Chapter Summaries

Luo Ning fought through the Witch Soul Knights surrounding Tars Town while Sophia used powerful magic to destroy thousands more. After the battle ended, Mephisto realized the City of Dawn had attacked and vowed revenge against the Sears Family.

• Luo Ning fought the Witch Soul Knights in close combat, drawing on the battle experience to sharpen his skills as his strength and Battle Qi dwindled.
• Sophia summoned Fire and Water Elements, then cast Blazing God's Roar, destroying tens of thousands of Witch Soul Knights and exhausting herself.
• Mephisto sensed the rapid deaths of the forces in Tars Town and suspected Sophia and the people of Wushan Territory had attacked.
• Mephisto cursed the Sears Family and left Moonlight Fort to seek Jesus's help.
• Luo Ning killed the last Witch Soul Knight and, exhausted and aching, declared the battle over.

After defeating the Witch Soul Knights in Tars Town, Luo Ning arranged for its survivors to reach safety in Wushan Territory. Three days later, Crown Prince Garrett arrived with Count Jesus and Brol, and Brol realized Garrett was cooperating with demons as the group flew toward Riverside City.

• Luo Ning and Sophia left Tars Town, and Luo Ning urged its survivors to flee to Riverside City, planning to settle them in Boulder City and screen them for spies.
• Luo Ning told Petro and Harmon to escort refugees through the border camp and wrote Administrator Serin to prepare to receive them.
• Crown Prince Garrett examined the crater at Tars Town and identified it as the work of the eighth-level spell Blazing God's Roar.
• Jesus accused Sophia and Wushan Territory of attacking Tars Town, and Garrett led the group toward Riverside City to interrogate them.
• Brol recognized the lack of corpses as proof that Tars Town's people were Witch Soul Tribe members and suspected Garrett was cooperating with demons.
• Garrett and his companions crossed into Wushan Territory, while Petro and Harmon rode toward Riverside City after spotting their griffons.

Crown Prince Garrett arrived at Wushan Castle and demanded that Luo Ning surrender Sophia for trial over the destruction of Tars Town. Luo Ning refused without evidence, and after Garrett attacked him, Rydal intervened; Brol then tried to calm both sides and bring them to the table.

• Garrett and his party landed inside Wushan Castle, where Rydal confronted them for trespassing.
• Luo Ning challenged Garrett's accusation that Sophia had destroyed Tars Town and demanded evidence.
• Garrett insisted Sophia be taken to Golden Feather City, but Luo Ning refused and declared that she was his follower.
• Jesus accused Luo Ning of defying the royal family, and Luo Ning called Jesus a Witch Soul Tribe member and threatened him.
• Garrett attacked Luo Ning, but Rydal stopped his fist and repelled him in their clash.
• Brol stepped between them and urged everyone to calm down and discuss the matter.

Luo Ning refused Garrett’s demand to hand Sophia over without conclusive evidence, and Garrett left to report the dispute to the king. After reprimanding Petro and Harmon for abandoning their post, Luo Ning decided to consult Rulans about how to proceed against Moonlight Valley.

• Luo Ning hosted Garrett and his group in the castle hall, but insisted he would not surrender Sophia without conclusive evidence.
• Garrett ordered Brol to report the situation to the king and left for the southern border with his subordinates and Jesus.
• Brol said he would return to Golden Feather City to report, while Luo Ning denied knowing about the deaths in Tars Town.
• Luo Ning told Rydal to prepare the Sixth and Seventh Knight Orders and said he would ask Rulans for advice before attacking Moonlight Valley.
• Petro and Harmon returned after rushing to protect Sophia, and Rydal and Sophia reprimanded them for leaving the border post without orders.
• Luo Ning sent Petro and Harmon back to the defensive line and set out for Wushan Castle to speak with Rulans.

Luo Ning returned to Wushan Castle, where he and Rulans prepared for an approaching war against the Vera Duchy, Moonlight Valley, and Screaming Island. In the Royal Capital, Bruno chose to preserve the royal family’s friendship with Wushan and avoid intervening in the coming conflict.

• Luo Ning brought iron ore to Wubei Port with Carlos, then returned to Wushan Castle and learned that Rulans was inspecting the mine with royal Finance Minister Luther Cox.
• Luo Ning visited Wiggins, then told Rulans about the events in Riverside City, including the defeat of the Witch Soul Knights and Garrett’s attempt to take Sophia away.
• Rulans warned Luo Ning that hostile powers would use criminal groups and pirates against Wushan Territory, and outlined his defenses and plans to attack Moonlight Valley in two months.
• Luo Ning proposed sending Sandro’s Knight Order to Purple Lightning Territory to strike the Black Gold Brotherhood, and Rulans agreed that Wushan needed a decisive victory.
• Brol reported the Riverside City events to Bruno, who decided not to punish Luo Ning and told Brol to reassure both Garrett and Luo Ning that the royal family’s friendship with Wushan would remain intact.

Luo Ning prepared Wushan Territory’s forces for a campaign against Jesus and the Witch Soul Tribe, then divided the army into two routes to seize Nasca Town and Pisa Town. The troops were set to depart before dawn, while Marquis Lulance arranged to inform the king of Jesus’s allegiance to the enemy.

• Luo Ning deployed Riggs and three Knight Squads to guard Wubei Port, then sent Carlos to defend Rapids Island against a possible pirate attack.
• During a month and a half of preparations, Luo Ning invested Energy Essence in Macken, Elrond, and Carlos, raising Macken’s strength progress to Silver Moon level (9025/10000).
• At the border camp, Luo Ning briefed the commanders and divided the army into an upper route led by himself, Elrond, and Harmon and a lower route led by Rydal, Sophia, Ennilu, and Petro.
• Luo Ning ordered both forces to depart at three the next morning and take Nasca Town and Pisa Town before noon.
• Marquis Lulance agreed to protect the supply convoys and said he would spread news of Jesus’s betrayal and send Albert to inform the king.

Jesus welcomed Hornasan Holden and Ferensborg’s knights to Moonlight City while a black-robed figure used the Witch Soul Orb. The next morning, Luo Ning and Rydal captured Nasca Town and Pisa Town in swift, one-sided battles, prompting Mephisto to plan attacks on Wushan Territory’s other holdings.

• Jesus greeted Hornasan Holden and led him into Moonlight City while describing Wushan Territory as a threat that needed to be suppressed.
• A black-robed man on the city wall used the Witch Soul Orb and called Hornasan excellent material.
• Elrond invigorated Wushan Territory’s soldiers, and Luo Ning led the upper route toward Nasca Town while Rydal’s force reached Pisa Town.
• Sophia opened the battle at Pisa Town with Blazing God's Roar, and Rydal led the charge that overwhelmed the Witch Soul Knights.
• Luo Ning’s force defeated the defenders at Nasca Town in under forty minutes, and he ordered his troops to kill non-humans and capture surviving humans.
• Mephisto learned that both towns had fallen and decided to attack Wushan Territory’s other locations while its main force was away.

Luo Ning and Rydal prepared to attack Moonlight City while Rulans’s assault on Moonlight Valley forced Bruno to choose how to respond. Bruno accepted Wushan Territory’s justification for attacking Jesus and promised support, leaving Wushan Territory and Moonlight Valley to fight first.

• Luo Ning and Rydal set August 24 to join forces outside Moonlight City after their armies recovered from taking Nasca Town and Pisa Town.
• Mel told Bruno that rumors identifying Jesus as a Witch Soul Tribe member had spread across the kingdom and traced them to the Wushan Family.
• Bruno learned that Rulans had taken Nasca Town and Pisa Town, and he summoned Albert, who delivered Rulans’s letter defending the attack on Moonlight Valley.
• Albert told Bruno that Jesus was a Witch Soul Tribe pawn who had harmed neighboring nobles, while Mel realized the rumors had helped Wushan Territory justify its invasion.
• Bruno publicly praised Rulans’s loyalty and promised to send Brol and the Griffon Knight Order to support Wushan Territory, while intending to let both sides weaken each other first.

Mellen and Andrea set plans in motion against Luo Ning’s territories while Luo Ning’s allied army began its assault on Moonlight City. The chapter ended as Sophia unleashed her Forbidden Magic against the city wall.

• Mellen ordered Viscount Patrick to disguise five ships and attack Rapids Island, while also ordering the harbor at Wubei Port destroyed.
• Andrea told the Black Gold Brotherhood to attack and prepared to exploit the conflict around Moonlight Valley.
• Luo Ning, Rydal, and Rulans met outside Moonlight City and agreed that Luo Ning and Sophia would lead the first wave while Rydal and Rulans led the second.
• Luo Ning flew toward the city to draw enemy fire, blocking Magic Energy Arrows with the Wall of Sighs and evading the Magic Energy Cannons.
• Sophia used a Magic Scroll and her pendant to cast the Forbidden Magic Dragon Breath Spell at Moonlight City’s wall.

Sophia’s Dragon Breath Spell destroyed Moonlight City’s eastern district and gave Luo Ning’s forces an opening to attack. Mephisto tried to flee after Luo Ning tracked him to a mountain, but Luo Ning struck him down and blocked his escape.

• Sophia’s Dragon Breath Spell shattered Moonlight City’s wall and reduced its eastern district to ruins, killing Hornasan and many Witch Soul soldiers.
• Rydal led the knights through the breach while Sophia, exhausted by the spell, left Mephisto to Luo Ning and the others.
• Rulans used the Horn of Souls to stop the Witch Soul forces, but Mephisto used the Witch Soul Orb to restore their movement and drive them into a frenzy.
• Luo Ning used the Soul Force Sensor to locate Mephisto on a distant mountain.
• Mephisto tried to escape as black mist, but Luo Ning’s attack scattered him and Jesus and forced them to the ground.

Luo Ning fought Mephisto, who summoned undead creatures to defend himself, while the battle against the Witch Soul Knights continued below. After Mephisto swallowed a Witch Soul Orb and summoned a giant Bone Bear, Luo Ning and Rydal defeated it, and Luo Ning earned the King of Slaughter achievement.

• Luo Ning confronted Mephisto and attacked him, but Mephisto summoned a Bone Dragon and two Silver Moon Skeleton Knights.
• Luo Ning battled Mephisto's summons and spells, destroying the Bone Dragon with Scorching Ray as Rydal reported that the remaining Witch Soul Knights were nearly defeated.
• Luo Ning challenged Mephisto to use his ability to temporarily raise his rank, and Mephisto swallowed a Witch Soul Orb.
• Mephisto summoned a giant armored Bone Bear, which Rydal struck with Heavy Strike Burst.
• Luo Ning pierced the Bone Bear's skull with Heart Piercing Wave, banishing it and earning the King of Slaughter achievement.

Luo Ning defeated Mephisto’s Bone Bear, reached level nine as both a Sun Knight and an Archmage, and prepared to finish Mephisto. Crown Prince Garrett arrived and demanded that Luo Ning withdraw and surrender Jesus and Mephisto, but Luo Ning refused and Garrett challenged him to a duel.

• Luo Ning used his Attribute Points to become a level-nine Sun Knight and Archmage, gaining a new awareness of Primal Force and the ability to sense living creatures with Mental Power.
• Luo Ning prepared to kill Mephisto, but Crown Prince Garrett arrived with griffon riders before he could act.
• Jesus accused Luo Ning and Rulans of betraying the kingdom and urged Garrett to order the Wushan Family’s destruction.
• Garrett demanded that Luo Ning hand over Jesus and Mephisto and withdraw to Riverside City, claiming his intentions reflected the King’s.
• Luo Ning refused Garrett’s demands and asked what would happen if he rejected every proposal.
• Garrett challenged Luo Ning, declaring that whoever lost would leave.

Luo Ning discovered the Flowing Flame Sword’s hidden power and defeated Garrett with a devastating new attack, while Rydal killed Mephisto and destroyed the Witch Soul Orb. The Witch Soul Knights collapsed, the battle was won, and Rulans and the Royal Family’s Griffon Knights headed toward the mountaintop.

• Garrett challenged Luo Ning, but Luo Ning’s first sword clash sent him staggering backward.
• The Flowing Flame Sword guided Luo Ning to unleash Heavenly Fire Scorching the Plains, defeating Garrett and injuring all five of his retainers.
• Mephisto tried to flee, but Rydal stopped him and killed him after Luo Ning gave the order.
• The Witch Soul Orb shattered, killing Jesus, and the remaining Witch Soul Knights collapsed as the forces below celebrated victory.
• Rulans flew toward the mountaintop, while the Royal Family’s Griffon Knight squad arrived from the horizon.

Brol's griffon squad arrived after Wushan Territory defeated the Witch Soul Tribe, and Luo Ning explained that Jesus had died when Mephisto's controlling bead shattered. After Garrett returned to Golden Feather City, Luo Ning arranged to search Moonlight City for survivors and Moonlight Fort for Jesus's wealth.

• Brol and his griffon squad reached the battlefield after the fighting ended and learned from Luo Ning that Mephisto and Jesus were dead.
• Brol confirmed Jesus's identity and explained that Bruno had sent the griffons to support Wushan Territory and capture Jesus.
• Garrett learned that Luo Ning had defeated him in a spar and left for Golden Feather City with his knights.
• Rulans said Wushan Territory would return to Riverside City, while Brol took Jesus's remains to the royal capital.
• Luo Ning told Rydal to search Moonlight City for survivors willing to relocate to Wubei Territory and to search Moonlight Fort for Jesus's wealth.

Riggs and Simon repelled a Ghost Tide Pirate ship attacking Wubei Port, while Carlos and Kalada confronted Patrick’s five-warship force near Rapids Island. Carlos destroyed one ship and captured Patrick as Rhys and Lusen moved to seize the remaining vessels.

• Riggs spotted a Ghost Tide Pirate ship approaching Wubei Port and assembled his men to meet the enemy.
• The pirates fired a Magic Energy Cannon at the port, but Simon shattered its attack, captured the cannon, and forced the ship to dock.
• Patrick led five warships toward Rapids Island and ordered his crews to fire their Magic Energy Cannons at Carlos.
• Carlos intercepted the cannon fire, smashed the central warship with an Ice Arrow, and seized Patrick in his talons.
• Rhys and Lusen sailed out from Rapids Island to capture the enemy warships rather than let them be destroyed.

The Black Gold Brotherhood invaded Purple Lightning Territory, but Macken, Melonica, Cabir, and Homer ambushed and defeated its forces. Macken agreed to join the advance on Black Pine Mountain to reclaim the Brotherhood’s base and its wealth.

• The Black Gold Brotherhood sent David, Kurt, and Mason with five Knight Orders to attack Purple Lightning Territory while Wushan Castle’s main forces were away.
• Macken and the commanders of Wushan Castle’s Second, Third, and Eighth Knight Orders surrounded the invaders before they reached the territory’s cities.
• Macken raised an Earth Wall to disrupt the charge, then killed David with a single sword strike.
• Macken, Melonica, Cabir, and Homer led their forces to defeat the Brotherhood after more than an hour of fighting, though Macken’s Knight Squads lost nearly half their men.
• Melonica proposed advancing on Black Pine Mountain to reclaim the seized territory, and Macken agreed to join him.

After the victory at Moonlight Valley, Luo Ning received a share of Jesus’s wealth and rare gifts from Sophia while planning to let Wushan and Wubei Territories recover. Garrett returned to the palace and learned that Bruno had decided against confronting Luo Ning, leaving their future relationship unresolved but aimed at cooperation.

• Rulans distributed Jesus’s spoils, and Luo Ning received gold, weapons, mithril, and eight adult griffins and four hatchlings.
• Luo Ning told Sophia that Wushan and Wubei Territories would recuperate before pursuing the remaining Divine Envoys.
• Sophia gave Luo Ning three ninth-level Magic Books and pledged to help him cross the Sea of Storms and return to the New Moon Continent.
• Garrett confronted Bruno over supporting Luo Ning, then admitted that Luo Ning had defeated him too quickly for him to gauge his strength.
• Bruno told Garrett that Wushan Territory had repelled attacks on Rapids Island and from the Black Gold Brotherhood, making a war against Luo Ning too costly.
• Bruno argued that the Auduin Royal Family needed Luo Ning’s strength to unify the continent, and Garrett reluctantly accepted his decision.

Duke Andrea abandoned plans for another attack on Wushan Territory as its victory undermined his allies’ schemes, while Luo Ning returned from the campaign and arranged to resettle thousands of people. After Macken reported that Purple Lightning City’s population had passed one hundred thousand, Luo Ning completed the Conquer Cities and Seize Territory achievement and gained attribute points and Energy Essence.

• Andrea refused to gather another force against Wushan Territory and concluded that the Vera Duchy should instead answer Bruno’s call to war against the Trician Kingdom.
• Luo Ning and his allies returned to Riverside City, where Joffrey reported that nearly twenty thousand people from Moonlight Valley wanted to relocate; Luo Ning ordered them sent to Boulder City and Red Mountain Town.
• Luo Ning flew to Purple Lightning Territory after Macken reported that Wushan had retaken Black Pine Mountain and brought more than thirty-six thousand people back to Purple Lightning City.
• Macken told Luo Ning that Simon had compiled a register of the Black Pine Mountain captives and that he planned to make Simon his deputy.
• Luo Ning learned that Purple Lightning City had grown to more than one hundred thousand people, completing the Conquer Cities and Seize Territory achievement and earning 2,000 Attribute Points and 4,000 Energy Essence.

After returning from Purple Lightning Territory, Luo Ning planned to grow his cities and strengthen his forces, then invested heavily in Carlos and promoted him to an eighth-level dragon. The chapter ended with Luo Ning riding Carlos toward Rapids Island to see his new speed.

• Luo Ning planned to raise Wubei City and Boulder City above one hundred thousand residents to meet his next achievement requirement.
• At Purple Lightning Castle, Luo Ning discussed dispersing the captives and expanding the city's infrastructure with Macken and Simon.
• Luo Ning hurried toward Rapids Island, but Carlos intercepted him and reported that the battle there was already over.
• Luo Ning invested 18,353 Attribute Points in Carlos, promoting him to level eight and increasing his size and wingspan.
• Luo Ning rode Carlos toward Rapids Island to test his speed, and the island soon came into view.

Luo Ning visited Rapids Island after the victory and authorized Kalada to use thirty thousand gold coins to expand its port and recruit workers. He learned that Viscount Patrick had been captured and went to see him, where Patrick demanded a ransom.

• Luo Ning arrived at Rapids Island and learned that the islanders had captured three intact warships, a damaged warship, ten Magic Energy Cannons, and other equipment.
• Kalada asked to expand the port and recruit skilled workers, and Luo Ning gave him thirty thousand gold coins to begin development.
• Luo Ning discussed cultivating Dream Dew Flowers and arranging regular sales and settlements with Wubei Territory.
• Rhys asked about the battle at Moonlight Valley and his father, and Luo Ning assured him that Wushan Territory had won and Dennis Port had not been attacked.
• Kalada revealed that Carlos had captured Viscount Patrick of Crescent Island, and Luo Ning visited the injured prisoner.
• Patrick complained about his treatment and demanded that Crescent Island pay a ransom.