Chapter Summaries

Prince Gerald learned that Li Si Kane had resolved the Heretic Believer incident in Emerald Wind City and suspected the duke’s presence could open a path to Fies Kingdom support. He set out to meet Li Si as Biweisi revealed that Fies had secretly stationed the Golden Lion Knights nearby and brought a Strategic-level Teleportation Magic Array.

• Gerald read a report that Li Si Kane had eliminated the Heretic Believer in Emerald Wind City and accepted a mercenary mission there.
• Gerald and Achier connected Li Si’s arrival with his status as Duke of the Fies Kingdom and decided to seek his help.
• Gerald left the camp with Achier, entrusting its affairs to Angus, to meet Li Si in Emerald Wind City.
• Biweisi told Li Si that the Golden Lion Knights were secretly stationed nearby and that he had brought a Strategic-level Teleportation Magic Array from the king.
• Li Si wondered whether Tiya was preparing to break through to Legend when someone knocked at the door.

Li Si met Prince Gerald and Achier to discuss the Gordon Kingdom’s desperate position in its war against the Archibald Kingdom and the Paro Federation. Gerald offered the Fies Kingdom all territory it captured in exchange for military aid, and Li Si agreed to pass on the proposal while securing support for the White Dove Mercenary Group.

• A Mercenary Guild attendant brought Gerald and Achier, arriving in black robes from the Ili Hills, to meet Li Si.
• Achier explained that the Gordon Kingdom faced shortages and conflicts on several fronts, while the war in the Ili Hills remained deadlocked.
• Gerald offered the Fies Kingdom all territory gained if it helped defeat the Archibald Kingdom and the Paro Federation, asking only to reclaim Gordon’s former lands.
• Li Si said he would convey Gerald’s proposal to King Morton and asked Gerald to help him study the Undying Ones.
• Gerald agreed to make the White Dove Mercenary Group a Gordon Kingdom partner and provide it with commissions.

Li Si revealed that the Golden Lion Knights were approaching the Ili Hills and secured Jie Laier’s agreement to his proposed plan. He then secretly met Leonard, commander of the Paro Federation’s army, and told him that the Fies Kingdom had already allied with the Gordon Kingdom.

• Li Si introduced Bi Weisi, who said the Golden Lion Knights were nearing the Ili Hills and would obey Duke Kane’s commands.
• Jie Laier welcomed the Fies Kingdom’s support and agreed to Li Si’s proposal.
• Leonard reprimanded the Paro Federation’s commanders after they argued over the army’s failures.
• Li Si appeared inside Leonard’s magically isolated tent and offered to discuss cooperation on behalf of the Fies Kingdom.
• Leonard recognized Li Si as Duke Kane and the Elf Sage, then was stunned when Li Si said the Fies Kingdom had already allied with the Gordon Kingdom.

Li Si pressured Leonard into having the Paro Federation betray its ally, the Archibald Kingdom, and accept harsh terms from the Fies Kingdom. Five days later, as the Gordon and Archibald forces fought a decisive battle, Bi Weisi led the Golden Lion Knights in a surprise charge against the Archibald army.

• Li Si told Leonard that the Fies Kingdom and the Gordon Kingdom had allied and demanded that the Paro Federation attack the Archibald Kingdom, surrender captured territory, exchange land, and provide resources.
• Leonard agreed to take Li Si's terms to the Federal Council, and Li Si gave him three days to secure approval.
• Five days later, Sai Mu'er and Leonard led the Archibald and Paro forces into a decisive battle against the Gordon army, though Sai Mu'er felt uneasy.
• As the armies clashed, a surge of magic revealed the Golden Lion Knights on a hillside behind the Archibald and Paro forces.
• Bi Weisi led the Golden Lion Knights in a downhill cavalry charge toward the Archibald army.

Sai Mu'er’s Archibald army collapsed under the Golden Lion Knights and the Paro Federation’s betrayal, while Li Si prepared to return to his territory. As the victors began to consider the aftermath, a Legendary figure appeared above the battlefield.

• Sai Mu'er realized the Archibald army was surrounded and ordered his troops to break through the Paro Federation’s lines.
• Bi Weisi led the Golden Lion Knights in a wedge charge that tore through Archibald’s formation, while Jie Laier sent Angus to attack.
• Leonard ordered the Paro Federation troops to hold their positions against Sai Mu’er’s desperate assault.
• Archibald’s soldiers fled or surrendered, and Li Si decided to leave the battlefield and return to Dan’erluo Port.
• A figure surrounded by pale cyan magical light appeared in the air, and Li Si recognized that a Legendary had arrived.

Legendary Mage Storm of Fury Andrew Joseph intervened in the battle and forced the Archibald soldiers to retreat, ending the fighting. After Andrew vanished, he appeared beside Li Si with a dangerous gaze, leaving Li Si in immediate danger.

• Li Si recognized the airborne mage as the newly revealed Archibald Legend, Storm of Fury Andrew Joseph.
• Andrew saw the Archibald army's defeat and decided to preserve its remaining strength despite the risks of intervening.
• Andrew demonstrated his power by slicing the top off a mountain ridge, then ordered the Archibald soldiers to return home.
• Gerald, Bi Weisi, and Leonard let the Archibald troops withdraw, while Andrew gave Leonard a mental spike before vanishing.
• Andrew suddenly appeared beside Li Si as Li Si prepared to leave the battlefield.

Li Si accepted Andrew’s challenge and fought to withstand the Legendary Mage’s attacks, using his defenses and abilities to survive. After Andrew struck at him with a powerful wind blade, Li Si vanished into the shadows and landed a heavy kick that sent Andrew flying.

• Andrew recognized Li Si as Stephens’s disciple and the Elf Sage, then asked whether Li Si had orchestrated the Fies Kingdom’s arrival and the Paro Federation’s betrayal.
• Li Si admitted responsibility, and Andrew invited him to demonstrate his strength; Li Si accepted the chance to test himself against a Legend.
• Andrew’s first blast shattered several of Li Si’s shields, triggering a Legendary challenge quest to endure his attacks.
• Andrew sent a swarm of wind blades at Li Si, cutting through his defenses and wounding him as Li Si fought back with shields and Magic Missiles.
• Andrew’s Crescent Wind Blade struck the mountaintop where Li Si had stood, but Li Si emerged from the rocks’ shadows behind him and kicked him into the rubble.

Li Si used stealth and his Extraordinary Domains to withstand Andrew’s Legendary wind storm, grow stronger, and launch a surprise attack. After wounding Andrew, Li Si drew his Legendary longsword and shattered Andrew’s Magic Shield, leaving the battle escalating.

• Li Si vanished into the shadows, and Andrew created a tornado to flush him out.
• Li Si endured the wind blades while his Wisdom Domain helped him understand Andrew’s Legendary Realm and advance his Extraordinary Domains.
• Li Si emerged behind Andrew and slashed at him, but Andrew’s defenses stopped the dagger from reaching his neck.
• Li Si cut Andrew’s arm, provoking him to unleash his full magical power.
• Li Si drew his Legendary longsword and struck Andrew’s Magic Shield with blue flames, shattering it.

Li Si used his blue-flame sword and monk techniques to suppress Andrew, a Legendary Mage, despite suffering severe wounds himself. After sending Andrew flying, Li Si began to escape with the aid of a silver laurel crown and spatial magic, but Andrew noticed and launched a wind blade at him.

• Li Si explained how his seventh-circle Blue Flame Magic Sword had melted through Andrew's Magic Shield and exploited Andrew's inexperience.
• Li Si struck Andrew with a monk's True Qi Fist, disrupting his magic and interrupting his repulsion spell.
• Li Si combined monk combat techniques with his sword to overwhelm Andrew, while Bi Weisi and Jie Laier watched in disbelief from a distance.
• Andrew fought back with spells and magical equipment, injuring Li Si badly as the mountaintop was devastated.
• Li Si sent Andrew flying and used a silver laurel crown and spatial ripples to escape, but Andrew spotted his move and fired a massive cyan wind blade at him.

Li Si escaped Andrew by forcing a Spatial Teleportation spell, but the disrupted passage left him gravely injured and stranded in the Ten Thousand Mile Desert with Spatial Force Corrosion that temporarily prevented him from casting spells. After completing his challenge against Andrew, Li Si received major rewards, including Andrew’s exclusive Storm Dancer talent.

• Andrew recognized Li Si’s power but failed to stop his teleportation, then resolved to improve his combat skills.
• Andrew warned Bi Weisi and Jie Laier to keep quiet about what they had witnessed before leaving them behind.
• Li Si emerged unconscious in the Ten Thousand Mile Desert, where the Elf Sage's Laurel Crown killed vultures that approached him.
• Li Si awoke and discovered that spatial force had corrupted his body and magic power, leaving him unable to cast spells for about a month.
• Li Si completed the challenge quest against Andrew and received experience, skills, specialties, milestones, and the Storm Dancer - Andrew talent.

After surviving his battle with Andrew, Li Si reviewed the powerful specialties and skills he had gained and resolved to challenge Andrew again after reaching Legendary-level. Stranded in the Endless Desert, he recognized that he was near the buried Temple of Azuth and set out to find his bearings before pursuing it.

• Li Si examined his battle rewards, including Andrew's Storm Slash, Gale Barrier, and the personal specialty Storm Dancer - Andrew.
• Li Si concluded that Andrew's carelessness had let him fight a Legendary Mage at close range, and estimated that Legendary-level professionals gained twenty attribute points per level.
• Li Si decided to reach Legendary-level and return to the Archibald Kingdom to settle his score with Andrew.
• Li Si realized he was probably in the Endless Desert, near the buried Temple of Azuth, one of his targets for gaining divine spell skills and priest specialties.
• Li Si set off across the desert to determine his location, unable to use magic while recovering from his injuries.

Li Si traveled with Bryce’s caravan through the Endless Desert while recovering from his injuries and waiting to regain his ability to cast spells. After Du An asked him for training, Li Si set him a test by warning him to alert Bryce about sandworms approaching beneath the camp.

• Bryce sent Du An to bring dinner to the injured Li Si and showed concern by arranging a camel for him.
• Du An questioned Li Si about his strength, and Li Si said he had barely escaped a Legend before Du An dismissed the claim as a lie.
• Du An asked Li Si to teach him, and Li Si agreed to consider it if Du An proved himself.
• Li Si told Du An to warn Bryce that sandworms were burrowing toward the caravan, and Du An hurried to alert him.

After Duke warned Bryce that Sandworms were approaching, a horde led by a Gold-level Sandworm King attacked the caravan. Li Si turned the battle in the caravan’s favor with his wind-infused bow, while Duke wondered whether he had met Li Si’s requirements.

• Duke told Bryce that Li Si had warned of Sandworms, so Bryce ordered the caravan to prepare its defenses.
• More than a hundred Sandworms surrounded the camp, and a Gold-level Sandworm King emerged and led them in an assault.
• Bryce fought the Sandworm King while the caravan guards struggled against the other Sandworms, and Bryce called on Li Si for help.
• Li Si fired a powerful arrow that badly wounded and pinned the Sandworm King, then used further shots to protect caravan members in danger.
• With Li Si backing them, the caravan members began attacking, and Duke killed two Sandworms before wondering whether he had met Li Si’s requirements.

After helping Bryce's caravan survive a Sandworm swarm and kill the Sandworm King, Li Si grilled a prized cut from the monster and declined Bryce's payment. At the camp, Li Si agreed to keep Duke with him and teach him until they reached Tu'erte Oasis, but an unusual flash from Li Si's Brass Ring interrupted him.

• Li Si and Bryce defeated the Sandworm King, and the exhausted caravan survivors began cleaning up the battlefield.
• Li Si harvested a choice cut from the Sandworm King's head and grilled it for himself, Bryce, and Duke.
• Bryce offered Li Si one-third of the caravan's goods as thanks, but Li Si refused payment and said he would leave at Tu'erte Oasis.
• Li Si asked Bryce to let Duke stay with him until Tu'erte Oasis, and Bryce agreed.
• Li Si praised Duke and began to offer him lessons, but the Brass Ring on his right hand flashed unexpectedly.

Li Si mastered the Copper Ring of Samekhahar and discovered that it was a powerful crafting artifact created by the Dwarf Legend Matteus Iron Hammer. He uncovered a hidden residence and forging workshop inside the ring, then focused on a scroll in its study.

• Li Si concentrated on the Copper Ring of Samekhahar while Duke grilled Sandworm Meat nearby and Bryce handled the caravan's affairs.
• Li Si triggered the ring's appraisal and passed its requirements after his All-Rounder talent lowered the race restriction.
• Li Si learned that the ring improved crafting and contained a secret storage chamber.
• Li Si explored the concealed residence within the ring and found a bedroom, dining area, library, and forging room.
• Li Si noticed a scroll on the study desk.

Li Si explored the hidden workshop inside Matteus's ring and read the master's advice about the dangers of ascending to godhood. He found out where Matteus's unfinished magic ring lay and left the workshop with its materials, planning to seek it later.

• Li Si used the Brass Ring to enter Matteus's sealed study and read a scroll left for his successor.
• Li Si learned that Matteus had died after gods secretly sabotaged his failed ascension to godhood, and he studied Matteus's warnings about Divinity Domains, faith, and preserving one's identity.
• Li Si learned that Matteus's Ring of Magic was being nurtured in the lava river beneath Sotiga Volcano, though entering the dwarves' sacred mountain would be difficult.
• Li Si explored the forging workshop, found its valuable materials, tools, and unfinished works, and stored the precious metals in his Storage Ring.

Li Si traveled with Bryce’s caravan through the desert while teaching Duke and studying Mattias’s Forging Notes. The caravan reached Fellic Oasis, where Li Si planned to visit the nearby Gavin Vortex for its Quicksand Body Tempering specialty, and he was surprised to find someone he knew there.

• Li Si trained Duke in assassin stealth and combat skills while studying Mattias’s Forging Notes during the caravan journey.
• The caravan stopped after realizing it had gone off course, and Duke reported that they would rest at Fellic Oasis.
• Li Si recognized Fellic Oasis as a druid-created settlement and recalled that the nearby Gavin Vortex granted a body-tempering specialty.
• Li Si went to Gavin Vortex and unexpectedly saw someone he knew.

Li Si found Tiya training in the Western Desert and disguised himself to challenge her, hoping to trigger a limited quest. Tiya recognized him and rushed into his arms, leaving their reunion just beginning.

• Li Si arrived at Gavin Vortex and watched Tiya defeat several Gold-level opponents in sparring.
• Li Si followed Tiya away from the vortex after she finished fighting.
• Tiya sensed the cloaked Li Si and challenged him to reveal himself and explain why he was following her.
• Li Si disguised as a black-robed man and asked Tiya to spar, triggering a quest to defeat her.
• Tiya recognized Li Si, dropped her fighting stance, and embraced him, saying she had missed him.

Li Si and Tiya reunited in the Western Desert, where Tiya recognized him through her feelings and the two shared an affectionate embrace. They set off toward an oasis together, while Li Si discovered that Tiya had surrendered the limited challenge quest and earned its rewards; Mountain Breaker Ai Wen left them alone.

• Tiya recognized Li Si despite his disguise, rushed into his arms, and reunited with him in the desert.
• Li Si and Tiya sat together through the sunset as Tiya reflected on how her affection for him had grown over the years.
• Tiya told Li Si that Mountain Breaker Ai Wen had brought her to the Western Desert to train until she reached Legendary-level.
• Li Si learned that Tiya had surrendered the limited challenge quest, completing it and earning him experience, Unceasing Growth, The Two With Connected Hearts, and Rampage Slash.
• Li Si and Tiya walked toward an oasis together, while Mountain Breaker Ai Wen watched them briefly and then disappeared into the sand.

At Fellic Oasis, Li Si and Tiya agreed to travel together to Tu'erte Oasis, where he hoped to visit the Church of the God of War and learn more about Tiya's potential opportunity. As they returned to Fellic City, envoys from Mistletoe Cabin summoned Li Si to meet Fellic Crown.

• Tiya rested with Li Si at Fellic Oasis while he trained in the Quicksand Vortex, and Duke fainted after attempting to train there.
• Tiya told Li Si that Mountain Breaker Ai Wen planned to take her to the Calvin Altar at Tu'erte Oasis, and Li Si decided to accompany her.
• Li Si suspected that Tiya's War Lord talent and her future rise to Legendary rank were connected to the Church of the God of War's possible baptism.
• Li Si prepared to leave with Tiya and the caravan, carrying the aching Duke back toward Fellic City.
• Two envoys from Mistletoe Cabin approached Li Si and said Fellic Crown wished to see him.