Chapter Summaries

Seroel, the Green Dragon Queen, sought refuge and an alliance for Viridia as Orotara descended into chaos, and Garos agreed to negotiate reciprocal footholds on both continents. After Seroel proposed having children with him and he refused, Garos revealed he planned to visit Orotara to investigate the fallen meteors, while Seroel departed to tour Atlant.

• Seroel told Garos that the Fury Curse and unrest on Orotara were worsening, and she wanted to explore cooperation between Viridia and Aura.
• Garos discovered that Seroel's unusual nature connected her to both reality and dreams, then ordered her to meet him at the Dragon Court.
• Seroel proposed that Viridia and Aura establish secure territories on each other's continents, and Garos agreed to discuss terms through their followers.
• Seroel offered to have children with Garos for a price, but he refused because he wanted children for their own sake.
• Garos said he would visit Orotara to investigate the fallen meteors, and Seroel offered to guide him before leaving to tour Atlant.

Seroel fell for Garos after meeting him and asked Amelia to find an intact fallen star as a courting gift, while Garos suspected a Wild God might be behind the Frenzied Flame. Garos reviewed the new powers’ territorial arrangements and temporary cooperation, then turned back to training as he weighed Seroel’s intentions and learned of his siblings’ unusual romantic preferences.

• Seroel told Amelia she intended to court Garos and wanted a fallen star carrying the Fury Curse as a gift to prove her sincerity.
• Amelia agreed to search for an intact fallen star despite warning that the impact sites were dangerous and the curse could harm Seroel.
• Garos considered whether a Wild God in space had caused the Frenzied Flame and decided to focus on what he could control.
• Iseramathus teased Garos about Seroel’s interest, and Garos threatened to demonstrate his Dragon Emperor’s Alternate Dimension before the Amethyst Dragon withdrew.
• Sorog reported that the four powers had divided the Central Continent and verbally agreed to cooperate against future Abyssal Rifts, while Garos warned that the peace would be temporary.
• Sorog told Garos that Samantha had begun spending time with beautiful females, and Garos reflected on his relatives’ unusual tastes before returning to training.

Garos spoke with Seroel about his destructive power and learned that her talent could shorten dragon slumber, while she gave him a scale to contact her. He then instructed Laria to establish a foothold in Orotara and gather information about Seroel, as Abaddon prepared to return to the Material Plane to avenge his defeat.

• Seroel told Garos that his ultimate strike surpassed Destiny Rank beings in sheer destructive power, and revealed that she was close to Crown Rank after one Prime Stage slumber.
• Seroel explained that her talent could shorten slumber cycles and offered to halve Garos's slumber time, then gave him a scale for communication; Garos gave her one of his own.
• Seroel vanished after calling their exchanged scales tokens of love, leaving Garos unsure of her motives.
• Garos contacted Laria, approved his preparations to travel to Orotara, and ordered him to establish a stronghold, investigate Seroel, and prioritize survival.
• Abaddon, now reduced from Archdemon to High Demon General, declared that he would descend upon the Material Plane and avenge his past defeat.

Garos failed to master the Qi Burst State and ordered Laria to investigate Seroel’s dragons as he considered how evolution might help him. A year later, another of Holden’s Floating Cities crashed onto his territory, spreading corrupting energy and threatening to open an Abyssal Rift.

• Garos concluded that mastering the Qi Burst State would require changing his nature through evolution, and worried that his long sleep cycles would waste time.
• Garos asked Laria to gather information about the ages and Life Levels of the dragons under Seroel’s command.
• Over the next year, the Aura Kingdom divided conquered Central Continent lands among its vassals, lifted reproductive restrictions, and strengthened its control of key sites.
• Sorog proposed moving the capital toward Middle-earth, but Garos refused until the threat from Holden’s Floating Cities was resolved.
• Garos saw another Floating City fall onto his territory, where its impact spread purple corruption that he feared would produce an Abyssal Rift.

Garos prepared the Northern Frontier for a second Abyssal Rift after a Holden Floating City crashed, while the other alliances hesitated to commit. When Garos refused to fight alone, the other factions agreed to send legendary powerhouses, and he set out to confront the demons’ mysterious plan.

• A second Holden Floating City crashed in the Aura Kingdom’s Northern Frontier, opening another Abyssal Rift, and Garos sent Heriam to investigate.
• Garos and Sorog agreed that the Northern Frontier should contact the other factions, while Garos argued that ordinary legions could feed the demons’ attempt to expand the rift and bring down an Archdemon.
• Garos entered his treasury and consumed vast stores of crystals, gems, metals, and gold to replenish his energy before battle.
• Heriam reported that the rift matched the previous one in scale, but the demons were killing and devouring one another instead of building a fortress or spreading outward.
• The other three alliances offered vague promises of later support, so Garos said the Northern Frontier would wait until their Crown Rank powerhouses arrived; they then agreed to dispatch legendary fighters.
• Garos ordered the Northern Frontier legends to gather and rose toward the rift as demon figures fought around its growing violet light.

Abaddon, a weakened Slaughter Archdemon, emerged into the Material Plane and fought the approaching Legends while waiting for his strength to recover. Garos Ignas challenged him in a brutal aerial battle, and as the chapter ended, Abaddon had broken bones and internal injuries after the Red Iron Dragon repeatedly grew stronger through combat.

• Abaddon emerged through the rift, boosted the Demons’ slaughter to replenish his power, and ordered his remaining Demon Generals to face the approaching Legends.
• Legends from the Four Domains arrived, and Garos Ignas began charging a devastating attack that forced Abaddon to abandon his plan to keep recovering.
• Abaddon attacked Garos Ignas, but Garos exposed him with a feint, detonated a half-formed energy sphere, and then met him in battle.
• Abaddon injured Garos repeatedly and pierced his chest, but Garos remained alive, drew vital essence from the battlefield to regenerate, and blasted Abaddon with Dragon Breath.
• Abaddon tore Garos in half, but Garos’s body rejoined and he returned stronger, forcing Abaddon through more forms and leaving him with broken bones and internal injuries.

Garos killed the descending Archdemon Abaddon and discovered a Tear of Immortality, a rare aid to reaching Destiny Rank. After the other battles ended, Varta demanded the tear, but Garos refused and accused the human Legends of deliberately leaving him to fight Abaddon alone; Varta eventually withdrew.

• Garos drained Abaddon's remains to recover, burned them to ash, and found a Tear of Immortality that held a prototype of Divine Power.
• Garos learned the tear could aid a breakthrough to Destiny Rank, recognized that its obsession was affecting him, and stored it safely.
• Garos assessed his difficult victory over Abaddon while the other Legends defeated the remaining Demon Generals and demons.
• Varta asked Garos to give or sell him the tear, offering payment and a binding contract in exchange.
• Garos accused Varta, Afra, and Lamorien of stalling instead of helping him fight Abaddon, then refused to surrender the tear.
• Afra declined to support Varta, and Varta left without the tear.

Garos chose to destroy the Abyssal rift despite the damage to the land, then rejected Lamorien’s proposal to eliminate the human Crown Ranks and divide Atlant. Meanwhile, Varta and the other Legends planned to attack Garos during his next long sleep, before he could reach Crown Rank.

• Afra offered help purifying and guarding the rift, but Garos decided to flatten it, trusting the land to recover over time.
• Lamorien urged Garos to join him in killing the human Crown Ranks and ruling Atlant, but Garos refused to trust him and said he would focus on reaching Crown Rank.
• Lamorien proposed that the dragons settle their rivalry after defeating the other powers, while Garos suggested they could instead coexist and rule separate lands.
• After Lamorien departed, his dragon companions questioned whether he truly meant to submit to Garos, and Lamorien’s lightning grew violent as he remained outwardly calm.
• Varta and the human Legends discussed the Tear of Immortality and Garos’s growing strength, then devised a plan to surround and kill him during his next sleep.

After destroying the Abyssal Rift, Garos rested and was drawn into Seroel’s dream, where she offered him a risk-free training ground. They fought imagined powerful enemies together, and Garos agreed that Seroel could invite him back to train in future dreams.

• Garos annihilated the Abyssal Rift and its lingering demonic energy, then returned to the Red Emperor Royal City to sleep.
• Seroel pulled Garos into her dream domain and offered it as a place to rest and train; Garos accepted the opportunity after seeing its potential.
• Garos fought a recreated Abaddon, defeated him, then strengthened the imagined enemy and continued training against him and an enhanced Soderian.
• Seroel created a Destiny Rank Orc to train against and repeatedly challenged him, eventually joining Garos in battle.
• Garos and Seroel fought the Orc together, improving their coordination before both were struck down and reformed.
• Seroel ended the training session and asked to invite Garos into her dream again; he agreed, then woke refreshed in the palace.

Garos spent time in the Fey Wilds with Vera, who embellished his battle stories, and visited Deborah and their children. He then returned to Bernardo by tearing open space with his claws, leaving Vera eager to add the feat to her next story.

• Vera asked Garos about killing the Slaughter Archdemon and turned his brief account into an exaggerated tale for her Fae friends.
• Garos asked Vera whether she could create dreams for combat practice, but she said her abilities could not make a stable, precise Dream World.
• Garos surveyed Verdant Gardens, then reunited with Deborah, Eleanor, Senos, and the sleeping Isanora.
• Eleanor and Senos argued over riddles until Eleanor tackled and beat him, then stopped when Isanora woke and warned them to be quiet.
• Garos declined Vera's offer to open a portal and tore a rift in space with his claws to travel from the Fey Wilds to Bernardo.
• Vera decided to add Garos's ability to tear open space and travel between worlds to her next Red Emperor Story.

Laria led the clearing of Frenzied Flame-corrupted beasts in Orotara, strengthened the enclave, and exchanged information about Garos for support from Seroel. The chapter ended with Garos confronting Laria about what he had told the Green Dragon Queen and authorizing him to use his judgment in future conversations.

• Laria killed five Frenzied Flame-corrupted Rockback Hyenas, then surveyed the territory after his warriors cleared nearby Rage Beasts with no deaths.
• Laria ordered his scouts to map mineral veins and beast nests, establish supply points, and gather reports as the enclave developed into a strategic foothold.
• Seroel visited Laria, praised his progress, delivered supplies and a Tesen Gem, and asked about Garos's daily habits and preferences.
• Laria advised Seroel to approach Garos sincerely and passionately, then admitted to himself that he hoped the queen would become Garos's companion.
• Garos contacted Laria, questioned him about revealing personal information to Seroel, and instructed him to report what he had shared and use his judgment in future discussions.

Garos relived his battles with Gorsas and Siano in a dream, then spoke with Seroel about their painful pasts and agreed to meet her in his dreams again. After waking, he saw Holden's Floating City begin to fall, but it stopped and rose back to its original height, leaving the cause of the change unknown.

• Garos defeated dream versions of Gorsas and Siano with ease, then created a stronger opponent and continued training.
• Seroel joined Garos in the dream and asked about Gorsas, whom Garos revealed was his father and an enemy he had killed.
• Garos and Seroel shared how they had both suffered in childhood and killed their dragon parents.
• Garos ended the dream practice and told Seroel he would see her in his dreams again; she happily called it a date.
• Garos woke and saw Holden's Floating City falling toward the ground, then watched it stop and rise back to its original height.

Garos learned from Holden envoy Daniels that the Abyss had corrupted Holden’s Floating City engines and that the Empire could not safely return to the surface. Daniels asked Garos to destroy any city about to fall so its impact would not create another Abyssal Rift.

• Garos, Sorog, and Samantha discussed the third Floating City’s brief fall and considered whether Holden was recovering or nearing collapse.
• Garos decided to wait for more information, while Sorog agreed to monitor Holden and the other kingdoms.
• Three days later, Sorog informed Garos that Holden had sent envoy Daniels to the Aura Kingdom.
• Daniels revealed that his father had tracked Garos’s rise and that Holden’s corrupted engines and people were being overtaken by the Abyss.
• Daniels explained that Garos’s victories against Demons had eased pressure on Holden and asked him to destroy future failing Floating Cities before they struck the ground.

Garos weighed Holden’s request for help against its responsibility for creating the Abyss and negotiated compensation for destroying out-of-control Floating Cities. He agreed to proceed with the deal, and Daniels was told to send specialists to finalize the arrangements.

• Garos confronted Daniels over Holden’s role in developing the Abyss, and Daniels admitted that Holden had caused the disaster and promised to help repair Atlant.
• Daniels explained why Holden needed Garos, citing his ability to destroy a Floating City in one strike and the inability or unwillingness of other powers to do the same.
• Daniels offered Legendary Artifacts, Primordial Gems, Black Oil Crystal Technology, and fourth-generation Cloudpiercer Engine technology in exchange for Garos’s intervention.
• Garos asked what Holden’s other envoys could accomplish, and Daniels said they could contain demons and smaller rifts but could not destroy Floating Cities safely.
• Garos agreed to the deal and told Daniels to send representatives to negotiate the details.

Garos destroyed the fourth and fifth Floating Cities before they could crash and open large Abyssal rifts, while Aura continued expanding and preparing for further danger. The wider crisis eased after Holden stabilized its cities and Nausir's Immortal One killed an Orc Demigod, though the chapter left the world only apparently past the storm.

• Sorog reported that Holden had delivered a Primordial Gem and explained the remaining terms of their agreement, including rewards promised after Garos intervened.
• Aura expanded its settlements in Middle-earth and the Fey Wilds, while its population grew and Garos and Seroel continued meeting in the Dream World.
• Five years after the third Floating City was stopped, Holden's Communication Artifact alerted Garos that another city was losing control, and he teleported to it.
• Garos destroyed the falling Floating City with a combined Dragon Breath and Dragon Qi attack, and Holden and other kingdoms sent messages of gratitude.
• Garos later destroyed a fifth Floating City, after which no more cities lost control and Holden stabilized the remaining ones.
• Nausir's Immortal One killed an Orc Demigod beneath the light of the Elven Moon, slowing the Orc offensive and lowering the Chaos Level across Bernardo.

Garos met his grandson Karag and explained to Galkro why he did not feel as personally invested in later generations, then told his eldest son that he was proud of him. As Galkro prepared to enter slumber before reaching the Legendary Realm, Garos felt his own next slumber approaching and wondered what awaited Bernardo.

• Galkro introduced his son Karag Ignas to Garos, who recognized the Hybrid Dragon as one of his descendants to inherit Dragon Jade.
• Galkro praised Karag’s accomplishments and questioned why Garos seemed indifferent to his grandson, so Garos explained that a growing number of descendants would make it impossible to watch over each one closely.
• Garos told Galkro that Karag’s achievements reminded him of Galkro’s own past and admitted he was proud of his eldest son.
• Galkro promised to remain the best of Garos’s children and said he would prepare to enter slumber, expecting to awaken in the Legendary Realm.
• After Galkro departed, Garos felt his own slumber drawing near and reflected on Bernardo’s stability and the possibility of a greater storm ahead.

Garos arranged to enter a shortened slumber with Seroel’s help, despite concerns that enemies might attack while he slept. He fell asleep in the Lain Plateau chamber while embracing Seroel in a dream, leaving his allies to watch over the uncertain years ahead.

• Garos told the Fey Wilds dragons he planned to sleep, and Deborah suggested he stay there, but he chose the Material Plane so Seroel could shorten his slumber.
• Nasha proposed the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm as a safe place to sleep, but Alberto explained its neutral rules would prevent Garos from bringing Aura’s conflicts there.
• Garos told Sorog and Samantha that he expected to sleep for around fifty years, and Sorog warned that human Crown Ranks or the Lord of Thunder might attack him while he was vulnerable.
• Garos dismissed the danger and said anyone who attacked him would not return, reassuring Samantha and Sorog before entering the prepared chamber beneath the Lain Plateau.
• In a dream meadow, Seroel embraced Garos in her Green Dragon form, and he held her as she helped him sink into slumber.

As the Red Emperor and his dragon relatives entered hibernation, Gordon governed Aura cautiously, developed its first floating island, and created the powerful Aura Dragon Spirit. A century later, Reinhart returned to Silverglow City and found Theo transformed into a proud partner of Aura, while the Red Emperor’s lingering presence still blocked Reinhart’s path to Destiny Rank.

• Sorog and Samantha prepared to hibernate, and Samantha entrusted Gordon with governing Aura while warning him to preserve stability.
• Gordon ruled in accordance with Garos’s instructions and oversaw steady internal development, including the rise of Aura’s first floating island in New Calendar 524.
• In New Calendar 531, the Aura Dragon Spirit destroyed a Destruction Insect that had been awakened by mining, demonstrating the strength of Gordon’s new creation.
• In New Calendar 536, Reinhart returned to Silverglow City and saw Theo’s people honoring the Red Emperor and living alongside Aura’s people.
• Reinhart reflected on Theo’s changed allegiance and his inability to reach Destiny Rank because memories of the Red Emperor’s gaze unsettled him, then left without seeking an audience with the king.

The King of Holden reported a hidden flaw in the Fifth-Generation Cloudpiercer Engines to Holden’s Immortal Dawn and suspected the Immortal Dark Star, but Dawn ordered him to conceal the discovery and preserve unity. Two years later, Varta persuaded Afra to help assassinate the sleeping Red Emperor in exchange for the Tear of No Regret and a Magic Contract.

• The King of Holden told Immortal Dawn that the engines had a flaw dating back to their design and might have been sabotaged by a high-ranking traitor.
• The King of Holden named the Immortal Dark Star as his suspect, but Dawn forbade an investigation and ordered him to keep the suspicion secret.
• Varta urged Afra to help kill the sleeping Red Emperor, arguing that the dragon posed a future threat and was vulnerable before awakening.
• Varta admitted that he wanted the Tear of No Regret to reach Destiny Rank and offered Afra the Red Emperor’s body and a binding Magic Contract.
• Afra agreed to cooperate, and Varta explained that she would locate the Red Emperor on the Lain Plateau before the allies ambushed and wounded him.

In 550, Varta and Afra led an allied force to attack the sleeping Red Emperor with a Destiny Rank spell while Aura’s Legends rushed to stop them. The Red Emperor woke, shattered Afra’s giant sword, and declared that the lives of everyone present belonged to him.

• Afra used the Dragon Scale Orb to locate the Red Emperor beneath a hill on the Lain Plateau, and Varta organized the Crown Ranks and Legends to guard her casting.
• Afra began building a massive magic array, prompting Iseramathus and Gordon to alert Aura’s Legends and rally them toward the Emperor’s resting place.
• Cohen and Cecilia fought Gordon’s allies as Aura’s defenders and the invading Legends clashed; Galkro battled a Giant Eagle and grew stronger as he was wounded.
• Afra completed her spell and sent a colossal sword of cloud, rain, and lightning plunging into the earth toward the sleeping Red Emperor.
• The Red Emperor emerged from underground, caught the sword with his four arms, and shattered it with his Spell-Annihilating Claw.
• The Red Emperor stood amid the storm and declared that everyone’s lives belonged to him.