Chapter Summaries

Lincon used the Seed Mark, Sunstone, and Life Essence to advance Qingwei’s dying Undying Bird into the B-Rank Spirit Plant Rekindled Spring Feathers. Qingwei reestablished her mental connection with the transformed plant, unaware that its acceptance of her came from Lincon’s influence.

• Lincon used the Seed Mark to awaken the Undying Bird and merge the Sunstone and Life Essence into it.
• The Undying Bird broke free of its shell and became Rekindled Spring Feathers, a B-Rank Spirit Plant with flame- and death-related abilities.
• Rekindled Spring Feathers shared a wisp of energy with Lincon, strengthening his resistance to death-related and life-corroding effects.
• Qingwei entered the chamber and thanked Lincon after seeing the transformed plant.
• Qingwei reestablished her mental connection with Rekindled Spring Feathers and felt that its acceptance of her was genuine.

Lincon reviewed Longwind City's Sunlight needs and approved plans for the city's future as officials announced a Birth Plan, a Combat Arena, and Longwind Academy. The announcements gave residents renewed confidence, and the chapter ended with Longwind City excited for the hope, spirit, and legacy those projects promised.

• Lincon decided to invest Sunlight in evolving six Solar Sunflowers into Kindling Sunflowers, then reviewed city reports and approved Li Yunfan's Birth Plan.
• Jiang Wei reported that the Medical Office had developed Blue Frost Salve, and Zhang Rui told Lincon that ability awakenings had sharply increased; Lincon assigned him to investigate Energy Tide Replenishment.
• Residents across Longwind City heard that newborns would receive rewards, Formal Subject status, and future benefits, while a pregnant couple in Outer City took heart from the policy.
• Longwind City announced that the Combat Arena would open in mid-June and Longwind Academy would open its doors half a month after the competition.
• As the announcements spread, Longwind City's residents grew excited about the city's new opportunities.

The Lower Star Envoy ordered the Eastern Seven Mansions to infiltrate Capital Province’s plan to appoint twelve powerful individuals, promising them control and resources. Golden Dragon refused the assignment and left the Star Pavilion, while the remaining members began to drift apart.

• At an abandoned gas station, Golden Dragon, Fu Qianzhou, Yang Yue, Xuyun, and Xue Ningning learned from Golden Dragon that Heart Moon Fox and Jishui Leopard were dead.
• The Lower Star Envoy revealed that the Star Pavilion planned to place its members among the twelve people selected to stabilize the Xia Kingdom and offered Golden Dragon a provincial position.
• Golden Dragon rejected the assignment, shattered the meeting space, and told the Lower Star Envoy he was willing to leave the Star Pavilion.
• Golden Dragon closed the eyes of a dead man, warned Fu Qianzhou not to kill people without reason, and drove away.
• The Lower Star Envoy ordered the remaining members to carry out the assignment; Yang Yue and Xue Ningning departed, while Fu Qianzhou and Xuyun discussed the group's divisions.

Golden Dragon abandoned Star Pavilion and agreed to help Xue Ningning escape, then decided to head toward Jiangzhou. After destroying their vehicle and ordering Xue Ningning to erase her tracks, he began covering his own trail as if Kangjin long no longer existed.

• Fu Qianzhou admitted he had no plan to stop Zhao Xuan from claiming a seat, and Xuyun left him behind with Wei Huohu.
• Golden Dragon reflected on Star Pavilion’s changed missions and stopped to deal with a Weird Calamity, which mysteriously withered into ash and left a Dark Matter Crystal.
• Xue Ningning told Golden Dragon she wanted to leave Star Pavilion because she feared Fu Qianzhou and could not escape the organization alone.
• Golden Dragon let Xue Ningning join him, then destroyed his conspicuous vehicle and ordered her to erase her tracks before meeting him again.
• Golden Dragon chose to head toward Jiangzhou and began erasing his own trail.

Xia Xun and the Rune Masters tested Dominion-School Runes on Spirit Armaments, discovering that the fusion created weapons with terrifying, living power. After a Berserk Rune transformed a short blade into a massive longsword, Xia Xun and Gongshu Qi decided to ask the Lord what to do next.

• Xia Xun and Mo Yu mastered drawing the Berserk, Thunder, and Severe Wound Dominion-School Basic Runes and went to the Forging Department to test them on weapons.
• Gongshu Qi forged armor plates by combining Anomaly Calamity shells, Spirit Source Iron Tree leaves, and metal-attribute Spirit-Fusion Organisms.
• Xia Xun inscribed a Berserk Rune onto an unmarked Spirit Armament, and the short blade transformed into a person-sized longsword radiating violent power.
• Gongshu Qi and Xia Xun feared the weapon could cause a disaster if it reached the wrong hands, so they planned to ask the Lord for instructions.

Lincon restricted the dangerous Dominion Spirit Gear after Netherworld Sword Orchid devoured the first saber, while Qingwei prepared to teach at Longwind Academy. The Trial Temple’s new Abyssal gatekeepers overwhelmed Longwind City’s teams, and Lincon learned that even restrained race lords were far beyond the trial-takers’ strength.

• Lincon ordered Zhang Rui to protect the expecting couples and prevent anyone from exploiting the Birth Plan.
• Gongshu Qi and Xia Xun showed Lincon a Dominion Spirit Gear saber that amplified its wielder’s desires, and Lincon ordered its production controlled and its methods kept secret.
• Netherworld Sword Orchid swallowed the saber, demonstrating its Edge Drinking ability and its capacity to gain power through slaughter.
• Qingwei received her appointment as a guest professor in Longwind Academy’s Spirit Botany Department and began preparing lessons.
• Luo Qian and other teams reported that the Trial Temple’s difficulty had surged, with Alashu and Hei Shi serving as powerful new gatekeepers.
• The Eight-Headed Snake and the Ant Guard told Lincon that Alashu and Hei Shi had promised to restrain themselves, and Lincon approved their role in training the trial-takers.

Lincon reprimanded Alashu for belittling humanity, then welcomed three newly bred Ant Guards with specialized abilities. He examined their traits and recognized that the Ant Queen had followed his suggestions.

• Alashu mocked humans as weak, but Lincon arrived and demanded an explanation from him and Hei Shi.
• Lincon crushed one of Alashu’s legs and warned both Lords not to insult humans again.
• Lincon ordered Alashu to bring a crate into Origin Hall.
• An Ant Guard arrived with three newly bred guards: Shadow Blade, Spirit Binder, and Flame Prison.
• Lincon inspected the three B- rank Ant Guards and praised the Ant Queen for following his suggestions.

Lincon equipped Alashu, Hei Shi, Ant Guard, and the new Ant Guards with Rune weapons and armor, preparing Hive Canyon to face the Blood Demon Lord. He promised to meet the descending threat himself while Longwind City prepared to support the battle from the rear.

• Ant Guard and the three new Ant Guards knelt before Lincon, who named them Ant Two, Ant Three, and Ant Four.
• Lincon gave Alashu a suit of Dominion Spirit Gear, which bonded to his bones and enhanced his strength.
• Lincon distributed the remaining weapons and armor to Hei Shi and the Ant Guards, then instructed them to train with the equipment and share the rest with powerful clan members.
• Hei Shi tested his curved saber and produced a crack in the air with a single slash.
• Lincon sent the others back to Hive Canyon to prepare for the Blood Demon Lord and said he would be present when the enemy descended on Jiangzhou.
• Lincon began making his own preparations, as Death Scythe emerged from the shadows behind him.

Lincon arrived at Hive Canyon as the Blood Demon Lord’s rift began expanding, then spoke with the Ant Queen about the coming battle and the future of the Blood Demon Race. He intended to kill the Blood Demon Lord but keep its people, while the Ant Queen sought its corpse to strengthen her Ant Guards.

• Lincon and Death Scythe examined the growing rift, and Death Scythe warned that the Blood Demon Lord was likely A-Rank.
• Lincon entered Hive Canyon, where Ant Two escorted him to the Ant Queen in the Central Mother Nest.
• The Ant Queen showed Lincon her three new Ant Guards and offered to produce stronger ones using the bodies of powerful creatures.
• The Ant Queen guessed that Lincon planned to kill the Blood Demon Lord and keep the Blood Demon Race, arguing that the Lord would destabilize Hive Canyon.
• The Ant Queen declared her loyalty to Lincon and her ambition to make the Ant Race the strongest in the Insect Race.

Lincon prepared Hive Canyon for the Blood Demon Lord’s arrival by building a vast formation from five schools of Intermediate Runes. Five days later, the rift erupted with a blood-red glow, and Lincon confirmed that the Blood Demon Lord had arrived.

• The Ant Queen secured the chance to obtain the Blood Demon Lord’s corpse, hoping to strengthen herself and raise powerful Ant Kings.
• Alashu and Hei Shi tested their Dominion-School equipment while Lincon assessed the rift and ordered them to keep watch.
• Lincon used five schools of Intermediate Runes to construct the Five-Rune Abyssal Domain Formation across Hive Canyon.
• As the rift’s energy and blood mist intensified, Lincon reassured Alashu, Hei Shi, and the Ant Queen while they prepared for the Blood Demon Lord’s arrival.
• Five days later, a boom shook Hive Canyon, the sky turned crimson, and Lincon saw the Blood Demon Lord’s enormous figure beyond the rift.

Lincon’s Five-Rune Abyssal Domain Formation trapped the Blood Demon Lord and his Blood Race army in Hive Canyon, where the Bone, Shadow, and Ant Races ambushed them. Lincon arrived as the Blood Demon Lord’s true opponent, while Death Scythe confronted him and the Blood Race’s regenerative power faltered.

• The Blood Demon Lord emerged from the rift with more than five hundred Blood Race members and ordered Hei Shi to bring him the Ant Queen.
• Alashu and Hei Shi activated Lincon’s rune formation, sealing the rift and unleashing crimson lightning and other attacks that killed many Blood Race soldiers.
• The Bone, Shadow, and Ant Races fought the Blood Race as Alashu and Hei Shi engaged the Blood Demon Lord, who overpowered them and struck down Alashu.
• Lincon appeared with Hei Shi and Alashu’s head, revealing himself as the master behind the betrayal, and the Blood Demon Lord attacked him.
• Death Scythe intervened to face the Blood Demon Lord, while the Blood Race discovered that its regenerative abilities had been severely weakened.

Lincon killed the Blood Demon Lord after suppressing its regeneration and coordinating an attack with Death Scythe. He returned to Hive Canyon, rewarded the allied races with the demon’s remains, and offered the three surviving B-Rank Bloodkin a chance to live.

• The Blood Demon Lord fled Hive Canyon, but Lincon sent Death Scythe after it and pursued with spatial teleportation.
• Lincon and Death Scythe fought the Blood Demon Lord until Lincon struck with the Netherworld Sword Orchid and killed it.
• Lincon collected the Demon Heart and A-Rank Dark Matter Crystal, gained levels, and examined the abilities he had acquired beyond Level 50.
• Lincon returned to Hive Canyon, where the Ant Race, Bone Race, and Shadow Race had defeated the remaining Bloodkin, and he divided the Blood Demon Lord’s remains among them.
• Lincon asked the three surviving B-Rank Bloodkin if they wanted to live.

Lincon secured the submission of three B-Rank Blood Race members after the Blood Demon Lord's defeat. Meanwhile, a bus carrying travelers approached Longwind City, where Xue Ningning and Golden Dragon saw its flourishing Green Carpet Zone and discussed the city's potential.

• Lincon asked the three surviving B-Rank Blood Race members if they wanted to live, and they chose to submit to him.
• An Azure Cloud Brothers bus carrying more than thirty passengers traveled from northern Jiangzhou toward Longwind City for fifty Copper Coins per person.
• Feng Yun announced that the bus was nearing Longwind City's Green Carpet Zone, and the passengers marveled at the lush grassland.
• Xue Ningning admired the scenery while Golden Dragon explained that the bus operators were independent escorts and that transportation had not been fully restored.
• Golden Dragon said Longwind City might forge an entirely new path in the Dark Age.

Feng Yun promoted his bus business while explaining Longwind City's Martial Tournament to the passengers, and the bus arrived at the city's gates. Golden Dragon and Xue Ningning headed to register for entry, with Golden Dragon planning to meet his wandering merchant friend and warning Xue Ningning to keep her secrets in check.

• Feng Yun handed out flyers for his and his brother's Azure Cloud bus service, and Golden Dragon promised to promote their business.
• Feng Yun answered passengers' questions about the Longwind Martial Tournament and its divisions, requirements, and rewards.
• The bus reached Longwind City, where the passengers learned they needed to register their identities before entering.
• Golden Dragon explained the city's entry inspections to Xue Ningning and said he would register her for a Temporary Subject Certificate before seeking his friend.
• Golden Dragon called Xue Ningning Fang Ritu and warned her to restrain herself, while she concealed her icy ability and followed him toward the city gate office.

Golden Dragon and Xue Ningning entered Longwind City, obtained Temporary Subject Certificates, and settled into the Green Vine Inn before visiting the Explosive Tavern. As they learned about the upcoming Longwind Martial Tournament, a blazing aura erupted in the western side of the city, and both Golden Dragon and Xue Ningning vanished from the tavern.

• Golden Dragon reactivated his Temporary Subject Certificate, while Xue Ningning received hers after the Myriad-Knowledge Dome examined her and recorded her information.
• Golden Dragon and Xue Ningning entered Longwind City, admired its lively streets, and Golden Dragon revealed that he suspected her thermos suppressed a second personality.
• Golden Dragon and Xue Ningning rented adjacent rooms at the Green Vine Inn, then went to the Explosive Tavern for Explosive Pulp Wine and grilled meat.
• Meng Chang explained the Longwind Martial Tournament's rewards and confirmed that anyone could enter, prompting the drunken Xue Ningning to say that they should sign up.
• Xue Ningning abruptly revealed a different demeanor and disappeared from the tavern; Golden Dragon vanished moments later, and Meng Chang sent a bartender to report his appearance to the External Affairs Department.
• A scorching aura surged from western Longwind City and erupted into vast waves of energy.

Xue Ningning’s unruly second personality raced toward Jiang Li’s breakthrough, but Chen Siwei intercepted her and stopped her from passing. Xue Ningning challenged Chen Siwei with an ancient martial arts punch, leaving the fight unresolved as her attack tore toward the buildings.

• Xue Ningning discarded the drained thermos and raced toward the scorching aura of someone breaking through to B-Rank.
• Chen Siwei blocked Xue Ningning’s path and warned her that the road was closed.
• Xue Ningning tried to dash past Chen Siwei, but Chen Siwei’s ability dragged her back and stopped her on the rooftop.
• Xue Ningning challenged Chen Siwei again, prompting Chen Siwei to prepare to fight to protect Jiang Li’s breakthrough.
• Xue Ningning assumed an Ancient Martial Arts stance and unleashed Devour Heaven, sending a destructive vortex toward Chen Siwei.

Golden Dragon stopped Xue Ningning after her fight with Chen Siwei devastated part of Longwind City, leaving the Garrison Guard and other groups to arrive and face the aftermath. Meanwhile, Jiang Li overcame her dangerous breakthrough beneath the Fire God Tree and reached B-Rank.

• Xue Ningning tore through Chen Siwei’s force field and clashed with her, wrecking nearby buildings in the process.
• Golden Dragon struck Xue Ningning unconscious, caught her, and apologized to Chen Siwei for the destruction.
• Chen Siwei refused to settle the matter with an apology, and Luo Qian, the Garrison Guard, and others arrived at the ruins.
• Jiang Li compressed her violent fire energy and called on the Fire God Tree for help as her breakthrough threatened to destroy her.
• The Fire God Tree enveloped Jiang Li in energy, and she saw a divine golden bird whose descending fire seed calmed her power and shattered the C-Rank barrier.
• Jiang Li absorbed the tree’s energy, formed a Firebird Mark, and awakened as a B-Rank Ability User with greatly improved control over fire.

Zhang Rui considered the damages and punishment after Xue Ningning’s second personality caused destruction in Longwind City, while Golden Dragon agreed to cooperate. Jiang Li returned after breaking through to B-Rank and said the Lord had come back to the Sacred Court, so they should seek the Lord’s decision before settling the case.

• Golden Dragon accepted responsibility for bringing Xue Ningning to Longwind City and agreed to cooperate with the city’s investigation.
• Zhang Rui took Golden Dragon, Xue Ningning, and Chen Siwei to the Governing Hall, where he listed the damage and stated that Xue Ningning faced ten years in prison followed by expulsion.
• Xue Ningning regained consciousness, realized her second personality had caused the destruction, and asked that Golden Dragon not be punished in her place.
• Chen Siwei recognized that Xue Ningning had Dissociative Identity and considered how her second personality could affect her ability.
• Jiang Li arrived with the powerful aura of a newly advanced B-Rank ability user and said the Lord had returned to the Sacred Court, so they should ask the Lord how to handle the case.

Lincon arranged punishments for Xue Ningning and Golden Dragon after the damage caused in Longwind City, assigning Xue to the Martial Tournament and Golden Dragon to referee. He learned that Jiang Li’s breakthrough had been influenced by an ancient bloodline and urged her and Chen Siwei to compete, telling Chen Siwei that her path to advancement might lie in a Temple Trial.

• Lincon welcomed Golden Dragon and Xue Ningning to the Origin Hall and calmed Xue Ningning as he heard their circumstances.
• Lincon let Xue Ningning reduce ten years of her prison sentence by surviving a round of the Martial Tournament, while Golden Dragon agreed to serve as a referee.
• Lincon explained that Golden Dragon’s outsider status would help ensure fair judging and that his strength would help secure all three divisions.
• Jiang Li told Lincon about visions of Fire God Butterflies, a divine bird, and a divine tree, and Lincon said the ancient bloodline had aided her breakthrough to B-Rank while raising her potential.
• Lincon asked Jiang Li and Chen Siwei to compete in the Martial Tournament and promised Chen Siwei a Temple Trial afterward, saying it might lead to her advancement.

Chen Siwei agreed to enter the tournament and recommended Jiang Li for the advanced bracket. Lincon reviewed Longwind City's citizens' progress, then visited the Nightglow Forest, where a voice greeted him from the ancient tree.

• Chen Siwei agreed to participate in the tournament and suggested Jiang Li join the advanced bracket to gain combat experience.
• Lincon reviewed Jiang Li's B-Plus Rank panel and noted that Longwind City now had its own B-Rank Ability User.
• Lincon checked Guan Teng's panel and worried about him, as Guan Teng had been attempting a breakthrough in the wasteland for more than half a month.
• Lincon reviewed Chen Siwei's and other citizens' panels before visiting the Nightglow Forest the next day.
• At the ancient tree in the Nightglow Forest, a newly awakened voice called out to Lincon.