Chapter Summaries

Xue Yunfeng offered Lucimar a chance to become lord of a true desert oasis under Oaisis, giving him a secure place for his soul and a role in the Heaven-Defying Alliance. He also arranged for Black-and-White Road and Bai Nishang’s lifestyle guild to move there, leaving Mo Bi Chenxin to realize that Old Dog was using Zhu Meili’s transfer to curb his guild’s ambitions.

• Xue Yunfeng explained that the Alliance wanted to focus on driving Aoskar from the desert while searching for Lucia, and that Sseth was secretly helping Aoskar.
• Lucimar realized Ismael doubted his parentage, and Xue Yunfeng assured him that Oaisis considered him Ismael’s child and was willing to make amends.
• Xue Yunfeng offered Lucimar the lordship of a true oasis, explaining that Lucimar’s soul would return to Oaisis’s Divine Kingdom if he became devoted to the god.
• Xue Yunfeng introduced Mo Bi Chenxin as the guild leader who would run the oasis for the Alliance, with Black-and-White Road in charge.
• Xue Yunfeng said Bai Nishang’s lifestyle guild would move to the desert with Zhu Meili, and Mo Bi Chenxin recognized the transfer as Old Dog’s way of restraining Black-and-White Road.

Lucimar accepted that he would serve Oaisis and agreed to travel to an oasis despite the prospect of confronting Lucia. Rose took control of Ruth’s body and revealed that she wanted the Undead to stay out of her way while she pursued Gaia.

• Lucimar decided to follow Oaisis and asked what would happen to Ruth.
• Xue Yunfeng persuaded Mo Bi Chenxin to travel with Bai Nishang and help protect the main force.
• Rose appeared in Ruth’s body, explained that Ruth was asleep in her Mental Sea, and said she needed Ruth as a channel to Lucia.
• Xue Yunfeng asked Rose about her ability to possess people, and she said it could not control someone above level five.
• Rose revealed that she wanted Gaia and warned the Undead not to interfere, while Xue Yunfeng reminded her that Hill could harm divine power.

Xue Yunfeng negotiated with Rose over her plans and the Undead’s response, demanding that she leave Ruth and the humans whose souls she had suppressed unharmed. Rose had not yet agreed when their discussion ended.

• Xue Yunfeng and the Undead prepared for Rose to attack, while Rose considered how dangerous the Undead could be to her schemes.
• Susu hinted that Cunlü would regret Ruth’s capture, and Rose questioned how she had prompted the remark without using a tablet.
• Xue Yunfeng inferred that Rose sought power related to desire and her identity as the Mother of Spiders, then said the Undead would not oppose her unless she threatened Oaisis World’s people and Gods.
• Rose said she might still harm mortals, and Xue Yunfeng proposed that each side pursue its aims independently in exchange for leaving Ruth and the humans whose souls she had suppressed intact.

Xue Yunfeng negotiated with Rose, who agreed not to interfere with the Undead as long as they did not obstruct her plans, then dealt with an attack and thanked Hill and Lily for their help. Hill discovered Rose was secretly monitoring Kane Valley and used a carving of Selûne to send moonlight into a crack in the ground.

• Xue Yunfeng told Rose that Selûne had invited him too and agreed that the Undead would not interfere as long as Rose followed their rules and did not harm her captives.
• Rose vanished after accepting the arrangement, while vines and a strange drizzle struck near Xue Yunfeng and the others.
• Xue Yunfeng forced Lucimar to drink a potion, making him vomit over the cliff among the sea monsters and Moon Clan members below.
• Xue Yunfeng thanked Hill and offered Lily a potion made by Leonard, which Hill said was safe for her to try.
• Hill found a crack beneath his feet, explained that Rose was monitoring Kane Valley, and placed a carving of Selûne over it to spread moonlight through the cliff.

After Hill stopped Rose’s Mutant Silk Spiders, Xue Yunfeng explained how the Undead protected nearby mortals and discussed Oaisis’s stubbornness with Hill. The chapter ended with Umberlee fighting the sea monsters below while Xue Yunfeng let the battle showcase her power.

• Hill confirmed that Rose’s newly released Mutant Silk Spiders had not yet grown strong and posed little threat to the Undead.
• Hill explained that the Undead’s presence kept Kane Valley and other places they frequented safe from the spiders’ erosion.
• Xue Yunfeng complained that Oaisis’s rigid questions made him feel like a teacher, and Hill promised to speak with Oaisis.
• Lucimar resolved to study Xue Yunfeng’s methods, while Mo Bi Chenxin and Hill suspected Xue Yunfeng had brought him in to help guide Oaisis.
• As Moon Clan members and sea monsters clashed below the cliff, Xue Yunfeng chose to let Umberlee demonstrate her combat strength by slaughtering the monsters.

Umberlee joined the battle at Kane Valley, while Xue Yunfeng asked Hill and Lucimar for help drawing out a suspected enemy hidden among Ismail Manor’s women. Triton stayed out of the fight, leaving the Undead and Moon Clan to face Umberlee as he appeared to prioritize Gaia’s defeat over control of the oceans.

• Cunlü, Nanfeng, and Myriad-Heaven Net admired the appearance Lu Huayu had crafted for Umberlee, while the Black Rose Family fighters briefly lost focus at the sight of her.
• Xue Yunfeng asked Hill whether Rose could be used against Lucia without putting Oaisis at risk, and Hill assured him Rose would not drag Oaisis into her conflict with Gaia.
• Lucimar offered names of women who often met the woman suspected of tampering with people in the Mage Tower, and Xue Yunfeng planned to use psychological warfare and Silk Spider Venom to expose her.
• Umberlee entered the battle, prompting Scarlet’s warships to retreat, while Triton remained motionless on Ocean’s Eye Island and left the fighting to the Undead and Moon Clan.
• Hill concluded that Triton had relinquished his claim to dominion over the oceans because he cared more about Gaia’s failure, and wondered whether Gaia could resurrect Kronos.

Hill suspected Gaia might be preparing Lucimar as part of a ritual to resurrect Kronos, and Xue Yunfeng helped him investigate whether Gaia had been pregnant during her visits to her villa. Lucimar agreed to find a witness who could confirm what Gaia looked like when she was pregnant with him.

• Hill reasoned that Gaia’s cold treatment of Lucimar and her choice of Ruth could be linked to a sacrifice needed to bring Kronos back, and he left Xue Yunfeng to comfort Lucimar.
• Xue Yunfeng questioned Lucimar about Ruth, learning that she had been with him before Lucia was born and that Gaia spent up to three months each year at her suburban villa.
• Susu demonstrated how a pregnant woman’s belly could be concealed beneath fitted Damboro clothing.
• Lucimar offered to ask an older Ismail who had seen Gaia during her pregnancy, while Xue Yunfeng requested definite information about the pregnancy and Gaia’s time alone at the villa.

Lucimar returned to Ruth and used a story about a suspicious former lover to draw information from his Ismail relatives. He left with clues about his mother’s pregnancy, while Ruth realized she might have missed something important.

• Xue Yunfeng sent Susu and Mo Bi Chenxin to escort Lucimar and discuss future cooperation with him.
• Lucimar returned to his courtyard, steadied himself around Ruth, and resolved to remain loyal to the support Oaisis had given him.
• Lucimar told Ruth that a former lover might have been plotting something, prompting her to confront the Ismail Mages.
• A younger Ismail joined their conversation, and Lucimar learned that his mother had kept a graceful figure even at eight months pregnant.
• Ruth realized that Lucimar’s conversation might have revealed something important, though she did not understand what he was investigating.

Lucimar uncovered evidence that Gaia had secretly borne children during two past social seasons, leaving him to suspect that a younger Ismail brother had fathered a child with her. Rose, intrigued by the Greek Pantheon and its possible ties to Hell, considered using the Undead to investigate, while they debated finding Gaia’s child and whether Zhu Meili would reveal his identity.

• Lucimar and 'Ruth' found that the lady had vanished during social seasons twelve and fifteen years earlier, and Lucimar suspected an Ismail brother had been involved with Gaia.
• Rose considered how a connection between the Greek Pantheon and Hell might help her repair her Abyssal Plane and advance her divine power.
• Rose decided the Undead might be better than the Drow at investigating Hell’s factions and the Greek Pantheon.
• The Undead discussed Gaia’s revelations, the Greek gods’ strange histories, and the search for a child who might be with Lucia.
• Lu Huayu said Zhu Meili did not trust Black-and-White Road, and Mo Bi Chenxin admitted he could not guarantee that someone in the guild would not target him.

Hill watched the Undead discuss Lucia and her possible child while reflecting on the past conflict with Doomsday. As the chapter ended, Lu Huayu arranged for Dieter to visit Linde, noting that Umberlee’s presence still deterred Damboro’s nobles from meddling in Kane Valley.

• Perfect Baldhead said he had forbidden Old Dog from revealing Zhu Meili’s identity to anyone in Black Rose.
• Hill recalled how his impulsive behavior and Black Rose’s ties to him had fueled Doomsday’s hostility, and how William later helped mend relations with Falan and Adrian.
• Old School Striking King questioned whether Lucia had tried to attract Ismail’s attention, prompting the Undead to joke about her motives and Hill to collapse in embarrassment.
• Lu Huayu told Battle Domain Thunder to warn Dieter to watch the Finch Family’s people when he traveled to Kane Valley.
• Battle Domain Thunder said Linde had agreed to let Dieter visit after the fighting, and Lu Huayu reflected that Umberlee’s presence kept ordinary humans from scheming against the valley.

Xue Yunfeng explained Rose’s likely interest in Hell’s prison and warned the guild leaders to avoid damaging their ties in Toril for short-term gains in Oaisis. After the meeting, the chapter revealed that a Moon Clan squad had nearly reached Kane Town before Lily drove them off, prompting Xue Yunfeng’s lengthy scolding.

• Cunlü asked why Rose had been so cooperative, and Xue Yunfeng guessed she wanted to make a move on the Greek Pantheon’s Hell Prison.
• Xue Yunfeng explained that the Undead learned about devils through contacts at Edna’s Great Library, then asked Susu to compile basic information for the officers.
• Xue Yunfeng warned Mo Bi Chenxin and the other guild leaders to avoid Rose’s people, protect Telashir, and prioritize their long-term interests in Toril.
• Xue Yunfeng adjourned the meeting after assigning each guild a battlefield sector and threatening those responsible if the Moon Clan slipped into town again.
• The chapter revealed that Moon Clan fighters had found a route through the mountains and attacked Xue Yunfeng’s command post, but Lily sent them flying with a lash.
• Hill considered Lucia’s suitability as Kronos’s mother and concluded that Gaia would favor her over Ruth.

Hill realized the Undead were maneuvering to bring Kronos into the world, which could force Gaia to expose more of her power. He suspected the God of Space-Time’s severed soul fragments might have merged with another soul, but he could not figure out how the conspirators knew Lucia would bear a son.

• Hill considered why the Undead were targeting Gaia and Kronos, then traced Aoskar’s shifting alliances and his apparent withdrawal from conflict with Oaisis.
• Hill wondered what had happened to the fragments the God of Space-Time cut from his soul and feared they might have fused with another being.
• Hill concluded that the Undead wanted Kronos to appear so Gaia would transfer much of her divine power to Oaisis World to protect him.
• Hill reasoned that Gaia’s exposure could let Rose seize her main body and some of her divine portfolios, but he could not understand how anyone knew Lucia would give birth to a boy.
• The Undead continued fighting the Moon Clan and helping Umberlee against sea monsters, while Black-and-White Road and two other PVE Families prepared to head for the desert after the regional war.

Damboro’s landed nobles confronted the Undead over their decision to take Lucimar with them, hoping to learn why he had been chosen. Mo Bi Chenxin defended the choice without giving them a reason, leaving the nobles warned to stop invoking Hill’s name.

• Damboro’s landed nobles panicked when they learned the Undead intended to take Lucimar and rushed into the command tower to challenge him.
• Xue Yunfeng watched the confrontation from upstairs with Perfect Baldhead, Old School Striking King, and other Heaven-Defying Alliance leaders.
• Old School Striking King worried about Edna’s caution and the prospect of becoming an NPC after death, while Xue Yunfeng urged her not to interfere with Edna’s responsibilities.
• A middle-aged knight asked Mo Bi Chenxin why the Undead had chosen Lucimar, and Mo Bi Chenxin said they did not judge people by their families or want Hill’s name used to slander anyone.
• The knight apologized after noticing Lily outside the hall, then asked what criteria the Undead used to choose their lord.

Lucimar faced his Ismail relatives in the command hall and made clear he intended to leave the family and join the Undead. He told Evan to ask Grand Sage Ismael about Mrs. Demit, leaving the Ismails unsettled.

• Mo Bi Chenxin mocked the territorial nobles for expecting the Undead and their allies to work with people who held them back.
• The Damboro Mages watched Lucimar among the Undead leaders, realizing he appeared ready to leave the Ismail Family.
• Evan Ismail asked Lucimar whether he understood what he was doing and urged him to consider Mrs. Demit.
• Lucimar said he had long wanted to reject the Ismail name and told Evan to ask Grand Sage Ismael about Mrs. Demit.
• Evan stopped trying to dissuade Lucimar, privately hoping Grand Sage Ismael would not blame him.

Mo Bi Chenxin learned that Xue Yunfeng was testing whether he could lead the Heaven-Defying Alliance into new territory, while Lucimar stirred tensions among the nobles and prepared to settle scores later. The group expected the departing players to return within three months and continued considering whether Ink Pen could take Zhu Meili in hand.

• Lucimar asked Mo Bi Chenxin whether to keep provoking the territory’s nobles, and Mo Bi Chenxin told him to wait until they left before retaliating.
• Lu Huayu remarked that Mo Bi Chenxin would face challenges with Zhu Meili and Lucimar beside him, while Xue Yunfeng explained he wanted to prepare Ink Pen to lead the Alliance in a new world.
• The group compared Mo Bi Chenxin’s resources and leadership prospects with Doomsday Romance’s, and Young Master judged them roughly evenly matched.
• Xue Yunfeng said Mo Bi Chenxin was the best fit but still needed training, especially to prove he could bring Zhu Meili to heel.
• The group declined to see the departing players off, expecting to meet them again within three months, and Old School Striking King noted that no one from Black-and-White Road had stayed.

Hill debated whether to watch the Undead’s desert expedition or the confrontation between Lucia and Lucimar, then chose to trust Xue Yunfeng’s judgment and stay. Purvi discovered that Oaisis had loosened its restrictions enough to allow some higher-tier Alchemical Golems to be summoned.

• Hill weighed traveling to watch Lucia and Lucimar meet against staying to observe Xue Yunfeng’s plans.
• Purvi prepared to pack the Mage Tower, but Hill decided to trust Old Dog’s choice and remain in Oaisis.
• Hill watched the Undead cross the desert on standardized elemental horses, noting that they avoided making their animal companions endure the heat and sand.
• Purvi told Hill that Oaisis had relaxed its restrictions and allowed them to summon some higher-tier Alchemical Golems.
• Hill asked whether the change applied only locally or across the whole world, and Purvi said he was asking too much of a little whale.

Hill learned that Oaisis had slightly loosened the world's magic restrictions, then spent his days sampling and collecting recipes. Meanwhile, Lucimar and 'Mo Bi Chenxin' passed up a filthy oasis, while 'Ruth' revealed that Evan was suspicious and challenged Lucimar's reluctance to kill his kin.

• Oaisis told Hill that Eighth-Circle Spells could now be used more freely, though Ninth-Circle Spells and Spell Rings remained restricted.
• Hill made two Alchemical Golems and spent his time tasting dishes and gathering recipes before Black-and-White Road brought Lucimar to an oasis on the desert's outskirts.
• 'Mo Bi Chenxin' refused to occupy the oasis because it was filthy, and Lucimar accepted his decision after 'Ruth' explained that the Undead usually meant what they said.
• 'Ruth' told Lucimar that Evan was suspicious and argued that he should curse and strike confirmed enemies without hesitation.
• Lucimar said he had no intention of killing his kin himself and trusted that the Undead had reasons for keeping 'Ruth's' nature from him.

Rose became interested in Telashir after sensing the God of Nobles’ growing power and began seeking a way to investigate how its world had been integrated. Meanwhile, the avatar controlling Ruth questioned Lucimar about divine power, but he insisted that his choices would determine his fate.

• Rose sensed the God of Nobles’ power in Telashir and wondered whether a world’s destruction and rebirth could let an outside god integrate with it.
• Rose sent a droplet along a strand of spider silk to gather information, then considered how she might act against the Undead in Oaisis without breaking her promises.
• Lucimar checked on Ruth in the carriage, while the avatar controlling her kept Ruth’s true condition concealed and judged Gaia’s efforts to regain power.
• The avatar told Lucimar that Oaisis might make him a Chosen and that divine power could increase his strength, then suggested his father might refuse to grant him that power.
• Lucimar said he would accept divine grace if it came, but that his fate would depend on the choices he made along the way.

Lucimar helped the Undead reach an oasis after their guide repeatedly lost the way, and Ruth advised Mo Bi Chenxin to force Lucia to reveal herself rather than search the desert. The expedition arrived at a less-traveled oasis with a teleportation gate, and Mo Bi Chenxin left to direct the battle.

• Lucimar discovered that the Undead's guide kept losing the way despite having an innate Wayfinding Spell, and he asked Mo Bi Chenxin to let his carriage lead the convoy.
• Mo Bi Chenxin welcomed Lucimar's help, and Lucimar steered the expedition toward a nearby oasis.
• Lucimar explained that the oasis was not their original destination but had a gate suited to the Undead's goal of reaching the people on the other side.
• Ruth told Mo Bi Chenxin that Lucia was likely in an unrecorded oasis and that the Undead should force her to come out instead of searching the entire desert.
• Mo Bi Chenxin left to direct the battle after the Undead arrived, while Lucimar wondered at his cheerful mood and bold teasing of Ruth.

Lucimar delivered the Undead’s ultimatum to the oasis’s bandits, while Mo Bi Chenxin’s guild organized the evacuation and began planning a settlement. After the bandits fled or were dealt with, Lucimar approved the Undead’s design for housing that preserved the oasis’s vegetation.

• Lucimar announced that residents could leave within six hours or stay if they were not guilty of serious crimes and obeyed the new rules.
• Mo Bi Chenxin’s guild surrounded the oasis and created a guarded escape route for those who chose to leave.
• A level-eleven bandit chief tried to reclaim female slaves, but the Undead’s mages killed him with a barrage of spells.
• The remaining bandits fled through the passage, while Lucimar explained that their escape would spread word of Lucia’s presence in the desert.
• Ink Pen showed Lucimar plans for an oval housing complex and underground plaza that would preserve the oasis’s shrubs and vegetation.
• Lucimar approved the proposed settlement design.