Chapter Summaries

Iliphis transformed into a powerful monster and overwhelmed the Royal Capital’s defenders, but Serena used Chaotic Magic after Ornstein’s Dragonslaying Spear struck him. Iliphis was sent to Zane Dungeon, where a storm dragon appeared, while Zane agreed to upgrade his city lord authority to level 4.

• Ounuo La explained that an unusually colored Fallen Devil Egg could grant someone the strength and a unique ability they would have gained with the Demon King’s bloodline.
• Serena exposed Iliphis’s crimes, turning the soldiers against him, and Iliphis used a Fallen Devil Egg to transform and summon an army of monsters.
• Iliphis swallowed defenders, manipulated space across the battlefield, and attacked Serena, until Ornstein’s Dragonslaying Spear struck him and stopped his magic.
• Serena used Chaotic Magic to send Iliphis to Zane Dungeon, where Firelink Shrine vanished into clouds and a Storm Dragon’s cry rang out.
• Zane agreed to upgrade his city lord authority to level 4.

Gong Qiying upgraded Zane Dungeon’s authority and summoned powerful fighters to help defeat Iliphis, while Lu Lu Wo’s broadcast rallied the royal capital against the invading monsters. As the Black Swordsman prepared to finish Iliphis, Elsa arrived, and Gong Qiying decided the victims should deliver the final blow.

• Gong Qiying unlocked fourth-level city lord authority and summoned the Nameless King, who drove Iliphis back and freed the adventurers he had swallowed.
• Lu Lu Wo broadcast the Nameless King’s battle across the royal capital, lifting morale as Princess Serena, Gapar, He De Si, Wei En Ma, Da Er, and the Farron Guards led the counterattack against the monsters.
• Gong Qiying summoned the Old Hunter, two ancient dragons, and Giant King Yhorm, who battered Iliphis until the unknown existence took control of his body through purple starlight.
• Gong Qiying pinned the starlight-controlled Iliphis with a magic arrow and stopped the stars, forcing the unknown existence to flee and leaving Iliphis powerless.
• Iliphis attacked the Black Swordsman with his remaining strength, but the Black Swordsman severed his arm and prepared to kill him.
• Hero Elsa staggered onto the battlefield, and Gong Qiying decided to leave Iliphis’s execution to his victims.

Gong Qiying weakened Iliphis through repeated deaths in the Frenzy Flame, abyss, and Scarlet Corruption before sending him to Founding Plaza, where Elsa confronted him. Elsa awakened Hero's Power, and with Hell March and the golden phantoms of those connected to her, she defeated Iliphis and ended the Light Eagle Legion's turmoil.

• Gong Qiying bound Iliphis to a bonfire and repeatedly killed him with the Frenzy Flame, the abyss, and Scarlet Corruption until his Spirit Power was nearly exhausted.
• Gong Qiying sent Iliphis to Founding Plaza, where the furious crowd confronted him and his Demon King Bloodline transformed him into a humanoid black eagle.
• Elsa arrived carrying Sally and attacked Iliphis, while Hero's Power emerged within her and halted her beastification.
• Elsa's flames severed Iliphis's head, but he regenerated, transformed further, and unleashed hundreds of clones across the royal city.
• Matilda gave Elsa Hell March, which summoned golden phantoms of the people connected to Elsa and empowered her charge against Iliphis.
• Elsa and the golden phantoms shattered Iliphis's darkness, ending the turmoil as sunlight returned and the golden skyline appeared.

After Iliphis’s attack devastated the royal capital, survivors cleaned up, arrested the Light Eagle Legion, and began rebuilding. Dorian escaped with knowledge of the Abyss but became obsessed with the Frenzied Flame, while Princess Serena turned to the question of sending the King into Zane Dungeon.

• Princess Serena gathered the surviving soldiers and directed the battlefield cleanup as the Dragonslaying Spear vanished.
• Si Telan treated Leon’s injuries, while adventurers and rescue teams joined the cleanup and celebrated their victory.
• Lu Lu Wo brought Elsa out of hiding, and the people hailed her as the Brave after she defeated Iliphis.
• Minister Aoluo and General Ji Li Man Bo arrested the Light Eagle Legion, but discovered that Dorian had escaped.
• Dorian recalled Ounuo La’s search for the Abyss, then became fixated on obtaining the Frenzied Flame instead.
• Several days later, Princess Serena gathered officials to discuss using Zane Dungeon to save the King from his illness.

As the kingdom debated Anzi III’s worsening beast transformation, the Adventurers’ Guild held a five-day sacrifice to please Zane Dungeon, which greatly pleased Gong Qiying. Gong Qiying then began modifying a Bloodborne item to replace the King’s evil-god-tainted blood with blood controlled by Zane.

• Serena told the ministers that she had already asked her father’s opinion, and news spread that Anzi III would enter the dungeon.
• Guild Masters debated how to respond to Zane, and Sid proposed pleasing it with sacrifices and declaring it the kingdom’s National Dungeon.
• Guild Masters and adventurers held a five-day ceremony near Zane Dungeon’s portal, joined by grateful residents, and Zane was greatly pleased.
• Officials proposed making Zane Dungeon the National Dungeon and establishing an annual Zane Day and five-day holiday.
• Gong Qiying learned about Anzi III’s condition and began modifying a Blood Vial to replace the King’s beast blood with blood controlled by Zane.

After the Black Eagle Rebellion, Zane Dungeon became a celebrated force across the Arnor Kingdom while King Anzi III recovered and resumed his duties. He learned that the Warrior Country’s old king Fred wanted to send a delegation to revive its fading warrior spirit, and Anzi III decided to accept before departing for Zane Dungeon.

• Godwyn sent Zane Dungeon a letter explaining that trouble with his foundations delayed his visit and included Rock Roast as a gift.
• The Arnor Kingdom completed much of the royal capital’s reconstruction, while visitors flocked to Zane Dungeon and its influence spread throughout the kingdom.
• Serena told Anzi III that the Warrior Country’s young king was probing the Arnor Kingdom, then presented him with Fred’s unusual request for a large delegation and Hero Elsa to visit.
• Anzi III recognized that Fred was trying to save the Warrior Country’s declining warrior spirit and said he would agree to the request.
• General Ji Li Man Bo announced it was time to go to Zane, and Anzi III prepared to thank the dungeon that had saved him.

Anzi III entered Zane Dungeon with Serena and the Hasawi Squad to strengthen his mental resistance and obtain the Kindling Secret Ritual, but the bonfire memories of Gwyn left him unusually energized and eager for adventure. After completing the ritual, he asked Fingel to summon an invader, then encountered Elsa and Sally, who asked whether he wanted to see the True Ending.

• Serena arranged for the Hasawi Squad to guide Anzi III through Zane Dungeon as he sought to level up and obtain the Kindling Secret Ritual.
• At Firelink Shrine, Anzi III lit the bonfire and watched Zane's recorded memories, becoming inspired by Gwyn linking the fire.
• Anzi III spent Soul Chunks to raise his vitality and intelligence, then eagerly explored the dungeon with the knights and the Hasawi Squad.
• Anzi III and the Hasawi Squad defeated the Three-Person Corpse Magician and obtained the Kindling Secret Ritual.
• Anzi III asked Fingel to summon an invader, but Fingel led the group out of the boss arena before using the item.
• Fingel's group encountered Elsa and Sally emerging from the Painting World, and Elsa asked Anzi III if he wanted to see the True Ending.

Elsa brought Anzi III into the cleared Painting World of Sword Wind Legend, where its visions eased his unease and rewarded her with the Berserker Armor. Anzi III then urged the adventurers to show him an invasion battle, but the planned duel with Black Bat was interrupted by a new invader.

• Elsa invited Anzi III into the Painting World, and he accepted despite General Ji Li Man Bo's concerns.
• Elsa protected the Band of the Hawk through the battle and showed Anzi III a vision of Guts defeating Griffith, which lifted the King's spirits.
• Elsa received the Berserker Armor as the Painting World's completion reward, and Anzi III emerged eager to witness a battle between invaders.
• The group traveled to Farron Keep, where Fingel summoned Black Bat and Anzi III called for the warriors to begin their fight.
• Black Bat demanded a one-on-one duel, while Fingel secretly prepared Aleya and Matilda to flank her.
• A Yharnam Hunter invaded just as Black Bat and Fingel's group prepared to strike.

Lu Lu Wo and the Hasawi Squad faced an unexpectedly powerful Yharnam Hunter, whose pistol and transforming Ludwig's Holy Blade overwhelmed Fingel before the others joined the fight. They defeated the hunter after his Quicksilver Bullets ran out, and the drops included a Hunter Pistol, a Blood Vial, and ten Quicksilver Bullets.

• Lu Lu Wo recognized the invasion at the bonfire and stood aside while Fingel prepared to fight the Yharnam Hunter.
• The Yharnam Hunter parried Fingel with a Quicksilver Bullet, pierced his armor with a longsword, then transformed the weapon and badly wounded him with a Transforming Slash.
• The Hasawi Squad joined the battle, and General Ji Li Man Bo and his knights entered with Anzi III's approval.
• The Yharnam Hunter fought fiercely with both forms of Ludwig's Holy Blade until his Quicksilver Bullets ran out and the group defeated him.
• The Yharnam Hunter dropped a Hunter Pistol, a Blood Vial, and ten Quicksilver Bullets.

Anzi III tested Zane Dungeon’s Hunter Pistol and Blood Vials before confronting the Hidden Dim Star’s influence, which drove him into severe beastification. The Blood Vials restored his vitality and he returned to normal, but Gong Qiying then received an urgent notice that the attempt to reseal the Hidden Blood Parasite had failed.

• Matilda and Fingel tested the Hunter Pistol, and Anzi III claimed the dungeon spoils and struggled to resist firing its scarce Quicksilver Bullets.
• The Hasawi Squad cornered Lu Lu Wo, who used traps, smoke, daggers, and Gollums before she died in battle.
• Serena brought Anzi III to his chambers, where the court mages tested whether Zane Dungeon’s Kindling Secret Ritual could protect him from the Hidden Dim Star.
• Anzi III resisted the evil god’s influence at first, but his contempt provoked a stronger attack that caused rapid beastification and drained his vitality.
• Anzi III injected both Blood Vials, recovered his vitality, and returned to normal as the mages watched in alarm.
• Gong Qiying received a Bonds Dungeon letter reporting that the operation to reseal the escaped Hidden Blood Parasite had failed.

Gong Qiying learned that the Hidden Blood Parasites in the Kingdom of Ruid were targeting only human blood under the influence of Hidden Dim Star, then tested a mixture that provoked them. He asked You Lei Sha for authority over Ruid’s dungeon so he could deal with the outbreak.

• Gong Qiying learned from recorded conversations that the Royal Palace had begun confiscating Fallen Devil Eggs after discovering Happiny could strengthen resistance to them, while Anzi III publicized Ruid’s disaster as contagious to encourage neighboring nations to help.
• After learning that Hidden Dim Star had guided the Hidden Blood Parasite uprising, Gong Qiying contacted Bonds Dungeon and met its City Lord, You Lei Sha.
• You Lei Sha explained that the parasites ignored the dragon and vampire blood Red Fang and White Blood had provided, instead attacking humans and making her containment plan fail.
• Gong Qiying told You Lei Sha about Hidden Dim Star, then tested her live parasites with dark crimson blood mixed with human blood.
• When the parasites became agitated by the mixture, Gong Qiying asked You Lei Sha for authority over the Kingdom of Ruid’s dungeon and said he would handle the crisis.

After taking over Red Dungeon, Gong Qiying tested blood mixtures and chose Yharnam as the scene for a trap against the Hidden Blood Parasites. In Warrior Country, King Bontou ordered the relief army to withdraw if Red refused its help, then learned that the army’s general was Gapar’s daughter.

• You Lei Sha briefed Gong Qiying on Red Dungeon’s parasite-infested city, dwindling population, and unusual residents before he returned to Sen.
• Gong Qiying suspected Hidden Dim Star might be an escaped Sealed Object and decided to kill it.
• Gong Qiying tested parasite reactions to mixed blood samples and found that Bloodborne blood combined with human blood attracted them most.
• Gong Qiying chose Yharnam as Red Dungeon’s setting to lure the parasites and give Red and Warrior Country their first greeting.
• King Bontou ordered Warrior Country’s relief army to withdraw if King Red rejected its aid, then discussed teaching traditional Weapon Skills with Sword Saint Gapar.
• Bontou revealed that the relief army’s general was Gapar’s daughter, prompting Gapar to spit out his tea.

Fan En joined a supply run through parasite-ravaged Savis to find medicine for his sick sister, but the survivors were ambushed and he was swept into a dungeon portal beneath the Church of the God of the Ocean. The chapter left him entering the portal with a horde of hosts.

• Fan En joined six survivors searching for medicine and supplies, hoping to treat his sister's fever.
• The group found medicine at Doctor Kale's clinic, but a giant mutant drew hosts to the street and seemed to control a survivor.
• The burly middle-aged man and the others distracted the hosts so Fan En could escape with the medicine.
• Fan En fell through the roof of the Church of the God of the Ocean, where hosts overwhelmed him and infected his wounds.
• A dungeon portal appeared in the church basement, and the hosts dragged Fan En through it with them.

Fan En entered the Yharnam Dungeon, endured a blood transfusion and visions of the city, and resisted the bestial corruption to awaken as a Hunter. He explored Yharnam Clinic looking for a way out, but a werewolf blocked the exit and chased him upstairs.

• Fan En was pushed through the dungeon portal and dreamed of Yharnam, its Hunters, and its beasts while an old man prepared a blood transfusion.
• Fan En resisted the bestiality summoned by the Yharnam Blood, causing the werewolf apparition to burn away, then fainted in terror when small creatures crawled onto him.
• Fan En woke in Yharnam Clinic, discovered the blood was gone, and saw the city outside before deciding to find an exit and return with the medicine he carried.
• Fan En noticed that his strength had increased and descended to the first floor, where a werewolf was feasting on corpses and blocking the exit.
• Fan En turned back toward the stairs, accidentally broke a step with his newfound strength, and ran as the werewolf charged after him.

Fan En died fighting a werewolf in Yharnam Clinic and awoke in the Hunter's Dream, where he received weapons from the Messengers. He discovered a glowing gravestone that could return him to the clinic and prepared to fight his way back.

• Fan En failed to enter his serious state as a wounded werewolf chased him, then fought it by biting and consuming its flesh under the influence of Yharnam Blood.
• The werewolf tore open Fan En's stomach and bit through his neck, leaving him unconscious.
• Fan En awoke unharmed in the Hunter's Dream, praised the dungeon, and found a motionless Doll among the white flowers.
• Messengers offered Fan En weapons, and he chose the Saw Cleaver and Hunter Pistol.
• Fan En found the Hunter's Dream building locked and discovered that a glowing gravestone showed Yharnam Clinic, giving him a way back.

Fan En returned to Yharnam Clinic, learned to wield the Saw Cleaver, and killed the werewolf that had twice killed him. He left the clinic determined to grow stronger and help restore his hometown, beginning his hunt in Yharnam.

• Fan En teleported back to Yharnam Clinic, where the werewolf killed him after his Saw Cleaver transformed unexpectedly and his attack missed.
• Gong Qiying watched Fan En practice with the weapon and observed him quickly master its transformations and use a Transforming Slash.
• Fan En returned to the clinic and attacked the werewolf, dodging its counterattack before killing it with the Saw Cleaver.
• Fan En reflected on his growing appetite for combat and resolved to end his own life if the parasites caused him to transform completely.
• Fan En left the clinic courtyard, gripped his weapon despite his fear, and vowed to train and restore his hometown as he joined the hunt.

Fan En entered Yharnam on Hunter's Night and struggled to survive among the Beastification Citizens, discovering that he reacted to killing them with unsettling ease. When he reached a crowded bonfire party on Broad Avenue, the citizens spotted him and drove him into a desperate escape with every hiding place already occupied.

• Fan En silently killed a Beastification Citizen who had become separated from its group, then stomped its body to make sure it stayed dead.
• Fan En recalled his hesitation at killing the nearly human citizens and how the Saw Cleaver's reaction to their blood had overcome it.
• Fan En avoided groups on Yharnam's streets by sticking to alleys and occasionally assassinating isolated citizens.
• Fan En encountered a huge gathering of Beastification Citizens at a bonfire party on Broad Avenue, and a lookout shot at him, exposing his presence.
• Fan En fled the pursuing crowd, but Beastification Citizens occupied all seven hiding places he had scouted, leaving him surrounded.

After dying repeatedly in Yharnam, Fan En returned better prepared and used Molotov Cocktails to defeat the Beastification Citizens at the bonfire party. As he reached the nearby Yharnam Central lamp to return to Hunter's Dream, someone in a neighboring house called out to him.

• Fan En bought Molotov Cocktails with his Blood Echoes and returned to Yharnam Clinic.
• Fan En fought Beastification Citizens on the streets, using his growing skill to defeat them and reach the bonfire party.
• Fan En knocked the party's gunmen off a carriage, lured the other Beastification Citizens with blood, and burned many of them with oil urns and Molotov Cocktails.
• Fan En finished off the surviving Beastification Citizens and reached the Yharnam Central lamp with a large haul of Blood Echoes.
• As Fan En touched the lamp to return to Hunter's Dream, someone in a nearby house asked if he was a hunter.

Fan En learned from Gilbert that blood healing could lead to beastification and received advice to resist becoming addicted to hunting. He set out for the West Bridge to escape Yharnam, but arrived battered and encountered the Cleric Beast.

• Fan En spoke with Gilbert, who explained the danger of blood healing and warned him not to become addicted to hunting.
• Gilbert used Hypnosis Magic to reinforce Fan En’s belief in his strong will and advised him to maintain reverence for every hunt.
• Gilbert gave Fan En Blood Vials and Quicksilver Bullets, then told him the West Bridge was the way out of Yharnam.
• Fan En dressed in hunter’s attire, fought through the city, and avoided an axe-wielding giant after it killed him once.
• Fan En reached the bridge badly wounded, where two werewolves fled from the approaching Cleric Beast.

Fan En was trapped on the bridge with the Cleric Beast and fought it to learn its attacks and weaknesses, but died after trying to Gun Parry it. Back in the Hunter’s Dream, he considered buying Molotov Cocktails, then discovered that the Doll had stood up and greeted him.

• Fan En found the bridge sealed by solid Fog Gates and realized he had no way to escape the Cleric Beast.
• Fan En dodged the Cleric Beast’s attacks, learned that its enlarged left arm was vulnerable, and burned it with his last Molotov Cocktail.
• Fan En decided he could not defeat the Cleric Beast yet and fought on to gather information for another hunt.
• Fan En attempted a Gun Parry, died when the bullet had no effect, and revived in the Hunter’s Dream.
• Fan En considered exchanging his Blood Echoes for Molotov Cocktails, then saw that the Doll had stood up and heard her greet him.