Chapter Summaries

Hill explained that Oaisis was letting the insect disaster run its course rather than directing humanity’s future, and Xue Yunfeng decided to continue his plans while trying to save innocent people. Hill gave him breadfruit seeds to help feed survivors, warning him to consult Oaisis first; the chapter ended with a description of the deadly Insect Lord.

• Nanfeng read that the Insect Lord was a deadly creature, and Hill explained that it was a lawful-neutral being that Earth-elemental professions could communicate with.
• Hill told Xue Yunfeng that Oaisis would not interfere with natural evolution and might be willing to risk the world’s future to resolve its problems.
• Xue Yunfeng said he would follow his plan but could not accept innocent people dying because Oaisis had given up on the world.
• Xue Yunfeng asked Hill for Toril breadfruit seeds, and Hill supplied thousands while advising him to discuss planting them with Oaisis.
• The chapter described the Insect Lord’s scorpion-like body, swarming insects, and replenishing Destructive Aura that could kill and conceal it.

Xue Yunfeng read Oaisis's explanation for imposing hardships on the people of Oaisis, then posted it publicly and discussed the World Lord's motives with the Undead. Unconvinced by Oaisis but clearer about his own feelings, Xue Yunfeng summoned Lu Huayu and went to speak with Baron Linde Kane, still wary of Rose.

• Oaisis explained that his world depended on his power to contain disasters and that he planned to stop shielding its people so they could face a survival trial.
• Oaisis said the Undead could help cleanse the world and that he would accept Triton as a god if Triton helped defeat the Ocean Goddess.
• Xue Yunfeng posted Oaisis's letter on the forum, where the Undead argued that the World Lord saw humans as livestock rather than people.
• Xue Yunfeng decided not to do more for Oaisis's people beyond helping those nearby when convenient.
• Xue Yunfeng summoned Lu Huayu and went with him to meet Linde, whose trust in Lu Huayu made Xue Yunfeng more suspicious of Rose.
• Xue Yunfeng greeted the wary baron by asking, "Baron Linde Kane, shall we have a chat?"

Xue Yunfeng questioned Linde about how the Mutant Silk Spider’s influence had changed his thoughts, hoping to learn how to identify hidden spiders. He left with a plan to use their emotional vulnerabilities to uncover them, while promising to help protect Linde’s brother’s people from food shortages.

• Xue Yunfeng promised Linde that the Undead would bring kind and honest people to become his subjects, and Lu Huayu explained the looming drought, insect plague, and sea-monster threat.
• Linde worried that Dieter’s strict knightly principles would prevent him from buying food from the Undead, so Xue Yunfeng arranged to open a food shop and considered sending supplies to Bacia City.
• Xue Yunfeng asked Linde how the spider silk had affected his state of mind, and Linde described his jealousy of Ellie and how moonlight, sunlight, and Focus Potions had helped clear his thoughts.
• Xue Yunfeng explained that some Mutant Silk Spiders could remain hidden in human bloodlines and that the Undead needed a way to expose them.
• Xue Yunfeng concluded that targeting the spiders’ sensitivity, irritability, and jealousy could reveal clues about them, and Linde silently acknowledged his plan.

Xue Yunfeng explained that Rose had likely gone to Stell Castle to investigate Ellie, using the children affected by the Mutant Silk Spider as a way to track her hidden network. He and Lu Huayu also discussed monitoring Bacia, protecting their plans, and keeping the coastal defenses under supervision.

• Xue Yunfeng told Lu Huayu that Rose had probably been watching Ellie at Stell Castle rather than Linde, and that her disguise as the maid let her inspect Ellie's room.
• Xue Yunfeng reasoned that the Undead could find Rose's hidden associates by locating noble children affected by the Mutant Silk Spider, and decided to keep searching patiently.
• Lu Huayu reported that Doomsday's agents were struggling with Eden's intrusive romantic advances, and Xue Yunfeng advised them to ask Black Rose about her secrets.
• Xue Yunfeng and Lu Huayu realized they needed someone to approach Ji Lanyuan and give Ellie the truth before she could expose information that might disrupt their plans.
• Xue Yunfeng refused Lu Huayu's offer to let Doomsday guard the coastal fortress, explaining that the Heaven-Defying Alliance wanted a trusted outsider to supervise them.
• Lu Huayu realized that his boss's private conversations were being overheard by Elves and Drow who attended his banquets.

As the Undead expanded their holdings and Kane Valley supplied Dieter with affordable produce, Damboro’s worsening heat and food shortages intensified social unrest. Xue Yunfeng was left overwhelmed as reports of locusts, disputes, and collapsing officials and nobles poured in.

• The Heaven-Defying Alliance expanded its territory, while Doomsday, Asking Sword, and Battle Domain Family took charge of defenses and trade around Kane Valley and Basia City.
• Linde arranged for Battle Domain Thunder to bring Kane Valley’s abundant produce to Dieter, whose reputation rose as he provided cheap food to Basia City.
• The Undead shielded Kane Valley’s crops from the heat with clouds, while Hill noticed their playful cloud patterns.
• Food and water shortages drove officials and territorial nobles to exploit people, while the Damboro army lacked supplies and the royal family had lost control over much of the country.
• Locusts appeared across Damboro, disputes multiplied, and Xue Yunfeng was flooded with intelligence reports.

Xue Yunfeng sent Old School Striking King and Battle Domain Thunder to Bacia after their forces came under repeated attacks, while he hinted that the mission might involve Ji Lanyuan and Ellie. They met Dieter outside Kane Valley and charged toward him, with Old School Striking King suspecting Xue Yunfeng knew more than he had revealed.

• Xue Yunfeng recalled Old School Striking King from supervising Asking Sword and Doomsday, then persuaded her to accompany Battle Domain Thunder to fight the attackers near Bacia.
• Lu Huayu arrived at Xue Yunfeng’s command center after Old School Striking King left and asked whether he had sent her to Bacia because of Ji Lanyuan.
• Old School Striking King and Battle Domain Thunder traveled through the fire-scorched, insect-filled land outside Kane Valley and wondered why the Damboro Royal Family had not acted.
• Battle Domain Thunder spotted Dieter and his Knight Order waiting ahead, and Old School Striking King suspected Xue Yunfeng had concealed a reason for the mission.
• Battle Domain Thunder ordered the group to charge, and Old School Striking King grabbed him to avoid being thrown beneath the bull’s hooves.

Dieter warned Battle Domain Thunder and Old School Striking King that Grand Sages and a Moon Clan faction planned to attack Kane Valley, possibly using the Gate Deity to open a gate nearby. The others remained confident they could repel the attackers, while Battle Domain Thunder and Old School Striking King refused to let Dieter bring his Knights into the valley because they feared someone might be compromised.

• Dieter told Battle Domain Thunder and Old School Striking King that several Grand Sages were cooperating with a Moon Clan faction to attack Kane Valley.
• Dieter explained that the faction might use the Gate Deity to open a gate near the valley without crossing all of Damboro.
• Old School Striking King asked whether the Grand Sages had any connection to Lucia, and Dieter worried that Kane Valley might face attacks from two sides.
• Battle Domain Thunder told Dieter not to bring his Knights into the valley, and Old School Striking King said they did not trust his subordinates after past betrayals.
• Dieter agreed not to go to the valley for now, but said he would come alone if he learned the others were in danger.

Dieter escorted the Undead back toward Basia City with Battle Domain Thunder and learned of a mine Hill had reserved for him, but a massive locust swarm struck before they could reach safety. As the swarm ravaged Damboro, Dieter warned that the disaster could leave the kingdom fragmented, while Stell Castle’s garden was stripped bare.

• Dieter rode with Battle Domain Thunder and the Undead, worrying that his savings had nearly run out and that Ellie had turned his family’s love into resentment.
• Old School Striking King told Dieter to mine a mixed ore deposit Hill had hidden beneath the edge of the Maze, away from Ellie.
• A vast locust swarm appeared, and Battle Domain Thunder ordered the group to raise shields and protect their mounts.
• Dieter warned that if the Damboro Royal Family failed to provide disaster relief, it could lose its taxes and the local armies could fall under temple or local control.
• Locusts devastated Basia City’s poor districts and stripped the garden at Stell Castle, leaving the castle transformed into a black fortress.

Dieter protected Basia City's poor from pressure by the nobles while worrying that information about Kane Valley might leak through his knights' families. Linde reached the Triangle Fortress and learned that the Moon Clan was still gathering, while Hill was eager to face the approaching enemies.

• Dieter refused the nobles' demands to send poor people out to work during the Locust Plague and relied on Undead to kill locusts across Basia City.
• Dieter realized that his knights' relatives might leak information about Kane Valley and decided to purge the Knight Order after the disaster.
• Linde struggled through the Undead's crowded, trap-filled streets to reach the Triangle Fortress.
• Linde asked 'Lu Huayu' about Dieter and learned that Basia City had not been heavily affected by the Locust Plague.
• 'Xue Yunfeng' told Linde that the Moon Clan was still gathering and that Hill was eager to begin fighting.

Hill prepared to deal with the Grand Sages who had plotted against him, while Oaisis let their scheme play out. When the Moon Clan's Teleportation Gate opened outside Gourd Mouth, Hill watched the defenders mobilize and saw that it had opened directly between two heavily armed fortresses.

• Hill learned that the Grand Sages had schemed to seize power and capture Lucia, and Oaisis admitted they were acting of their own accord.
• The Undead reported that the Moon Clan's Teleportation Gate had opened five hundred meters outside Gourd Mouth.
• Demon Sword silenced a careless speaker and ordered everyone to take up positions under Old Dog's half-hour deadline.
• Hill watched the defenders organize along the river, with the Doomsday and Asking Sword, Young Wanderer Under Heaven fortresses covering the coastal approach.
• Hill noticed that the gate had opened where both fortresses' weapons could fire on it and realized Xue Yunfeng had left a few problematic spots in place.

Xue Yunfeng ordered the Great Knight Order to charge the Moon Clan after their first wave was destroyed, while planning a carefully timed appearance for Cunlü and assigning Old School Striking King a hidden role. The chapter ended as Battle Domain Thunder led the Knights toward the Dimension Door and the Moon Clan charged to meet them.

• Xue Yunfeng explained that the Moon Clan had triggered every trap on the main road, and he ordered Battle Domain Thunder to lead the Knights forward while the Priests prepared to heal them.
• Xue Yunfeng and Ball Ball planned to send Cunlü out with her Golden Springwater after the initial clash, while Susu arranged for two hundred agricultural Priests to serve as a backdrop.
• Xue Yunfeng told Old School Striking King to accompany Hill when he appeared and draw attention with her strength, leaving her confused about the plan.
• Linde listened to the Undead's strategy and reconsidered his belief that he had once been exceptional.
• Battle Domain Thunder formed the Great Knight Order into nested triangles as the Moon Clan began charging from the other side.
• Battle Domain Thunder raised the Heaven-Defying Alliance flag and led the Knights toward the Dimension Door as the Moon Clan charged to meet them.

The Heaven-Defying Alliance sent Nanfeng’s Knight Order to reinforce Battle Domain Thunder and support the fight around the Dimension Door. As the Moon Clan struggled to hold the line, Hill appeared above the city wall and plunged down from the clouds.

• Nanfeng left to lead his Knight Order after Xue Yunfeng timed their charge to support Thunder and limit losses.
• Xue Yunfeng and the others discussed Nanfeng’s anger over caring for his and Cunlü’s young daughter.
• Nanfeng’s silent Knight Order charged into the Moon Clan, allowing Thunder’s battered forces to escape the formation and circle toward the city wall.
• Earth-robed Priests began chanting from the wall, and Cunlü appeared in the clouds to join their prayers, distracting the Moon Clan.
• Hill noticed the Grand Sages arriving awkwardly on the mountain path and then plunged straight down from the clouds.

Hill defeated the four Grand Sages and the Moon Clan attackers, then realized the Evil God had wanted their deaths and blood for a sacrifice. He and Old School Striking King learned that Lucia and Ellie were not the Evil God, while Rose appeared to be pursuing the mastermind behind the plot.

• Hill trapped the four Grand Sages in a Triangular Lightning Array, destroyed Venti’s mirror, and killed the Grand Sages with his fists.
• Old School Striking King arrived and helped Hill defeat the Moon Clan members, explaining that the rest had been intercepted and that several families had hired them alongside Aoskar.
• Hill realized the Evil God had wanted the Grand Sages’ deaths and blood, but his tidy approach had left little blood for the sacrifice.
• Old School Striking King consulted Xue Yunfeng, who said they should let more people arrive so they could trace the Evil God’s true location.
• Old School Striking King said Lucia and Ellie were not the Evil God, and that Rose seemed more interested in the person behind the Evil God.

Hill watched the Undead exploit a conflict between two Oases and Aoskar while the Moon Clan’s attack faltered. Nanfeng led an orderly charge through the city gates with Cunlü in his arms, leaving the surviving attackers behind.

• Hill wondered whether Rose was plotting to take earth-related divine authority from Gaia, then turned his attention to the Undead assembling a livestream studio.
• Old School Striking King explained that the Undead planned to broadcast the deaths of four captives to their families and seize an Oasis linked to Aoskar by a two-way Dimension Door.
• Old School Striking King learned that Lucia had escaped again and suspected Cunlü’s side was making moves.
• Moon Clan soldiers charged toward the city, but many stopped to take pictures of Cunlü, while Battle Domain Thunder and Nanfeng led their Knight Orders in repeated attacks.
• Nanfeng straightened his uniform, led his Knights toward the gates, caught Cunlü as she leaped from the clouds, and rode through the opened gates with her in his arms.

Old School Striking King and Hill discussed how Cunlü’s growing authority could redirect attention from Lucia, while Ellie appeared outside Kane Valley and Xue Yunfeng warned Linde that she might be plotting to kill him. Linde began recounting an encounter from his childhood that could explain Lucia’s unusual confidence, but the story remained unfinished.

• Old School Striking King explained that making Cunlü the leader of the Ten-Thousand-Person Knight Order would make others treat her as powerful and help draw attention away from Lucia.
• Hill overheard Old School Striking King praising his Wind-Thunder Wings and returned toward the Mage Tower.
• Ellie appeared outside Kane Valley in a revealing white dress and tried to enter using Linde’s sister’s name, prompting Linde to rush to the Undead command tower.
• Xue Yunfeng told Linde that Ellie’s contract might not stop her allies from killing him and suggested they planned to install another Ster Family member as lord.
• Linde said that, as a child at a palace banquet, he had followed a young Lucia sneaking away to smell roses on Grand Sage Ismael’s path.

‘Xue Yunfeng’ questioned Linde about Christina, Lucimar’s long-hidden mother, and uncovered how Grand Sage Ismael’s lovers and children had treated her and Lucimar. He warned Linde not to discuss or investigate Christina after leaving the command tower.

• ‘Xue Yunfeng’ asked Linde whether Damboro’s nobles considered Christina inferior to the famous beauties, and Linde said she was remembered as a peerless woman.
• Linde explained that Christina was a low-talent daughter of the Dell Family who became a Mage after marrying Ismael and was frozen while shielding him from a Scarlet ambush.
• Linde recalled that Ismael created the Energy Shock Cannon and a nutrient pod in hopes of saving Christina, and that she had distinctive violet eyes with double-layered eyelashes.
• ‘Xue Yunfeng’ asked whether an Ismail lover and her son who had targeted Lucimar were connected to Christina, and Linde described how the other lovers and their children resented her and Lucimar.
• ‘Xue Yunfeng’ confirmed that Lucimar was Ismael’s youngest son and told Linde not to mention Christina or show curiosity about her again.

Linde discussed staffing his castle with Xue Yunfeng and Lu Huayu as refugees began arriving in Kane Valley. He selected candidates for household work, while Ellie remained under watch and Linde grew wary of a possible connection to the Hall of Abundance.

• Xue Yunfeng told Linde he could remain in his castle and asked whether he wanted refugees as tenant farmers or servants.
• Linde said he would take children under twelve who had nowhere to go, and Xue Yunfeng warned him not to train future confidants himself.
• Lu Huayu presented inspected refugee candidates, and Linde explained that he wanted trusted aides who would not interfere with Kane Valley's affairs.
• Linde learned that servants from a disgraced city lord's household had been dismissed after his brother was hunted, and he wondered whether gifts to Ellie had affected her.
• Xue Yunfeng advised Linde to investigate the Hall of Abundance if the Ismail Family's gifts were connected to Ellie, while Lu Huayu continued watching her.
• Linde selected trained servants and older girls for his castle, and Xue Yunfeng assigned Lu Huayu to collect them.

Xue Yunfeng and Lu Huayu speculated about Oaisis, Lucimar, and the hidden forces surrounding Ellie, while Linde worried about the danger to Kane Valley and left Gourd Mouth. Xue Yunfeng then explained his truth-inducing jasmine fragrance and considered whether Lucimar was concealing a problem.

• Xue Yunfeng and Lu Huayu discussed the madness of the Gods and wondered whether Lucimar had been deliberately raised or was troubled from the start.
• Xue Yunfeng compared Oaisis to a child losing sand and questioned how foreign souls could remain hidden near his favored people.
• Linde left Gourd Mouth after overhearing the Undead speculate about Oaisis and Lucimar.
• Lu Huayu explained that Linde feared Ellie’s arrival because it could bring warfare to Kane Valley, not because he cared about Ellie herself.
• Xue Yunfeng asked Windmill Jasmine to improve her fragrance for visiting nobles, while Lu Huayu noted that the scent made Xue Yunfeng unusually direct.
• Xue Yunfeng and Lu Huayu considered whether Lucimar might be hiding a problem and whether Dieter’s suspicions could put him in danger.

'Xue Yunfeng' stirred suspicion about Lucimar and observed how the scent of Windmill Jasmine affected 'Lu Huayu'. Meanwhile, the Undead’s rules constrained Ellie’s efforts against Kane Valley, and Dieter’s patrols expanded as the Ismail Family searched for Lucimar more often.

• 'Lu Huayu' suspected that 'Xue Yunfeng' was setting someone up and wondered whether 'Mo Bi Chenxin' had another way back into Toril.
• 'Xue Yunfeng' teased 'Lu Huayu' about his expression and the Sensation System, then praised Windmill Jasmine’s fragrance.
• Ellie’s alliance with Aoskar had strained her relationship with Scarlet’s Triton, who baptized Prince Alexei and openly broke with them.
• William’s rules prevented the Undead from taking evil missions or attacking their own people, leaving Ellie with fewer ways to use them against Kane Valley.
• Ellie spent less time in Basia City, while the Ismail Family searched for Lucimar more frequently and Dieter expanded his patrols to Mage Street.

‘Snow Yunfeng’ arranged for unaffiliated players and families leaving Basia to find opportunities in the desert, while planning how to deal with the sea monsters blocking the route. He concluded that Triton needed to be pushed into cooperating and letting more of the Moon Clan into the conflict.

• Hill agreed to let Dieter pay later for grass at post-disaster prices, knowing Dieter had enabled access to Hill’s lawn.
• Unaffiliated players and neutral families chose to leave Basia rather than stay and seek favor with Eden.
• ‘Snow Yunfeng’ welcomed their departure and began seeking a suitable place for them in the desert, while postponing his own plans to leave through Kane Valley.
• ‘Snow Yunfeng’ decided the sea monsters at the entrance had to be dealt with before the departing players could reach the desert.
• ‘Snow Yunfeng’ planned to heighten Triton’s sense of danger and persuade him to cooperate and let more of the Moon Clan in.