Chapter Summaries

Hill discovered that the Scarlet people’s vitality flowed to a giant creature in the ocean and suspected Triton was exploiting the former Ocean Goddess. After Triton established a temple on Aoskar Island and provoked Oaisis, Hill warned Oaisis that he must not lose their conflict.

• Hill realized the Scarlet people’s vitality flowed into the sea and wondered whether Triton was experimenting with the former Ocean Goddess.
• Hill revealed a hidden warship carrying Scarlet warriors linked to Oaisis’s ocean power, while the ship’s strongest people carried Triton’s divine power.
• Hill concluded the Scarlet attack targeted Aoskar and saw that the Moon Clan had abandoned the Scarlet Navy during its defeat.
• The next day, Triton’s Sea God temple appeared on Aoskar Island, and Hill suspected Triton wanted to provoke Oaisis and bind the Moon Clan to his power.
• As Oaisis retaliated against the new temple, Hill sent him his suspicion about the Ocean Goddess’s divine body and urged him not to weaken in his fight with Triton.

Oaisis realized Triton had taken control of the world’s water sources and accepted that he could not easily remove him. Triton revealed that he had created the Scarlet child himself, while Hill retreated to his laboratory laughing at the bizarre family history behind Triton.

• Oaisis sealed the ocean floor and realized Triton had already usurped the Sea Queen’s power and become his true enemy.
• Oaisis concluded Triton had accelerated his plans after the Undead and the Gate Deity disrupted the world, but decided to wait and see how events unfolded.
• Oaisis asked Triton how he had fathered a child with the Sea Queen, and Triton said he had made the child from a seashell and his own blood.
• Triton said he created children without mothers because his own mother and many younger sisters had made him miserable.
• Hill returned to his laboratory, activated its defensive wards, and laughed as he connected Triton’s behavior to the stories about Poseidon and Amphitrite.

Xue Yunfeng’s group discussed the Moon Clan’s impending transformation and Tanya’s efforts to approach the Ster Family, while Tanya tried to recruit Lu Huayu and conceal her real purpose. After Tanya left, the group concluded that she had been trying to reach the Battle Domain clan leader.

• Hill watched the camp react to Oaisis and Triton’s declaration of war as Xue Yunfeng’s group considered how Triton could strengthen the Moon Clan’s warriors.
• Xue Yunfeng asked Tanya whether she had learned anything from the Ster Family’s eldest daughter, and Tanya complained about how Ellie treated her.
• Young Master and Lu Huayu rejected Tanya’s attempts to draw them into contacting the Ster Family, while Xue Yunfeng and Perfect Baldhead urged her to be patient.
• Tanya said her family would handle its own quest and leave the Moon Clan operation for now, then departed with her family members following.
• After closing the doors and activating the concealment formation, Xue Yunfeng asked who Tanya had come for, and the women identified the Battle Domain clan leader.

Xue Yunfeng and the others analyzed why the Ster Family’s allies were targeting Battle Domain Thunder and his cattle herd. They suspected the Ster Family’s eldest miss wanted to obtain Battle Domain’s young magical beasts, and Thunder vowed to defend the herd.

• Lu Huayu and the others discussed Tanya’s failed attempt to seduce Battle Domain Thunder, while Young Master accidentally revealed his preference for Eastern women.
• Battle Domain Thunder explained that he had gone AFK rather than risk his friends recording and mocking his reaction to Tanya.
• Lu Huayu explained that organized knight orders with same-species magical beasts were valuable, making Battle Domain’s cattle herd an attractive target.
• Xue Yunfeng deduced that Dieter had praised their knight orders to the Ster Family and that the eldest miss was using her admirers to acquire young beasts indirectly.
• Battle Domain Thunder declared war on the Ster Family after hearing that they wanted his family’s cattle.
• Xue Yunfeng asked Thunder whether anyone in Battle Domain had been bragging about how many calves the herd had bred.

The players discussed Ellie Sterl’s scheme and debated how to respond without ending the world’s war quests. Xue Yunfeng proposed letting the Ster family’s younger son, Lynn, become part of their counterattack.

• Battle Domain Thunder joked about his cows while Lu Huayu explained that Tanya had tried to attract his attention with her family’s cattle.
• Xue Yunfeng and the others discussed whether Earl Ster knew about Ellie’s actions and whether Dieter should be told.
• Young Master argued that Ellie had acted on her own and that her family might let her face the consequences.
• Battle Domain Thunder demanded a direct fight, but Xue Yunfeng explained that guild wars were unavailable and that ending the war quests would waste a valuable source of future conflict.
• Xue Yunfeng said they should let the Eden side keep making moves and prepare a defensible counterattack.
• Xue Yunfeng recalled that the Ster family had a younger son, Lynn, and Lu Huayu questioned what a Mage Apprentice could do.

Xue Yunfeng asked Hill about Linde Ster after suspecting the Ster family’s neglected son might be connected to Rose’s plans. Hill explained Linde’s situation, and Xue Yunfeng concluded that Linde could make a useful puppet because his family might mistake strange behavior for a return to his old habits.

• The group discussed why Linde Ster seemed overlooked by his family, while An Idler angered Lily by crushing one of her flowers.
• Xue Yunfeng asked Hill whether something was wrong with Linde and explained that Ellie’s association with someone they disliked had caused trouble.
• Hill described Linde’s circumstances and the reasons he had ended up that way.
• Xue Yunfeng wondered whether Rose had targeted Linde at Stell Castle rather than Ellie, and Hill agreed that the possibility made sense.

Xue Yunfeng’s group discussed how to approach Linde and decided to use Battle Domain Thunder’s straightforward personality to draw him out through Dieter. The plan left Thunder frustrated that he was expected to stay near Tanya without fighting.

• After speaking with Hill, Xue Yunfeng’s group agreed not to act against Ellie directly and considered using Linde to influence events.
• Lu Huayu suggested that Battle Domain Thunder’s sincere, uncomplicated nature could make Linde curious enough to meet him.
• Battle Domain Thunder explained that Dieter had invited him to hunt the sea beasts attacking the coast near Basia City.
• Xue Yunfeng told Thunder to accept Dieter’s next invitation and asked Sui Chen to keep him from fighting Tanya.
• Battle Domain Thunder asked whether he really could not fight at all.

Xue Yunfeng sent Battle Domain Thunder and Sui Chen to handle Tanya’s attempt to involve Dieter in breeding her family’s war cattle with Telashir’s cattle. After Thunder insulted Tanya and Sui Chen offered Dieter an alternative, Dieter chose to leave with them, while Hill watched and pondered the sea beasts’ connection to the former Ocean Goddess.

• Xue Yunfeng instructed Battle Domain Thunder to keep their meeting’s discussion secret and told Sui Chen to follow ten minutes later.
• Hill rested on his terrace after working on alchemy, then considered whether the Ocean Goddess might still control the sea beasts or whether another god could take them over.
• Battle Domain Thunder grew tired of Dieter’s apologies and Tanya’s insinuations, then insulted Tanya when she proposed breeding her family’s war cattle with local cattle.
• Sui Chen arrived and invited Dieter to join Battle Domain Thunder in dealing with the sea beasts and exchanging knowledge about knight formations.
• Dieter accepted Sui Chen’s invitation and criticized Tanya, leaving her stunned as he prepared to depart with Battle Domain Thunder.

Tanya abandoned her failed attempt to befriend Dieter and headed to Basia City to pursue the Ster Family, while Xue Yunfeng and the others discussed the suspicious origins of Tanya's animal companions and a missing fox. The chapter ended with An Idler waking after Lily poisoned him and Lu Huayu investigating the poison's effects.

• Tanya decided to seek out Ellie and use the Ster Family to oppose Xue Yunfeng's group in Basia City.
• Xue Yunfeng asked Lu Huayu to investigate whether Tanya's animal companions had system contracts or connections to Hill.
• Xue Yunfeng and the others suspected that a fox believed dead might be hiding, and discussed Hill's precautions around fox companions.
• An Idler woke after lying unconscious for half an hour and complained that nobody had helped him after Lily poisoned him.
• Lu Huayu questioned Lily's poison resistance, and Perfect Baldhead explained that Hill's valley had increased Black Rose members' natural resistance.

Lu Huayu and Xue Yunfeng discussed old rivalries, Zhu Meili’s return, and how he might stir up trouble against Eden. A world announcement then revealed that Triton was joining the battlefield and a new Moon Clan force would arrive soon, while William opened registrations for reinforcements.

• Lu Huayu explained how Bai Nishang and Azure Cloud Attire became involved with Ellie, while the others questioned whether Nishang could uncover the opposing side’s plans.
• Xue Yunfeng learned that Zhu Meili had returned after Doomsday Romance no longer needed him, and Lu Huayu explained why he had helped his former colleague.
• Xue Yunfeng predicted that Zhu Meili would use rumors and schemes against Eden, drawing comparisons to his past tactics against Black Rose and Black-and-White Road.
• Lu Huayu read an announcement that Sea God Triton had joined the battlefield and that the Moon Clan would add two hundred thousand fighters in three days.
• Perfect Baldhead read William’s follow-up announcement that registration began immediately, closed in three days, and reinforcements would be sent on the fifth day.

Hill discovered that Aoskar Island had been ceded to Triton, bringing 20,000 newcomers and leaving the Undead in Basia City facing a much larger Moon Clan force. He returned to find William’s side preparing to fight without outside reinforcements, while Oaisis suspected Triton and others were conspiring against him.

• Susu, Perfect Baldhead, and Xue Yunfeng discussed the sudden arrival of 20,000 enemies and the danger of holding out for two days.
• Hill flew to Aoskar Island and learned from Oaisis that Aoskar had gone to the Desert Kingdom and ceded the island to Triton, prompting many Moon Clan members to choose between the desert and fighting the Undead.
• Oaisis told Hill that the Wind Fey had disappeared and suggested Aoskar was using him to divert the Lady of Pain’s attention; Hill realized Triton’s earlier mention of his sisters might have signaled a larger scheme.
• Hill questioned Oaisis about the danger to Basia City and learned it held the largest Undead force, while Oaisis had not independently verified Ismail’s claims about the capital.
• Hill returned to the mage tower and found the Undead preparing to face 40,000 enemies without outside help, with more than 100,000 newcomers expected to join the opposing side.

Xue Yunfeng considered how to defend Basia City without putting its civilians at risk, and discussed planting Hill’s Endless Vines as a barrier against Scarlet’s ships. Hill prepared Nutrient Bricks and supplies for the Undead, while Xue Yunfeng arrived at the Mage Tower to meet him.

• Xue Yunfeng rejected risking Basia City’s civilians and considered how to build a resilient defense against the enemy and Eden’s interference.
• Perfect Baldhead explained that he could communicate with Hill’s Endless Vines and proposed planting their seeds to hinder Scarlet’s ships.
• Xue Yunfeng insisted that the Undead should consult Hill respectfully before using the vines, and the hall cheered, “Our Hill, our bear.”
• Hill prepared Nutrient Bricks and instructed the Undead to combine them with stone blocks to grow Endless Vines into a seawall.
• Xue Yunfeng met Hill at the Mage Tower and found shelves stocked with wall-building machines, Nutrient Bricks, and seeds.

Black Rose took on the coastal seawall project while the Undead prepared for the Moon Clan’s imminent attack on Sea God's Eye. As the battle approached, Xue Yunfeng organized the defenders and planned how to use tensions among Bacia City’s leaders to his advantage.

• Black Rose accepted the job of building the seawall after insisting that other families bury the Endless Vine seeds in nutrient-rich soil.
• The Moon Clan fought among themselves instead of attacking, while the Endless Vines took root and received blessings from the Sun God and Silver Moon Goddess.
• Xue Yunfeng and Lu Huayu discussed the Moon Clan’s disunity and Zhu Meili’s suspicions about the seawall, which she kept from Earl Ster because she hoped to speak with Hill.
• Xue Yunfeng announced the approaching war, ordered the Undead to prepare their teams and supplies, and told everyone to assemble at the seawall by five in the afternoon.
• Xue Yunfeng reassured Lu Huayu about the positions given to two Eden groups and asked Thunder to speak to Dieter when he brought Linde to visit again.

Xue Yunfeng analyzed Ellie and Linde’s motives, then ordered the Undead to prepare for the coming battle. At eight o’clock, the Moon Clan’s fleet appeared across the sea and launched its assault, leaving Hill watching the Undead struggle to hold the long dike.

• Xue Yunfeng argued that Ellie was acting with unusual confidence and that Linde might turn to the Undead because of his sister’s choices and his trust in Dieter.
• Xue Yunfeng arranged for Zhu Meili to let Ellie learn a little about the Endless Vines, while keeping the source of the leak hidden.
• Xue Yunfeng warned the guild leaders to prioritize surviving the next two days and said he would not yield in the coming conflict.
• At eight o’clock, hundreds of Moon Clan warships appeared across the sea, and the Moon Clan attacked the Undead rather than Basia City.
• Hill watched as the Undead struggled to hold the long dike with the Endless Vines’ help, while the knights at the front died rapidly.

The Undead held the embankment against the Moon Clan by using their resurrection advantage, while 'Xue Yunfeng' and Hill assessed the enemy's divisions and the defenders' chances. As the battle continued, Dieter fought alongside the Undead Knights, and Ellie watched anxiously while concealing what she had learned from Venti's inheritance.

• The Undead Knights and Mages used repeated charges, precise spells, and costly potions to hold off the Moon Clan's larger force until the first round ended in a draw.
• 'Xue Yunfeng' observed that the Moon Clan's factions were fighting over leadership and expected the next batch of Alliance members to strengthen the Undead by the following day.
• Hill noticed Eden's defensive mistakes but saw unaffiliated players hold their positions until mobile Knights, including Dieter, arrived.
• Dieter fought beside Battle Domain and Black Rose Knights while Earl Ster watched anxiously and kept an Archmage ready to rescue him.
• Ellie asked Kali to protect Dieter and privately considered Venti's notes about Triton, Callisto, and a nearby mineral deposit she could give her father.
• Linde teased Ellie for watching Dieter, and Ellie retorted that Kali would protect him.

Linde noticed that Ellie seemed strangely changed and considered seeking the Undead’s help without alerting Dieter. Meanwhile, Xue Yunfeng assessed the battle’s losses and planned to hold out while investigating the Moon Clan’s hidden objective.

• Ellie sharply rebuffed Linde, and Linde resolved to watch her closely while wondering whether something had gone wrong with her soul.
• Linde considered improving his standing with the Undead so he could ask them about Ellie without Dieter finding out.
• Xue Yunfeng reviewed the Heaven-Defying Alliance’s Life-Saving Flower reserves and ordered his forces to hold out for another day.
• Xue Yunfeng told Susu that the Moon Clan’s ambushes likely served a hidden plan to reach energy mines and predicted they would act most heavily that night.
• Susu agreed that Moon Clan members might be taking benefits from both sides, as players could switch factions freely.

Xue Yunfeng and Lu Huayu discussed the coming resurrection wave and uncovered a suspected betrayal involving Speckled White Sails. Lu Huayu inferred that a Black Rose executive was involved, and he explained that Hill’s Natural Blessing reflected his continued loyalty to families that had befriended him.

• Xue Yunfeng ordered the camp to prepare for a large enemy resurrection wave and arranged for Sui Chen to warn the independent players and Eden.
• Xue Yunfeng told Lu Huayu that Speckled White Sails had been bought off, prompting Lu Huayu to warn Zhu Meili.
• Lu Huayu showed Xue Yunfeng a private tablet exchange between Bamboo Wind Dispels Drunkenness and Moonflower Knows the Departed, but Xue Yunfeng could not decipher its meaning.
• Xue Yunfeng revealed that a Black Rose woman had met Speckled White Sails on a moonless night, and Lu Huayu narrowed the suspect to one of two executives.
• Lu Huayu explained that Hill’s Natural Blessing distinguished between people merely in his favor and families he still remembered as friends.

Lu Huayu and Xue Yunfeng discussed the suspected ties between Paintbrush, Speckled White Sails, and Black Rose before a planned firework attack devastated the Moon Clan's forces on the embankment. As the survivors began logging back in, Prince Scarlet faced the loss of many ships and the scarce subordinates who crewed them.

• Lu Huayu and Xue Yunfeng speculated that Paintbrush might be behind Speckled White Sails's familiarity with Hill and could pose a major threat.
• Susu told Lu Huayu that Paintbrush's old friend Midnight was now called Xi Manman, then teased him about his past romantic ties.
• Xue Yunfeng's timed fireworks erupted, destroying opponents on the embankment and setting fire to giant warships as Undead Mages and Priests logged off.
• Battle Domain Thunder and Sui Chen explained to Dieter that the Endless Vines could unleash sunlight as a weapon and that Triton's influence had made the ocean's future dangerous.
• Xue Yunfeng observed that the Moon Clan appeared unwilling to send more ships, while Prince Scarlet lamented losing ships and many of his limited ship crews.

Raymond and the Scarlet Grand Sage discussed the failed assault, the Moon Clan’s reluctance to fight, and Triton’s limited ambitions, while Alexei warned that Venti had amplified Raymond’s greed. After the Scarlet forces withdrew, Xue Yunfeng and Susu wondered why Ellie had suddenly become so infatuated with Hill.

• The Scarlet Grand Sage blamed Raymond for underestimating the Undead and explained that Triton did not need to win the war or conquer the world.
• Raymond questioned the Moon Clan’s cowardice, and the Grand Sage explained that the Undead would not serve a God invading another world.
• Alexei told Raymond that Venti’s influence had magnified his greed, prompting Raymond to realize he had wanted to become World Lord.
• Raymond decided to wait for new ships and use automatic positioning rather than risk more subordinates, while accepting that he might lose control over the Moon Clan.
• Xue Yunfeng complained that the enemy had withdrawn, and Lu Huayu reported that Ellie had ordered Elven-style clothes and jewelry.
• Susu wondered why Ellie had changed from a reserved noblewoman planning to give up on Hill into someone seemingly consumed by infatuation.

Xue Yunfeng organized harassment raids and sent Lu Huayu to watch Linde while Hill investigated a mine where Ellie might have found Venti’s gift. Hill discovered that Ellie may have assimilated with her Wind Fey, letting her rise in level at the cost of her chance to become a high-tier being.

• Xue Yunfeng and Susu discussed Ellie’s risky use of Venti’s gift and arranged squads for harassment raids against the enemy.
• Xue Yunfeng sent Lu Huayu to protect Linde and observe whether he would reveal his true intentions.
• Xue Yunfeng told Hill that Ellie’s trip to the coast might have led her to a mine containing Venti’s trump card, and Hill flew there to investigate.
• Hill found a winding entrance to a small silver mine and wondered how a level-three Ellie could transform into wind.
• Hill suspected Ellie had assimilated with her Wind Fey, which could rapidly raise her level but prevent her from becoming a high-tier being.