gods before his Elf Sage ceremony.

Li Si and Daphne arrived at Emerald City Council, where Chairman Julian Younus welcomed them and introduced the divine representatives gathered to discuss the World Tree. The final guest was an unexpected self-proclaimed Favored One of the Goddess of Luck, Rosanara Guest.

• Li Si and Daphne went to the Emerald City Council, where Julian Younus greeted them personally.
• Julian led Li Si and Daphne into a reception room where representatives of several churches were waiting.
• Gloria Carni sensed the aura of World Tree Yggdrasil on Li Si, and the others realized a World Tree favored one had appeared.
• Julian introduced Ulysses Enger of the Dawn Church, Gloria Carni of the Earth Church, and Frode Tredway of the Church of the God of War.
• Julian explained that the little girl in red had arrived without an invitation and called herself Rosanara Guest, Favored One of the Goddess of Luck.

Li Si met Rosanara, a Favored One of the Goddess of Luck, and representatives from the Orthodox Churches in Emerald City. He secured their agreement to let Wrath of Nature hunt Abyss demons in human kingdoms, with cooperation limited to basic support and intelligence.

• Rosanara identified Li Si and said fate had guided her to meet him, though she did not know why.
• Yulius of the Dawn Church recognized Li Si as Duke Kane, a disciple of Stephens, and a World Tree favored one.
• Julian explained that the Elf Great Sage had left negotiations with the churches to Li Si as a sign of trust and to ease political tensions.
• Li Si asked the Church of the Gods to allow Wrath of Nature to search for Abyss demons in human kingdoms without interfering in local affairs or spreading faith.
• Yulius, Gloria, and Frode agreed to the plan and its basic requests for support, while Li Si proposed deciding further cooperation as circumstances arose.

Li Si secured the Church of the Gods’ support for Wrath of Nature and persuaded its representatives to help hunt elf slave traders and investigate nobles involved in the trade. The group agreed to cooperate after Li Si revealed the trade had helped the Demon Prince gather elf blood to open a gate to World Tree Yggdrasil, then prepared to attend his Elf Sage ceremony.

• Yulius, Gloria, and Li Si discussed cooperation between the Church of the Gods and Wrath of Nature, while Frode watched Li Si with an unspoken desire to spar.
• Li Si proposed using Elf Slave Hunter Groups as training targets for Wrath of Nature’s elf warriors and asked the Church of the Gods to help pursue them in nearby human kingdoms.
• Li Si urged the churches to investigate nobles who financed or bought elf slaves and bring those supported by evidence to judgment.
• Li Si revealed that the Demon Prince had used the elf slave trade to gather elf blood and open a spatial gate to World Tree Yggdrasil, prompting Yulius to agree to the investigation and cooperation.
• Gloria invited Li Si to visit the Earth Mother Goddess Temple, and Frode asked to spar with him another time.
• Julian called Li Si to prepare for the Elf Sage ceremony, interrupting Rosanara before she could finish speaking with him.

Li Si Kane received the honor of Elf Sage in a grand ceremony at Emerald City's Elf Sanctuary, where Julian publicly praised his role in stopping Demogorgon. The ceremony ended with Li Si receiving powerful magical treasures and divine protections.

• Crowds gathered at the Elf Sanctuary to see whether the rumored human Li Si Kane would be named an Elf Sage.
• Julian led Li Si to the altar and invoked Corellon and Goddess Fenriria before the ceremony began.
• Julian credited Li Si with defeating Demogorgon's schemes and ending destruction in the Elf Court, reassuring the gathered elves and humans.
• Julian draped an emerald-green cloak over Li Si, and its magic made him feel more alert.
• The goddess's light formed a laurel crown above Li Si, and he received the Secret Treasure Wind Walker's Cloak and the Legendary Accessory Elf Sage's Laurel Crown.

Li Si received the Elf Sage’s Laurel Crown and was named to the Emerald City Elf Council during his ceremony. Afterward, Rosanara caught up with him and asked about the strange aura of fate surrounding him.

• Li Si examined the Wind Walker’s Cloak and the Legendary Elf Sage’s Laurel Crown, noting its defensive spells and other abilities.
• Julian completed the ceremony, announced Li Si as an Elf Sage, and appointed him to the Emerald City Elf Council.
• Li Si left for Wrath of Nature’s base with Daphne after the ceremony ended.
• Li Si sensed someone following him and called out Rosanara, who emerged from concealment.
• Rosanara asked Li Si what he had experienced and why the aura of fate around him was so strange.

Rosanara sensed that Li Si’s aura of fate was abnormal, as though two fates had been stitched together, but she could not explain the cause. She revealed that she had sought him out to learn from his unusual fate and asked to stay by his side, and Li Si agreed to take her with him.

• Rosanara told Li Si that his aura of fate felt like two people’s fates had been stitched together, though she could not explain it.
• Li Si concealed his thoughts about his rebirth and asked whether the abnormality would affect him; Rosanara said it would not.
• Rosanara offered to investigate Li Si’s unusual fate, but admitted she did not know how and could not ask the goddess for help.
• Rosanara revealed that she wanted to stay with Li Si because experiencing people with special fates helped her grow stronger.
• Li Si agreed to let Rosanara stay by his side and invited her to return with him.