Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Make That Frog Wake Up”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ziran accepts that he cannot defeat Jon, recognizing the vast difference in their strength and comparing himself to the helpless rats he once dominated.
• Jon fires deadly crimson beams at him, but a green spiral barrier suddenly appears and absorbs the attacks.
• A mysterious woman speaks inside Li Ziran’s mind, urging him to escape and awaken the “frog” hanging from his waist.
• Li Ziran discovers that Nicole, still trapped in frog form, is sealed inside a transformation spell. He removes the red string around her leg and uses his blood to break the seal.
• Nicole transforms back into her human form, revealing a powerful, intelligent presence. She immediately destroys Jon’s eye-beams with a Wind Blade and saves Li Ziran.
• Nicole demonstrates mastery of teleportation, repeatedly evading Jon’s attacks while dismantling parts of the Mill around them.
• The mysterious woman identifies herself as Anfuni, a White Tiger Priest of the Elven Race currently existing as a soul. She asks Li Ziran to resurrect her and explains that Nicole is exceptionally gifted.
• Nicole attacks Jon’s back and damages one of his kidneys, but the injury regenerates almost instantly.
• Enraged, Jon expands dramatically, transforming into a colossal, blazing toad. His heat melts the Mill and turns the center of Mading’er Town into a molten lava zone.
• Li Ziran retreats to the town’s Boundary while watching Nicole continue to evade Jon. Despite her astonishing abilities, Jon grows to mountain-like proportions, leaving Li Ziran doubtful that she can defeat him.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran: His confidence collapses as he fully acknowledges his weakness compared with Jon. However, he also shows resourcefulness by trusting Anfuni’s advice and awakening Nicole despite his doubts.
• Nicole: She undergoes a dramatic transformation from an apparently powerless frog into a highly intelligent and extraordinarily powerful wind mage. Her teleportation, precision attacks, and calm demeanor suggest that her abilities and awareness have changed fundamentally.
• Jon: He shifts from casually overpowering Li Ziran to unleashing devastating, almost apocalyptic power. His body grows into a gigantic creature of light, heat, and destructive energy, showing the terrifying might of a Title Magister.
• Anfuni: The mysterious voice is revealed as Anfuni, an Elven White Tiger Priest in a soul state. She acts as Li Ziran’s guide and protector, though her power is limited and she urgently needs him to revive her.

Significant Themes

• Powerlessness and humility: Li Ziran confronts the true scale of his weakness, realizing that his previous victories had encouraged dangerous overconfidence.
• Hidden strength and transformation: Nicole’s awakening reveals that appearances are deceptive and that great power may be concealed beneath an apparently helpless form.
• Trust and desperate choices: With death imminent, Li Ziran must trust Anfuni’s unexplained instructions and gamble on Nicole’s unknown potential.
• The limits of individual strength: Even Nicole’s remarkable abilities may not be enough against Jon’s overwhelming, near-cataclysmic power.
• Mystery of identity and destiny: Nicole’s sudden mastery of magic and Anfuni’s connection to Li Ziran raise questions about their pasts, powers, and future roles.

Character Interactions

• Li Ziran communicates mentally with Anfuni, questioning her identity and why she believes Nicole can save them.
• Anfuni repeatedly urges Li Ziran to escape and awaken Nicole, revealing both urgency and concern.
• Nicole protects Li Ziran immediately after transforming and responds warmly to his concern, calling Jon “Archmage” as though she knows him from the past.
• Jon focuses his attacks on Nicole after she appears, creating a high-speed confrontation between his destructive beams and her teleportation.
• Li Ziran watches the battle from a distance, increasingly realizing that Nicole and Jon belong to a level of power far beyond his own.

Chapter Summary: “Nicole Was So Strong”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jon unleashes overwhelming elemental power, transforming the Wasteland into a volcanic region filled with lava, firestorms, molten earth, and a multicolored Elemental Tide.
• Li Ziran retreats from the destruction but continues observing the battle, astonished that Jon’s power can reshape an entire landscape.
• Nicole counters Jon’s attack by casting the Forbidden Wind Blade, an ultimate wind spell capable of splitting mountains.
• She follows it with Storm Vortex, trapping Jon inside a massive tornado of countless Wind Blades. Her control is so precise that she appears to suppress the Title Magister-level Elf.
• Jon breaks out of the storm and attacks Nicole directly. Despite their enormous difference in size, Nicole meets his giant fist with her own and holds her ground, even forcing him backward.
• Jon uses his ability to split himself apart and ambush Nicole from behind, engulfing her in crimson neon light.
• Rather than being defeated, Nicole transforms her Wind Blade formation into two rotating rings. She then uses them to create a transparent energy mass and opens a Teleportation Gate purely through elemental manipulation.
• Li Ziran realizes that Nicole’s abilities far exceed what should be possible for an eighteen-year-old. A mysterious voice confirms that Nicole’s strength is genuine and implies she had already been powerful before the recent transformation.

Character Developments

• Nicole: Reveals extraordinary mastery of wind magic, including forbidden-level spells, storm manipulation, defensive formations, and spatial magic. Her strength is not merely the result of obtaining the Elf Kidney and possessing the Wind Elf Heart; she has clearly trained extensively and can use their power with exceptional skill.
• Jon: Demonstrates catastrophic elemental power and resilience. He can transform the environment, withstand Nicole’s strongest attacks, and split himself apart to launch surprise attacks. However, Nicole’s abilities now allow her to match and even suppress him.
• Li Ziran: Shifts from confidence and analysis to genuine shock and admiration. His assumptions about organ-based abilities, magical proficiency, and the limits of Nicole’s age are repeatedly challenged. He begins questioning whether natural organs and magic formations operate according to the same underlying principles.
• Mysterious Voice: Continues to encourage and mock Li Ziran, suggesting that Nicole still has greater abilities hidden beyond what she has shown.

Significant Themes

• Hidden potential and transformation: Nicole’s sudden display of power suggests that abilities can evolve dramatically when innate talent, magical organs, and prior training come together.
• Mastery versus raw power: The chapter emphasizes that possessing powerful organs is not enough; true strength requires control and practice. Nicole’s proficiency proves she has prepared for this moment.
• Limits being surpassed: Nicole achieves feats normally associated with Archmages or even greater figures, challenging assumptions about age, rank, and what is realistically possible.
• Unity of magic and nature: The similarity between Nicole’s Wind Blade formation and the Elf Kidney’s membrane hints at a deeper connection between biological structures and magical principles.
• Escalation and surprise: Both Jon and Nicole reveal increasingly powerful techniques, creating a battle in which each apparent victory is overturned by a new development.

Character Interactions

• Jon and Nicole engage in a direct contest between overwhelming elemental force and refined wind magic. Nicole first counters and restrains Jon, then physically matches his attack.
• Li Ziran acts as an observer and commentator, reacting to each revelation and trying to understand the principles behind their powers.
• Li Ziran attempts to warn Nicole about Jon’s splitting ability, but the attack happens too quickly. The mysterious voice reassures him that Nicole has not yet been defeated, reinforcing the contrast between his concern and Nicole’s hidden capabilities.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• A Teleportation Gate opens in the Wasteland, bringing four powerful figures to Nicole’s aid: a mysterious middle-aged mage, a lively young girl, an old man, and another mage.
• Jon immediately reacts fearfully to the first woman, suggesting he has encountered her before. The young girl attacks him with a Forbidden Wind Blade, while the old man later bites off Jon’s head using the terrifying Storm Devour spell.
• Despite this, Jon survives. He regenerates his head and deliberately destroys the Teleportation Gate, cutting off further reinforcements and trapping the three newcomers in the Wasteland.
• Nicole and the other mages join forces against Jon. They use coordinated teleportation, Cyclone Spell, Absolute Stasis, and repeated Forbidden Wind Blade attacks.
• Jon absorbs or merges with the cyclone, but Nicole counters with Absolute Stasis, freezing and shattering the storm. The combined assault badly damages Jon, though he continues to regenerate.
• During the battle, Li Ziran observes that Jon’s kidneys generate wind mana by processing the Elemental Tide. He also notices another central organ directing the process.
• An elven priestess named Anfuni speaks with Li Ziran while watching the battle. She reveals shocking information about Nicole’s past and reputation.
• Anfuni claims Nicole plotted against her father, Brando, killed her eldest brother and two younger brothers, and massacred 1,382 powerful figures in Bailando City. Because of this, she is known as the Female Butcher or Vicious City Lord.
• Anfuni also explains that Nicole obtained the Elf Descendant after Brando attempted to ambush Jon and the Elves. The Elves initially gained the advantage by learning of Brando’s plan, but they were later trapped by seven Human Wind Archmages using an Elemental Vacuum Domain.
• The spell severed the Elemental Tide, rendering most mages powerless. Approximately 30,000 Elves, 800 High Mages, 70 Magisters, two Archmages, and a pregnant Ancient Elf were killed; only one Title Magister survived.
• Li Ziran realizes this explains Jon’s fear of the first woman and begins questioning Nicole’s true motives, as well as why powerful beings obey her.

2. Character Developments

• Li Ziran becomes increasingly suspicious of Nicole. He is shocked to learn that the affectionate girl he knows may actually be a ruthless political killer. Although unsettled, he remains determined to understand her past rather than immediately condemning her.
• Nicole displays exceptional combat skill and authority. She commands three apparently high-ranking mages with confidence and coordinates their attacks against Jon. Her reputation as the “Vicious City Lord” contrasts sharply with her familiar, playful behavior toward Li Ziran.
• Jon is revealed to be extraordinarily resilient. He can regenerate severed body parts, transform into light, manipulate or absorb storms, and survive devastating attacks. His fear of the arriving mages suggests he has previously experienced their tactics.
• Anfuni presents herself as a priestess who can sense emotions. She is knowledgeable about Nicole’s crimes and appears to deliberately provoke Li Ziran, though her willingness to explain matters suggests she wants something from him.
• The old man, the young girl, and the other mage are shown to be extremely powerful spellcasters, likely at or near the Archmage level. Their coordinated actions imply a longstanding relationship and shared history with Nicole.

3. Significant Themes

• Hidden identities and deception: Nicole’s gentle, affectionate persona is sharply contrasted with her alleged role in political massacres and family betrayal.
• The danger of incomplete truth: Li Ziran believed Nicole became City Lord because of her father’s final wishes, but Anfuni reveals that this may be a carefully simplified version of events.
• Power and political succession: Nicole’s rise to leadership appears tied to violence, manipulation, and the destruction of rival power holders rather than inheritance.
• The destructive scale of magic: The battle demonstrates how powerful mages can threaten entire cities. The Elemental Vacuum Domain shows that controlling the world’s magical energy is as important as controlling armies.
• Trust and emotional conflict: Li Ziran’s feelings for Nicole clash with the horrifying information he receives. His emotions become a source of vulnerability, which Anfuni notices and exploits.
• Ruthlessness versus affection: Nicole may genuinely care for Li Ziran while also being capable of extreme violence, raising questions about whether these sides of her can coexist.

4. Character Interactions

• Nicole and Jon engage in a fierce confrontation, with Nicole taking command and directing the other mages’ movements.
• The young mage openly taunts Jon about burning her hair in a previous encounter, suggesting an old rivalry.
• The old mage attacks Jon decisively but becomes cautious after Jon destroys the Teleportation Gate.
• The three arriving mages cooperate with Nicole through synchronized teleportation and spellcasting, demonstrating strong trust and coordination.
• Anfuni interrogates and provokes Li Ziran, repeatedly calling Nicole his “little girlfriend” and mocking his limited understanding of her.
• Li Ziran challenges Anfuni for information about Nicole and the Elf Descendant, while Anfuni reveals increasingly disturbing details about Nicole’s rise to power.
• The chapter ends with Li Ziran questioning why Nicole can command such powerful mages and whether she may have played a deeper role in the catastrophe that destroyed Jon’s people.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter explains the hierarchy of Mages and the cultivation system based on elemental shattering and recombination. Higher ranks require increasingly difficult recombinations, with Title Magisters reaching at least eighteen and Archmages fifteen.
• During the present battle, Nicole commands three Archmage-level fighters against Jon, a powerful Title Magister. She directs flames and Forbidden Wind Blades with precision, repeatedly injuring him whenever he heals.
• Li Ziran observes that Nicole has transformed dramatically over the past two years, becoming powerful, ruthless, and commanding rather than the ordinary girl he once knew.
• Anfuni explains the death of Brando, a fourteen-shattering Magister. Driven by greed and the need to obtain resources for further advancement, Brando targeted Elf Descendants and their valuable Ancient Elf organs.
• Brando’s plan involved ambushing the Elves at Niper Grassland during their pilgrimage. Although the Elves’ intelligence was accurate and they successfully killed Brando and three hired Magisters, the battle was a trap.
• Human forces had secretly established a forbidden array seven days earlier, gradually draining the Elemental Tide and making the area appear naturally deficient in elements.
• Once the Elves realized they were trapped inside an Elemental Vacuum Domain, it was too late. Seven Wind Archmages had surrounded them, leaving only a few powerful Elves able to use magic.
• The current battle appears to be the aftermath of that massacre. Nicole is now fighting alongside the enemy forces, while Jon is being overwhelmed by her and the Archmages.
• Li Ziran realizes Anfuni has not revealed this information out of kindness and directly asks what she wants from him in return for saving him and explaining the situation.

Character Developments

• Nicole: Her growth is the chapter’s most striking development. In only two years, she has risen to Archmage-level power and now commands other Archmages with confidence and ruthless efficiency. Li Ziran sees that the Wasteland’s Survival Law has reshaped her personality.
• Li Ziran: He compares Nicole’s extraordinary advancement with his own lack of progress. Despite having two lifetimes of experience, he remains a weak Witch Doctor with limited resources and no magical talent. His envy, helplessness, and self-mockery reveal growing frustration, but he remains perceptive and practical.
• Anfuni: She acts as Li Ziran’s source of information, explaining the political and military circumstances behind Brando’s death and the Elven disaster. Her tone shifts between teasing, bitterness, and regret, especially when discussing Elven arrogance.
• Brando: Though dead, he is characterized as ambitious and greedy. He sought Elven organs and wealth to break through from Magister to Archmage, but his schemes ultimately led to his own death and the destruction of many Elves.
• Jon: His strength as a Title Magister is emphasized, particularly his ability to draw elemental power even within the Elemental Vacuum Domain. Nevertheless, he is being systematically worn down by Nicole’s coordinated assault.

Significant Themes

• Survival and moral corruption: The Wasteland’s Survival Law rewards ruthlessness and drives people toward increasingly extreme behavior. Li Ziran fears that this law has transformed Nicole.
• Power and hierarchy: Magical strength is determined by elemental shattering and recombination, creating rigid social divisions and making advancement extraordinarily difficult.
• Arrogance and deception: The Elves’ confidence in their strength causes them to overlook the suspicious intelligence and the gradual weakening of the Elemental Tide. Human strategic deception defeats even superior magical power.
• Talent versus effort and resources: Li Ziran’s frustration reflects the gap between ambition and ability. Unlike Nicole, he lacks talent and resources, showing that determination alone cannot guarantee advancement.
• Exploitation of the Elves: Elven organs are treated as valuable magical resources, making the Elves targets for other races seeking shortcuts to power.
• Changing identity: Nicole’s transformation forces Li Ziran to confront the fact that the girl he once knew has become an independent and formidable figure shaped by violence.

Character Interactions

• Nicole commands three Archmages during the battle, demonstrating her authority and their obedience.
• Li Ziran silently compares Nicole’s transformation with his own stagnation and feels both admiration and pain at the distance between them.
• Li Ziran questions Anfuni about Brando’s death, the ambush, and Jon’s near defeat. Anfuni answers while criticizing the Elves’ arrogance and explaining the humans’ superior preparation.
• Their conversation becomes more direct when Li Ziran recognizes that Anfuni must have a motive for saving him and sharing such valuable information. He openly offers to fulfill a request in exchange, establishing a practical and potentially important bargain.

Chapter Summary: “Sacrifice: Grass”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Anfuni asks Li Ziran whether he can kill Nicole, who has become a Wind Archmage and is battling Jon in a stalemate.
• Li Ziran explains several theoretical ways Nicole might be defeated:
  • Exploiting the imperfect compatibility between her transplanted kidney and body.
  • Using a rare Abyssal Dark Potion to counteract the Sacred Potion within her.
  • Employing curses or other magical methods.
• Anfuni is amused by Li Ziran’s ruthless practicality and suggests they become friends, but he insists that they remain business partners and discuss only concrete benefits.
• Anfuni reveals that she is an Elven White Tiger Priest who is essentially dead and currently exists without a physical body. She is slowly fading and needs a new body to survive.
• She asks Li Ziran to find her an Elven body, specifically implying that Jon’s descendant would be suitable. Li Ziran is shocked by her willingness to replace the baby’s soul but begins considering the deal.
• Instead of immediately stating her reward, Anfuni grants Li Ziran a mysterious inheritance called [Sacrifice: Grass].
• Li Ziran enters a vision of grass roots and receives knowledge written in “Grass Script,” a magical language comparable to Frog Script.
• The power causes his severed hand to regenerate completely, rebuilding bones, nerves, flesh, skin, and even hair.
• Li Ziran realizes the ability draws power from nearby grass roots, which wither and turn to ash after being used.
• Impressed by the power and recognizing its value, Li Ziran appears ready to accept Anfuni’s request. She concludes that he has agreed to the transaction.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran: Demonstrates his calculating, pragmatic nature by openly discussing ways to kill Nicole while refusing emotional intimacy with Anfuni. However, he is also deeply fascinated by rare knowledge and abilities. The regenerative power of [Sacrifice: Grass] greatly increases his interest in cooperating with Anfuni.
• Anfuni: Reveals herself to be an ancient and mysterious Elven White Tiger Priest existing between life and death. Despite her playful and friendly tone, she is manipulative and morally unsettling, seeking to possess another body. She evaluates Li Ziran as both “lovable” and useful because of his practical mindset.
• Nicole: Remains a powerful Wind Archmage, though her newly transplanted kidney leaves her with a potential weakness.
• Jon: Continues fighting Nicole while protecting his descendant inside his chest, making the child difficult to reach.

Significant Themes

• Transactions over trust: Li Ziran rejects friendship and insists on a strictly practical relationship, emphasizing mutual benefit rather than emotional loyalty.
• The cost of power: [Sacrifice: Grass] can regenerate a limb, but it consumes living grass roots, turning healing into a form of environmental sacrifice.
• Life, death, and identity: Anfuni’s existence challenges the boundary between life and death, while her plan to occupy another body raises questions about the ownership of souls and bodies.
• Moral pragmatism: Li Ziran discusses murder and curses without sentiment, yet he still reacts with discomfort when Anfuni suggests taking an innocent child’s body.
• Hidden knowledge and inheritance: Grass Script and the sacrificial art represent ancient, specialized knowledge that can be passed down like a magical legacy.

Character Interactions

• Anfuni repeatedly teases Li Ziran and tests whether his claims about killing Nicole are genuine.
• Li Ziran counters her teasing with blunt, businesslike responses, refusing to be drawn into friendship.
• Their exchange gradually becomes a negotiation: Anfuni offers extraordinary magical knowledge, while Li Ziran is expected to help secure a suitable body for her.
• The chapter ends with Anfuni recognizing that the power of [Sacrifice: Grass] has convinced Li Ziran to accept the deal.

Chapter Summary: “Neon’s Big Tongue”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The battle in Mading’er intensifies as Wind Blades devastate the market and destroy the remnants of the slave civilization.
• Jon, transformed into a gigantic frog-like form, is trapped inside the Elemental Vacuum Domain created by Nicole and three Wind Archmages. However, the domain is imperfect, allowing him to absorb some of the surrounding Elemental Tide.
• Li Ziran realizes that the sapphire-blue baby inside Jon’s chest contains the inheritance of the Sacrificial Curse, a spell he desperately wants because of his pursuit of the Healing Curse and his inability to sense elemental power.
• When Jon breaks through the Wind Blades and absorbs a large amount of elemental energy, he rapidly enlarges and begins overwhelming the Archmages, forcing the girl Archmage into repeated retreats.
• Although the group temporarily restores its formation, Jon suddenly attacks the previously passive female Archmage with a forked Neon “tongue,” dragging her into his mouth and swallowing her.
• Jon immediately adapts the same hunting technique against the girl Archmage, successfully catching and swallowing her as well.
• Realizing that Jon has become unstoppable, the surviving old Wind Archmage flees, while Nicole grabs Li Ziran and teleports away.
• Jon pursues them with enormous leaps. Li Ziran advises Nicole to use the old man as a distraction, leading her to teleport near him.
• The exhausted old Archmage is caught by Jon’s Neon tongue and swallowed after Nicole refuses to sacrifice herself.
• As Jon prepares to pursue Nicole and Li Ziran, Li Ziran notices the straight throat passage inside Jon’s mouth and forms a new plan: Nicole should teleport directly into Jon’s throat.

Character Developments

• Jon: Demonstrates remarkable adaptability and intelligence. He learns to use his frog form effectively, combining immense physical strength, regenerative Neon energy, sudden leaps, and a frog-like tongue attack. He shifts from being passively suppressed to hunting and eliminating his opponents one by one.
• Li Ziran: Remains observant and opportunistic. His desire to obtain the Sacrificial Curse motivates him to support Nicole, but survival increasingly becomes his priority. He also shows expert knowledge of frog anatomy and quickly devises a dangerous plan to exploit Jon’s internal organs.
• Nicole: Her strength and stamina visibly decline from prolonged combat. Though she remains capable of rapid teleportation, she becomes increasingly desperate and pragmatic, using the old Archmage as a temporary decoy to escape Jon.
• The Wind Archmages: Their coordinated formation initially contains Jon, but exhaustion and Jon’s unpredictable attacks break their defensive strategy. The two female Archmages and eventually the old man are swallowed, leaving the group in collapse.
• Anfuni: Watches with detached mockery, commenting that Jon is more adaptable than expected and seemingly taking pleasure in the reversal of the battle.

Significant Themes

• Adaptation versus control: The Wind Archmages rely on a carefully organized formation, while Jon continually adapts to their tactics and eventually overturns their advantage.
• Predation and survival: Jon’s frog-like hunting behavior transforms the battle into a chase, with the weaker characters forced to sacrifice others or exploit distractions to survive.
• Power and resource dependence: Jon’s strength is tied to the Elemental Tide, while Nicole and the Archmages suffer from exhaustion and overdrawn Magic Organs.
• Moral compromise: Li Ziran and Nicole prioritize survival over loyalty, deliberately using the old Archmage as bait. The chapter presents survival as increasingly ruthless and transactional.
• Inherited knowledge and transformation: Jon gains new abilities associated with his altered form, while Li Ziran’s knowledge of frog anatomy becomes crucial to developing a counterattack.

Character Interactions

• Li Ziran silently decides to help Nicole suppress Jon, hoping to obtain the Sacrificial Curse from him.
• Nicole commands the Archmages during the battle, attempting to maintain the formation as Jon breaks through.
• Jon targets the weaker positions in the formation, first attacking the passive woman and then the retreating girl.
• Nicole rescues Li Ziran through teleportation, but follows his advice to use the old Archmage as a distraction.
• The old Archmage pleads with Nicole for mercy, but she prioritizes her own escape and allows Jon to catch him.
• Li Ziran’s final instruction—to teleport into Jon’s throat—sets up the next stage of the confrontation and reveals his willingness to take an extreme risk to survive.

Chapter Summary: “Magic Giant Lungs”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ziran and Nicole escape Jon’s pursuit by teleporting into the giant frog’s mouth and throat rather than confronting him directly.
• Li Ziran relies on his extensive anatomical knowledge as an Organ Witch Doctor, recognizing that Jon’s transformed body must still possess the internal structure and weaknesses of a frog.
• He warns Nicole to avoid the esophagus, which leads to the stomach and would digest them in gastric acid. Instead, they search for the trachea, guided by changes in air pressure, smell, and temperature.
• Nicole finds the airway carrying fresh Wasteland Tide into Jon’s body. The current drags both of them violently toward the lungs.
• Inside Jon’s lungs, they discover a dazzling magical system: the Elemental Tide is separated into visible elemental particles by glowing circular structures before being carried into the bloodstream.
• Although Li Ziran is awed by the beauty and sophistication of the magical lungs, he realizes they must destroy them to weaken Jon.
• Following Li Ziran’s instructions, Nicole uses a Forbidden Wind Blade to damage one of the glowing circles. Jon immediately suffers intense chest pain, coughs violently, and spits blood formed from radiant flames.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran demonstrates his ability to turn anatomical knowledge into a strategic weapon. Rather than attempting to overpower Jon, he identifies a structural weakness and devises an attack from within.
• He also reveals a strong sense of responsibility toward Nicole, carefully guiding her through the dangerous interior of Jon’s body and warning her about every threat.
• Nicole displays remarkable courage and loyalty. Despite being frightened, she immediately follows Li Ziran into Jon’s mouth because she remembers his earlier reassurance during his heart transplant: “You’re afraid of me, but I’ll let you live.”
• Her fear remains evident, but she overcomes it, clinging to Li Ziran and obeying his instructions even while being swept through the violent airway.
• Their relationship becomes more emotionally intimate, with Nicole’s past attachment and willingness to risk herself for Li Ziran becoming clear.

Significant Themes

• Courage and loyalty: Nicole’s actions show that courage does not mean lacking fear, but acting despite it.
• Knowledge versus brute strength: Li Ziran cannot match Jon’s power directly, so he uses expertise and precision to exploit the limitations of Jon’s transformed body.
• The marvel and vulnerability of life: Jon’s lungs are presented as both beautiful magical organs and a critical weakness. The chapter emphasizes how even an apparently invincible being can be harmed from within.
• Memory and emotional influence: A seemingly simple promise from two years earlier continues to shape Nicole’s decisions and deepens the bond between the characters.
• Destruction of beauty for survival: Li Ziran admires the lungs’ magnificent elemental structure but accepts that it must be destroyed to save them.

Character Interactions

• Nicole recalls Li Ziran’s compassionate words from the past, revealing how deeply they affected her.
• Li Ziran takes command during the infiltration, while Nicole trusts him completely and carries out his precise teleportation instructions.
• During the hurricane-like passage through the trachea, they cling tightly to one another for protection, reinforcing their physical and emotional dependence.
• Once inside the lungs, Li Ziran directs Nicole’s magic, and she successfully damages the organ, causing Jon immediate pain and internal injury.

Chapter Summary: “Lung Perforation”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Elven Pilgrimage crosses the Great Wasteland toward Despair Forest, enduring extreme heat and dehydration. They must arrive when the forest becomes still.
• A gigantic, fire-wreathed Giant Frog attacks the migrating Elves. Its leaps crush many of them, while its lava-like phlegm and corrosive neon rain devastate the pilgrimage, killing countless Elves—including powerful Magisters.
• The frog, Jon, is secretly suffering from a severe lung illness. Li Ziran and Nicole are trapped inside his lung and attempt to escape by repeatedly striking the same weakened point in the lung’s mucosa with Nicole’s Forbidden Wind Blades.
• Their goal is to perforate the lung. Although this would be lethal to Jon, it would allow them to escape and potentially obtain the corpse of a Title Magister-level Giant Frog.
• After numerous attacks, Nicole begins missing her target. Li Ziran realizes Jon’s coughing is fading because he has entered Despair Forest and is inhaling the forest’s poisonous mist.
• The Despair Mist temporarily relieves Jon’s pain but numbs the body and threatens to paralyze him. It also fills the lung, obscuring the exit and making Li Ziran and Nicole increasingly drowsy.
• Li Ziran directs Nicole to teleport toward the airway’s connection to the heart. They plunge through the lung into the bloodstream, then are carried through the venous vessel into Jon’s heart.
• They pass through the heart’s strange basin-like center and are violently propelled into the arterial system, reaching the blood vessels of the stomach.
• Knowing the mist will soon contaminate Jon’s entire circulatory system, Li Ziran decides to escape through the brain, where the narrow, fragile blood vessels can be cut open with a single Wind Blade.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran remains calculating and determined despite the danger. He treats the situation as both a survival crisis and an opportunity to acquire a powerful magical creature’s body.
• His fear becomes apparent when he jumps into the unknown heart with Nicole, but he converts that fear into decisive action rather than hesitation.
• Nicole initially performs with perfect accuracy, repeatedly striking the same point in the lung. Her technique falters once Jon’s condition changes, suggesting the poisonous mist or the altered environment is affecting her concentration and perception.
• Jon, the Giant Frog, is revealed to be more than a mindless monster. His attacks are partly driven by pain and illness, and he experiences intense relief upon breathing the Despair Mist, unknowingly exposing himself to a more dangerous poison.
• The Elves’ confidence is replaced by terror after witnessing the frog’s overwhelming power, emphasizing the disparity between their strength and that of the Giant Frog.

Significant Themes

• Survival through adaptability: Li Ziran and Nicole continually revise their escape plan as Jon’s body and surroundings change.
• Pain and temporary relief: Jon’s illness and the Despair Mist show how immediate relief can conceal or worsen a deeper danger.
• The body as a dangerous world: Jon’s lungs, heart, blood vessels, and organs function like an immense hostile landscape filled with currents, storms, fog, and deadly terrain.
• Power and vulnerability: The Giant Frog can annihilate tens of thousands of Elves, yet he is simultaneously helpless against his own disease.
• Risk and opportunity: Li Ziran views the deadly situation not only as a threat but also as a chance to obtain a valuable, high-level magical corpse.
• Fear versus resolve: Both characters face overwhelming uncertainty, but Li Ziran emphasizes that fear should lead to decisive action rather than paralysis.

Important Character Interactions

• Li Ziran repeatedly encourages Nicole to continue attacking despite setbacks, maintaining her morale and focus.
• When Nicole’s accuracy deteriorates, Li Ziran initially becomes frustrated but quickly recognizes that something unusual is happening and begins analyzing the cause.
• Li Ziran orders Nicole to teleport toward the heart, and she reacts immediately, demonstrating their efficient cooperation under pressure.
• He asks whether Nicole is afraid before jumping into the heart; although she appears ready to deny it, Li Ziran admits his own fear through his actions and forces them both forward.
• Their partnership remains based on trust, rapid coordination, and shared dependence as they navigate Jon’s increasingly poisoned circulatory system.

Chapter Summary: “Mad with Burst Blood Vessels”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ziran and Nicole remain inside Jon’s bloodstream, waiting to be carried toward his brain. Li understands that they have only one chance to escape, since the mist has left him unable to return to the heart and begin another cycle.
• As they pass through Jon’s magical organs, Li observes the stomach, gallbladder, liver, and kidneys. He recognizes that Jon’s organs refine elemental magic, making them extraordinarily powerful and nearly impossible to damage.
• They briefly enter the kidney, where the concentrated wind magic has formed a valuable, goose-egg-sized Element Crystal. However, the bloodstream carries them onward before Li can investigate or obtain it.
• Meanwhile, Jon, mentally clouded by the Despair Mist, instinctively travels to the Eternal Tree in the forest. He worshipfully consumes drops of bronze-colored liquid falling from the tree, though the poison and mist gradually rob him of control over his body.
• Li and Nicole finally reach the cerebral blood vessels. Li carefully guides Nicole through the narrowing passages and orders her to cut through the vessel wall with a Forbidden Wind Blade.
• Nicole’s first attack fails, likely because the Despair Mist has slowed and impaired her. Li suppresses his anger and encourages her to try again, knowing that their time is running out as the blood approaches the veins and begins returning to the heart.
• Her second Wind Blade embeds its tip in the vessel wall, creating a small opening that rapidly widens. Li and Nicole successfully break through into Jon’s brain tissue.
• At the same moment, Jon loses control of his body near the Eternal Tree. When the tree appears to reach toward his chest—where his son is located—Jon briefly regains consciousness and violently attacks it by leaping into its trunk.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran: Demonstrates patience, scientific understanding, and strategic thinking as he navigates Jon’s complex internal system. Although terrified after Nicole’s first failed attack, he remains composed and supports her rather than blaming her. His sudden admiration for Nicole adds a humorous, emotionally warmer note to their relationship.
• Nicole: Shows loyalty and discipline by remaining silent while Li concentrates. Despite the mist impairing her abilities, she successfully executes the crucial second Wind Blade and proves herself essential to their escape.
• Jon: Becomes increasingly overwhelmed by the Despair Mist. His behavior shifts between instinctive worship of the Eternal Tree and brief flashes of protective consciousness. His desperate attack reveals that his concern for his son remains stronger than the mist’s influence.

Significant Themes

• Trust under pressure: Li and Nicole’s survival depends on their ability to rely on one another. Li provides direction, while Nicole supplies the power needed to break through the brain’s defenses.
• Persistence despite failure: Nicole’s first attack misses, but Li refuses to panic. Their eventual success emphasizes the importance of continuing after a setback.
• Loss of control and resistance: Jon’s mind and body are being consumed by the Despair Mist, yet his instinct to protect his son allows a fragment of his true will to survive.
• The body as an alien world: Jon’s internal organs are portrayed as a vast magical landscape, filled with elemental forces, dangerous pathways, and valuable resources.
• Parental protection: Jon’s final act of attacking the Eternal Tree shows that his bond with his son remains powerful even when his consciousness is nearly destroyed.

Character Interactions

• Li and Nicole share a quiet, trusting partnership. Nicole supports Li through silence, while Li guides and reassures her during their escape.
• Li briefly becomes frustrated when Nicole’s first attack fails, but he immediately restrains himself and encourages her with calm instructions.
• After Nicole’s successful strike, Li feels sudden affection and admiration for her, though the urgent danger forces him to focus on escape.
• Jon’s conflict is primarily with the Eternal Tree: he first reveres it and consumes its magical liquid, then turns against it when it appears to threaten his son.

Chapter Summary: Brilliant World of Organs

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ziran and Nicole descend through Jon’s internal magical system, traveling through the brain and its blood vessels rather than attempting to break through the skull.
• In the brain, they witness the formation of a pink eye-like structure from boiling brain fluid. A pink beam from this “eye” leads toward a Neon Orb containing the Elf Descendant Li Ziran seeks.
• They travel down diseased, mold-covered blood vessels. The revolting secretions cling to them, unexpectedly allowing them to slide safely downward.
• They break through a membrane and discover Jon’s hidden gallbladder and, beyond it, a vast internal magical system centered around the Neon Orb.
• Seventeen different colored beams from various organs converge on the orb. Each organ produces a unique form of magical energy, which the orb repeatedly shatters, recombines, and stabilizes into powerful Neon Light.
• Li Ziran realizes that Elves possess specialized “Magic Organs,” analogous to the Human Race’s Elemental Glands. These organs form an interconnected system that serves as the foundation of Elf Mage power.
• Inspired by what he sees, Li Ziran imagines replacing or transforming organs to create a magical system capable of reaching Archmage-level strength without traditional cultivation.
• After studying the system for half a day and memorizing the organs’ rune-like structures, Li Ziran begins destroying the organs to initiate the next stage of his plan.
• He attacks the kidney with repeated Forbidden Wind Blades. The kidney’s magical character shatters, its energy beam breaks, and the Neon Orb abruptly changes from pure Neon into a brilliant rainbow.

Character Development

• Li Ziran moves from disgust and physical discomfort to intense intellectual excitement. As a Witch Doctor, he recognizes the organs as a revolutionary source of magical knowledge and begins developing a radical theory of organ transplantation and magical transformation.
• His ambition grows dramatically: he starts imagining replacing his own organs with Magic Organs and surpassing conventional limits of cultivation.
• Li Ziran also demonstrates patience and discipline by memorizing every organ’s structure before attacking, treating the spectacle as invaluable magical research.
• Nicole remains practical and action-oriented. She helps them navigate the dangerous descent, reacts strongly to the disgusting environment, and follows Li Ziran’s instructions. Unlike him, she does not share his scholarly fascination with the magical organ system and instead focuses on what they should do next.

Significant Themes

• Body as a magical system: The chapter presents the Elf body as an elaborate network of specialized organs, each functioning like a magical planet within a larger cosmic system.
• Elemental recombination and transformation: Magic is portrayed as something that can be mechanically generated by breaking apart and recombining energies, challenging traditional ideas about cultivation and comprehension.
• Scientific discovery and ambition: Li Ziran’s observation turns into a potentially dangerous theory of self-modification, suggesting that knowledge can inspire both innovation and reckless experimentation.
• Beauty within corruption: Although Jon’s organs are covered in mold, mucus, and diseased tissue, their underlying magical structure is magnificent and highly ordered.
• Limits and potential: Jon’s seventeen Magic Organs already approach the apparent limit of Elf power, but Li Ziran imagines what might be possible with dozens of transformed organs.

Character Interactions

• Nicole physically supports Li Ziran during the descent and acts quickly whenever danger appears, including cutting through the mucous membrane with a Forbidden Wind Blade.
• Li Ziran tries to share his excitement over the magical system, but Nicole’s straightforward question about what to do highlights the difference between their perspectives.
• Their partnership remains functional: Li Ziran provides knowledge and strategy, while Nicole supplies mobility, combat ability, and immediate practical assistance.
• The chapter ends with Li Ziran taking decisive action, destroying the kidney and disrupting the entire Neon Orb system, setting up the consequences of the orb’s sudden transformation.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jon, the giant neon frog, is mentally torn between fleeing to protect the descendant inside him and compulsively drinking the Eternal Light from the Eternal Ancient Tree. As he consumes it, his neon colors decay through multiple stages until he becomes entirely bronze-yellow.
• Inside Jon’s body, Li Ziran and Nicole complete their assault on the organ-like world. Nicole’s Wind Blades destroy the remaining organ cores and extinguish the luminous pillars sustaining the space.
• The destruction reveals a black, eighteen-sided sphere covered in nerves and containing the Elf Descendant. Li Ziran considers his mission complete, while the Grass Script inheritance in his mind finally becomes legible.
• Li Ziran and Nicole escape through the intestinal tract and emerge into Despair Forest, where they encounter a massive Elven pilgrimage traveling toward the forest.
• They discover Jon beneath the Eternal Ancient Tree, greedily consuming the bronze-yellow liquid dripping from it. Nicole attempts to capture him for the Human Race, but Jon’s tongue catches and swallows her.
• Li Ziran uses a Frog Shapeshifting Curse to weaken Jon’s tongue. Although the spell should not work on an already transformed frog, it unexpectedly succeeds and frees Nicole.
• Anfuni appears in the form of a tiny azure Elf. She reveals that she has successfully taken control of Jon’s soul, making him obedient, and explains that she still needs Li Ziran to help restore the kidney and bone marrow he possesses.
• Anfuni warns Li Ziran and Nicole to leave before the Elven pilgrimage arrives. She uses Jon to launch them away from Despair Forest like cannonballs.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran: Successfully completes his mission inside Jon and receives the complete Grass Script inheritance. He becomes increasingly wary of Nicole’s ruthlessness and of Anfuni’s power, while also demonstrating ingenuity by using the unexpected Frog Shapeshifting Curse.
• Nicole: Acts with greater coldness and independence, immediately deciding that Jon must be captured for the Human Race. Her attempt to kill or restrain him shows her ruthless priorities, though she is ultimately rescued through Li Ziran’s intervention and Anfuni’s assistance.
• Anfuni: Reveals that she has regained control over Jon by possessing or subduing his soul. Her playful, childlike appearance contrasts with her manipulative and threatening nature. She continues to treat Li Ziran as a useful accomplice rather than a trusted friend.
• Jon: Loses his original neon form and much of his reason after absorbing the Eternal Light. He becomes a bronze-yellow frog driven by hunger, but Anfuni’s control renders him obedient.

Significant Themes

• Possession and control: Anfuni’s takeover of Jon’s soul parallels the broader chapter’s focus on bodies, organs, and magical control.
• Transformation and rebirth: Jon changes from a neon frog into a bronze-yellow creature, while Anfuni returns in a younger, smaller form. Li Ziran also gains a new inheritance through the Grass Script.
• Moral ambiguity: Nicole’s willingness to capture Jon for humanity and Anfuni’s willingness to manipulate everyone around her blur the line between ally and threat.
• Destruction as progress: Li Ziran regrets destroying the beautiful organ world, yet its destruction is necessary to complete the mission and obtain the inheritance.
• Unstable identity and power: Characters repeatedly change forms, loyalties, and levels of control, making appearances unreliable.

Character Interactions

• Li Ziran observes Nicole’s destruction of Jon’s internal organ world and questions her increasingly ruthless behavior.
• Nicole attempts to capture Jon, prompting Li Ziran to use his transformation spell to free her when Jon swallows her.
• Anfuni reunites with Li Ziran, joking about their relationship while making clear that he remains useful because of the body parts she needs recovered.
• Anfuni threatens Nicole through Jon, revealing hostility toward her, but still ensures that Nicole escapes.
• Before the arriving Elven pilgrimage can interfere, Anfuni uses Jon to eject Li Ziran and Nicole from the forest.

Chapter Summary: “Nizi, We’ve Both Grown Up”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ziran and Nicole are expelled from Jon’s frog form and crash into the Wasteland after Anfuni intervenes.
• Li Ziran finds Nicole unconscious beneath the sand. He realizes Anfuni used a sleeping drug on her but deliberately spared her life.
• He treats Nicole with diluted Revival Potion and clean water, then reflects on how much she has changed since he knew her two years earlier.
• When Nicole awakens, she begins trying to explain her political alliance with the Elves and the reasons behind her ruthless actions. Li Ziran stops her, choosing not to demand an explanation.
• The two share an intimate farewell. Li Ziran acknowledges that they have both matured and now have separate responsibilities and ambitions.
• Anfuni appears with a small bronze frog, signaling that Li Ziran’s conversation with her must begin.
• Nicole reluctantly prepares to leave but declares that Li Ziran is now her “slave” by biting his hand and giving him her Spatial Ring.
• The ring contains numerous potions and a note saying that it originally belonged to him.
• Nicole departs, and Li Ziran is deeply moved by their separation. He then composes himself and turns his attention to Anfuni and her business.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran: Shows increased emotional maturity and restraint. Although he worries about Nicole and mourns the loss of her former innocence, he accepts that she must follow her own path. He refuses to judge or interrogate her political decisions, while also recognizing his own responsibilities.
• Nicole: Reveals the emotional burden beneath her ruthless public identity. She still deeply trusts and loves Li Ziran but understands that she has changed and cannot return to her former innocence. Her farewell gift demonstrates both affection and possessiveness.
• Anfuni: Remains mysterious and strategically powerful. She spares Nicole, incapacitates rather than kills her, and returns to meet Li Ziran, suggesting that her connection to both Nicole and the larger conflict is more complicated than it appears.

Significant Themes

• Growing up and losing innocence: Both Li Ziran and Nicole acknowledge that maturity brings responsibilities, ambition, violence, and moral compromise.
• Love expressed through separation: Their affection is clear, but neither abandons their individual goals. Letting the other leave becomes an act of respect.
• Identity and transformation: Nicole has evolved from a sweet, playful girl into a powerful and politically involved leader, while Li Ziran has also become more emotionally controlled and pragmatic.
• Unspoken understanding: Li Ziran chooses not to force Nicole to justify herself, suggesting that intimacy can exist without complete explanation.
• Power and independence: The Wasteland belongs to the strong, and both characters must establish themselves through their own choices rather than relying on one another.

Character Interactions

• Li Ziran cares for Nicole tenderly while she is unconscious, revealing his lingering affection and concern.
• Nicole struggles to explain her actions, but Li Ziran silences her with a kiss, signaling acceptance rather than condemnation.
• Their farewell is affectionate but painful: Nicole asks him to come with her, while Li Ziran insists that they must pursue separate lives.
• Nicole bites Li Ziran’s hand and gives him her ring, symbolically claiming and protecting him while disguising her emotional goodbye as an act of ownership.
• After Nicole leaves, Li Ziran exchanges a final silent farewell with her before turning to Anfuni, marking the transition from personal emotion to the next stage of the plot.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Nicole leaves Li Ziran to pursue her ambitions. Li understands that she has become involved in larger power struggles among the continent’s races and may not be able to escape them easily.
• Li reflects on the Red Soil Continent’s harsh political and ecological order. Humans are rapidly expanding through the Elemental Gland, Elves are declining but retain immense magical authority, Orcs rely on Battle Qi and Ancient Souls, and Demons seek souls through their Soul Eyes. Numerous other races and powerful creatures also compete for territory and resources.
• He concludes that survival is governed by a ruthless law: the weak and outdated are eliminated, allowing new life and new powers to emerge.
• Anfuni approaches Li after Nicole’s departure. She reveals that Jon, the Frog on her shoulder, has transformed into the only Eternal Giant Frog in Elven history and now controls the Eternal Element.
• Jon’s transformation appears to have resulted from an extraordinary mutation caused by absorbing Nightmare Mist and consuming vast quantities of Eternal Light. His croak alone produces devastating shockwaves and can even tear open space.
• Anfuni explains that she met with the Elven Queen, who welcomed Jon’s transformation. Jon has become obedient and accepted Anfuni, while the Elven Pilgrimage continues to serve as a trial that strengthens young Elves and preserves the race.
• Li reconsiders the destruction of Mading’er Town and realizes that the Elves’ arrival, while devastating to the existing Slave-Catching Groups, will create opportunities for new groups to rise. He decides to take advantage of the changing Wasteland.
• Li plans to travel to Blackwind Pass Town and enter the Undead Nest to obtain a Corpse Witch, which he hopes can help modify his Magic Organ.
• Before he leaves, Anfuni reveals that her body has changed. She asks Li whether he can help her change her sex, explaining that only women are allowed to remain beside the Elven Queen.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran becomes more accepting of Nicole’s choice and of the continent’s brutal survival system. He maintains his preference for a quiet, independent life while recognizing that he must act decisively to improve his own situation.
• Nicole is shown as ambitious but increasingly trapped within conflicts between powerful factions. Her departure marks a separation from Li and suggests that her future will be shaped by political struggle.
• Anfuni demonstrates greater power and confidence, yet also reveals vulnerability through her wounds, physical weakness, and desire to alter her body. Her position near the Elven Queen is important enough that she is willing to bargain with Li for help.
• Jon has undergone a miraculous transformation from a dangerous frog into an Eternal Giant Frog capable of controlling the Eternal Element. Despite his overwhelming strength, he is now obedient to Anfuni.
• The Elves are portrayed as a race undergoing renewal rather than simple decline. Their hardships, pilgrimage, and selective survival process are helping produce a stronger future generation.

Significant Themes

• The Survival Law: Life on the continent is defined by competition, elimination, and renewal. The destruction of old powers creates space for new ones.
• Change and Transformation: Jon’s mutation, the Elves’ rebirth, and Anfuni’s desired transformation all emphasize that survival often requires profound change.
• Power and Political Struggle: Individual ambitions are inseparable from conflicts among races, factions, and territories. Nicole’s departure illustrates the danger of becoming entangled in larger power structures.
• Sacrifice and Racial Survival: The Elven Pilgrimage deliberately exposes Elves to hardship, allowing the weak to be removed while strengthening the race as a whole.
• Fortune and Unpredictability: Jon’s evolution was not the result of a reliable method but of a rare combination of circumstances, showing that extraordinary power can emerge from chance.
• Identity and Social Roles: Anfuni’s request to change sex reflects the relationship between physical identity and access to social or political positions, particularly her eligibility to remain beside the Elven Queen.

Character Interactions

• Li and Nicole part with mutual understanding, though Li remains concerned about the dangers surrounding her.
• Anfuni teases Li about Nicole and dismisses Nicole as unsuitable for him, but Li avoids discussing his feelings.
• Anfuni credits Li indirectly for Jon’s transformation, while Li humbly rejects responsibility.
• Li and Anfuni discuss the Elves’ Queen, their pilgrimage, and the meaning of hardship and survival.
• At the chapter’s end, Anfuni deliberately surprises and embarrasses Li by asking whether she can “squat to pee,” then reveals that she wants his help changing her sex so she can remain with the Queen.

Chapter Summary: A Girl Who Wouldn't Take Oil or Salt

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ziran considers Anfuni’s request to transform from a male Ancient Elf into a mature woman.
• He explains that the process requires extensive sex-reassignment surgery, organ rearrangement, magical potions, and later accelerated physical maturation. The procedure is difficult, risky, time-consuming, and beyond his current experience.
• Li Ziran initially hopes Anfuni will abandon the idea, believing that remaining male would offer greater social and economic advantages. He also worries that body modification could damage her health.
• Anfuni makes it clear that her only priority is returning to the Elf Queen’s side. She insists that the transformation must happen “at any cost.”
• Realizing that he has ignored Anfuni’s emotional motivations, Li Ziran changes his approach and offers practical solutions. He explains that Giant milk—especially from Mountain Giants, Treefolk, or Forest Giants—could accelerate her growth without the severe weaknesses caused by ordinary maturation potions.
• Anfuni becomes enthusiastic and devises a plan: the Elf Queen will search for Giant milk while Li Ziran prepares and performs the transformation.
• Li Ziran points out further obstacles, including the lack of suitable ovaries and the need for extensive preparation and experimentation.
• Rather than waiting, Anfuni decides to accompany Li Ziran on his upcoming journey so he can prepare her body and search for the necessary organs along the way.
• Li Ziran is alarmed because the journey will take him to the Undead Nest, a filthy and dangerous place populated by Necromancers—natural enemies of Elves. He tries to discourage her by emphasizing the unpleasant conditions, but Anfuni refuses to be deterred.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran: Initially approaches Anfuni’s request logically and clinically, focusing on risks, costs, usefulness, and his own lack of experience. He gradually recognizes that he has failed to consider Anfuni’s feelings and urgent personal desire. His attempt to manage the situation diplomatically shows both caution and growing awareness of her emotional needs, though he remains increasingly frustrated by her persistence.
• Anfuni: Reveals intense loyalty to the Elf Queen and an overwhelming determination to regain her original identity and return to the Queen’s side. Her mood shifts rapidly from suspicion and anger to excitement once Li Ziran offers a workable plan. She becomes proactive, immediately organizing the Elf Queen’s assistance and forcing her way into Li Ziran’s plans.
• The Copper-Yellow Frog: Though mostly silent, the Frog reinforces Anfuni’s intimidating presence. Its angry croaks and predatory behavior make Li Ziran aware that refusing her may be dangerous.

Significant Themes

• Identity and bodily autonomy: Anfuni’s willingness to undergo a dangerous transformation reflects the importance of identity and self-determination over physical safety or practical advantage.
• Duty and loyalty: Her desperation to return to the Elf Queen demonstrates the strength of her devotion and sense of responsibility.
• Emotion versus rationality: Li Ziran evaluates the transformation through utility, risk, and economic value, while Anfuni is driven by personal attachment and emotional necessity.
• Transformation and its consequences: The chapter emphasizes that magical or physical transformation is complex and carries risks, particularly when growth and bodily change are forced.
• Unwanted companionship: Anfuni’s decision to accompany Li Ziran introduces tension, since he sees her—and especially the powerful Frog—as a dangerous burden during his mission.

Character Interactions

• Li Ziran gives Anfuni a frank explanation of the medical and magical difficulties involved, while Anfuni focuses only on whether the transformation is possible.
• When Li Ziran postpones the procedure, Anfuni becomes furious and insists on immediate action.
• Li Ziran then appeals to her goals by discussing Giant milk, which quickly restores her enthusiasm.
• Anfuni turns Li Ziran’s own explanation of the procedure’s complexity against him, deciding that she must travel with him so preparations can begin immediately.
• Li Ziran unsuccessfully tries to dissuade her by warning that the destination will be filthy and hostile to Elves, prompting the chapter’s humorous conclusion: Anfuni is stubborn and impossible to discourage.

Chapter Summary: Elemental Bugs

Key Plot Points and Events

• Anfuni uses the copper-yellow Frog to hunt creatures across the Wasteland, capturing Savage Bulls, Winged Men, Snow Goats, Snake-Men, and other beasts in hopes of obtaining milk to accelerate her physical development.
• Li Ziran and Anfuni travel through the northeastern Wasteland toward Mading’er and the Undead Nest, joining an Alpaca Orc merchant caravan to cross the region safely.
• The greedy Alpaca Orcs attempt to attack Li Ziran and Anfuni, hoping to sell the Elf as a slave. Li Ziran kills the attackers using his Transformation Array and Devouring Curse, collecting their bodies for later use.
• Anfuni begins indiscriminately capturing nearby creatures, even those that have not threatened them. Li Ziran transforms the captured creatures into Frogs rather than killing them, planning to sell them at a slave market.
• Li Ziran experiments with the Grass Sacrifice ritual, hoping to heal a self-inflicted cut. Although he performs the ritual correctly, the wound barely heals.
• Anfuni explains that the ritual’s real purpose is to communicate with Grass-Spirit Elemental Bugs, tiny low-dimensional beings that absorb grass life force and return healing energy. Li Ziran realizes he cannot sense these beings and is still only a beginner ritualist.

Character Developments

• Anfuni becomes increasingly energetic and obsessive in her hunting. She interprets Li Ziran as a hunter and enthusiastically tries to support him, though her “help” is excessive and often morally troubling.
• Li Ziran remains practical and resource-conscious but reveals discomfort with Anfuni’s unnecessary violence. He chooses to preserve captured creatures when possible, balancing profit with a desire not to kill indiscriminately.
• Li Ziran also recognizes his limitations as a ritualist. Despite carefully following the ritual’s formal instructions, he lacks the necessary sensory connection to the Elemental Bugs.
• Their partnership deepens, but their different attitudes toward violence and survival become increasingly apparent.

Significant Themes

• Power and moral restraint: Anfuni’s overwhelming strength makes killing and capturing effortless, forcing Li Ziran to confront the ethical consequences of traveling with her.
• Practical survival versus compassion: Li Ziran treats living captives as resources but still avoids unnecessary death, suggesting a personal moral boundary.
• Limits of formal knowledge: Correctly drawing a ritual array is not enough; true mastery requires perception, instinct, and communication with the beings behind the system.
• World-building and magical systems: The chapter distinguishes Basic Elements, Rare Elements, Recombined Elements, and Elemental Bugs, explaining how Elves, humans, Demons, and ritualists pursue power differently.
• Beginnings of cultivation: Li Ziran’s failure emphasizes that extraordinary abilities depend not only on technique but also on sensing and gathering the correct supernatural entities.

Character Interactions

• Anfuni repeatedly asks Li Ziran whether captured creatures have milk, while Li Ziran responds with irritation and disbelief.
• Li Ziran tries to restrain Anfuni’s hunting, warning her not to attack every creature she sees and promising to find another way to obtain the milk she wants.
• Anfuni examines Li Ziran’s failed healing ritual and explains that he has focused too much on neat construction rather than communicating with Grass-Spirit Elemental Bugs.
• Their conversations highlight Anfuni’s enthusiastic, unconventional nature against Li Ziran’s cautious, skeptical, and morally conflicted personality.

Chapter Summary: “Collecting Organs, Target: Grand Mage”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ziran continues traveling across the Great Wasteland after two days on the road. Because of Anfuni, he can no longer rely on caravan protection and must travel alone.
• Jon, the enormous Copper-Yellow Frog, has become increasingly mysterious and powerful. He can absorb elemental energy simply by breathing, change size at will, and carry the sleeping Anfuni.
• Li Ziran reflects on witnessing Jon’s overwhelming power, especially his ability to manipulate and reassemble elements through his organs. This experience greatly expands Li Ziran’s understanding of magic.
• Unable to sense the Elemental Tide like ordinary mages, Li Ziran plans to imitate magical processes through physical means. He believes Elemental Bugs can be attracted and controlled through magic arrays, allowing him to reproduce supernatural abilities mechanically.
• His mastery of Frog Transformation—achieved through dissecting thousands of frogs and practicing relentlessly—demonstrates that extraordinary abilities can become instinct through sufficient repetition.
• Li Ziran decides that his ultimate goal is to become a Grand Mage by collecting rare organs, modifying his own body, and experimenting with different magical cultivation methods.
• He intends to reach Blackwind Pass Town, remain there for at least a year, and learn necromancy from the Corpse Witch. To advance, he needs valuable corpses and exceptional Magic Organs.
• He recognizes several routes for strengthening himself:
  • Grass Sacrifice, which gives him access to the Healing Curse.
  • Snake Transformation and the Devouring Curse, which can increase his mental strength.
  • Magic Organs and a human Magic Gland, which may allow him to compress elements and develop new forms of power.
• Li Ziran laments that his current supply of corpses is poor. Aside from Medusa corpses, a dismantled Corpse Witch, and one human, most are low quality. He particularly regrets losing the chance to collect more Elven corpses.
• Despite this disappointment, he acknowledges that the journey has been highly profitable. He gained a Corpse Witch, more than twenty Medusas, a valuable human specimen, a new client in Anfuni, and a Spatial Ring from Nicole.
• The ring contains seventeen rare potions—four extremely rare, five high-grade, and eight intermediate-grade—which are among Li Ziran’s most valuable possessions.
• To avoid attracting attention, he deliberately rubs the ring with sand to make its Spatial Crystal appear old and worthless.
• As night approaches and the Wasteland cools, Li Ziran resumes traveling. He hopes to encounter a Slave-Catching Group, purchase corpses cheaply, and possibly obtain a free ride to Mading’er while Anfuni sleeps.

Character Development

• Li Ziran: Becomes more determined and strategically focused. Rather than accepting that he cannot sense magic, he develops an unconventional, experimental path based on organs, Elemental Bugs, magic arrays, and bodily modification. His ambition crystallizes around becoming a Grand Mage.
• Jon: Remains inscrutable but demonstrates extraordinary intelligence or control. His ability to alter his size, absorb elemental energy, and unleash devastating power makes him a living model for Li Ziran’s magical research.
• Anfuni: Continues to function as both Li Ziran’s companion and an important source of opportunity. Her presence forces him to travel independently, but she also becomes his newest potential client.
• Nicole: Though absent, she contributes significantly by giving Li Ziran the Spatial Ring filled with rare potions, strengthening his resources.
• Li Ziran’s view of magic: He shifts from admiring conventional mages to seeking a scientific, anatomical, and repeatable method of reproducing their abilities.

Significant Themes

• Ambition and self-transformation: Li Ziran’s entire path centers on reshaping his body and abilities to overcome his natural limitations.
• Knowledge through observation and experimentation: His understanding of magic comes from dissecting organs, studying Jon, and repeating techniques rather than sensing or intuitively comprehending elements.
• Proficiency and labor: The chapter emphasizes that extraordinary power can be developed through relentless practice, even without innate talent.
• The body as a source of magic: Organs, glands, corpses, and Elemental Bugs are treated as components that can be studied, exchanged, and recombined.
• Resourcefulness and concealment: Li Ziran carefully hides his wealth and plans to disguise the Spatial Ring, reflecting the dangers of appearing powerful or prosperous.
• Death as a commodity: Corpses, slaves, organs, and potions are valuable resources in Li Ziran’s advancement, highlighting the morally harsh and transactional nature of the setting.

Character Interactions

• Li Ziran observes and studies Jon, admiring his strength while remaining uncertain whether the frog possesses human-like intelligence.
• Jon silently watches Li Ziran in return and later urges him to stop lingering and continue traveling.
• Anfuni sleeps on Jon’s back, showing her dependence on the frog and her comfortable relationship with both companions.
• Li Ziran thinks of Anfuni as a valuable future client, suggesting their relationship is partly personal but also tied to his trade in corpses, organs, and magical services.
• Li Ziran’s thoughts about Nicole’s gift reveal gratitude mixed with practical caution, as he immediately considers how to conceal the ring and protect its valuable contents.

Chapter Summary: “Brother Mouse, Eat Your Fill”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ziran and Anfuni arrive at Mading’er, a settlement devastated by Jon’s earlier attack. The surrounding sand has melted into vast fields of red crystal, creating unusually stable ground that could support a new town.
• Mading’er is strategically valuable because it lies near Rhine Prairie, the Orc highlands, and an underground water source. However, holding the territory will likely require future battles with rival tribes.
• Li Ziran buys an enormous quantity of Sheepfolk bread from a struggling Ram-headed family, paying generously despite the bread’s inflated price.
• During the night, he leaves Mading’er and deliberately scatters the bread around its outskirts. He stuffs pieces into holes and spreads them in a broad pattern, suggesting that he is feeding something hidden beneath or around the settlement.
• Anfuni follows him through the freezing storm, confused and irritated by his mysterious behavior. When questioned, Li Ziran only says that a “friend” likes bread.
• After returning to the mill, Li Ziran drinks goat milk and immediately falls asleep, while Anfuni remains awake and frustrated by his snoring.
• At dawn, Anfuni wakes Li Ziran so they can travel before the Wasteland becomes dangerously hot. As they proceed toward Blackwind Pass, Li Ziran detects the smell of decaying corpses and becomes energized.
• The landscape gradually changes from red crystal and sand to dark, organic-looking soil. At the horizon, they finally see the immense black-and-white mountain range known as the Undead Nest.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran demonstrates compassion and generosity by supporting the impoverished Sheepfolk, buying all their remaining bread rather than merely purchasing what he needs.
• His strange nighttime ritual reveals his willingness to endure hardship for a hidden purpose. Though he presents it as a whim, his actions imply familiarity with an unseen creature or force.
• His excitement at the smell of corpses emphasizes his undead nature and suggests that the Undead Nest is personally significant or appealing to him.
• Anfuni becomes increasingly suspicious of Li Ziran. She sees him as eccentric, possibly insane, but continues following him because she needs his help and hopes to regain control of her body and grow stronger.
• Her inability to meditate effectively in the Wasteland highlights her physical and magical vulnerability outside her native environment.
• Jon, the frog on Anfuni’s shoulder, remains mostly passive, but his connection to the destruction of Mading’er is quietly emphasized.

Significant Themes

• Survival and adaptation: Mading’er’s future depends on its water source, location, and ability to withstand competition in a harsh environment.
• Compassion amid poverty: Li Ziran’s purchase helps the Sheepfolk family, whose children already work to support their household despite their young age.
• Mystery and hidden motives: Li Ziran’s bread-scattering behavior suggests unseen dangers or allies, leaving his true intentions unclear.
• The contrast between life and death: The chapter moves from milk, bread, and struggling families to corpse-smell and the Undead Nest, blending ordinary survival with supernatural decay.
• Harsh natural forces: The Wasteland’s freezing nights and scorching days reinforce the importance of timing, endurance, and preparation.

Character Interactions

• Li Ziran politely but generously bargains with the Ram-headed mill owner, establishing a brief but meaningful exchange of economic support.
• Anfuni repeatedly questions Li Ziran’s actions and follows him despite her skepticism, creating a dynamic of reluctant dependence and irritation.
• Li Ziran dismisses her questions with vague answers, preserving his secretive nature.
• Anfuni wakes Li Ziran at his own request, showing that despite their strained relationship, they cooperate practically during the journey.
• Their arrival near the Undead Nest marks the next stage of their journey and hints that Li Ziran’s mysterious “friend” may be connected to the undead territory.

Chapter Summary: “Undead Nest”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ziran and Anfuni arrive at the Undead Nest, a horrifying region dominated by enormous mountains made from piled corpses. The surrounding land is saturated with blood, decay, flies, mosquitoes, and a weakening Elemental Tide.
• Anfuni is disgusted by the environment and repeatedly questions whether she should remain there. She even vomits after seeing the corpse mountains and blood-soaked ground.
• Li Ziran explains that he must prepare for Anfuni’s transformation surgery by gathering materials, replenishing mana potions, and finding suitable organs. He suggests that she return to Mading’er temporarily, but Anfuni refuses, interpreting his suggestion as an attempt to dismiss her.
• Li Ziran intends to negotiate with the Necromancers who rule the Undead Nest, especially Gegwu, an Undead Magister and former acquaintance whose heart Li Ziran once transplanted. He hopes to learn Corpse Witch control and Soul Transfer, but worries that his past favor will not be enough to secure Gegwu’s help.
• The pair approach Blackwind Pass Town, a settlement located between the corpse mountains. The town’s economy centers on collecting and raising Corpse Bugs, which feed on corpses and provide valuable elemental nourishment when consumed.
• Li Ziran is recognized by workers at a mill and greeted enthusiastically by five Rainbow-Tailed Chickenfolk women. They flirt with him and offer massages, baths, and other services, revealing his familiarity with the establishment.
• The chapter ends with the arrival of Jili, or “San Niang,” the mill’s proprietress and chieftain of the local Rainbow-Tailed Chicken Tribe.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran: Displays practical confidence and familiarity with the Undead Nest. He is excited to return because of its valuable resources, despite its disgusting conditions. His immediate goals are securing Necromancer assistance, learning advanced undead techniques, and preparing Anfuni’s surgery. He also reveals a history of working with and supporting the people of Blackwind Pass.
• Anfuni: Shows strong disgust and discomfort toward the Undead Nest but also stubborn determination. Although Li Ziran advises her to leave, she refuses because she does not want to appear weak or be treated as someone who must be protected. Her insistence suggests growing trust in—or dependence on—Li Ziran, even as she continues to challenge him.
• Gegwu: Though he does not appear directly, he is characterized as a powerful, gloomy Necromancer famous for the Undead Bone Calamity and his mastery of Skeletons. His relationship with Li Ziran may become crucial to the plot.
• Jili/San Niang: Introduced as a successful and influential Rainbow-Tailed Chickenfolk businesswoman. Her commanding attitude and familiarity with Li Ziran suggest a longstanding personal and professional relationship.
• Rainbow-Tailed Girls: Their playful, flirtatious behavior establishes that Li Ziran is a familiar and favored customer who has previously hired them as assistants.

Significant Themes

• Decay and survival: The Undead Nest is built literally from death, yet it supports thriving industries and communities. The chapter contrasts horror and disgust with practicality and economic survival.
• Value in the grotesque: Li Ziran sees resources and opportunities where Anfuni sees only filth. His pragmatic worldview allows him to negotiate with dangerous or eccentric people.
• Trust and independence: Anfuni resists Li Ziran’s attempts to send her away, wanting to prove that she can endure difficult circumstances and remain involved in her own fate.
• Adaptation: The inhabitants of Blackwind Pass have adapted to a world of corpses, turning Corpse Bugs, blood, and decay into food, trade goods, and livelihoods.
• Relationships as negotiation: Li Ziran’s connections—with Gegwu, San Niang, and the mill workers—may be useful, but he understands that favors and past relationships do not guarantee future cooperation.

Character Interactions

• Li Ziran and Anfuni argue over whether she should remain in the Undead Nest. He offers practical advice, while she interprets his concern as condescension and insists on staying.
• Li Ziran reflects on his uncertain relationship with Gegwu, recognizing that the Necromancer’s aid must be earned through a substantial bargain rather than assumed friendship.
• The Rainbow-Tailed women greet Li Ziran with exaggerated affection and flirtation, while he responds with amused familiarity and small payments.
• The arrival of San Niang interrupts the women’s attention and signals Li Ziran’s return to a community where he is well known.

Chapter Summary: “Teacher’s Test”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ziran returns to the Mill at Blackwind Pass with Anfuni and a large haul of frogs.
• They are greeted by Jili, also known as “San Niang,” the owner of the Mill and Li Ziran’s master’s mistress.
• Jili is pleased by Li Ziran’s successful hunt but suspicious of Anfuni, whose unusual appearance and Copper-Yellow Frog suggest a new or unfamiliar species.
• Li Ziran gives Jili a silver coin and asks about his master. Jili reveals that the master has recently been working for a slave troupe under the Dark Council, though Li Ziran correctly realizes from her behavior that the master has actually visited her.
• Jili repeatedly tries to persuade Li Ziran to purchase or marry two Rainbow-Tail girls from her tribe. She views him as a promising young man who can afford them, but Li Ziran refuses because supporting wives would consume his limited resources and energy.
• Li Ziran tours the Mill and reflects on how his suggestions—perfume and an odor-isolating magic array—improved the business and increased its customers.
• In Jili’s room, she retrieves a parchment book belonging to Li Ziran’s master. The book contains images of 187 frog species and is used to test Li Ziran’s progress in the Frog Transformation Spell.
• Li Ziran demonstrates several transformations using a living Minotaur slave:
  1. Marsh Forest Frog
  2. Venice Water Frog
  3. Giant Bubble Frog
  4. Desert Dry Frog, beginning at the eighty-third species in the test
• Jili becomes impatient and skips ahead in the examination, ordering Li Ziran to begin from the eighty-third species. The chapter ends as Li Ziran successfully transforms the frog into the eighty-fourth species, the Desert Dry Frog.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran: He is shown to be resourceful, financially cautious, and increasingly skilled in transformation magic. He has a practical relationship with Jili and understands her motives, including her attempts to sell him wives and her indirect hints about his master’s visits. His abilities have progressed enough to recognize and create numerous frog species.
• Anfuni: She remains aloof and judgmental toward Jili, whom she views as morally corrupt. Her presence also creates tension by interrupting Jili’s matchmaking efforts. Her Copper-Yellow Frog marks her as unusual and potentially significant.
• Jili/San Niang: She is portrayed as shrewd, commercially minded, impatient, and fiercely dedicated to sustaining the Rainbow-Tailed Clan. Though she operates an adult establishment and promotes marriage or companionship with her tribeswomen, she is more selective and trustworthy than ordinary slave traders.
• Li Ziran’s master: Although absent, he influences the chapter through his relationship with Jili and the testing system he created. His continued interest in Li Ziran’s progress is evident.

Significant Themes

• Survival and economics: The Rainbow-Tailed Clan’s survival depends on managing scarce resources, reproducing, and earning money. Jili’s business and matchmaking are presented as necessities rather than simple greed.
• Practicality versus desire: Li Ziran refuses marriage because he prioritizes magical growth and financial stability over companionship or physical comfort.
• Mentorship and evaluation: The Frog Transformation test demonstrates how a master continues to guide and assess a student even from a distance.
• Social prejudice and appearances: Anfuni immediately labels Jili as a “fallen woman,” revealing how moral judgments are shaped by appearance and occupation.
• Magic as measurable progress: Li Ziran’s magical advancement is quantified by the number and variety of frog species he can create.

Character Interactions

• Jili warmly welcomes Li Ziran because of his valuable frog catch but distrustfully examines Anfuni.
• Li Ziran maintains a familiar, respectful relationship with Jili, giving her money and discussing his master with her.
• Jili pressures Li Ziran to buy Rainbow-Tail girls, while he repeatedly redirects the conversation and refuses.
• Anfuni interrupts Jili’s matchmaking pitch, creating friction between the two women.
• Jili acts as Li Ziran’s examiner on behalf of his master, though her impatience causes her to skip much of the formal test.

Chapter Summary: “Talking Money Hurts Feelings”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jili tests Li Ziran’s progress with the Transformation Spell and discovers that he can now transform into eighty-seven frog species, four more than before.
• His advancement is extraordinary because mastering each form requires detailed knowledge of a frog’s body, habits, soul, and the complex Tadpole Script used in the spell.
• Li Ziran explains that his main limitation is not understanding the script but encountering enough different frog species. Many known frogs live in dangerous or inaccessible regions, and few people care enough to collect them.
• He has begun studying Snake Transformation, though his control remains poor. His journey to Blackwind Pass will give him an opportunity to develop the spell.
• Jili asks whether he has learned the Healing Curse. Li Ziran demonstrates a painfully weak version that slowly heals a tiny cut, amusing Jili but technically proving that he knows the spell.
• Watt has arranged for Li Ziran to work as a healer for the Dark Council, but Li Ziran is more interested in gaining access to its training, resources, Devouring Curses, and skilled Witch Doctors and Witch Priests.
• Li Ziran asks about curse knowledge because he suffers from Medusa’s curse and an internal Wind Blade curse. Jili reveals that Watt has left behind a mysterious black notebook containing curse-related material written in Tadpole Script.
• Jili refuses to hand over the notebook for free, claiming that doing so would violate her promise to Watt. Instead, she demands that Li Ziran accept four women she has chosen for him, later offering her twin nieces as additional candidates.

Character Developments

• Li Ziran is shown to be an exceptional Transformation wizard, possibly the greatest on the Wasteland, despite considering the skill impractical and even mocking himself for spending time on it.
• His weakness in the Healing Curse contrasts sharply with his brilliance in transformation magic. He remains determined to obtain Watt’s curse inheritance because of his own ongoing injuries and the dangers of future bloodline curses.
• Li Ziran’s thoughts reveal his loyalty and affection toward Watt. Though he sees his teacher as unreliable and financially reckless, he recognizes that Watt cared for him when he had no family or friends.
• Jili becomes increasingly impressed by Li Ziran’s talent and earning potential. Her interest in him is practical and matchmaking-oriented: she values his character and ability to make money more than his magical specialties.
• Jili’s playful manipulation becomes clearer when she turns access to the curse notebook into a demand that Li Ziran marry or take responsibility for several women.

Significant Themes

• Talent versus usefulness: Li Ziran’s rare Transformation Spell is astonishing but economically undervalued, while healing and cursecraft are far more profitable and socially useful.
• Money and relationships: The chapter humorously explores how financial negotiations can become entangled with marriage, family expectations, and personal feelings.
• Inheritance and mentorship: Watt’s limited but meaningful gifts reflect his attempt to pass on knowledge and opportunities to Li Ziran, even while remaining absent.
• Self-worth and unconventional abilities: Li Ziran dismisses his own specialty because society does not value it, yet his mastery demonstrates the importance of pursuing individual strengths.
• Family and loyalty: Despite Watt’s flaws, Li Ziran values the bond they share and views him as the closest thing he has to family.

Character Interactions

• Jili admires Li Ziran’s frog transformations while teasing him about his weak healing ability.
• Li Ziran tries to learn more about Watt’s plans and inheritance, especially the cursecraft knowledge he desperately needs.
• Their conversation shifts from magical evaluation to financial bargaining, with Jili rejecting ordinary payment and instead demanding that Li Ziran accept a group of potential wives.
• Jili also updates Li Ziran on Watt’s prolonged absence, explaining that Watt is taking advantage of increased missions caused by political instability and possible war on the Wasteland.