Chapter Summaries

Garos reunited with his children, rewarded Galkro, and learned that Laria was building a domain while training independently. He offered Sorog a chance to enter the Legendary Realm and heard Gordon's plan to influence Lothern from within, but warned that war with Lothern might be unavoidable and declared that Aura would make the Theo Kingdom genuine territory.

• Ophelia affectionately greeted Garos and received gemstones, while Galkro earned praise for his Battleworn Mark and was rewarded with fire-element gems.
• Galkro reported that Laria had left to build his own power, Isanora had returned to the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm, and Salia was hunting Demons near the Abyssal Rift; Sorog revealed that Laria had founded the Red Lotus Lord's domain with thousands of followers.
• After ten days of feasting, Garos offered Sorog the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm's opportunity to reach the Legendary Realm and said he would seek another opportunity for Samantha.
• Garos contacted Gordon, who chose to remain in Lothern and gradually influence its people and government, but Garos opposed the plan because war between Lothern and Aura could soon come.
• Garos declared that Aura would act before its rivals and make the Theo Kingdom genuine Aura territory.

Garos agreed to let Zolaya bear his offspring on the condition that they served him and the Aura Kingdom rather than her dragonflight. He then considered how his bloodline might help him pursue godhood and become a Godlike Lifeform before beginning his training.

• Zolaya asked Garos to let her bear powerful offspring carrying his bloodline.
• Garos agreed on the condition that their children would be loyal to him and the Aura Kingdom, not the Dominic Dragonflight.
• Garos ordered Zolaya to visit him once a month and left the bedchamber.
• Garos wondered whether his offspring would inherit his evolved traits and whether they could form a new dragon species.
• Garos weighed the paths to godhood and becoming a Godlike Lifeform, then focused on mastering his abilities and training.

Sorog and Samantha traveled toward the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm to negotiate for a place at the Eternal Tide’s baptism, but a Legendary Warrior ambushed them in the Scorching Sand Expanse. With help from two Legendary Heroic Spirits, they repelled the attacker and continued their journey, suspecting that hostile forces were watching them.

• Sorog and Samantha left Garos to negotiate with the Metal Dragons, while Garos stayed behind to train.
• Sorog guided Samantha across the Romanian Plains toward the coast, avoiding major cities as they traveled.
• In the Scorching Sand Expanse, Sorog spotted an ambush with the Eye of True Sight and warned Samantha.
• A Legendary Warrior attacked Sorog, but Sorog summoned Xia'er and Mien, who blocked the assault and forced the attacker to retreat.
• Sorog explained that the Sanctum could teleport across dimensional space but that transporting dragons would consume too many resources.
• Sorog and Samantha resumed their flight toward the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm, wary that someone had been tracking them.

Sorog and Samantha traveled toward the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm to seek the Eternal Tide baptism, but a Legendary Warrior ambushed them in the Scorching Sand Expanse. Sorog’s preparations brought two Legendary Heroic Spirits to their defense, and the dragons continued their journey after the attacker escaped.

• Garos sent Sorog and Samantha to negotiate for a place in the Eternal Tide baptism while he stayed behind to train.
• Sorog and Samantha flew north toward the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm, following Sorog’s planned route through the Wilderness.
• In the Scorching Sand Expanse, Sorog spotted an ambush with the Eye of True Sight as a Legendary Warrior burst from a dune and attacked him.
• Sorog activated his badge, summoning Xia’er and Mien, who blocked the attacker’s strike and forced him to retreat while Samantha prepared to join the fight.
• Sorog explained that the Sanctum could teleport through dimensional space and that he had arranged for the Heroic Spirits to protect them, but the attacker’s identity remained unknown.
• Sorog and Samantha resumed their flight, with Sorog explaining that teleporting them would cost too many of the kingdom’s resources.

Garos discussed his growth and Sorog’s recent attack before King Raymond Lothern proposed a New Federation Treaty to strengthen Lothern’s influence across the Romanian Plains. Garos rejected the treaty, learned that Theo had already joined it, and resolved to pursue Aura’s ambitions through strength.

• Garos learned from Sorog that a concealed humanoid attacker had assaulted him, while Garos urged him to focus on reaching the Legendary Realm.
• Garos reviewed his pathway progress and the powerful Fury Defies Death skill, then returned to training.
• King Raymond proposed a New Federation Treaty offering Aura favorable trade terms, military support, and recognition of its disputed territories.
• Garos refused to replace Aura’s existing pact with Lothern’s treaty, saying Aura would pursue its own interests without joining the federation.
• Raymond revealed that Theo had signed the treaty three months earlier, and Garos concluded that Lothern sought to impose peace on its own terms.

Garos reconsidered his training after discovering that his digestion and energy conversion could not keep pace with his growth, while Theo’s treaty violations and alliance with Lothern pushed Aura toward confrontation. He descended on Silverglow City, broke through its defenses, and captured King Torfin alive, leaving the nations’ fragile peace shattered.

• Garos identified his digestive system and energy conversion as weaknesses, then studied his body by consuming varied foods and materials.
• Ludwig and Russell reported Theo’s trade restrictions and secret effort to cultivate new Legendary beings, and Garos ordered a formal condemnation of Theo’s treaty violations.
• Sorog and Samantha returned as Legendary dragons, and Garos decided to answer Theo’s provocations directly.
• King Torfin dismissed Grand Duke Lawrence’s warnings and backed Theo’s alliance with Lothern, but received news that three Legendary dragons had appeared near the border.
• Garos crashed through Silverglow City’s defenses and the palace shield, then seized Torfin despite the intervention of two Legendary guards.
• Garos carried Torfin away from the Royal Court, stunning Theo and ending the fragile peace between the nations.

After Garos Ignas captured King Torfin of Theo, Raymond convened Lothern’s leaders to decide how to respond. He chose to use the Red Emperor as a common threat to strengthen the New Federation, leaving Soderian’s plan to assassinate him as a last resort.

• A courier told Raymond that Garos Ignas had breached Silverglow City’s defenses and captured King Torfin alive.
• Lothern’s ministers debated whether to attack Aura or use the crisis to unite kingdoms under the New Federation and stabilize Theo.
• Soderian Lothern arrived and assessed the Red Emperor as a dangerous opponent, promising to carry out a costly assassination if Raymond judged it necessary.
• Raymond decided that eliminating Garos Ignas should remain a final option and shelved the decapitation plan.
• Raymond and the ministers set out diplomatic and political measures, and Raymond welcomed the crisis as a chance to advance his ambitions for the New Federation.

The Red Emperor’s kin captured King Torfin Chapman and forced him to choose between making Theo a vassal of Aura or watching himself and his kingdom be destroyed. After leaving him three days to decide, Garos Ignas and his siblings discussed Aura’s plans to rally allies and prepare for war against Lothern.

• The Red Iron Dragon abandoned Torfin on a remote mountaintop, where Sorog Ignas confronted him over Theo’s violations of the Nolton Treaty.
• Samantha Ignas pretended to eat Torfin to terrify him, while Sorog laid out Aura’s plans to execute him and destroy Theo unless he accepted vassal status.
• Sorog gave Torfin three days to choose between submission and death, then left him alone on the mountain with the possibility of jumping from the cliff.
• Garos Ignas, Sorog, and Samantha reunited, and Samantha recounted her performance while Sorog assessed Torfin as frightened but not yet broken.
• Sorog reported that Aura had supporters among Theo’s people, while Garos warned that Lothern and a united human alliance were the greater obstacles.
• Garos identified Ribos as a potential ally against Lothern and declared that Aura would ignite and control the coming war.

Garos chose to prioritize raising his Star-Self level while the conflict over the Romanian Plains remained unsettled. Meanwhile, King Torfin submitted Theo to Aura and returned to Silverglow City as its puppet ruler, while openly admitting he might resist again if Aura grew weak.

• Garos decided to focus on Star-Self training rather than weaken himself by continuing to train his digestive system, and spent three days practicing in his transformed combat form.
• Lothern condemned Aura for capturing King Torfin and demanded his release, while Ribos, Cambrook, and Matena issued more restrained statements; Aura made no reply.
• Sorog the Iron Dragon met Torfin after three days on the mountain, and Torfin pledged Theo's submission to Aura while admitting he would challenge it if it ever became weak.
• Sorog accepted Torfin's choice, told him to maintain Theo's stability as a puppet king, and carried him back toward Theo.
• An Aura Blue Dragon returned Torfin to a northern checkpoint, where Theo's soldiers recognized him and sent him toward Silverglow City.
• On New Calendar 417, April 20, Theo spellcasters verified Torfin's identity, and he returned to the royal capital.

Garos decided to provoke Lothern after concluding that Aura would likely face it without open support from other kingdoms. Samantha Ignas destroyed Lothern’s southern camp in Theo, and Theo backed the attack as an expulsion of illegal troops, prompting Lothern to declare war on Aura.

• Garos and Iron Dragon Sorog discussed Ribos’s hesitation and concluded that Aura and Lothern would likely fight each other while other kingdoms waited to see who prevailed.
• Garos ordered Samantha Ignas to begin the next stage of the plan by attacking Lothern’s forces.
• A month later, Samantha crashed into Lothern’s camp outside Silverglow City, killing many soldiers and devastating the garrison with her Dragon Breath and attacks.
• The Lothern commander fought Samantha but was overwhelmed and escaped with a spatial scroll, while the surviving knights faced the destruction of their camp.
• Theo’s Royal Court declared Lothern’s garrison illegal and supported Aura’s attack as an effort to defend Theo’s sovereignty.
• Lothern abandoned diplomatic mediation, mobilized its legions, and formally declared war on Aura.

Garos learned from Ribos's ambassador about Lothern's forces and its Crown-Rank time wielder, then prepared Aura for war while weighing a direct battle against the risks of assassination. In June 417, Lothern and Aura launched their armies toward the Lain Plateau, where they began clearing local lords and taking positions.

• Sorog reported that Lothern had declared war and was gathering forces, while other nations remained silent and Ribos's ambassador Aaron Leviborg sought an audience with Aura.
• Aaron gave Garos intelligence about Lothern and a military formation, presenting the formation's disappearance from Ribos's vault as an accident; Garos accepted the gifts without promising an alliance.
• Garos studied the intelligence on Lothern's Holy Spirits and Legends, especially Crown-Rank time wielder Soderian Lothern, and ordered the information shared with Aura's commanders.
• Sorog recommended confronting Lothern directly on the Lain Plateau, and Garos acknowledged that Lothern might attempt to assassinate him but declared he was ready to face its Crown-Rank Legends.
• In June 417, Aura and Lothern sent their armies toward the Lain Plateau, where they defeated, displaced, or removed the local lords and established their forces.

The Aura Legion launched a brutal assault on Lothern’s unfinished front-line defenses, destroying the Earth Manipulator’s shield and overrunning the position at enormous cost to both sides. Lothern then advanced through a prolonged war of attrition, while the Red Iron Dragon discovered he could combine his evolved eyes with Beneath the Dragon Throne and prepared a surprise for Lothern.

• General Valesia Assef warned his son against underestimating Aura and ordered Lothern’s troops to defend when the Aura Legion began its charge.
• The Earth Manipulator reshaped the battlefield and disrupted Aura’s assault, but Elvie used the Red Emperor’s guidance to strike its weak points and force it underground for repairs.
• The Aura Legion’s Heroic Spirits, Battle Soul, Glutton Demon, and other fighters helped it overwhelm Lothern’s front-line position after a bloody battle.
• Valesia assessed Lothern’s losses and ordered the army to repair its defenses, while recognizing that Aura’s Sanctum could return fallen soldiers to battle.
• In the following days, Lothern repeatedly rebuilt and pushed its defensive line forward as the Aura Legion suffered heavy losses and fell back.
• The Red Iron Dragon tested his evolved eyes through Beneath the Dragon Throne and concluded that Lothern had prepared a trap, but he had a surprise of his own.

Garos reviewed the Aura Kingdom’s war against Lothern with Sorog, then intervened personally to halt Lothern’s advance on the Dusk Plains. His devastating attack destroyed the enemy front line, leaving Aura’s soldiers inspired and Lothern’s commanders shaken.

• Sorog told Garos that Aura’s legends were outnumbered and out-equipped by Lothern, while the Battle Soul Formation and young dragons showed promise on the battlefield.
• Garos ordered Sorog, Samantha, and Beskar to enter the fighting when the moment was right, and declared that he would personally stop Lothern’s advance.
• Galkro, Salia, and two blue dragons ambushed and defeated a Lothern reconnaissance force in a valley on the Lain Plateau.
• Garos arrived over the Dusk Plains carrying a massive fireball and unleashed it on Lothern’s defenses, obliterating the front line and causing the Aura soldiers to erupt in celebration.
• Galkro and Salia watched the distant explosion in shock, while the Iron-Armed General recognized the Red Emperor as a calamity beyond his expectations.

Torifin ordered Theo to reinforce Aura after Garos Ignas destroyed Lothern’s frontline, while revealing that Reinhart had survived and been sent to the Holden Empire. Reinhart chose to seek the elves’ Fountain of Life instead of returning to Theo, and Soderian twice turned back Garos’s Dragon Aura Bombs, at the cost of his own lifespan, before deciding to fight on his own terms.

• Torifin asked Henderson to lead Theo’s legends to reinforce Aura, then revealed that Reinhart had survived and been sent to the Holden Empire.
• In Holden’s Unfallen City, Reinhart told Alice he would not return to Theo and planned to seek the Fountain of Life in Orotara; Alice gave him an amulet, and he departed.
• Henderson delivered Theo’s offer of support to Garos, who dismissed the need for reinforcements and flew toward Lothern’s base camp to seek its Time Crown Rank.
• Garos attacked Lothern’s base camp with a Dragon Aura Bomb, but Soderian used his restored shield and the Wall of Time to reverse the blast and force Garos to retreat.
• Three days later, Garos launched another Dragon Aura Bomb, and Soderian reversed it again, then resolved to stop defending passively even as time drained from his life.

Garos and the Aura Legendaries prepared to launch a full-scale assault on Lothern, while King Raymond gathered Lothern’s Crown Ranks and committed the kingdom’s strongest forces to a decisive battle. On the fifth day, both armies marched out to meet beneath the watching Satellites, and the battle began.

• Garos rejected another lone attack and rallied Aura’s Legendaries, including Henderson and Theo’s newly surrendered warriors, for a full-scale assault on Lothern.
• Soderian urged King Raymond to stake Lothern’s survival on one battle, and Raymond agreed to awaken Elliott, summon the Holy Spirit, and personally lead the expedition.
• Raymond arrived at Lothern’s camp with Elliott, where Soderian and Grant joined them, and the Holy Spirit manifested before the gathered leaders.
• Valesia briefed Lothern’s leaders on Garos’s powers and suspected weakness, and Soderian assigned roles for a trap using Raymond as bait and the Holy Spirit’s Destiny Domain.
• After five days of tense preparations, Garos led the Aura Legion toward Lothern’s camp, and Lothern’s legions marched out to meet them as the Satellites watched.

Lothern and Aura fought a devastating battle while Garos watched, then struck at Lothern’s Crown Ranks when they moved to kill Silent Blade. The Crown Ranks cut Garos apart and tried to prevent his resurrection, but he revived stronger than before and charged Soderian.

• King Raymond activated the Myriad Army Command Oath as the Aura Legion formed its Battle Soul, and the two armies collided across the plains.
• Lothern gained the advantage in the ground and Legendary battles, while Silent Blade killed the Immortal Bird once before she rebirthed from fire.
• Garos ignored Raymond’s bait, killed Silent Blade, and was surrounded by the Holy Spirit, Soderian, Grant, and the Four-Symbols Crown Rank.
• The four Crown Ranks overwhelmed Garos, and Soderian used Time Stasis to strike ten vital points before the Paladin cast a Resurrection-Denial Barrier over Garos’s remains.
• Garos reassembled his body despite the barrier, rose with greater power, and charged at Soderian.

Garos defeated Lothern’s army on the Lain Plateau, forcing its soldiers to surrender and its king, Raymond, to take his own life. He accepted Valesia’s pledge to secure Valdo City and declared that Lothern could remain under Aura’s new order, while he looked toward extending his rule across the Romaya Plain.

• The Red Emperor drained energy from the fallen and restored his wounds, then declared that Aura would rule the Romanian Plains as Sorog rallied its forces.
• Lothern’s soldiers surrendered in growing numbers, while half of its Legendary Realm fighters escaped and the rest submitted or were stopped from fleeing.
• Valesia stayed with his army, and Raymond killed himself with the Dawn King Sword after recognizing Lothern’s defeat.
• Garos reflected on the battle, realizing his resistance to time had permanently improved, and resolved not to underestimate powerful foes.
• Valesia promised that Valdo City would surrender, and Garos agreed to spare it and let Lothern continue under Aura’s rule.
• Garos flew above the quieting battlefield and turned his attention toward bringing a new order to the rest of the Romaya Plain.

After the Red Emperor defeated Lothern on the Lain Plateau, Mattena and Rybos chose to pursue cooperation with Aura, while the Holden Empire assessed him as a potential threat. Glenn submitted a warning report but expected the Empire’s leaders to ignore it as their attention remained on the Deep Abyss Development Project.

• Mattena's Goblin leaders analyzed the Red Emperor's revivals and Wild Path abilities, then canceled plans to attack him and decided to seek contact and cooperation with Aura.
• King Darris Croan ordered Rybos to congratulate Aura and send a high-ranking delegation, then severed communication with Holden's envoy.
• Mattena, Rybos, and Cambrook congratulated Aura on its victory, while Glenn reported that the Red Emperor could become a major long-term threat to the Holden Empire.
• Glenn recommended recruiting and observing the Red Emperor or eliminating him if necessary, but assumed the report would be shelved because the Empire prioritized its abyss project.

Garos Ignas led the Aura Legion to Valdo City, where Lothern surrendered and accepted his terms of vassalage. With the Red Emperor ruling from the royal throne and Lothern’s name allowed to remain, Aura’s control over the kingdom began.

• After Lothern’s king and Crown Ranks died on Lain Plateau, nobles and ministers courted Gordon Ignas, while Elina explained that she now pursued knowledge of the world rather than the kingdom’s fate.
• Half a month later, the Aura Legion reached Valdo City, whose defenders opened the gates and whose nobles formally welcomed Garos Ignas.
• Gordon greeted his elder brother Garos outside the city, and Garos said their future extended beyond the Romanian Plains.
• Garos entered Valdo City, took the throne in the Royal Court, and declared that Lothern’s rule had ended but its name could remain.
• Garos ordered Lothern to become Aura’s vassal, surrender weapons and strategic resources, open its institutions to Aura, and transfer the Holy Spirit to the Aura Sanctum; the old prince and nobles accepted every demand.

Garos and Sorog discussed Aura’s rule over Lothern and the Romanian Plains, then planned to move Aura’s capital to the Lain Plateau while remaining wary of Holden and threats from the sea. As Garos struggled to control the Frenzied Flame, Reinhart witnessed a village on the Orotara Continent erupt into a contagious, unnatural Rage that even began affecting him.

• Garos endured hunger and trained while Sorog reported that Gordon had asked to become king of Lothern, and Sorog had refused while supporting his plan to influence its people.
• Sorog described plans to reshape Lothern through education, culture, and shared interests, and said Ribos, Matena, and Cambrook had accepted treaties granting Aura special leadership and advantages.
• Garos warned Sorog not to form a federation that might alarm Holden, then ordered Aura’s capital moved from the Ser Wilderness to the Lain Plateau because of Aura’s southern expansion and growing dangers at sea.
• After the mental connection ended, Garos noticed the Frenzied Flame had become harder to control and suspected it was linked to the meteor shower striking the Orotara Continent.
• Reinhart arrived at a human village on the Orotara Continent, where a dispute over a pebble spread into a violent Rage that seized the villagers and their animals.
• Reinhart restrained the attackers with his domain, but found that the Rage was provoking anger in him as well.