Chapter Summaries

Xue Yunfeng urged Oaisis to stop speculating about Taiji and seek reliable answers, and Oaisis returned with Lathander’s report about Hermes and Taiji. The Undead then swarmed Ruth’s home for a cross-world quest, pushing Rose to the edge of her patience.

• Xue Yunfeng told Oaisis to focus on establishing what had happened and reminded him that the gods had a regular communication channel.
• Hill chose not to stop Oaisis from investigating Taiji, sensing the matter would benefit him, while Lathander quickly gathered information.
• Oaisis reported that Hermes had approached Taiji, received an unsatisfying answer, and had some peculiar threads blessed by her.
• The Undead flocked to Ruth’s home for the Great Peacock’s quest, and Rose killed wave after wave of them as they repeatedly resurrected.
• Lucimar locked the oasis residents inside the square, while Rose grew furious at the Undead laughing as they died and shoved open her window.

Ruth confronted Mo Bi Chenxin after the Undead’s attempt to question her caused a chaotic scene. Their exchange revealed how Ruth deduced that a housekeeper’s memories were repeatedly sealed, while she still tried to learn what the Undead had found in Basia Castle.

• Ruth scattered the Undead with her threads and demanded that Mo Bi Chenxin explain their actions.
• Mo Bi Chenxin apologized and said the Undead wanted firsthand information about the object Ruth had sought at Basia Castle.
• Ruth questioned whether the object was connected to threads and chaos, while Mo Bi Chenxin avoided naming it as a dagger.
• Mo Bi Chenxin hinted that Gods could overlook things they considered useless, and Ruth deduced that a maid’s Mental Sea had a memory seal.
• Ruth concluded that the maid’s repeated memory locks could leave her unable to remember herself in old age, then said she would use less gentle methods next time.

Rose and Mo Bi Chenxin exchanged information about the Serpent-Haired Dagger, Linde’s protected soul, and the power behind the mysterious events. Their discussion left Mo Bi Chenxin suspecting that forces beyond Toril were watching the fate-related matter, while Xue Yunfeng and Lu Huayu assessed his handling of Rose.

• Rose stopped resisting the negotiation and asked Mo Bi Chenxin who had the Serpent-Haired Dagger, what it did, and who was behind it.
• Mo Bi Chenxin explained the dagger’s history and asked how Rose knew it remained with the Ster Family and could benefit her future.
• Rose said Linde’s soul remained pure despite being deeply poisoned by spider silk, suggesting a powerful force had protected him.
• Mo Bi Chenxin said Lathander was watching because the matter involved Taiji, and Rose replied that Ao would also be paying attention.
• Rose identified the power protecting Linde’s soul as intrigue and layered webs, while Mo Bi Chenxin chose not to press her further.
• Xue Yunfeng and Lu Huayu concluded that Hermes likely protected Linde and praised Mo Bi Chenxin for questioning Rose carefully.

Rose weighed her plans in Telashir, wary of Hill, the Mutant Silk Spiders, and the Undead’s undisclosed knowledge. She realized the Undead’s true commander-in-chief might know more than Mo Bi Chenxin, while Xue Yunfeng joked with Lu Huayu about his glasses.

• Rose considered the Elves’ history and her hostility toward the Sun Elves, Moon Elves, and Wood Elves, while deciding the Undead’s mission would not interfere with her plans.
• Rose discovered that Mutant Silk Spiders had spread through the Elven Forest and were entering Telashir’s fruit wine, and she chose to watch Hill and the situation longer.
• Rose resolved not to meddle with fate connected to Taiji unless she could kill Ao, and she suspected Hermes could draw Shar’s attention if he entered Toril.
• Rose realized Mo Bi Chenxin had not told her everything and suspected the Undead’s true commander-in-chief was withholding information until she offered something of equal value.
• Lu Huayu asked whether Rose could guess what the Undead wanted, and Xue Yunfeng said she should not be underestimated before joking that his glasses helped him avoid blame.

Xue Yunfeng told Lu Huayu that Gaia was likely protecting one of her sons in Damboro Capital and revealed that the monster was Typhon, not merely Medusa. They realized Typhon might be the huge sea monster near Oaisis, leaving Xue Yunfeng irritated that Oaisis had failed to alert him sooner.

• Xue Yunfeng and Lu Huayu discussed Umberlee's dispute with her boss and confirmed that she could restrain her hostility toward Aglaia.
• Xue Yunfeng explained that Gaia usually acted through others and questioned why she had exposed herself in Damboro Capital to protect a pair in the desert.
• Lu Huayu asked whether Gaia's surviving son could be involved, and Xue Yunfeng identified the monster as Typhon, whose snake-haired portion came from Medusa.
• Lu Huayu realized Typhon might be the enormous sea monster near Oaisis and accused Xue Yunfeng of misleading him by describing it as Medusa.
• Lu Huayu inferred that Oaisis had delayed telling Xue Yunfeng about Typhon and advised him to keep his glasses on as a reminder to stay calm.

Lu Huayu learned that the Ocean Goddess Umberlee’s potential prey was only a restricted fragment of Typhon, then realized Xue Yunfeng had deliberately frightened him. He left the command tower relieved but resolved to improve his standing with Hill so he could protect Umberlee from reckless choices.

• Lu Huayu and Xue Yunfeng discussed hardship, self-respect, and Lu Huayu’s complicated feelings about Liang Xingzhu.
• Xue Yunfeng warned that Umberlee might lose her sanity if she swallowed Typhon, whose power could grow without limit.
• Xue Yunfeng explained that Hill and the Gods had identified the being as a restricted piece of Typhon, which would consume its host’s mind and could be killed before it threatened the world.
• Lu Huayu realized Xue Yunfeng had deliberately provoked his anxiety, cursed him, and stormed out of the command tower.
• Lu Huayu noticed the spreading flowers and vines, concluded Hill was more concerned with unnatural chaos monsters than Umberlee, and decided to build goodwill with Hill.

Hill studied Typhon's flesh and sent Oaisis a list of questions about Gaia’s possible reserves. Oaisis turned to Xue Yunfeng for help, and Xue arranged research and inquiries through Toril contacts while warning Oaisis about Rose, Triton, and Sigil.

• Hill tested the flesh crystals and found that corrupted sea monsters ignored one another until they had synchronized and gained enough energy to devour each other.
• Hill packed up his samples and sent Oaisis a long list of questions, urging him to determine how much Typhon’s flesh Gaia possessed.
• Oaisis asked Xue Yunfeng for help and offered a floating crystal mine as payment, prompting Xue to recruit Susu and Ball Ball and set terms for the research.
• Xue planned to hire Toril mages to study the flesh and ask Shar’s followers and Corellon for information about Typhon’s remains.
• Xue warned Oaisis to avoid Rose and not let Triton bring the Lady of Pain or Sigil into his universe, while Oaisis explained why Triton had left his own universe.

After Oaisis left, Xue Yunfeng sank into dejection while the Demon Cult struggled to calculate the mineral vein’s value. Susu helped him find a solution by offering to contact Polytechnic University, leaving Xue Yunfeng impressed by her resourcefulness.

• Oaisis left to discuss the situation with Hill, while Xue Yunfeng lay down on the sofa, visibly tormented by Triton’s predicament.
• Ball Ball and the Demon Cult members struggled to calculate the mineral vein’s contents, and they watched Susu with concern as she continued to support Xue Yunfeng.
• Susu reflected on her long, unrequited love for Xue Yunfeng and remembered how he had once protected her family from interstellar pirates.
• Susu asked Xue Yunfeng whether the mineral vein would benefit only him or the entire Heaven-Defying Alliance, and he explained that they could not keep such a major discovery to themselves.
• Susu suggested asking people from Asking Sword to calculate the vein, and Xue Yunfeng agreed to consult Young Master about suitable experts.
• Susu said she could contact Polytechnic University’s president, and Xue Yunfeng approvingly recognized her as smart.

Susu earned Xue Yunfeng’s approval by helping him plan the mining arrangements, while she reflected on how she had worked to become a capable supporter. Meanwhile, Oaisis worried that Corellon might hold him responsible for the Mutant Silk Spiders from his world.

• Xue Yunfeng praised Susu for finding someone from Polytechnic University who could handle calculations, then asked her to arrange for experts on ore veins.
• Susu asked Xue Yunfeng to begin planning rules for outsiders mining on Heaven-Defying Alliance territory, but he put the matter off while he dealt with Oaisis.
• Ball Ball urged Susu to give up on Xue Yunfeng, while Susu concluded that his instructions showed he considered her useful and reflected on the years she had spent preparing to support him.
• When people from Asking Sword and Young Wanderer Under Heaven arrived, the Demon Cult members took the initiative to speak with them.
• Oaisis complained to Hill about being brainless, then asked whether Corellon would blame him for the Mutant Silk Spiders that came from his world.

Hill reassured Oaisis that he was not responsible for Rose’s fate, then realized Oaisis’s repeated setbacks might be a fortune calamity tied to his unusual birth with greater divine power. The chapter left Hill wondering whether Oaisis was about to surpass greater divine power.

• Hill explained that Corellon’s frightening presence in Oaisis’s inherited memories came from his battle intent, not personal hostility toward Oaisis.
• Oaisis realized he might owe Hill for helping him deal with the mutant silk spiders and Gaia, but admitted he would never welcome the elves back.
• Hill recognized that Oaisis’s choices seemed to bring new problems while the Undead’s efforts succeeded, suggesting fortune itself was tormenting him.
• Hill learned that Oaisis had been born with greater divine power and contrasted this with the World Tree’s gradual growth of Telashir.
• Hill considered Oaisis’s misfortunes a possible fortune calamity and wondered if he was about to surpass greater divine power.

Hill explained to Oaisis that the Multiverse’s order laws were testing him, then expelled his consciousness after losing patience with Oaisis’s questions. Xue Yunfeng handled a faulty mining map and learned that Luciella had been found, though the boy with her remained unseen.

• Hill explained that Oaisis’s trials came from laws limiting the rise of powerful beings and warned that he had already lost much of his accumulated energy.
• Hill snapped at Oaisis, told him to treat Lucimar well, and forced his consciousness out of the Mage Tower.
• Xue Yunfeng and Susu discussed Oaisis’s questions about Duke and Duchess before Ball Ball brought them the ore reserve figures and maps.
• Xue Yunfeng angrily ordered Ball Ball to revise a mining map that included Umberlee’s territory, and Susu defended Ball Ball’s accountability.
• Susu received word from Mo Bi Chenxin that his group had found traces of Luciella but had not seen the boy accompanying her; Xue Yunfeng explained that Oaisis’s presence disrupted communications.
• Xue Yunfeng said Zhu Meili had confirmed that the boy was there and had shown himself, though he seemed more interested in playing than in girls.

Xue Yunfeng and Susu investigated why Lucimar avoided women and learned that Gaia’s frequent use of maid hosts had made him wary of the women around him. Meanwhile, Susu took mine plans to Hill, who selected two options that would protect the valley and remain usable by the Undead.

• Susu wondered whether Lucimar’s lack of interest in women came from illness, but Xue Yunfeng said he was cautious because he saw those around him as his elders’ spies.
• Hill explained that Gaia likely bonded with her son while inhabiting different maids, so Lucimar may have feared that Lucia would be indistinguishable from his mother.
• Xue Yunfeng told Susu that Lucimar had made himself infertile with poison when he came of age, and guessed that he had resisted Gaia’s plans after noticing her arrangements.
• Xue Yunfeng told Susu to take Ball Ball’s mine plans to Hill and have him reject designs that would harm the valley’s plants.
• Hill reviewed the plans and chose two workable routes, rejecting those that could leave even the Undead unable to find their way out.

Xue Yunfeng arranged for the Heaven-Defying Alliance to build up Kane Valley’s defenses and opened its crystal mine to others through paid mining quests. He turned his attention to the growing sea-monster threat and wondered when Ismail's princess would give birth.

• Xue Yunfeng chose to accept a round of trouble in exchange for lasting benefits and watched the Heaven-Defying Alliance build a fortified wall with alchemists and Earth-Element Law Mages.
• Oaisis asked Xue Yunfeng questions about the mineral vein, while Susu realized he had been avoiding him to keep others from seeing him lose his temper.
• Xue Yunfeng announced in Linde’s name that Kane Valley would accept corrupted sea creatures as quest targets, with mining time as the reward.
• Xue Yunfeng considered how Basia City’s people were struggling after Eden took control and decided to address them later.
• Xue Yunfeng looked toward the ocean and wondered when the princess from Scarlet, Ismail's, would give birth.

Xue Yunfeng reviewed the mine’s quest records and spotted suspicious newcomers who might be scouting a route into Kane Valley. He planned to make the mineral vein look valuable and lightly guarded to lure them into attacking, while Battle Domain Thunder eagerly awaited a fight.

• Xue Yunfeng asked Night Sleep Tayan and Battle Domain Thunder for records of recent visitors to the mine, then scolded them over the badly organized information.
• Xue Yunfeng examined the marked newcomers and suspected that people from Basia City were disguising themselves as independent players to study the mine tunnel.
• Xue Yunfeng warned the two family heads to improve their record-keeping and said the suspicious group might attack in about half a month if the vein seemed important.
• Battle Domain Thunder asked when the fighting could begin, and Night Sleep Tayan offered to help make their side look anxious about the mine.

'Xue Yunfeng' warned Night Sleep to guard the mine carefully while considering Eden’s possible attack and the dangers surrounding the Scarlet princess’s pregnancy. He arranged to wait for the birth while checking on a secret tunnel project.

• 'Xue Yunfeng' told 'Night Sleep Tayan' that Night Sleep would face ridicule if its failure let the bunker fall, and 'Night Sleep Tayan' promised to be careful.
• 'Xue Yunfeng' threatened to send Demon Sword and An Idler to guard the summit, prompting the gathered guild members to joke about Demon Sword and flee when 'Xue Yunfeng' glared at them.
• 'Xue Yunfeng' concluded that Eden remained in contact with 'Ellie' and might exploit a crisis involving Gaia, the Ocean Goddess, and the Scarlet princess’s birth at sea.
• Oaisis reminded Ismail that his ex-wife had been active, and Ismail strengthened the island’s defenses without warning the Scarlet people or asking the princess to return.
• 'Xue Yunfeng' decided to wait until the Scarlet princess gave birth in about a month, then messaged someone to ask how the tunnel digging was going.

Xue Yunfeng arranged for Lu Huayu to take two members of the Black Rose family on a sea voyage, arguing that their knack for breaking things could help test a ship. Lu Huayu worried about the upcoming danger around Kane Valley, but realized he now had a timer that would let him log off and return to the city.

• Old School Striking King, Cunlü, and Xiao Liuliu dug a mine shaft while Perfect Baldhead warned them not to cause a collapse and embarrass their school.
• Xue Yunfeng decided not to send Demon Sword and An Idler into the mine, since he feared they would cause trouble if left idle.
• Lu Huayu protested taking Black Rose members to sea, but Xue Yunfeng argued they could inspect the ship for structural flaws before departure.
• Lu Huayu recalled the Black Rose family's history of damaging their own ships and buildings, and considered the hazards of the planned sea voyage.
• Lu Huayu worried that Doomsday's main force might be needed near Kane Valley, but he did not want to share sensitive information with the boss's adventurous companion.
• Lu Huayu realized he had a timer that would let him log off and return to the city.

Lu Huayu and Xue Yunfeng discussed the dangers facing an upcoming sea voyage, while Xue Yunfeng arranged for Susu to watch possible informants and warn Young Master to secure his bunker. Their conversation also covered Vera’s growing power and the threat of those seeking to revive Malar, with Leonard assigned to manage Edna’s library.

• Lu Huayu agreed that two people should follow the group and inspect the ship, while Xue Yunfeng hinted that storms and powerful monsters threatened the voyage.
• Lu Huayu left the tower to spend the day with Umberlee and considered departing early to keep Black Rose from bringing special missions aboard.
• Xue Yunfeng told Susu to watch a list of people for suspicious approaches and to warn Young Master that Lu Huayu would leave early the next day.
• Susu explained that Vera’s crown accumulated divine power and that she had stopped Malar’s would-be revivalists from reaching Calim Forest.
• Susu said Lynn had sent Leonard to manage internal affairs in Edna’s library, where the Nether Scrolls were kept.

Xue Yunfeng reflected on Toril’s political upheavals and his desire to return there, while Hill understood that the coming war was already set in motion. The chapter ended as more than a hundred thousand Bacia Undead arrived off the shore, just as the Doomsday Family emerged from the revival point.

• Xue Yunfeng discussed Toril’s turmoil, including Quesenta’s silence and the fates of Shalor and Edna’s biological father.
• Xue Yunfeng joked with Susu about being a wolf, then howled from the crystal window and was answered by a chorus of Undead below.
• Hill realized that Xue Yunfeng had prepared for the coming war and intended to return to Toril after winning.
• The Doomsday Family emerged from the revival point beneath the command hall, and more than a hundred thousand Bacia Undead riding gigantic sea monsters appeared on the shore ten kilometers away.

Xue Yunfeng watched the Heaven-Defying Alliance’s ambush unfold as Eden’s forces pushed into the mines, relying on the bunkers and a hidden strategy to draw the enemy in. Susu’s forum reports helped conceal Black Rose’s absence, and Xue Yunfeng left her to keep the deception going.

• Xue Yunfeng assessed the alliance members’ reaction as they rushed from Kane Valley and charged into battle, while the red and blue knights drew attention away from Black Rose’s absence.
• Eden’s commanders realized the tallest bunker was far more heavily armed than their intelligence had indicated, but accepted that its owner was Young Master and sent their forces into the mines anyway.
• Eden’s main teams entered the mines to clear out independent miners and break through the wall separating the large mine from Kane Valley.
• Xue Yunfeng asked Susu about Umberlee, and Susu explained that Umberlee was being cautious because she did not want to violate Oaisis’s power restrictions.
• Susu showed Xue Yunfeng her forum reports, which highlighted An Idler and Demon Sword while obscuring other teams’ movements; Xue Yunfeng praised her and told her to keep it up.

Susu learned that Xue Yunfeng trusted her more, while Lu Huayu tried to use her to uncover the source of a secret about Doomsday’s hidden cannon. As Umberlee fought the monsters, Lu Huayu concluded that Black Rose’s hidden movements remained a mystery, and Doomsday Boss asked him to record their reaction without exposing his informant.

• Susu realized Xue Yunfeng was less likely to replace her, and she relayed Chief Steward Lu’s warning that Umberlee’s enemies might include multiple avatars.
• Xue Yunfeng told Susu to ask Lu Huayu what he wanted and explained that he had urged Black Rose’s leaders to board their Doomsday ship so they could monitor the guild.
• Lu Huayu revealed that he had mentioned the trouble to Susu to test whether she knew about the main cannon hidden behind Umberlee, but concluded that Xue Yunfeng still contacted his informant directly.
• Umberlee killed a huge rotting blue whale with her harpoon while Lu Huayu and Doomsday Boss watched from her back.
• Lu Huayu wondered why Black Rose had abandoned the Logout Method and what information Xue Yunfeng possessed, then explained that players could lose when they opposed or cooperated with NPCs.
• Doomsday Boss asked Lu Huayu to find a way to record Black Rose’s anger without revealing his informant.