Chapter Summaries

Pascal’s exploration team discovered that an intelligent pursuer had followed them through the dungeon, so Pascal collapsed the passage to cut it off. A Dark Elf emerged from the rubble and attacked Pascal, leaving the team facing the revealed threat.

• Pascal detected that her concealed warning spell had been triggered, though Amir found no traces of a pursuer.
• Pascal decided to destroy the passage, reasoning that the follower might attack if the team tried to retreat.
• Pascal launched a fireball that collapsed the passage, but a black shadow burst through the smoke and struck at her.
• Jarr blocked the attacker’s dagger with his shield, and the shadow retreated far enough for the team to see it was a Dark Elf girl.
• Pascal asked the Dark Elf why she had attacked them and wondered whether she was connected to the dungeon’s magical beasts.

Pascal and her team questioned Kaelina about the Salvador Forbidden Land, but she secretly paralyzed them and tried to take them to her Chief Sovereign. Councilor Buren arrived, freed the team, and began questioning Kaelina while Li Si watched from the shadows.

• Pascal and Kaelina exchanged information about the Salvador Forbidden Land, its missing magical beasts, and the new dungeon entrance in the Tran Kingdom.
• Kaelina used Spore Powder to paralyze Pascal and her teammates, then attempted to capture them for the Chief Sovereign.
• A middle-aged Legendary appeared, and Kaelina identified herself as Kaelina before obeying his order to cure the adventurers.
• Pascal recognized the Legendary as Councilor Buren, the Association's Chanter of Woe, and Buren began questioning Kaelina.
• A hidden figure watched Buren and the others, while Li Si observed from farther down the passage.

Li Si observed Brun, the Chanter of Woe, question the Legendary Dark Elf Kaelina and learned that she served the Legendary Chief Sovereign Spin of Fortress Donovan under Lolth the Spider Queen’s influence. Brun set out with Kaelina for Donovan while Pascal and her companions returned to the surface, and Li Si discovered that someone had wrapped up the dungeon’s space.

• Li Si recognized Kaelina as a Legendary Dark Elf empowered by Lolth the Spider Queen and watched her confront Brun.
• Brun used a Mana Line to take on the damage from Kaelina’s Soul Restriction, allowing her to reveal that Spin was a Legend and ruled Fortress Donovan.
• Brun ordered Kaelina to lead him to Donovan and warned Pascal’s party that he could not guarantee their safety.
• Pascal and her companions used a Teleportation Scroll to leave the dungeon, while Li Si secretly followed Brun and Kaelina with Shadow Power.
• Li Si noticed that someone had wrapped up the dungeon’s space.

Brun accompanied Kaelina to Donovan, a vast Dark Elf war fortress hidden deep within the Underground City, and realized that she had been used to lure him there. Chief Sovereign Spin appeared with three other Legendary Dark Elves and offered to make Brun her sixteenth husband, leaving him surrounded by four Legendary foes.

• Brun led Kaelina through the Underground City passage while secretly marking their route and remaining wary of danger.
• Kaelina revealed a concealed entrance to Donovan, where Brun discovered a vast fortress built to gather Dark Elves for war.
• Brun deduced that Kaelina had been guided to lure a Legendary Mage and that Donovan's inhabitants had deliberately withheld their presence.
• Chief Sovereign Spin appeared after Brun threatened to leave and propositioned him as her sixteenth husband.
• Brun faced Spin and three other Legendary Dark Elves, and Spin hinted that her forces included more than the four of them.

Li Si discovered that Forbidden Fortress Donovan was drawing anyone who used spatial teleportation into its core, where the Dark Elves were trying to capture Brun. He stayed behind to investigate their purpose and approached Elisa, the Legendary Dark Elf scout.

• Brun questioned Spin about the Dark Elves’ goals, then cast a Teleportation Spell while Spin and the other Legendaries let him leave.
• Spin ordered Elisa to keep watch for approaching Legendaries and had Fraser take the mind-controlled Kaelina as a captive bait.
• Li Si watched Donovan and deduced that its spatial barrier redirected teleportation into the fortress core, leaving Brun trapped there under siege.
• Li Si decided to investigate the Dark Elves’ plans rather than enter Donovan, and followed Elisa as a way to get closer to the fortress.
• Elisa dodged Li Si’s silent sneak attack in a dungeon passage and turned to face him.

Li Si trapped and defeated Elisa, then entered her mind to investigate the lifelessness he had sensed in her and the other Legendary Dark Elves. He found a Mental Imprint tied to Lolth the Spider Queen and began carefully breaking it apart without alerting her.

• Li Si sealed the passage with the Net of Silent Severance, preventing Elisa from teleporting or contacting Spin.
• Elisa attacked Li Si, but he endured her strikes with defensive spells before matching her in close combat and eventually paralyzing her with a dagger.
• Li Si entered Elisa's mind and discovered that her mental world was a lifeless wasteland suppressed by a black Mental Imprint.
• Li Si recognized the imprint as containing Lolth the Spider Queen's divine power and carefully used his Chaos Divine Power to resist its backlash.
• Li Si found the imprint's weakness and began eroding it until its darkness faded and its fragile core was revealed.

Li Si temporarily freed Elisa’s awareness from Lolth the Spider Queen’s control and questioned her about Forbidden Fortress Donovan and Spin’s plans. Elisa revealed that Spin used an artifact called The Stomach of Pastom to seal the dungeon’s space, leaving Li Si with crucial information as he prepared for a confrontation.

• Li Si eroded much of Lolth the Spider Queen’s Mental Imprint, allowing Elisa to regain awareness while he retained control of her body.
• Elisa explained that she had resisted Lolth because she longed for the surface world, and Li Si promised to help free her in exchange for her cooperation.
• Elisa told Li Si that Donovan held five Dark Elf legends, including three controlled like her, and that its powerful inhabitants remained dormant to prolong their lives.
• Elisa revealed that Spin’s special legendary item opened a passage to an Abyss Plane where the crazed magical beasts were bred.
• Elisa told Li Si that Spin had sealed the dungeon’s space with an artifact called The Stomach of Pastom.

Li Si learned that The Stomach of Pastom, a divine artifact controlled by Spin, was distorting and sealing the dungeon’s space, and he considered taking control of it himself. Using Elisa’s status to avoid detection, he entered Forbidden Fortress Donovan and reached its central district, where he saw the Spider Heart Sanctuary and its signs of Lolth’s power.

• Li Si kept Spin’s authority over Elisa in place as a cover while retaining the ability to control her himself.
• Li Si learned that The Stomach of Pastom was responsible for the spatial distortion and considered usurping Spin’s control of the artifact.
• Li Si controlled Elisa as she entered Donovan, passing sleeping Dark Elf warriors without triggering the city’s defenses.
• Li Si reached Donovan’s central district and saw the Spider Heart Sanctuary, where Lolth’s power flowed through a giant spider egg and watching eyes.

Brun struggled against the Dark Elves’ attempt to bind him with Lolth’s power while Spin watched, hoping to turn him into a puppet. Beneath the sanctuary, Li Si, controlling Elisa, examined The Stomach of Pastom and weighed the danger of trying to tamper with the divine artifact.

• Brun’s Protective Barrier weakened as Lolth’s webs and Abyss Power eroded his body and consciousness, while Spin watched and planned to control him.
• Spin felt a tremor coming from the direction of The Stomach of Pastom and reacted with alarm.
• Li Si, controlling Elisa, examined The Stomach of Pastom in a concealed chamber and sensed its powers of devouring, sealing, and digestion.
• Li Si determined that the Dark Elves had sealed much of the artifact’s power, but recognized that contact could expose him to Abyss Power.
• Li Si decided to attempt contact with The Stomach of Pastom despite the risk of corruption.

Li Si tested the Artifact The Stomach of Pastom through Elisa, learned about its Devour, Seal, and Digest powers, and triggered a destructive counterattack. He deceived Spin with a story about being ambushed and was ordered to stay and guard the Artifact, giving him the access he wanted.

• Li Si used Elisa and a legendary dagger to test The Stomach of Pastom, which struck her with divine damage and inflicted the Devour, Seal, and Digest statuses.
• Li Si learned that the Artifact was unclaimed but held powerful Endless Abyss energy and decided he needed more preparation before stealing it.
• The Artifact launched another attack, destroying a wall, so Li Si wounded Elisa with prepared magic scrolls and pretended she had been ambushed by a Legend from the Pan-continental Mage Association.
• Spin arrived, confirmed the Artifact was intact, and questioned Elisa about the damage and her injuries.
• Li Si claimed an unknown Legendary Mage had attacked him, and Spin ordered Elisa to remain in the chamber and guard The Stomach of Pastom while recovering.

Li Si decided to enlist the Elf Race against the Dark Elves in Forbidden Fortress Donovan, wary that a traitor in the Pan-continental Mage Association's Legendary Council could compromise any report. After Adela recognized divine power in Li Si's clone and learned about the fortress and its artifact, she agreed the threat was important and took him to report to her lord.

• Li Si concluded that someone in the Legendary Council had leaked secrets to the Dark Elves and chose not to alert the Association before finding allies.
• Li Si used his consciousness link to appear as a clone in Elf Village Tyrion, where Adela noticed his faint divine power aura.
• Li Si told Adela that his research had produced the divine power aura, shocking her and changing her view of his chances of reaching godhood through Arcane.
• Li Si explained the Dark Elves' fortress, their divine artifact The Stomach of Pastom, and the danger posed by Lolth the Spider Queen.
• Adela called Li Si's intelligence important to the Elf Race and took him to report to her lord.

Li Si accompanied Adela to the temple, where her prayer summoned an avatar of Fenriria instead of Corellon. Fenriria authorized the elves to aid Li Si against the Dark Elves and asked what help he needed; Li Si requested protection from the Abyss Power on the divine artifact The Stomach of Pastom.

• Li Si followed Adela into the temple, where she performed the Silver Leaf Prayer and the World Tree Yggdrasil appeared in a projection.
• Fenriria’s statue shone, and the Moon and Guardian Goddess’s avatar emerged after Corellon’s radiance faded.
• Fenriria recognized Li Si as another favored one of the World Tree and asked Adela to explain what she knew about the Dark Elves.
• Adela reported Li Si’s information, and Fenriria agreed that the elves would help him and intervene if Lolth acted personally.
• Fenriria asked Li Si what aid he needed, and he requested a way to resist the Abyss Power on The Stomach of Pastom.

Li Si returned to the Pan-continental Mage Association with Fenriria’s blessing, which would help him obtain and safely study The Stomach of Pastom. At the Source of All Laws Mage Tower, he found a young mage publicly criticizing its free library and wondered who was directing the opposition.

• Li Si returned from Elf Village Tyrion with a Crescent Moon Mark from Fenriria, protection against the Abyss Power within The Stomach of Pastom.
• Fenriria promised to help partially seal The Stomach of Pastom after Li Si obtained it, while the Elf Race prepared to investigate and attack the Dark Elves.
• Li Si considered how to prepare for the assault on Forbidden Fortress Donovan without alerting any Association traitors who might be leaking secrets to the Dark Elves.
• Li Si noticed a crowd gathered outside the Source of All Laws Mage Tower and heard Harvel argue that its free library threatened the Association and could lead to future restrictions.
• Li Si chose not to confront Harvel and instead wondered who was secretly guiding the criticism.

Li Si discovered that Harvel’s criticism of Source of All Laws had been subtly manipulated, and learned that a wider campaign of outside guidance was underway in Yonas City. Cole publicly rebutted Harvel and drove him off, while Li Si suspected the instigators still had a greater move planned.

• Li Si used a Soul spell to confirm Harvel was not consciously controlled, then asked Black Cat to investigate similar incidents and public discussions.
• Black Cat reported Harvel had been protesting for four days and found twelve possible instances of outside guidance, all in Yonas City.
• Cole confronted Harvel and argued that his accusations were speculation, pointing to Source of All Laws’ channels for members to raise concerns.
• Cole defended Li Si’s purpose in founding Source of All Laws and insulted Harvel until Harvel fled the crowd.
• Li Si praised Cole’s response but remained wary that the opposing side had not revealed its true plan.
• Li Si returned to the Mage Tower with Lisa and carried her toward his room.

Li Si suspected that Lolth the Spider Queen’s agents were plotting against the Pan-continental Mage Association and learned that Earth Sage Jenos Bowers had proposed restricting the Source of All Laws. Rather than block the proposal, Li Si planned to use it to uncover the conspirators and sought Talindra’s help with the larger threat.

• Li Si reviewed Association intelligence and concluded that the apparent calm might conceal a plot targeting the Source of All Laws or the Floating City.
• Minos informed Li Si that Jenos Bowers had urgently proposed restrictions on the Source of All Laws, including curbs on its journals, magic knowledge, and recruitment.
• Li Si suspected Jenos was acting for someone else and chose not to use his authority to stop the proposal, hoping to expose those behind it.
• Li Si left Lisa and visited Talindra, telling her about Forbidden Fortress Donovan, Lolth the Spider Queen, and his suspicions about traitors cooperating with the Elf Race.

Li Si and Talindra planned to use the Legendary Council vote to identify traitors helping the Dark Elves, and Talindra promised to support him. At the next meeting, Councilor Gennos submitted an emergency proposal targeting Li Si’s Source of All Laws faction.

• Li Si proposed letting the Dark Elves believe the Association was distracted while the Elf Race prepared to destroy Forbidden Fortress Donovan, then using the vote to narrow down the traitor suspects.
• Talindra agreed to intervene if Li Si needed help and gave him a pearl that let her locate him and sense Star Realm Magic.
• Li Si accepted Talindra’s promise and the pearl, then left her garden.
• At the Legendary Council meeting, Minos announced Gennos’s emergency proposal to restrict the Source of All Laws faction’s expansion.
• The Councilors turned their attention to Gennos, surprised that someone had moved openly against Li Si’s faction.

At the Legendary Council voting meeting, Gennos's proposal to restrict the Source of All Laws passed, but Simoni invoked the rules to postpone its implementation until the fourth voting meeting of Dawn Calendar Year 646. Watching remotely, Li Si reviewed the voting list and recognized who had supported the proposal.

• Gennos argued that the Legendary Council should guide the Source of All Laws, and Simoni angrily accused him of trying to restrict its reforms.
• Simoni defended Li Si's proactive reforms, warning that the Pan-continental Mage Association would fall behind if it refused to change.
• Borcan, leader of the Tower of Scorched Embers, publicly supported Li Si and the Source of All Laws.
• The Legendary Council voted to pass Gennos's proposal, but Simoni requested a postponement under the Council's rules, delaying implementation until the fourth voting meeting of Dawn Calendar Year 646.
• Simoni notified Li Si and sought support from his friends, while Li Si watched the meeting remotely and recognized the proposal's supporters on the voting list.

Li Si brought five powerful Elf Legendaries to attack the seal protecting Forbidden Fortress Donovan while his Life Clone prepared to seize The Stomach of Pastom. Spin left Brun under guard and confronted the attackers, realizing the Elf Race had discovered Donovan.

• Li Si used his Life Clone to bypass the dungeon’s spatial seal, then summoned High Priestess Adela and four other Elf Legendaries through a teleportation array.
• Li Si explained that the elves would attack the divine artifact’s seal to draw the Dark Elves’ attention while he and Adela stayed hidden and his Life Clone tried to seize The Stomach of Pastom.
• Spin waited for Brun’s remaining resistance to fade, then left one Dark Elf Legendary to guard him and took two others toward the disturbance.
• Kelly and Carlton attacked the invisible barrier with moonlight arrows and a massive shield, but The Stomach of Pastom absorbed the attacks without yielding.
• Spin arrived behind the barrier, saw the Elf Legendaries, and realized the Elf Race had found Forbidden Fortress Donovan.

Spin confronted Kelly and the other Legendary Elves in the dungeon passageway, trying to conceal Forbidden Fortress Donovan as the two sides fought. Meanwhile, Li Si reached Donovan and used Goddess Fenriria’s Concealment power to evade Lolth the Spider Queen’s notice.

• Spin decided to pose as an angry territorial defender and delay the Elf Legendaries rather than report their arrival to Lolth the Spider Queen.
• Spin and her two Legendary Dark Elf puppets attacked Kelly, Jonathan, Windia, and Carlton, whose coordinated defenses struggled against Spin’s powerful dark realm.
• Spin unleashed cursed chains and a massive surge of darkness, and Jonathan and Carlton combined their powers to strike back.
• Li Si’s Life Clone followed Elisa to Forbidden Fortress Donovan as dark currents poured from the city toward the battle.
• Li Si detected that the currents came from Spin’s control rather than Lolth the Spider Queen, then used the silver moon mark to conceal himself.

Li Si infiltrated the Spider Heart Sanctuary and reached The Stomach of Pastom, enduring its Abyss Power as he used Chaos Faith Power to claim the divine artifact. He cleared Lolth the Spider Queen’s power from its core and successfully mastered it.

• Li Si passed through the sanctuary undetected and saw Chanter of Woe Brun being corrupted, but continued toward The Stomach of Pastom.
• Li Si entered the artifact’s chamber and had Elisa guard the corridor while he approached it under Goddess Fenriria’s protection.
• Li Si touched The Stomach of Pastom, and the artifact swallowed him as his Chaos Faith Power entered its core.
• Li Si endured the artifact’s Abyss Power with protection from Goddess Fenriria and the World Tree’s life force, then found its blood-red core.
• Li Si used Chaos Faith Power to remove Lolth the Spider Queen’s power from the core and successfully mastered The Stomach of Pastom.