Recaps

As Saina and Elena grew old and died, Su Li remained in Ginkgo Alley with Elonore before setting out with her to seek a way beyond the fifth tier. After decades of failed experiments, they abandoned the search for now and traveled to the Elven Forest.

• Su Li watched Saina and Elena grow frail, returned with them to Wading Village, and cared for them with Little Stone, Elizabeth, and Elonore.
• Elena died, and Su Li buried her in the Royal Wilderness, and Saina later died after Su Li promised to find her in another life, and he buried her beside Elena.
• After Little Stone and the other descendants left, Su Li packed Saina and Elena’s keepsakes and stayed with Elonore as his core began to change.
• Su Li and Elonore salvaged the Ginkgo’s propulsion core, rigged it behind Li He’s cargo ship, and left the harbor to search for aether-rich waters.
• On Salt Island, Su Li found a vast seabed mineral belt and a fifth-tier sea beast skeleton, while Elonore discovered Elven writing that pointed east toward land.
• Su Li and Elonore traveled east, investigated Su Li’s unusual aether cultivation, and reached a sealed passage to the underground aether well.
• After fifty years and 287 failed experiments, Su Li decided to stop pursuing the sixth tier, and Elonore chose to visit the Elven Forest.
• Elonore restored her grandfather’s name at his grave and buried her first perception crystal before she and Su Li reached the Elven Merchant Association’s main gate.