Chapter Summaries

Li Si rescued Shazoo and Walker from an illusion set by Jesus, a mage hired by the Starving Wolf Mercenary Group. After Jesus confessed his role and pleaded for his life, Li Si asked where the demon power in his body came from.

• Shazoo and Walker were caught in Jesus's illusion, but Li Si broke it and found Walker unconscious with injuries resembling Shazoo's attacks.
• Li Si returned with Jesus and a Starving Wolf Mercenary Group member, then made Jesus admit that the group had hired him to deal with the elves.
• Jesus revealed that he knew Shazoo and Walker belonged to Wrath of Nature and suspected the Starving Wolf Mercenary Group was involved in capturing elf slaves.
• Jesus offered Li Si his wealth in exchange for his life, and Li Si asked where the demon power in his body came from.

Li Si exposed Jesus's Demonic Power, pursued him when he fled, and defeated him, but the power consumed Jesus's reason. Li Si put the fallen mage to use as combat practice for Wrath of Nature and asked Xian Dai Er what clues they could pursue, hinting that the City Guard Army's absence mattered.

• Li Si confronted Jesus about his Demonic Power, and Jesus transformed and fled across Akote City.
• Li Si caught Jesus at the city wall and smashed him into it, breaking the balance in his body and letting Demonic Power consume his reason.
• Li Si ordered Shazoo to fight the fallen Jesus for practice, healed the unconscious Walker, and had arriving Wrath of Nature elves take turns against Jesus.
• Li Si summoned Xian Dai Er and asked what clues they could pursue, then pointed out that the City Guard Army had still not arrived.

Li Si and Felix investigated the Akote City Guard Army after it failed to respond to the chaos and suspected it was connected to the Abyss demons. They teleported into the fortress’s lavish inner chamber, where Li Si confronted Huo Qixia and asked about Benfica.

• Felix and Malken arrived at the battle site, recognized the elves of Wrath of Nature, and agreed to cooperate with Li Si.
• Li Si asked Felix to accompany him to the City Guard Army, and he explained to Xian Dai Er why Detect Evil was unsuitable for testing the guards.
• Li Si teleported the group past the fortress gates and took them directly to the place where Demonic Power was strongest.
• They found Huo Qixia in a luxurious chamber, and Li Si asked him what his relationship was with Benfica.

Li Si exposed Akote City’s City Guard Army commander, Huo Qixia, as a follower of Benfica and used Angela to defeat him before reading his memories. Huo Qixia’s soul collapsed, but Li Si learned that the demon cult’s leader in the Bolin Kingdom was King Elvin Bolin, leaving Felix stunned by the revelation.

• Li Si had Angela reveal and agitate the Demonic Power within Huo Qixia, exposing him as a follower of the vampire Benfica.
• Angela transformed from a white bat into a white-haired girl and overwhelmed Huo Qixia, leaving him unconscious.
• Li Si carefully searched Huo Qixia’s memories, but a restriction destroyed Huo Qixia’s soul and body.
• Li Si told Felix that Huo Qixia’s memories identified the demon cult’s leader as Elvin Bolin, the king of the Bolin Kingdom.
• Felix questioned how Elvin could be a demon cultist despite the Church’s protections, and Li Si suggested the king might have accepted a promise of becoming a high-ranking demon after his lifespan ended.

Li Si led Felix and Angela to confront King Elvin Bolin after deciding to act against the demon worshippers without further investigation. At the royal palace, Elvin’s ties to the Starving Wolf Mercenary Group and the demon worshippers became clear, and the chapter ended as he crushed a black crystal and unleashed a burst of spatial magic.

• Felix agreed to help Li Si move against the demon worshippers, and Li Si summoned Xian Dai Er to bring the others to the palace.
• At the palace, Elvin Bolin demanded answers from Qiao Xiu Er, who explained that he had sent Jesus to fight Wrath of Nature’s elves.
• Elvin admitted through his actions that he had continued the elf-slave trade for profit and to satisfy his desires, despite Benfica’s absence.
• Li Si, Angela, and Felix appeared before Elvin, and Felix recognized demonic power coming from Qiao Xiu Er.
• Elvin cursed the intruders and crushed a black crystal, triggering powerful spatial fluctuations while Li Si watched without moving.

Li Si tracked King Elvin to his hidden palace, killed him after extracting information about the demon believers, and claimed his hoarded wealth. He left the remaining demon believers to Wrath of Nature, then turned his attention to the war in the Gordon Kingdom, where traveling merchant Blair was avoiding the battlefield.

• Elvin escaped Akote City using a spatial teleportation item, and Li Si let him go so he could discover the king’s hideout.
• Li Si and Felix appeared in Elvin’s mountain palace, where Li Si immobilized the guards and servants and searched Elvin’s soul for information.
• Li Si killed Elvin, received the Akote City's Blood-Red Revenge milestone, and learned the locations of the demon believers for Wrath of Nature to pursue.
• Li Si gathered Elvin’s wealth and prepared to leave for his next destination, while Felix recognized the extent of Li Si’s power.
• In the Ili Hills, the Gordon Kingdom’s war against the Archibald Kingdom and Paro Federation remained locked in a bloody stalemate, and merchant Blair traveled cautiously away from the battlefield.

Blair, a Silver-level ranger and traveling merchant, was caught by two enemy Professionals while crossing the Ili Hills. After fighting off the assassin’s first attack, he was cornered by the assassin and a warrior, and a stranger offered help for a price.

• Blair traveled alone through the Ili Hills, carrying valuable goods in a hidden Storage Ring and planning to return to Will Kingdom after selling them in Gordon Kingdom.
• Blair heard someone in the bushes and tried to retreat, but a Silver-level assassin and warrior emerged and chased him.
• Blair dodged the assassin’s ambush and wounded him by forcing him to withdraw his dagger, but the warrior soon caught up.
• Blair fought both pursuers until exhaustion left him struggling to evade the warrior’s axe and the assassin’s attacks.
• A stranger called out to Blair and offered to help him for a price.

Blair escaped two pursuers in the Ili Hills after Hei Ma Lou and his companions demanded payment and fought to hold the enemies back. Hei Ma Lou learned that Ben Bo Er Ba and Ba Bo Er Ben had died, then received increased rewards for completing the escape quest.

• Blair agreed to pay Hei Ma Lou's team, and Ben Bo Er Ba and Ba Bo Er Ben charged the Silver-level warrior and assassin.
• Ben Bo Er Ba and Ba Bo Er Ben wounded their opponents and held them off while Hei Ma Lou dragged Blair to safety.
• Garcia and Gerson learned from Asini that the strange fighters were known as Undying ones and could return after death.
• Blair concealed their tracks and agreed to double the payment, while Hei Ma Lou's system confirmed the quest rewards and his teammates' deaths.

Hei Ma Lou accepted Blair’s invitation to travel with him to Emerald Wind City after completing their mission. There, Prince Gerald Gordon weighed the Gordon Kingdom’s supply crisis and the threat of retreating from the Ili Hills, then privately asked Achier whether they would really proceed with an unstated plan.

• Hei Ma Lou collected an increased mission reward after Ben Bo Er Ba and Ba Bo Er Ben helped him buy time with their lives.
• Blair proposed traveling onward to Emerald Wind City, and Hei Ma Lou accepted after receiving a new mission notification.
• Angus argued against retreating from the Ili Hills, while Achier explained the kingdom’s shortages and military pressures.
• Gerald ordered Achier to bring supplies to the front and told him to prepare a secret contingency plan for retreat.
• After the meeting, Gerald asked Achier whether they were really going to carry out their plan.

Jie Laier planned to use false retreat intelligence to expose a possible traitor and lure the enemy into traps, while Emerald Wind City drew mercenaries as the war continued. After arriving in the city, Hei Ma Lou visited the Mercenary Guild and received a Gold-level recruitment commission.

• Jie Laier and Achier discussed Gordon Kingdom's dwindling supplies and the possibility that someone had leaked military intelligence.
• Jie Laier told Achier to inform Angus about their plan to spread false news of a retreat and draw the Archibald Kingdom and Paro Federation into prepared traps.
• Jie Laier read a report about Heretic Believers in Emerald Wind City and worried that they had appeared again.
• Hei Ma Lou and Blair entered Emerald Wind City, parted ways, and Blair went to the market to sell his goods gradually.
• Hei Ma Lou explored the city and reached the Mercenary Guild, where Mohawk offered him a Gold-level White Dove Mercenary Group recruitment commission.

Li Si Kane arrived in Emerald Wind City to establish the White Dove Mercenary Group, aiming to recruit players and gain experience as he prepared to pursue a Legendary-level breakthrough. As he displayed valuable treasures to attract recruits, a thief named Palos lunged for them, and Li Si seized him with magic.

• Hei Ma Lou accepted the Gold-level quest to join the White Dove Mercenary Group and shared it with Ben Bo Er Ba and Ba Bo Er Ben.
• Li Si Kane entered the mercenary tavern with his butler, drawing the attention of mercenaries and players who recognized him.
• Li Si announced the formation of the White Dove Mercenary Group and promised recruits could exchange contribution for valuable rewards.
• Li Si displayed rare treasures to persuade mercenaries to join, while explaining that he wanted to recruit players in Gordon Kingdom to gain experience.
• Palos lunged for the treasures, and Li Si magically caught him in midair.

Li Si captured the Gold-level thief Palos and recruited mercenaries and players into the White Dove Mercenary Group. After Hei Ma Lou spent experience learning skills, he discovered a bounty quest to bring the merchant Blair to Li Si and rushed to find him.

• Li Si bound Palos after catching him trying to attack, and his display of power convinced mercenaries to join the White Dove Mercenary Group.
• Bunian decided to join the Lily Mercenary Group, and Hogan followed him as recruitment for Li Si’s group continued.
• Hei Ma Lou joined the White Dove Mercenary Group, unlocked its membership modules, and spent over 300,000 experience points learning Assassin skills.
• Hei Ma Lou browsed the war commissions and discovered a bounty quest offering one million experience points and a Gold-level weapon for bringing Blair to Li Si Kane.
• Hei Ma Lou remembered that Blair had gone to the market and hurried there to find him.

Li Si accepted a high-reward commission to investigate disappearances and a suspected life sacrifice in Emerald Wind City’s Light District. Afterward, player Hei Ma Lou brought Merchant Blair to him, and Li Si asked Blair to sell him his ring.

• Jim told Li Si that residents were disappearing in the Light District and that the Earth Church had found traces of a life sacrifice, but no clues to the culprits.
• Li Si agreed to take the Mercenary Guild’s commission to investigate the suspected heretics.
• Hei Ma Lou brought Blair to Li Si and completed the bounty quest to find the merchant.
• Li Si recognized Blair and asked him to sell the brass-colored ring on his hand.

Li Si recognized Blair’s Brass Ring as the Copper Ring of Samekhahar, which held clues to Matteus Iron Hammer’s legendary transforming weapon. He traded Blair a valuable ring and a fortune in gold for it, then asked Blair to work for him.

• Li Si identified Blair’s Brass Ring as the Copper Ring of Samekhahar and explained its connection to Matteus Iron Hammer’s Ring of Magic.
• Li Si offered Blair a gold ring containing tens of thousands of Gold Coins in exchange for the Copper Ring.
• Blair eagerly accepted the trade and handed his Brass Ring to Li Si.
• Li Si asked Blair whether he would work for him, leaving Blair shocked and despairing.

Li Si recruited Blair to manage the White Dove Mercenary Group and secretly arranged for Hei Ma Lou to win the coveted Glory Knight Sword, drawing more players toward Emerald Wind City. Li Si then headed to the Light District to investigate trouble, where a gray-robed man completed a blood ritual and planned to capture more people for his Legend-rank advancement.

• Li Si offered Blair a position in the White Dove Mercenary Group and the chance to lead a subordinate merchant guild, and Blair accepted.
• Li Si gave Blair the group's badge and left him to handle its affairs while Li Si turned his attention to the Heretic Believers in Emerald Wind City.
• Hei Ma Lou completed Bounty Mission 8, won the Glory Knight Sword in a reward draw, and shared his prize on the player forums.
• Li Si revealed that he had rigged Hei Ma Lou's draw to attract more players to Emerald Wind City and headed toward the Light District.
• A gray-robed man emerged from a blood-filled ritual pool, lamented the sacrifices needed to advance to Legend rank, and decided to capture more people.

Li Si investigated the disappearances in Emerald Wind City’s Light District and encountered clergy of the Church of the Suffering God, who were hunting a lone heretic responsible for the sacrifices. After Li Si left, Bishop Zorf recognized his name as belonging to the Elf Sage.

• Li Si patrolled the Light District and considered what the heretic might be trying to accomplish with the disappearances and life sacrifice rituals.
• Paladin Eber Nogra and two other clergy confronted Li Si, who showed them his Mercenary Guild commission bearing Prince Gerald’s seal.
• Eber confirmed that a single heretic had abducted residents and abandoned a sacrificial site, but he did not know which evil god the heretic worshipped.
• Li Si left the clergy and disappeared into a nearby alley while the young paladin questioned Eber’s decision to let him go.
• Eber reported Li Si’s visit to Bishop Zorf, who recognized Li Si as the Elf Sage.

Li Si searched for the Heretic Believer responsible for disappearances in Emerald Wind City and uncovered Brett Costello’s hidden chamber in Hart District. He found Brett performing a sacrifice for Mask, and Brett prepared to fight as Li Si confronted him.

• Li Si reasoned that the Heretic Believer was likely using spatial, shadow, or illusion abilities to evade the Church of the Suffering God’s search.
• Brett Costello sacrificed two kidnapped girls in a hidden chamber and prayed to Mask for greater power.
• Brett cursed the Church of the Suffering God for stationing its Gold-level clergy in Light District and slowing his sacrifices.
• Li Si lifted the chamber’s ceiling with magic and revealed Brett’s hideout beneath the night sky.
• Brett drew a dagger imbued with Shadow Power and warned Li Si to leave, but Li Si challenged him to try fighting.

Li Si trapped Brett with spatial magic and overwhelmed the Shadow Assassin in close combat, leaving Brett badly injured and unable to escape. Li Si gained insight into the Shadow Extraordinary Domain as their fight continued.

• Brett decided to flee rather than fight Li Si, but Li Si's Space Cage blocked his escape.
• Li Si offered to take Brett to the Church of the Gods, and Brett responded by launching another attack.
• Brett tried to stab Li Si from behind, but Li Si caught his dagger and punched him into a shack, seriously injuring him.
• Li Si's system reported that his Wisdom Extraordinary Domain had helped him gain insight into the Shadow Extraordinary Domain.

Li Si discovered that his Wisdom Domain helped him comprehend other world rules and used his fight with Brett to advance his mastery of the Shadow Domain. He defeated Brett and brought him to Zorf and the Church of the Suffering God clergy.

• Li Si realized that the Wisdom Domain had helped him gain insight into Brett’s third-level Shadow Domain during their fight.
• Li Si deliberately held back while fighting Brett so he could continue learning from the injured assassin.
• Zorf sensed a large magical disturbance, led the clergy to the sealed-off area, and found ruins and terrified civilians.
• Li Si defeated Brett, mastered Shadow Domain at level one, and gained experience and the Shadow Thorn specialty.
• Li Si brought the unconscious Brett to Zorf, and Eber identified Li Si as the mercenary leader who had escaped a Demon Prince.

Li Si captured Brett, a follower of the God of Thieves who had been preparing a ritual to break through to Legendary-level, and handed him over to the Church of the Suffering God. After receiving a powerful amulet from Bishop Zorf, Li Si left for the Mercenary Guild while Prince Gerald awaited urgent news at the Gordon Kingdom's military camp.

• Li Si approached Bishop Zorf and explained that Brett had been conducting a life sacrifice ritual to gain power and attempt a breakthrough to Legendary-level.
• Li Si handed the unconscious Brett to Zorf and assured him Emerald Wind City was not threatened by Abyss demons.
• Zorf gave Li Si the High-level Amulet of Suffering, whose effects included enhanced healing and resistance and a one-time ability to negate an attack.
• Li Si left for the Mercenary Guild, while Zorf had Brett restrained for questioning and planned to send him to the stake.
• At the Gordon Kingdom's military camp, Prince Gerald reviewed the war situation before a messenger arrived with urgent intelligence from Emerald Wind City.