Chapter Summaries

Adventurers explored Raya Lucaria Magic Academy, uncovering evidence of an ancient war between the academy and the Caria royal family. Leon led the fifty elite adventurers through the final doors, where they faced a full moon and a warning not to disturb the sleeping Mother.

• Adventurers made Academy Gate Town more livable as merchant caravans brought supplies into Lake Liurnia.
• Adventurers explored the academy’s first three floors, fighting their bosses and discovering classrooms where they could learn magic.
• Adventurers found a sealed fourth floor filled with corpses and learned that Cuckoo Knights refused complete loyalty to the academy, prompting speculation about a war with the royal family.
• Leon led fifty elite adventurers to the massive gates at the academy’s final stage and pushed them open.
• The adventurers saw a full moon and heard a woman warn them not to disturb Mother’s slumber in the mud.

The adventurers watched a vision of Full Moon Queen Rella’s past before confronting her Mimic Tear in a fierce battle. As the queen’s summons faded, she began casting Full Moon of Rennala, leaving the adventurers facing a devastating attack.

• The adventurers saw Rella’s memories: an armored figure killed her and the children in her chamber, then later took her away with Ranni, who left behind a creature that became Rella’s Mimic Tear.
• The Full Moon Queen’s Mimic Tear appeared, and the adventurers prepared to fight with spells, Sun Warrior miracles, and Da Er’s charge.
• The Mimic Tear summoned a Glintstone Dragon, Ogre Knights, wolves, and Hound Knights, splitting the adventurers across several battles.
• Wei En Ma predicted the queen’s Miriam’s Disappearance and trapped her with Great Tree Tombstone, but Half-Wolf Blaidd broke her free and attacked the adventurers.
• The summons’ durations expired, and the adventurers turned their combined strength against the queen as she rose into the sky and began casting Full Moon of Rennala.

Si Telan and the adventurers faced the Full Moon Queen’s devastating spell and were wiped out, but their failed battle revealed her abilities. Afterward, Si Telan received the fifth fragment of a painting and discovered that the mysterious White Wolf had been Topus’s apprentice.

• The Full Moon Queen transformed into a moon and began charging a spell, while He De Si slowed its growth long enough for the adventurers to attack.
• The adventurers’ magic and physical attacks were swallowed by the moon, and He De Si’s headpiece shattered, ending his suppression.
• Jia Paer struck the moon with a powerful sword attack, but its magical force was partly dispelled and the Queen continued her spell.
• The Full Moon Queen’s descending moon overwhelmed Tu Erqi’s barrier and killed the adventurers, who revived at the academy entrance to discuss their next attempt.
• Si Telan discovered the fifth fragment of the Waste Stone painting and recognized White Wolf in it as Topus’s apprentice.

Si Telan experienced Topus’s story in the Painting World, then used the shield rewarded for clearing it to erase the Full Moon Queen’s lethal attack. The adventurers defeated the Queen, and news spread that Raya Lucaria Magic Academy had been cleared.

• Si Telan was kicked into the Painting World, where she watched Topus teach White Wolf, refuse a Glintstone key, and return to the academy after White Wolf brought him another.
• Si Telan witnessed Topus die after developing a force field that deflected magic, then saw White Wolf use it against the Elden Beast’s meteors and briefly took control to deflect them herself.
• Si Telan left the Painting World with an ordinary-looking shield, then joined Lu Lu Wo and the adventurers in a second attempt to defeat the Full Moon Queen.
• The Queen’s full moon appeared again, but Si Telan’s shield revealed a one-use version of Topus’s Force Field that dispelled powerful magic, and she erased the moon.
• The adventurers attacked the helpless Full Moon Queen’s Mimic Tear and defeated her, while Si Telan collected the shattered shield fragments as keepsakes.

After Si Telan disappeared, the survivors claimed the first-clear rewards for defeating the Full Moon Queen, including Tear Drop Larvae, and discovered new paths for progress. The exhausted adventurers postponed exploring them, while Si Telan brought Sid exclusive information the next day.

• Si Telan vanished after the Full Moon Queen fell, and the survivors received rewards, including a Rare Candy Small for Jia Paer and a Tear Drop Larva for every survivor.
• The adventurers found that the amber egg could change their appearances and offer a challenge against the Full Moon Queen in the Heart, but a tester fled after facing its light cannons.
• The group learned that the entrance to the academy's underground had opened, but Lu Lu Wo and the other adventurers chose to rest and explore another time.
• News of Raya Lucaria Academy's conquest and the opened underground spread to Bede City the next day.
• Si Telan approached Sid with the Silver Shield fragments and offered exclusive information.

Si Telan helped make Topus famous by sharing a memory of his Force Field of Rejecting Gods, sparking public enthusiasm and backlash from religious groups and sorcerers. After experiencing the Painting World, Jia Paer decided to pursue a little magic but refocus on melee combat and fulfill his disciples’ wishes before leaving.

• Sid and Gina reviewed Lake Liurnia’s history and discussed the mysteries surrounding Topus’s Force Field and the academy.
• Si Telan asked Sid to extract her memories of Topus’s story, and he performed the ritual to preserve them in an image.
• The image spread through Bede City and beyond, making Topus famous while provoking religious organizations and sorcerers.
• Si Telan helped Sword Saint Gapar enter the Painting World, where he watched White Wolf use Topus’s Force Field against the academy’s magic and a divine attack.
• Jia Paer said he would use the Tear Drop Larva to learn a few spells but planned to return to melee combat and fulfill his disciples’ wishes, including Da Er’s request to help the Farron Undead Legion.

Jia Paer left to protect world peace as Academy Gate Town buzzed with dungeon discoveries and a public dispute over magic. Da Er’s Farron Guards trained for their coming fight with the Farron Undead Legion, and he ordered them to rest before setting out the next day.

• Si Telan wondered whether clearing the Undead Legion would trigger another mutation in Zane Dungeon, while Jia Paer left without explaining his mission beyond saying he would protect world peace.
• Si Telan read about Set and Wei En Ma competing to attract supporters for their opposing theories of magic, then decided to ask Da Er to join the expedition against the Undead Legion.
• Da Er and the Farron Guards trained by dodging the Crystallized Old Man’s laser attacks as preparation for their battle with the Undead Legion.
• Da Er defeated the Crystallized Old Man, completed the first star on his Student ID, and told the Farron Guards to rest before setting out the next day.

Da Er and the Farron Guards challenged the Farron Undead Legion in a brutal battle and finally defeated its last fighter, giving the Legion a moment of peace. As Da Er collapsed, the fallen Legion members’ wolf blood gathered behind him and a blazing fire ignited.

• Gong Qiying sold Da Er Beast Pills and Lightning Grease, then planned to use the adventurers’ first clear to unlock the Catacombs of Carthus and future challenges.
• Da Er led Jia Paer, the Farron Guards, and their wolves through Farron Keep to face the Undead Legion.
• The Farron Guards fought alongside Jia Paer, respecting the Legion’s battle against a companion corrupted by the Abyss rather than attacking during it.
• The Undead Legion killed several adventurers, but Jia Paer and the surviving fighters wounded him until Da Er delivered the final charge and both combatants fell.
• Da Er realized the Farron Guards had won, absorbed the Legion’s powerful soul, and mourned the fighters he had long admired.
• The fallen Legion members’ wolf blood gathered behind Da Er, and a blazing fire erupted as he sensed the Sunlight King’s presence.

Jia Paer, Da Er, and the Farron Guards defeated the Undead Legion’s first form, then faced the transformed Sunlight King and were overwhelmed. Da Er witnessed Ashes defeat the Sunlight King in a vision, and the first clear opened a passage and granted the group the Soul of Wolf Blood.

• The Undead Legion gathered the wolf blood of its fallen members and transformed into the Sunlight King, restoring the injured Farron Guards.
• Jia Paer and the Guards fought the Sunlight King, but he killed them one by one, including Da Er.
• Da Er saw a vision of Ashes defeating the Sunlight King alone, then awoke beside Jia Paer and the surviving Guards.
• A Linking the Fire Throne appeared with the sleeping Undead Legion seated upon it, and an underground passage opened in Farron Keep.
• The group received the Soul of Wolf Blood, and an aged voice offered Da Er the chance to transpose it and claim its power.

Da Er and the Farron Guards defeated the Undead Legion and received rewards from Ludleth, with many choosing Wolf Blood Grace and gaining greatly increased strength. Jia Paer recognized the Sunlight King’s sacrifice and prepared to leave, while later reports revealed that adventurers with Unique Talents were being murdered and their bodies dumped in Zane Dungeon.

• Da Er gave Ludleth the Soul of Wolf Blood and chose the Wolf Knight Greatsword and Wolf Blood Grace on his advice.
• Jia Paer and the other Farron Guards chose Wolf Blood Grace, endured its painful transformation, and grew stronger as their wolf blood became purer.
• Jia Paer knelt before the Farron Undead Legion to thank the hero who had linked the fire, then gave Da Er a Rare Candy Small and said he was leaving.
• The guards found the underground passage blocked by mysterious dark power and returned to the city, while Da Er opened the gates to let sunlight into Farron Keep.
• The first clear changed the Fortress: the Undead Legion no longer attacked returning victors automatically, and challengers could choose between two versions of the fight.
• Gong Qiying learned that Jia Paer was about to leave and that Geralt and another adventurer had been killed; both victims possessed a Unique Talent.

Gong Qiying investigated the gruesome deaths of two adventurers with speed-related Unique Talents and accepted an invitation to help Red Fang Dungeon suppress loosened seals at Eagle Capital Dungeon. Meanwhile, masked conspirators entered Zane Dungeon to test a powerful weapon, and the brown-haired young man hinted that they were preparing to act before the Sword Saint arrived.

• Gong Qiying discovered that Shadowless Geralt and another adventurer had been killed and dumped in a dungeon, their bones removed, and saved the body and gait of the suspected culprit for alerts.
• Gong Qiying received an invitation from Unicorn Dungeon to join Red Fang Dungeon's expedition against Burning Demons escaping a loosened shrine seal at Eagle Capital Dungeon, and he accepted.
• Gong Qiying learned that Val's shrine sealed the Bronze Dwarves, while Zane's sealed object remained unknown.
• Gong Qiying watched Wei En Ma and Professor Set compete for supporters as adventurers explored the underground maze beneath the academy.
• Two masked figures, including a brown-haired young man, entered Zane Dungeon and discussed testing a powerful weapon charged by the dead adventurers' Unique Talents before the Sword Saint arrived.

Light Eagle Legion mercenaries Jiede and Sipa entered the dungeon to deliver a Divine Artifact, but Jiede’s confidence in its degraded power nearly got him killed by Caria Knight Mugram. After reaching the foggy lake region, they avoided monsters and continued toward their mission, unaware that a wild Gengar had targeted Jiede’s item.

• Jiede and Sipa joined Mei Erjia’s group by signing a support document and followed her through the dungeon route to the Caria Knight’s seal.
• Mei Erjia sacrificed a newcomer to make Mugram leave, then fought the knight and was defeated along with the other adventurers.
• Jiede used the Divine Artifact Windwalker to evade Mugram and injure him, but Mugram deflected Jiede’s wind-form attack with Carian Retaliation and stabbed him.
• Sipa saved Jiede by knocking him away and killing Mugram, then reprimanded him for underestimating the dungeon.
• Jiede and Sipa entered the foggy lake region, used a map to navigate, and avoided encounters by fleeing from monsters with Windwalker.
• A wild Gengar spotted Jiede and prepared to use Thief to steal his item.

Jiede and Sipa entered the underground labyrinth beneath Raya Lucaria Magic Academy, where Jiede joined a party challenging the Exiled Knight. As the knight overwhelmed them, Jiede discovered his Teleportation Crystal and equipment were missing, leaving him unable to escape or fight back.

• Jiede and Sipa reached Academy Gate Town, read a Skyrim Strategy Team booklet, and chose to explore the academy's underground labyrinth.
• Jiede and Sipa wandered through the maze, fought Platinum Children, and found a hot spring where Jiede joined an adventurer who offered to lead them to the floor boss.
• Jiede and Sipa joined a group of more than twenty adventurers and encountered the Exiled Knight, who attacked with unusual strength and killed several people.
• Jiede fought the Exiled Knight and used alchemical powder to damage its helmet, while a wild Gengar stole an item from him during the chaotic battle.
• Jiede realized his Teleportation Crystal was missing, then tried to use his equipment and discovered that it was gone too.

Jiede and Sipa fought the Exiled Knight after Jiede lost the gear, but Sipa’s sacrifice and Jiede’s failed teleportation left them dead while Gong Qiying kept Windwalker. Gong Qiying learned that Gapar was headed toward a dangerous duel, and the chapter ended with Gapar finding a powerful healing potion in Zane Dungeon.

• Jiede and Sipa transformed and attacked the Exiled Knight, but it overpowered them before they could recover the missing gear.
• Gong Qiying examined Windwalker and realized Jiede’s sacrifice had charged the gear for his use.
• Gong Qiying explained that Sipa had self-destructed and that the Teleportation Crystal had failed to recognize transformed Jiede, leaving both men dead.
• Gong Qiying decided to warn Gapar about the sacrifice and prepare an item to protect him before his coming fight.
• People found Geralt and another adventurer’s bodies outside Bede City, while Gapar entered Zane Dungeon and obtained Goddess’s Blessing from a Mimic.

Jia Paer traveled to the rift near Titan Fortress to face his former junior disciple, Kang Luode, who had slaughtered their master and fellow disciples and become a monstrous foe. After Kang Luode survived a sword strike and revealed his god-given power, Jia Paer switched weapons to begin another round.

• Sid warned Jia Paer that Kang Luode might not honor a one-on-one duel, but Jia Paer insisted on fighting alone to clean house for his master.
• Sid told Gina that Jia Paer had spent years hunting Kang Luode, his former junior disciple, who had sacrificed their master and fellow disciples to awaken his inherited power.
• Jia Paer left Bede City on a pegasus and traveled west to the rift near Titan Fortress, where Kang Luode was waiting.
• Kang Luode explained that he had discovered his Demon King and evil god ancestry before murdering their fellow disciples, while Jia Paer attacked him without listening.
• Jia Paer overpowered Kang Luode and cleaved him with the Stars Linked Sword, but Kang Luode reformed in black mist and claimed swords could no longer harm him.
• Jia Paer put away the Stars Linked Sword, picked up the Giant Club Staff, and announced the second round.

Jia Paer fought Kang Luode, who revealed his plan to become king of the demon race and unleashed legendary magic. Jia Paer used the Silver Shield’s Topus's Force Field to survive the attack, and dawn broke as Kang Luode died.

• Kang Luode explained that he wanted to unite the demon tribes and become their king, then attacked Jia Paer with black-mist forms and twin swords.
• Jia Paer awakened his wolf blood, overwhelmed Kang Luode with speed, and used Heimo Hammer, Sun Fist, and Carian Greatsword to injure him.
• Kang Luode summoned a purple star and invoked legendary magic, surrounding the rift and Titan Fortress with a strange violet night sky.
• Jia Paer raised the Silver Shield and shouted Topus's Force Field as Kang Luode’s starry attack descended.
• General Gai Bi saw the attack give way to daylight, while Kang Luode let out a final howl and died.

Kang Luode’s legendary magic failed to defeat Jia Paer, who broke the curse with Goddess's Blessing and beat him down. Recordings of their battle spread across the kingdom, and Jia Paer arrived in Bede City to a grand welcome.

• Kang Luode’s legendary magic vanished, and Jia Paer emerged from the rift and pounded him with a giant club.
• Kang Luode cursed Jia Paer for feeling hostility toward him, but Jia Paer drank Goddess's Blessing and canceled the curse.
• Jia Paer resumed beating Kang Luode until he could no longer get back up.
• General Gai Bi’s soldiers explored the rift and found Image Stones recording the battle, but other recordings soon spread despite his effort to destroy one.
• The battle footage went viral as Jia Paer traveled toward Bede City, where he arrived to find a banner welcoming him home.

Jia Paer left Bede City to avoid the attention after his battle with Kang Luode became famous, while Gong Qiying watched Zane Dungeon’s influence spread and received an invitation from Unicorn Dungeon. In Great Demon City, Ounuo La killed Kang Luode and erased his memories, then resolved to send the demons after a greater darkness.

• Jia Paer saw his portraits and battle footage plastered around Bede City, then decided to leave until the excitement died down.
• Jia Paer visited Zane Dungeon to say goodbye before departing to pay respects to his master and fellow disciples.
• Gong Qiying saw Zane Dungeon’s influence expand across the map and received an invitation from Unicorn Dungeon.
• Ounuo La trapped Kang Luode, swallowed his consciousness, and erased his memories from the Great Demon Tree.
• Ounuo La dismissed the Demon King's descendants as mediocrities and declared that the demons should pursue a deeper darkness.

Iliphis calmed the transformed Anzi III, promised to protect the king’s missing daughter, and focused on a dungeon he believed would soon open. In Zane Dungeon, Gong Qiying learned that a Burning Demon extermination campaign would begin in three days and decided to keep his dungeon’s strength in reserve.

• Iliphis stopped Anzi III from attacking a maid, then used a Blood Therapy Potion to wake and comfort the king.
• Anzi III told Iliphis that the lost princess was being escorted back and asked him to aid her as the future queen; Iliphis swore to protect Arnor Kingdom and the queen.
• Iliphis dismissed reports from elsewhere and told the Light Eagle Legion captain that he was more concerned about a dungeon near their base, which he dreamed would soon open.
• Gong Qiying read Unicorn Dungeon’s letter and learned that Red Fang Dungeon would lead a Burning Demon extermination campaign in three days.
• Gong Qiying learned that the Burning Demons regenerated rapidly and wielded flames that would not go out until their victims burned to ash.
• Gong Qiying decided Zane Dungeon would stay in a supporting role during Red Fang Dungeon’s campaign.

Gong Qiying arrived at Eagle Capital Dungeon for an expedition and learned that other Dungeon Lords resented Zane Dungeon for drawing away visitors and supplying powerful weapons. As Red Fang appeared and asked which era Gong Qiying came from, the gathering turned its attention to the Burning Demon threat.

• Gong Qiying accepted Eagle Capital Dungeon’s request for aid and arrived above its ruined circular city, reflecting on how its historical realism differed from Zane Dungeon’s trap-filled designs.
• Rainbow Horn greeted Gong Qiying and warned him that several Dungeon Lords blamed Zane Dungeon for cutting into their visitor numbers and income.
• A Slime, a Hawthorn Skewer, and an axe-stuck coconut confronted Gong Qiying over stolen adventurers and Hound Step, then abandoned their planned pressure to ask him for design advice and weaker weapons.
• The Dungeon Lords witnessed an image of the Burning Demon, Eagle Capital Dungeon’s Sealed Object, as Red Fang, the red dragon city lord of Red Fang Dungeon, arrived.
• Red Fang asked Gong Qiying which era he was from.