Chapter Summaries

After the Moon Spirit Leopard died, Li Si discovered it had been kept in captivity and escaped, raising suspicions about why it had reached Tony Baron's territory. He searched the mountain for the meaning behind its final roar and found a hidden crevice containing a faintly powerful living being.

• Elena refused Arsen's help and comforted the dying Moon Spirit Leopard, which roared toward the mountain before collapsing dead.
• Li Si found a broken black collar and fresh scars on the Moon Spirit Leopard, suggesting it had escaped from captivity, and quietly showed Arsen.
• Li Si told the others he would search the mountain, and Arsen sent Lunbos with him.
• Li Si used Life Detection Spell to locate a weak source of extraordinary life on the mountain's far side.
• Li Si and Lunbos found a concealed crevice, where Li Si saw the living being he had detected.

Li Si found a Moon Spirit Leopard cub and gave it to Elena, earning the elves’ friendship and a boost to his Charm. Elena then began a Soul Return Ritual to guide the deceased Moon Spirit Leopard’s soul to Goddess Fenriria’s God Kingdom, while Li Si watched the divine power take shape.

• Li Si found a Moon Spirit Leopard cub near the mountain and brought it to Elena.
• Elena embraced the cub, thanked Li Si, and told him that he and his companions had changed her view of humans.
• Elena kissed Li Si’s forehead, triggering the Elven’s Close Friend milestone and raising his Charm and favorability with elven factions.
• Elena prepared Fenriria’s Holy Emblem and other offerings, then began praying to open a gate for the Moon Spirit Leopard’s soul.
• A silver gate formed as divine power filled the ritual site, and Li Si watched, feeling its immense pressure.

After completing the Moon Spirit Leopard’s Soul Return Ritual, Li Si and his companions received blessings from Goddess Fenriria, and Elena’s young Moon Spirit Leopard was blessed as well. The group returned to Can Guang City, leaving Tony Baron to resume work in his territory and dismiss the strange merchant caravan.

• The Moon Spirit Leopard’s soul returned through the summoned doors, and Fenriria’s silver light blessed Li Si, Elena, the young Moon Spirit Leopard, and the others.
• Li Si gained the Silver Moon Blessing and learned that his divine power analysis had reached 1%.
• Elena confirmed that Fenriria had rewarded them for returning the leopard’s soul, and she said the young Moon Spirit Leopard had received the Goddess’s baptism and blessing.
• Elena used vines to cover the dead leopard’s remains, and Arsen led the group back to Tony Baron’s castle before they departed for Can Guang City.
• Tony Baron thanked the adventurers but ordered Zeman to send the strange merchant caravan away and make his vineyard workers return to work.

Li Si returned to Can Guang City after an extermination mission and spent the next morning preparing to visit Old Jack, a secret-shop owner he knew from his past life. He found Old Jack at home and entered his shop, seeking a special treasure.

• Lunbos hurried off to find a drink while Ya Er named the Moon Spirit Leopard Little Black and Li Si parted ways with the group.
• Arsen told Li Si to keep the Magic Crystals from the kobold nest as his personal spoils, and Li Si agreed.
• The next morning, Li Si ate breakfast, practiced Royal Family Swordsmanship, and set out with Welf.
• Li Si returned to the brick house on Lan Gai Street, where Old Jack answered the door.
• Old Jack sized up Li Si and invited him and Welf inside.

Li Si visited Old Jack's shop in Lan Gai Street and bought a four-leaf-clover brooch along with a potion. He met Ashley, the girl who would later become a famous assassin, and thanked her for warning him earlier.

• Old Jack sized up Li Si and Welf, wary of their unusual presence and strength.
• Li Si searched through Old Jack's junk pile and found the four-leaf-clover patterned dark gray brooch he had come for.
• Li Si bought the brooch and a pink potion for two hundred Gold Coins.
• Ashley arrived with food for Old Jack and shyly studied Li Si.
• Li Si thanked Ashley for warning him from behind a window during an earlier encounter.

Li Si awakened Arcadia's Lucky Brooch with High-level Holy Water, revealing its power to increase Luck and guarantee success on Luck checks for a short time. Meanwhile, Ashley chose to become Old Jack's assassin disciple.

• Li Si met Ashley at Old Jack's store and introduced himself before Old Jack sent him away.
• Old Jack asked Ashley whether she wanted to become an assassin, and she agreed so she could protect Aunt Anna and Uncle Jack.
• Li Si returned to his estate and used High-level Holy Water to awaken the dusty four-leaf clover brooch.
• Joyce sensed the divine ripple and contained it within the estate.
• Li Si inspected Arcadia's Lucky Brooch and learned it granted Luck +3 and a monthly five-second Lucky One State, followed by three days of misfortune.

Li Si gained Arcadia's Lucky Brooch, raised his level, and resumed his Arcane Research as the Sacred Festival approached. Meanwhile, Camus was ordered to probe Li Si's abilities and, under pressure, resolved to take matters into his own hands.

• Li Si learned that Arcadia's Lucky Brooch raised his Luck by three and granted five seconds of extraordinary good fortune, followed by three days in an Unlucky One State.
• Li Si pinned on the brooch, spent his experience to reach level 39, and returned to his Arcane Research as the Sacred Festival drew nearer.
• In a hidden stronghold in Can Guang City, a black-clad man confronted Camus for failing to test Li Si's capabilities.
• Camus explained that Li Si stayed home and relied on his Gold Warrior guard, then asked for help holding the guard back.
• The black-clad man refused to deploy a Gold-level professional and gave Camus half a month to complete the task.
• Camus left the chamber resolved to deal with Li Si himself.

Li Si analyzed Mora’s market intelligence and concluded that powerful figures within the Fies Kingdom were secretly stockpiling war supplies to force a foreign war. He realized he could ask Arsen about the kingdom’s upper ranks and went to the Ya Er Adventurer Team headquarters to seek his help.

• Li Si received Mora’s intelligence and found that prices for food, weapons, metal ore, and salt had risen across the Fies Kingdom and nearby countries.
• Li Si inferred that someone with support from the kingdom’s upper ranks was secretly stockpiling strategic supplies.
• Li Si suspected that someone wanted to provoke a foreign war to divert domestic unrest after the Sacred Festival assassination, though he doubted the king was behind it.
• Li Si decided to investigate who was pushing for war and remembered someone who might know about the kingdom’s upper ranks.
• Li Si visited the Ya Er Adventurer Team headquarters and asked Arsen for help.

Li Si asked Arsen which nobles might want to provoke a war, explaining that he had received reliable intelligence of a possible plot. Arsen named several powerful figures whose complaints could point to war and agreed to keep watching the situation, while deciding to consult his father.

• Li Si privately asked Arsen which nobles in the Fies Kingdom might want to start a war with another country.
• Arsen was startled, but Li Si said his information was genuine and reliable while withholding its source.
• Arsen named Duke Ramu, Minister of Finance Braford Gitte, and the growing court nobility as possible sources of pressure for conflict.
• Arsen warned Li Si to keep the information secret and offered to help if Li Si learned more.
• Arsen decided to discuss the threat with his father, and Li Si left the villa in the rain.

Li Si tried to identify the mastermind behind the impending war and planned to question Camus, but an ambusher trapped him in a teleportation array. The fight was still unfolding as Li Si’s second blue fireball struck the attacker’s Greater Elemental Shield.

• Li Si reviewed Arsen’s intelligence and concluded that none of the named figures seemed powerful enough to control events across the kingdom.
• Li Si remembered Camus from the academy and decided he might know the mastermind’s identity, but chose to approach him carefully.
• After several days of studying arcane arts at home, Li Si left for Arsen’s villa on Ge Duo Street without Welf.
• A black-clad man ambushed Li Si and activated a Short-Range Directional Magic Teleportation Array around them.
• Li Si attacked with spells and a sword, cut a gap in the array’s runes, and forced the ambusher to spend two Fourth Circle Spell scrolls on defenses.

Li Si destroyed the Teleportation Array before it activated and knocked Camus unconscious with a hammer. After Welf arrived, Li Si ordered the guards to take Camus away, while the system warned him that his Lucky One State had been replaced by a 72-hour Unlucky One Effect.

• Li Si used Arcane Rupture Burst to break through Camus's protective spells and reveal his identity.
• Li Si activated Arcadia's Lucky Brooch and destroyed the Teleportation Array's rune, shattering the formation.
• Li Si threw an iron hammer at Camus, who slipped on a banana peel and was knocked unconscious.
• Li Si received the Unlucky One Effect for 72 hours after his Lucky One State ended.
• Joyce watched from the shadows as Welf and the guards arrived, and Li Si ordered them to carry Camus away.

Li Si captured Camus after foiling his attempt to teleport them away, then questioned him in the underground laboratory. Camus suspected Li Si was an Arcanist, but Li Si denied it, leaving Camus convinced he faced a terrifying prodigy.

• Li Si recovered the intact Void Crystal from the destroyed Teleportation Array and returned to the manor with Welf.
• Li Si had Camus bound in the underground laboratory, sealed his magic power, and woke him with a spell.
• Camus admitted defeat and claimed he had acted alone to get revenge, but Li Si demanded to know who had sent him.
• Li Si implied that he had known about the plot against him since the academy, causing Camus to suspect he had concealed his true abilities for years.
• Camus asked whether Li Si was already an Arcanist, and Li Si denied it while Camus concluded that he was facing an extraordinary young Arcanist.

Li Si identified the Second Prince, Yatean Fies, as the mastermind behind the plot after Camus's reaction gave him away, then killed Camus and destroyed his body. Meanwhile, Arsen recalled telling Duke Hardt about Li Si's warning of a possible war, leaving Duke Hardt to consider who would risk taking action.

• Li Si questioned Camus by naming possible suspects until Camus's reaction to Yatean Fies revealed the Second Prince as his master.
• Li Si killed Camus with Ray of Death, destroyed the corpse with Burning Hands, and found little of value in Camus's Storage Ring.
• A guard told Arsen that Li Si could not meet him because of an urgent matter.
• Arsen recalled warning Duke Hardt that Li Si's seemingly unrelated intelligence might point to an approaching war.
• Duke Hardt considered the possibility and wondered who would dare take on the dangerous situation.

Fuchs explained to Arsen that the Hade Family would follow the king’s wishes and stop anyone trying to force a war, then told him to ask Li Si for more information. At the Kane Family Estate, Li Si suffered a series of mishaps from the Lucky Brooch’s Unlucky One effect and faced Rosie’s flying fruit pie.

• Fuchs told Arsen that the Hade Family would oppose efforts to force the king into war and asked him to seek more information from Li Si.
• Arsen returned to Ya Er, who was cuddling the little Moon Spirit Leopard, and went out to buy lunch.
• Li Si told Welf and the others to claim that he had killed a thief who tried to kidnap him.
• Li Si stumbled into a wall, dislocated his arm while trying to recover, and discovered that the Unlucky One effect still had over seventy hours remaining.
• Li Si cautiously climbed the stairs, but Rosie slipped and sent her fruit pie flying toward him.

Li Si recovered from three days of terrible luck and checked the rewards he received for defeating Camus, gaining powerful specialties, a spell, and a teleportation-array blueprint. He then considered why Second Prince Yatean Fies had targeted him and suspected the Sacred Festival assassination attempt hid a deeper truth.

• Li Si avoided training while suffering from a streak of bad luck, then opened the system notifications from his victory over Camus.
• Li Si received 600,000 experience points, 200 Gold Coins, three specialties, Greater Elemental Shield, a milestone reward, and a teleportation-array blueprint.
• Li Si inspected his new rewards and praised Camus for providing such useful abilities and items.
• Li Si recalled that Yatean Fies had been behind the events and questioned why the prince had sent Camus to test him.
• Li Si wondered whether the Sacred Festival assassination attempt concealed another motive and felt he was approaching the truth.

Li Si chose to master the Arcane Subsystem by studying magical knowledge from the fundamentals, even though it would slow his early progress. The chapter then shifted to a cloaked visitor entering a hidden building in Can Guang City, where two Silver Warriors guarded the courtyard.

• Li Si realized his Arcane Subsystem revealed the underlying laws of Spell Models, but he had not yet mastered the knowledge it placed in his mind.
• Li Si weighed developing Arcane spells through luck against studying magic from the ground up and chose the slower, more thorough path.
• A black-clad figure approached a concealed building in Can Guang City and knocked on its wall in a specific rhythm.
• The wall turned translucent, allowing the black-clad figure to enter the courtyard, where two Silver Warriors silently blocked his way.

Second Prince Ya Tean Fies reviewed the progress of his plot to provoke a war with the Bertich Kingdom and secure the throne. Uneasy about an unresolved test involving Viscount Kane, he ordered Robert to prevent any mishaps and was left murmuring Tiya’s name.

• Robert entered Ya Tean’s study and reported that supplies, military alliances, and support among court nobles were being prepared for war.
• Robert said the Bertich Kingdom had been maneuvered into sending its assassin, Blood Blade, to Can Guang City, where he would follow Ya Tean’s arrangements.
• Ya Tean learned that Viscount Kane, Baron Leo, Baron Lucas, and Baron Allen were positioned near the king for the Sacred Festival, but Camus had not reported progress on testing Kane.
• Ya Tean ordered Robert to speed up the preparations and ensure there were no accidents, then watched the street and murmured Tiya’s name.

After recovering from the Lucky Brooch’s misfortune, Li Si visited Arsen and shared clues about preparations for a possible war. The chapter ended with Arsen owing Li Si a major favor on behalf of the Hardt Family.

• Li Si concluded that the Lucky Brooch granted powerful good luck while spreading milder misfortune across three days.
• Li Si visited the adventurer group's villa, cooked breakfast, and ate with Arsen, Elena, and Ya Er.
• Arsen told Li Si that Duke Hardt suspected someone was pushing events from the shadows, though he had ruled out the King.
• Arsen asked Li Si for more clues and promised the Hardt Family would repay him with a great favor.
• Li Si warned Arsen about irregular purchases of food and weapons and Bertich Kingdom's unusual movements.

Arsen explained that the Ya Er Adventurer Team had received an urgent Exclusive Mission to investigate strange plant growth and possible Undead Creatures near Kola Village. The team discussed the dangers and considered whether to accept the mission, which required them to register and depart the next day.

• Li Si and Arsen emerged from their meeting satisfied, and Arsen gave Li Si a Diamond VIP Card from the Can Guang United Merchant Guild.
• Li Si studied a book on fire magic while Ya Er, Elena, and the others went outside to train.
• Mirelle, a Mercenary Guild mission supervisor, visited and told Arsen that the guild had assigned the team an Exclusive Mission.
• Arsen told the team that plants near Kola Village were growing rapidly and that the local lord had reported signs of Undead Creatures.
• Ya Er eagerly supported taking the mission, while Elena noted that the plant growth and undead presence seemed contradictory.

Li Si and his companions accepted the Mercenary Guild’s mission to investigate the abnormal undead activity in Kola Village, which might involve a newly formed Secret Realm. Before their departure, Li Si arranged for the estate to be guarded and used his experience and free attribute points to strengthen himself.

• Arsen explained that the guild would provide holy water and anti-undead spell scrolls, and the group agreed to investigate Kola Village and report the findings if they could not resolve the incident.
• Arsen arranged for the team to meet at the Mercenary Guild the next day and depart for Kola Village.
• Li Si returned to his estate, instructed Joyce to manage preparations and strengthen security, and requested food for the journey.
• Li Si spent his experience to raise his level and put his Gold-level milestone attribute points into Intelligence.