Chapter Summaries

Hei Shi and the expeditionary force found a Life Fruit and an Ancient Tree of Life Branch after defeating the Spinel Dragon Lizards, then agreed to send their spoils to Lincon. As Lincon planned to expand Longwind City's control over nearby Abyss Rifts, people from Capital Province arrived with a secret letter and thirty trucks of supplies.

• Hei Shi returned to the battlefield and learned that Alashu's forces had found a Life Fruit and an Ancient Tree of Life Branch in the Spinel Dragon Lizard tribe's Abyss Rift.
• Alashu corrected Bane and declared that the treasures belonged to Lincon, and the gathered Lords agreed to send all their spoils to Longwind City.
• Lincon saw the expedition's gains through the Main Career Panel and reached Dark Overlord level fifty-two as the Spinel Dragon Lizards were killed.
• Lincon regretted that the expedition had wiped out the tribe instead of keeping some Spinel Dragon Lizards to produce Spinel Crystal, but decided not to blame them.
• Lincon planned to use Hive Canyon to bring every nearby Abyss Rift below A-Rank under Longwind City's control.
• People from Capital Province arrived in Longwind City with a secret letter and thirty heavy trucks of supplies.

Wei Xing and Chen Qi arrived in Longwind City with frontline gifts and requests to meet Lincon, buy rune equipment, and study runes. Zhou Qing said Lincon would decide, defended the Rune Workshop’s work, and demanded that the frontline never abandon him again; Wei Xing vowed that Longwind City would remain a trusted home for the soldiers.

• Wei Xing and Chen Qi arrived with thirty trucks of frontline supplies, and Zhou Qing and Zhang Rui welcomed them into Longwind City.
• Chen Qi used his ability to inspect the city’s people and Crystal Ring trees, but the threads around the trees overwhelmed him and made his eyes bleed.
• Zhou Qing reviewed the supplies and learned that the frontline wanted Lincon to visit the Great Wall Defense Line, meet General Guo, and attend a Casting Cauldron Plan conference.
• Wei Xing asked to purchase rune equipment and bring researchers to study the Junior Runes, and Zhou Qing said Lincon and the Rune Workshop would decide what to allow.
• Zhou Qing reminded Wei Xing that the frontline had abandoned Lincon before and warned that Longwind City would not tolerate it happening again.
• Wei Xing acknowledged the frontline’s debt to Lincon and promised that Longwind City would remain a trusted home for the Great Wall border defense soldiers.

Wei Xing and his researchers waited for a response from Longwind City's Governing Hall while exploring the city. Lincon completed a rune-carved Golden Cloud Thunder Tiger and discovered that it was a Fine-grade Rune Golem.

• Zhang Rui said the Governing Hall would arrange accommodations and notify the visitors if the Lord approved their request.
• Wei Xing told his researchers to explore Longwind City while they waited, and Chen Qi left first.
• Lincon carved a Golden Cloud Thunder Tiger from a rune-inscribed stone block while Violet watched from a distance.
• Lincon completed the carving, received a notification that he had created a Fine-grade Rune Golem, and remarked that it was interesting.

Lincon awakened a rune golem by feeding it mental energy and tested its strength against Violet. Violet damaged the golem with lightning, but it shed its cracked stone shell and counterattacked.

• Lincon linked his mind to the rune golem, which absorbed his mental energy and stood when he commanded it.
• Violet cautiously examined the golem, then swatted it with his paw and discovered its lightning had little effect.
• Lincon ordered the golem to attack Violet and promised to let him leave the Sacred Court to play outside Longwind City if he won.
• Violet dodged the golem’s first blow, then unleashed Lightning Strike and cracked its stone body.
• The golem surged back to life, shed its cracked outer stone like armor, and sent fragments flying at Violet.

Lincon tested the Rune Golem against Violet, who defeated it and showed rapid growth during the fight. Lincon identified the golem’s weaknesses and considered how to improve it before turning to the unexpected arrival from the front line.

• Lincon watched the Rune Golem attack Violet and observed Violet’s rapid healing and growth as the fight intensified.
• Violet struck back and severed the Rune Golem’s head, disabling it and winning the fight.
• Lincon praised Violet, examined his healing wounds, and decided to give him more combat experience so he could grow.
• Luo Chiyou told Lincon that Zhang Rui and Zhou Qing were looking for him about the people who had unexpectedly arrived from the front line.
• Lincon examined the defeated golem, noted its vulnerable head and limited energy supply, and considered using a Rune Array to improve it.

Lincon reviewed the valuable resources sent by the front line and agreed to let its researchers study at the Rune Workshop, while resolving to help defend the front line despite his resentment. The chapter then turned to Chen Qi, who reflected on his painful past and the sacrifices that had built the Great Wall Defense Line.

• Lincon noticed that the front line’s supplies far exceeded Longwind City’s expected compensation and wondered what it truly wanted.
• Zhou Qing explained that Wei Xing had asked for access to the Rune Workshop, and Lincon agreed while keeping Dominion Spirit Gear knowledge restricted.
• Zhou Qing asked whether Lincon still cared about the front line, and Lincon declared that he would not watch it fall if he could help.
• Zhou Qing and Zhang Rui left with their answer, while Luo Chiyou remained by the window in thought.
• Chen Qi recalled losing his parents, joining the front line, and witnessing soldiers sacrifice themselves to slow the Abyss and build the Great Wall Defense Line.

Chen Qi and Wei Xing met with the Lord of Longwind City, Lincon, after the city agreed to help the front lines. When Chen Qi’s ability activated uncontrollably and was overwhelmed by golden radiance, Lincon asked what he had seen.

• Zhou Qing told Wei Xing and Chen Qi that the Lord had approved their request and arranged for the Research Department to visit the Rune Workshop.
• Zhou Qing led Wei Xing and Chen Qi up the Crystal Ring Mother Tree to the Sacred Court to meet Lincon.
• Chen Qi’s Threads of All Things ability activated on its own as he saw Lincon, then shattered under a vast golden radiance.
• Chen Qi staggered, suffered severe pain and bleeding, and nearly lost his vision as Wei Xing caught him.
• Wei Xing apologized to Lincon for Chen Qi’s use of his ability, but Lincon calmly asked what Chen Qi had seen.

After the panel gave Lincon an Epic quest to defend the Great Wall Defense Line, he learned that the authorities feared the line might fall and wanted to move civilians and soldiers’ families to Jiangzhou. He declined to promise anything until he had seen the front line for himself.

• The panel issued Lincon the Eternal Night Great Wall quest, requiring him to defend the Great Wall Defense Line.
• Lincon asked Chen Qi what he had seen through his ability, but Chen Qi described visions that gave no useful information and left him nearly blind.
• Lincon had Zhou Qing arrange Life Spring for Chen Qi, then asked Wei Xing to explain why the front line had come to Longwind City.
• Wei Xing said the Great Wall Defense Line had invited Lincon to the Cauldron-Casting Council and that General Guo wanted to meet him.
• Wei Xing revealed that the authorities hoped to relocate people from Capital Province and Hai Province, including soldiers’ families, to Jiangzhou because the defense line might not hold.
• Lincon said he would discuss making a promise only after visiting the Great Wall Defense Line himself.

Lincon dissolved his symbiosis contracts with three Light Sprites to free slots and strengthen himself before a possible journey to the Great Wall Defense Line. As the front-line researchers struggled to learn Runes and sought his help, Lincon focused on Rune Golems until the Hive Canyon Expeditionary Army returned with spoils from the Lin Province Abyss.

• Lincon weighed whether to travel to the Great Wall Defense Line alone or with others and decided to wait for the Hive Canyon Expeditionary Army before choosing.
• Lincon entered the Symbiosis Space and dissolved his contracts with the three Light Sprites, receiving their Glimmering Protection blessing and freeing three slots.
• The three Light Sprites remained in Longwind City, where they served as gardeners in the Sunlight Sunflower Field.
• The front-line research team spent five days failing to draw a complete Rune Chain and repeatedly asked Wei Xing to arrange a lesson with Lincon.
• Lincon avoided the researchers and devoted himself to developing Rune Golems.
• On the seventh night, the Hive Canyon Expeditionary Army returned from the Lin Province Abyss with abundant spoils and offered its loyalty to Lincon.

Lincon received the Hive Legion’s spoils from their trip to the Lin Province Abyss and learned that Life Fruits and an Ancient Tree of Life Branch were tied to the legendary Well of Calamity. Bane said the Ancient Tree had once borne Immortal Sprouts coveted by Epic Lords, leaving Lincon curious but aware he was not yet strong enough to explore the place safely.

• Bane and the other Abyssal Lords reported that they had destroyed the Spinel Dragon Lizard Tribe, gathered food and crystals, and found a Life Fruit and an Ancient Tree of Life Branch.
• Lincon praised the Abyssal Lords for their work and examined the Life Fruit and branch they had brought back.
• Bane explained that Blood Race legends placed an Ancient Tree of Life in the Well of Calamity, where it bore Life Fruits and Immortal Sprouts.
• Bane recounted that Epic Lords had fought over the Immortal Sprouts, and the Ancient Tree had collapsed amid their attacks.
• Lincon questioned whether the tree had truly died, then judged that exploring the Well of Calamity was still too dangerous for him.

Lincon rewarded Alashu and the other Abyssal Lords with powerful biological materials and ordered them to infiltrate the Abyssal forces ahead of the dangerous Eternal Night Great Wall quest. He left Ant Guard with a choice of materials and urged him to grow into an Ant King through his own strength.

• Violet was drawn to the Life Fruit, but Lincon warned him not to touch it.
• Lincon presented A-Rank biological materials as rewards for the Abyssal Lords' assault on the Lin Province Abyss Rift.
• Lincon revealed that he would leave Jiangzhou in three days and asked the Lords to join the Abyssal forces as spies, building strength without arousing suspicion.
• Lincon assigned the materials to the Lords according to their strengths, giving Alashu the Frost Dragon Horn and Bane the Spirit-Devouring Demon Eye.
• Lincon gave Ant Guard a Void Bone Husk and an Arctic Insect Wing, asking him to choose one and give the other to the Ant Queen while expressing confidence in his potential.

Lincon taught a crowded Rune Workshop lecture and recognized Qin Ran’s unusual instinct for Dominion-School Runes. Meanwhile, Alashu, Bane, and the Ant Queen’s Primal Ant Guard began pursuing separate evolutions with the rare materials Lincon had given them, while the Ant Queen prepared to birth an Ant King.

• Lincon gave the Frontline Research Corps and more than two hundred Longwind City attendees a lesson on Junior Runes, explaining their principles of creation.
• Lincon noticed apprentice Qin Ran tracing a Dominion-School Rune and asked Shen Congzhi for his name.
• Alashu began evolving inside a frost-covered bone shell with the Frost Dragon Horn, while Bane entered seclusion with the Spirit-Devouring Demon Eyes.
• The Ant Queen consumed powerful creatures’ flesh and blood, felt her Ant King’s birth draw near, and watched the Primal Ant Guard choose the Void Bone Husk and leave the nest.

Lincon left Longwind City with Jiang Li and Golden Dragon to travel toward Capital Province and the Great Wall Defense Line, while entrusting the city to Shen Congzhi and Chen Siwei. On the road, they encountered Zhong Yan, the powerful Lord of Red Leaf City and another candidate for the Casting Cauldron Plan.

• Song Xingyan and the frontline team departed Longwind City with supplies as Shen Congzhi and the other Rune Masters bid them farewell.
• Lincon chose Jiang Li and Golden Dragon to accompany him, assigned Shen Congzhi to oversee the city and research Rune Golems, and set out with Wei Xing's convoy.
• During the journey, Lincon examined the A-Rank Immortal Bean Vine he had advanced using the Seed Mark instead of the Ancient Life-Tree Sapling.
• The convoy stopped after meeting Zhong Yan's group, and Wei Xing introduced Zhong Yan as the Lord of Red Leaf City and a predetermined candidate for the Casting Cauldron Plan.
• Wei Xing explained that Zhong Yan was a formidable ability user whose power could interfere with near-future events and erase danger, and Lincon resumed the journey toward the Great Wall Defense Line.

Lincon’s convoy entered Capital Province, where he learned that Star Pavilion might infiltrate the Cauldron-Forger Plan and that Tang Lin had been expelled from it. Tang Lin attacked Zhong Yan’s group after mistaking someone for Lincon, and Wei Xing fired Dawn as Zhong Yan prepared to strike him down.

• Lincon checked the evolved forms of Alashu, Bane, and Hei Shi, while the Ant Queen and Abyss Ant Guard continued their slower evolution.
• As the convoy entered Capital Province, Golden Dragon told Lincon that Star Pavilion might interfere with the Cauldron-Forger Plan and named Xu Mo and Dugu Zhui as possible infiltrators.
• Tang Lin confronted Chen Qi and headed toward Zhong Yan’s vehicle, demanding that a supposed Lincon come out for inspection.
• Tang Lin tore off Zhong Yan’s vehicle door and fought Zhong Yan’s driver, melting the driver’s hand with Decayed Matter before Zhong Yan erased the attack.
• Zhong Yan suppressed Tang Lin’s Decay Domain and prepared to attack, but Wei Xing fired Dawn’s bullet between them.

Lincon intervened when Zhong Yan and Tang Lin resumed their deadly fight, preventing Tang Lin from being killed and offering Zhong Yan Life Essence to heal his injured subordinate. Zhong Yan reconsidered killing Tang Lin after Lincon appealed to their shared need to defend the Great Wall, though the dispute remained unresolved.

• Wei Xing tried to stop Zhong Yan from killing Tang Lin, but Zhong Yan refused to trust the Great Wall Defense Line and continued the fight.
• Wei Xing appealed to Lincon, who decided to intervene so Tang Lin could remain available to defend the Great Wall and Zhong Yan would not be harmed because of Lincon’s mistake.
• Lincon struck Zhong Yan’s arm and disrupted his Erasure Ability while Golden Dragon moved to intervene.
• Tang Lin tried to attack Zhong Yan from behind, but Lincon kicked him away from the collapsing ground and saved his life.
• Tang Lin admitted defeat, and Lincon offered Zhong Yan Life Essence to restore his subordinate’s injured hand.
• Lincon urged Zhong Yan not to kill Tang Lin while he was still willing to resist the Abyss, and Zhong Yan reconsidered.

Lincon and Zhong Yan reached an understanding with Tang Lin after Tang learned that Lincon was the man who replaced him as Cauldron-Forger. The convoy arrived at the Great Wall Defense Line, where an unfamiliar elderly man approached Lincon’s car.

• Zhong Yan gave the injured driver Life Essence, which quickly healed his wounds, and reflected on Lincon’s trust in the authorities.
• Tang Lin thanked Lincon for saving his life, explained why he had challenged the new Cauldron-Forger, and said he accepted being replaced.
• Lincon revealed that he was the Lincon Tang had been seeking, and Tang left in embarrassment.
• Wei Xing explained that Tang’s loyalty was unquestioned but his temper made him unsuitable to lead a region as Cauldron-Forger.
• Lincon’s convoy crossed the Shattered Wasteland and passed through the heavily guarded rear area of the Great Wall Defense Line.
• The convoy stopped, and an elderly man Lincon had never seen knocked on his car window.

Lincon toured the Great Wall Defense Line with Zhou Kang and learned how its Dark Energy weapons and massive wall held back the Abyss Sea. An alarm sounded before Zhou Kang could finish explaining the warning system, and he announced that the Abyssal Creatures were coming.

• Lincon met Zhou Kang, who asked whether Lincon blamed the front line for past decisions, and Lincon said the past was over and the living had to move forward.
• Zhou Kang showed Lincon the Shadow Towers, research facilities, and other defenses built with Dark Energy and materials taken from Abyssal Creatures.
• Lincon, Jiang Li, and Zhou Kang reached the top of the Giant Wall, where Zhou Kang pointed out the vast Abyss Sea and explained how outposts detected threats.
• A winged A-Rank ability user broke the alarm casing and activated the warning system, setting off sirens across the Great Wall Defense Lines.
• Zhou Kang turned toward the Abyss Sea and said the Abyssal Creatures were coming.

Lincon and the others witnessed the Great Wall Defense Line mobilize against an Abyssal Tide, then joined the defense as Fang Qingyang coordinated the battle. Dong You routed the Red Giants, but Wei Xing warned that the enemy’s real target was Fang Qingyang.

• Lincon, Zhong Yan, and the others refused Zhou Kang’s offer to retreat and stayed on the wall to help defend the Great Wall Defense Line.
• Fang Qingyang connected the defenders through his mental channel as Lu Guan engaged a Bone Dragon and Wei Xing scanned the Abyssal Tide.
• Abyssal Creatures attacked the Giant Wall, while earth-element ability users stopped Drill Earthworms from tunneling beneath it.
• Dong You transformed into a divine giant, crushed weaker creatures with his domain, and defeated an A-Rank Silver Giant.
• Wei Xing warned Fang Qingyang that the Abyssal Creatures were targeting him, though Fang Qingyang could not detect an approaching enemy.

Abyssal Creatures launched a coordinated assault on the Great Wall Defense Line, targeting isolated A-Rank ability users and trapping Wei Xing. Fang Qingyang realized the attack was connected to Wu Kai’s death, while Lincon and Golden Dragon joined him to face three High-Rank Abyssal Lords.

• Wei Xing spotted hidden spatial creatures attacking him and Fang Qingyang, but was trapped inside a domain of transparent mirrors.
• Fang Qingyang learned that Abyssal Creatures had overwhelmed Defense Line Three and sent Zhong Yan to support Wei Xing.
• After Zhong Yan reported that Space Worms had transferred the attackers, Fang Qingyang recognized the Wind Demon’s arrival as evidence that other High-Rank Lords had helped kill Wu Kai.
• Three High-Rank Abyssal Lords emerged from a spatial fissure, and Fang Qingyang called for reinforcements while Lincon and Golden Dragon refused to abandon him.
• Lincon unleashed his Divine Transformation and attacked the Wind Demon Lord, while Golden Dragon and Fang Qingyang joined the fight and Jiang Li left to support the defense line.

Lincon fought the three Abyssal Lords, defeating the Wind Demon Lord while the Temporal Demon Spirit and Dreamweaver Banshee repeatedly tried to ambush him. The Abyssal Lords retreated after Death Scythe wounded their Space Worm, leaving the Wind Demon Lord behind, and the Temporal Demon Spirit vowed to put Lincon on the Abyssal World's bounty list.

• Fang Qingyang warned Lincon that the Temporal Demon Spirit was the strongest of the three Abyssal Lords and that the Dreamweaver Banshee could trap victims in dreams and devour their souls.
• Lincon attacked the Temporal Demon Spirit while the Golden Dragon silenced the Dreamweaver Banshee, then used rapid strikes to wound the Temporal Demon Spirit before the Wind Demon Lord disrupted his assault.
• Lincon turned the Wind Demon Lord's Eroding Wind Domain into a wind-and-fire battlefield and battered him until his life force weakened and the domain collapsed.
• Lincon sensed that the Temporal Demon Spirit was still nearby and stopped it from ambushing him; the Temporal Demon Spirit then rewound the Wind Demon Lord's injuries and erased the others' attacks with Temporal Ruins Rewind.
• Death Scythe struck and poisoned the Space Worm while Fang Qingyang and the Golden Dragon attacked the Abyssal Lords, but the Temporal Demon Spirit reversed their attacks and forced Death Scythe back into Lincon's shadow.
• The Dreamweaver Banshee carried the Temporal Demon Spirit away as the Abyssal Lords retreated, leaving the Space Worm and Wind Demon Lord behind; the Temporal Demon Spirit threatened to place Lincon on the Abyssal World's bounty list.