Chapter Summaries

Crown Prince Garrett returned to Bruno and learned that Blanche would be engaged to Luo Ning Wushan, whose rumored strength made Garrett wary and eager to test him. Garrett planned to meet Luo Ning in Golden Feather City and investigate the magic potion that might have accelerated his growth.

• Garrett reunited with Bruno and reported that the Holy Storm organization had rapidly seized territory in the Trician Kingdom, while Bruno chose to postpone plans against it until after the Founding Celebration.
• Bruno told Garrett that he would announce Blanche’s engagement to Luo Ning during the celebration.
• Bruno revealed that Brol had seen Luo Ning kill One-Armed Orson and estimated that the nineteen-year-old might possess late-stage Meteor Rank or even Silver Moon-level strength.
• Garrett recognized the Wushan Family’s importance to the royal family’s political position and agreed to test Luo Ning privately when he arrived in Golden Feather City.
• Bruno speculated that a magic potion from Wubei Territory had helped Luo Ning grow stronger, and Garrett became eager to speak with him about it.

Luo Ning met King Bruno in Golden Feather City, then spent time with Blanche before Crown Prince Garrett challenged him to a spar. Blanche warned Luo Ning that Garrett had seriously injured or killed people in past matches, but Luo Ning followed him to the palace training ground.

• Bruno warmly welcomed Rulans and praised Luo Ning after hearing about his achievements.
• Blanche showed Luo Ning her new Skeleton Knight, and it demonstrated strength comparable to an Advanced Peak Knight.
• Garrett approached Blanche and Luo Ning, then challenged Luo Ning to spar.
• Blanche tried to stop Luo Ning and warned him that Garrett had crippled or killed opponents in past matches.
• Luo Ning agreed to meet Garrett at the training ground, and Blanche revealed that Garrett thought she had brought shame to him and their father.

Luo Ning sparred with Garrett after hearing how Blanche had suffered from accusations and slander, and he chose to conceal his full strength rather than defeat the Crown Prince outright. He conceded after Garrett gained the upper hand, leaving Garrett convinced that Luo Ning was a genuine Silver Moon level warrior.

• Luo Ning comforted Blanche and promised that no one would bully her once she was with him.
• Garrett borrowed Gorman's longsword for Luo Ning and arranged for their spar to begin at the training ground.
• Garrett and Luo Ning exchanged swift sword attacks, then clashed their Thunder Flash and Fire Flash techniques.
• Garrett's Thunderburst overwhelmed Luo Ning's fire serpent and pierced his sleeve, while Luo Ning escaped the attack's range.
• Luo Ning declared Garrett the winner and stopped the fight, and Garrett realized Luo Ning had not used his full strength and was a Silver Moon level warrior.

Bruno and Garrett discussed Luo Ning’s growing strength and how the royal family could benefit from Wubei Territory’s Magic Potions and griffins while keeping other nobles in check. In Golden Feather City, Luo Ning distributed silk gowns to noble ladies and encouraged them to visit Wubei Territory for future orders; Blanche then asked about their marriage alliance, which was to be announced the next day.

• Bruno and Garrett agreed to seek a supply of Magic Potions and negotiate over griffins, while Garrett proposed spreading news that he had defeated Luo Ning in their sparring match.
• Luo Ning arranged for noble ladies to collect their silk gowns at Moonlight Palace before the Founding Celebration, and they eagerly praised the gowns and asked to buy more.
• Luo Ning promised that Wubei Territory would produce more and finer gowns the next year, then encouraged the noble ladies to travel there to place future orders.
• Blanche modeled a blue silk gown for Luo Ning and asked whether he was nervous about their marriage alliance being announced the next day.
• Luo Ning embraced Blanche and told her he was excited.

During Golden Feather City's Founding Celebration, Luo Ning discovered that Jesus and his guards were members of the Witch Soul Tribe. He and Rulans decided Sophia should expose Jesus at the next day's noble banquet, while the threat of Mephisto and the Witch Soul Tribe remained hidden from the celebration's crowds.

• Sophia told Harmon, Petro, Simon, and Ennilu that no Legendary Rank figures had been found on the Orlant Continent and that they might need to wait ten years to return.
• Sophia said the Shadow Lord's people had arrived and declared that they would fight the Demon God's Minions as the city's Founding Celebration began.
• Luo Ning accompanied Rulans through the celebration and saw Jesus, whose body contained Dark Energy that revealed him as a member of the Witch Soul Tribe.
• Luo Ning used his Mental Power to detect that several guards with Jesus were also members of the Witch Soul Tribe.
• Rulans advised Luo Ning not to expose Jesus himself and decided Sophia should reveal the truth at the next day's noble banquet.

Luo Ning negotiated the royal family’s share in Wubei Territory’s two Magic Potions in exchange for magical herbs and a large wave of immigrants. The agreement also promised griffons, and Luo Ning left poised to expand his territory and advance his achievements.

• King Bruno and the nobles paid respects at the shrines before holding a royal banquet.
• Bruno, Rulans, and Luo Ning negotiated the marriage alliance between the royal family and the Wushan Family, including territorial, military, and trade terms.
• Bruno offered fifteen adult griffons and five young griffons for fifty percent of the shares in the Awakening Potion and Enhancement Potion.
• Luo Ning explained the potions’ costs and proposed that the royal family supply half the magical herbs and arrange immigration to his territory.
• Bruno agreed to the tentative potion deal and ordered Asenor to recruit and send one hundred thousand people to Luo Ning’s territory.

At the kingdom’s Founding Celebration, Bruno announced Blanche Auduin’s engagement to Luo Ning Wushan, and the couple celebrated with the gathered nobles. Afterward, Luo Ning told Sophia that Jesus, the King’s younger brother and Count of Moonlight Valley, belonged to the Witch Soul Tribe, leaving Sophia to decide how to deal with him at the next day’s gathering.

• Mellen congratulated Luo Ning on their timber cooperation and tried to secure a silk partnership, but Luo Ning politely declined for the time being.
• Randall Silva delivered Bellora’s congratulations on Luo Ning and Blanche’s engagement, surprising Mellen with the Silva family’s apparent regard for Luo Ning.
• Bruno announced Blanche and Luo Ning’s engagement at the Founding Celebration, and they accepted the nobles’ congratulations together.
• Luo Ning escorted Blanche to Moonlight Palace, kissed her goodbye, and then went to the Gilded Rose Inn to invite Sophia to the next day’s gathering.
• Luo Ning told Sophia and Ennilu that Jesus was a member of the Witch Soul Tribe, and Sophia agreed to choose how to handle the revelation.

Luo Ning, Rulans, and Sophia attended the High Noble Assembly, where King Bruno proposed attacking the Tricia Kingdom amid its turmoil with the Holy Storm Organization. The nobles argued over intelligence gathering and war preparations, revealing resistance to Bruno’s authority as the debate continued.

• Luo Ning and Rulans suspected Bruno had summoned them to discuss the unrest in Tricia, while Sophia asked whether they could prevent a war between the kingdoms.
• Sophia recognized something suspicious about Count Jesus of Moonlight Valley when she saw him in the Auduin Great Hall.
• Duke Andrea exchanged hostile words with Rulans and scrutinized Luo Ning as the assembled nobles awaited Bruno.
• Crown Prince Garrett reported that the Holy Storm Organization had occupied a large part of the Tricia Kingdom, and Bruno announced that Auduin would attack.
• Duke Ferens and Duke Andrea called for more intelligence before action, while Rulans supported declaring war and immediately preparing troops for the front lines.

Bruno’s nobles debated whether to attack Tricia before Luo Ning introduced Sophia, who revealed the New Moon Continent and warned that the Demon God’s Minions had infiltrated Auduin’s court. Sophia identified Count Jesus as a Witch Soul Tribe member, leaving Bruno and the assembled nobles facing the accusation as Jesus searched for a way to defend himself.

• Bruno asked the nobles for their positions on attacking Tricia, and Ferens, Jesus, and Randall Silva expressed support for delaying an attack or supplying weapons while Luo Ning pledged to follow Bruno’s will.
• Luo Ning introduced Sophia as the daughter of the King of the City of Dawn, from the New Moon Continent across the Sea of Storms.
• Sophia explained that the Sea of Storms had formed after Great Sage Arian slew the Storm Demon King Ferrien and said her people crossed it using a Dragon Bone Bead.
• Sophia warned Bruno that Mephisto, the Divine Envoy of Shadow Lord Salonas, was still alive and that his subordinates had infiltrated the hall.
• Sophia pointed to Count Jesus of Moonlight Valley as a Witch Soul Tribe member, prompting Ferens and others to reject the accusation while Jesus called it absurd and searched for a defense.

Sophia accused Count Jesus of being a member of the Witch Soul Tribe and demonstrated her power as an eighth-circle mage, but Jesus and the nobles challenged her evidence. The king withheld judgment as political maneuvering gathered around the accusation, and Jesus demanded that Sophia be punished for slander.

• Jesus claimed that Rulans had arranged the accusation to settle Moonlight Valley's feud with him, while Rulans denied any involvement and said Sophia had her own evidence.
• Sophia cast the eighth-circle Water Cut Technique to prove she was a mage, then said she could sense Dark Energy filling Jesus's body.
• Jesus questioned whether Sophia's claims could be verified and brought up Blanche's necromancy, prompting Duke Valgis to worry about his grandsons.
• Sophia asked Bruno to restrain Jesus and summon mages to verify her accusation, while Bruno weighed the kingdom's military balance and the risks of intervening.
• Garrett, Duke Ferens, Andrea, Mellen, and Brol challenged Sophia's evidence, and Jesus demanded that she face punishment for slander.

Bruno ordered Dean Faslei to examine Jesus after Sophia accused him of belonging to the Witch Soul Tribe, then outlined a future war against Tricia. Sophia considered siding with Luo Ning, while Jesus revealed to Garrett that Witch Soul Power had made him a Golden Knight and offered him another kind of power.

• Bruno rejected the idea that Jesus seemed like a Witch Soul Tribe member but arranged for Dean Faslei to examine him.
• Bruno outlined a plan to prepare for one or two years before attacking Tricia from the west, center, and east.
• Rulans and Luo Ning worried about the danger Jesus posed, while Ferens and other nobles considered how to exploit the situation for political gain.
• Sophia decided that cooperating with Luo Ning could help her fight the Witch Soul Tribe and aid the New Moon Continent.
• Garrett questioned Jesus about Sophia's accusation, and Jesus admitted that Witch Soul Power had raised him from Silver Rank to Golden Knight.
• Jesus told Garrett that he had lost the potential to advance further but offered him a different power suited to his potential.

Jesus tried to persuade Garrett to seek greater power and sowed suspicion about Luo Ning. As Sophia and Luo Ning prepared to oppose Moonlight Valley, Bruno agreed to secretly cooperate with Jesus and the Witch Soul Tribe, leaving Garrett confident that Auduin could control them.

• Jesus warned Garrett that Luo Ning’s strength could threaten Auduin, but Garrett dismissed the concern and refused to risk his life for more power.
• At Auduin Great Hall, Bruno ordered the nobles to prepare for possible war with Tricia, while Sophia left disappointed by the lack of action against Jesus.
• Sophia asked Luo Ning whether he would fight Moonlight Valley, and he promised to move against it; she offered Simon’s help and Dawnbreaker construction methods for Wubei Territory.
• Faslei confirmed that Jesus contained strange Dark Energy, and Bruno ordered him to report that Jesus was normal.
• Garrett urged Bruno to use the Witch Soul Tribe as a weapon against Auduin’s enemies and Wushan Territory, and Bruno agreed to cooperate while warning that they must be eliminated if they became uncontrollable.

Luo Ning and Rulans planned to strengthen Wushan Territory’s defenses against Moonlight Valley, while Sophia chose to join them and help train their forces. Meanwhile, Jesus agreed to Ferens’s plan to stir up chaos, leaving the kingdom’s peace increasingly precarious.

• Luo Ning told Rulans they should establish a border buffer zone and prepare Wushan Territory for coming turmoil.
• Sophia offered to go to Riverside City with Witch Soul Power detectors, and Rulans invited her or one of her followers to command a Knight Order.
• Luo Ning welcomed Sophia’s group and promised to support the New Moon Continent once Wushan Territory was strong enough.
• Ferens confronted Jesus about his changed nature and asked him to create chaos or start a war against Wushan Territory and nearby nobles.
• Jesus agreed to Ferens’s plan and said he would cause chaos with or without his support.

Luo Ning chose griffons for Wubei Territory and selected Missy Cox to guide them, while Brol shared intelligence about the Holy Storm Organization’s dangerous abilities. The chapter ended with Luo Ning recognizing that Tricia was nearing great chaos.

• Luo Ning learned from Brol that the royal family had far more griffons than its public count suggested and chose fifteen adult griffons, mostly females.
• Luo Ning chose Missy Cox to accompany the griffons to Wubei Territory for two years, and Brol reminded him to prepare potions and obtain the needed magical herbs.
• Brol asked whether Jesus belonged to the Witch Soul Tribe, and Luo Ning said Grand Magus Faslei was investigating and that Jesus seemed normal.
• Brol told Luo Ning that Holy Storm Organization members could manifest black wings or golden sunbursts, and suspected they were aberrations like the Witch Soul Tribe.
• Luo Ning concluded that Tricia would soon descend into great chaos.

After returning to Wubei Territory, Luo Ning prepared for future conflict by arranging supplies, weapons, griffon shelters, and housing for new residents. He also set plans for the remaining griffons and learned that the population under his rule had surpassed three hundred thousand.

• Luo Ning and Sophia discussed Holy Storm’s Wind Slaves and Flame Slaves, and Luo Ning planned to form a Magic Energy Archery Guard with Sophia’s help.
• After Rulans settled matters in Golden Feather City, Luo Ning and his party returned to Swamp Town on July first, and Sophia headed to Wubei Port with Ennilu and Harmon.
• Luo Ning directed his officials to store provisions in Red Mountain Town, Boulder City, and Purple Lightning Territory, and to prepare for ships, Magic Energy Arrows, griffons, and incoming residents.
• Luo Ning gave Riggs a list of the first Griffon Knights and assigned him to choose five more candidates through a competition among the knight squads.
• Wilson told Luo Ning that his population had exceeded three hundred thousand, and Luo Ning ordered potions sent to supportive nobles and requested a list of new residents from Omai.

Luo Ning reviewed Wubei Territory’s population records, learned another hundred thousand people would soon arrive, and used Energy Essence to raise Carlos to level seven. Carlos emerged vastly larger and stronger, startling Swamp Town’s residents with his roar and flames.

• Omai reported that Luo Ning’s territory had reached a population of 304,000, completing the “Prosperous Population” achievement and granting Luo Ning 5,000 Attribute Points and 10,000 Energy Essence.
• Omai explained that population growth was straining local resources, and Luo Ning told him to prepare with Wilson and Chahar to receive another hundred thousand people through Wubei Port.
• Luo Ning spent Attribute Points on his Archmage progress, then called Carlos over and used 2,282 Energy Essence to raise him to level seven.
• Carlos grew to thirty meters long with a seventy-two-meter wingspan, then roared and spewed flames over Swamp Town, frightening its residents.
• Luo Ning landed on Carlos’s head and ordered him to stop his flames and fly to the uninhabited swamps.

After Carlos advanced to Level 7, Luo Ning tested its new fire and ice abilities and brought it to Wubei Port to help Simon build ships. The chapter ended with Luo Ning showing Simon steam-engine plans, opening the possibility of powered ships and land vehicles.

• Luo Ning tested Carlos's increased speed and its new Flame Control and Ice Impact abilities, then considered how to use his remaining Energy Essence.
• Luo Ning promised Carlos that he would help it become a Legendary Giant Dragon and asked it to assist Simon with building Steel Giant Ships.
• Sophia and her companions agreed that Simon would stay at Wubei Port while the others traveled to Riverside City, and Sophia sensed a powerful creature approaching.
• Luo Ning arrived at Wubei Port on Carlos, introduced the dragon as the territory's guardian, and asked Simon to work with it on shipbuilding.
• Luo Ning gave Simon design drawings for a steam engine and said it could be used on ships and on land.

Luo Ning and his allies planned to build a steam engine, then flew to Riverside City, where Sophia and her companions recognized Rydal as a legendary commander from their history. Luo Ning explained Rydal’s presence by claiming he had emerged from a Space-Time Rift, and Rydal confirmed the story.

• Luo Ning, Sophia, and Simon agreed to build a steam engine, dividing the work between Simon, Carlos, and Luo Ning.
• Luo Ning and Carlos carried Sophia, Ennilu, Petro, and Harmon to Riverside City the next morning.
• Rydal arrived at Riverside Fort and introduced himself, prompting Sophia and the others to recognize him as the commander who had led the Blazing Flame Expeditionary Army.
• Sophia asked how Rydal, who had killed the Shadow Lord Elliott over a thousand years earlier, had become Luo Ning’s subordinate.
• Luo Ning claimed Rydal had appeared through a Space-Time Rift, and Rydal confirmed he had arrived through a Space-Time Journey.
• Sophia and the others accepted Rydal’s identity and honored him for the sacrifice of the Expeditionary Force at Blaze Canyon.

Luo Ning and his allies strengthened Riverside City's defenses and uncovered two Witch Soul Tribe spies, confirming the tribe still threatened their territory. In Moonlight Fort, Mephisto prepared to exploit local allies and await reinforcements before launching his plans to create chaos.

• Luo Ning learned why Sophia and the others remembered Rydal, and Rydal described the three camps he had established to guard the roads leading from Moonlight Valley.
• Luo Ning assigned Rydal overall command of the Knight Orders, tasked Sophia with making Sensing Stones, and ordered the camps expanded and reinforced.
• Luo Ning and Sophia searched Riverside City and found two Witch Soul Tribe spies, confirming that Moonlight Valley still targeted the city and Wushan Territory.
• Mephisto learned that his spies had been captured, dismissed Siro's alliance with Luo Ning, and declared that Orlant would become Witch Soul Tribe territory.
• Jesus reported that nearby forces had withdrawn, and Mephisto ordered him to help Viscount Milk bring valuable people from his territory to Moonlight Fort.

Luo Ning and Sophia discovered that the Witch Soul Tribe had taken over Tars Town and that its people were being used to produce more humans for nourishment. Disguised and masked, Luo Ning attacked the town, killed Tripp, and turned to face Idris and the Witch Soul Knights surrounding him.

• Luo Ning and Sophia sensed that most of Tars Town's residents had become members of the Witch Soul Tribe, and Sophia explained how the tribe used humans as nourishment and breeding stock.
• Luo Ning concealed his appearance with a mask and Sophia's Disguise Water, then flew down into town to attack the Witch Soul Knights.
• Luo Ning recognized Idris and Tripp, commanders of Jesus's Second and Fourth Knight Orders, and wounded Idris while killing Tripp.
• Idris summoned the Witch Soul Knights to surround Luo Ning, whose magic was hindered by their Witch Soul Power.
• Luo Ning formed Flame Armor and charged at the surrounding Witch Soul Knights to test his limits.