Chapter Summaries

Te Pi, You Fei, Yi Sha, and Fan En challenged Godrick again, fighting to stop him from grafting powerful adventurers’ limbs onto himself. As You Fei prepared a decisive strike against his dragon head, someone began pounding on the mansion doors behind Godrick.

• Te Pi and his companions discussed Godrick’s reputation and set out to challenge him again after clearing Stormveil Castle.
• The group discovered more than a hundred adventurers’ limbs in the slaughterhouse and prepared for the fight with Buff Magic.
• You Fei attacked Godrick in her carapace form, while Fan En, Yi Sha, and Te Pi joined in and forced him to fight back.
• Godrick broke through their encirclement, smashed the courtyard with his Golden Great Axe, and began grafting a dragon head onto himself.
• Te Pi used Storm Scrolls to scatter soldiers carrying grafting materials, but Godrick’s dragon head blocked the group with flames.
• You Fei broke through the fire and faced Godrick’s dragon head for a decisive clash, just as the mansion doors were struck from within.

You Fei and Fan En weakened Godrick, then the manor gate opened to reveal Leon and the other members of the Strategy Team. The two groups joined forces against Godrick, while Gong Qiying discovered that the dungeon’s automatic map adjustments had accidentally opened a route to Stormveil Castle.

• You Fei redirected her spear thrust, but Godrick burned her with Dragon Flame before Fan En poisoned him and she recovered by attacking him and bathing in his blood.
• Godrick escaped You Fei’s attack range and rolled toward Fan En, while You Fei cleared nearby soldiers and kicked open a crack in the manor gate.
• Leon’s Carian Greatsword clashed with You Fei’s spear, and the gate opened to reveal Leon, Malu, Delu, Te Er, and Te Pi.
• You Fei and Leon recognized each other and agreed to defeat Godrick before asking how they had arrived.
• The four members of the Strategy Team strengthened Godrick, and Gong Qiying discovered that automatic map adjustments had opened an unintended route to Stormveil Castle.

Gong Qiying made the prematurely discovered route from Arnor Kingdom into Limgrave permanent, while Leon and the Strategy Team fought the empowered Godrick at Stormveil Castle. The battle ended with You Fei striking Godrick down as his Dragon Flame erupted, and his golden leaves faded away with his final words about returning home.

• Gong Qiying decided to make the accidentally discovered path between Lake Liurnia and Limgrave a permanent route after Leon and the Strategy Team crossed it.
• Godrick confronted Leon and the others with his enlarged body and Golden Great Axe, while Delu protected the group with a new defensive spell.
• Delu, Malu, Te Er, Leon, and the others attacked Godrick, interrupting his strikes until Te Er missed and Godrick prepared a battlefield-wide Dragon Flame attack.
• Leon used Ring Grab to stagger Godrick, then You Fei used Fan En's throw to launch herself at him and pierce his body.
• Godrick's Dragon Flame erupted as he spoke of returning to the homeland beneath the Erdtree, then golden leaves fell and the flames faded.

You Fei and Fan En poisoned and wounded Godrick, then discovered Leon’s group trapped behind the mansion gate. The two groups joined forces against Godrick, while Gong Qiying realized the dungeon’s automatic map adjustment had unexpectedly opened their route to Stormveil Castle.

• You Fei changed her spear thrust to avoid a suspected enemy behind the gate, but Godrick burned her through her shell with Dragon Flame.
• Fan En poisoned Godrick, and You Fei wounded him while healing herself with his blood.
• You Fei kicked open the gate and clashed with Leon’s Carian Greatsword before recognizing him and his companions.
• You Fei and Leon agreed to fight Godrick together as he grew several times larger under the Strategy Team members’ power enhancement.
• Gong Qiying checked the dungeon map and discovered that its daily automatic adjustment had opened an unplanned route to Stormveil Castle.

Gong Qiying discovered that Leon and the Strategy Team had accidentally found the unfinished path from Arnor Kingdom to Limgrave and survived its randomly generated monsters. At Stormveil Castle, they defeated Godrick after Leon staggered him with Ring Grab and You Fei struck the finishing blow, while Godrick's final words spoke of returning home.

• Gong Qiying decided to keep the accidentally revealed path to Limgrave permanent after Leon and the Strategy Team crossed it and cleared its random monsters.
• Godrick grew to enormous size and attacked the Strategy Team, while Delu protected everyone with a newly developed barrier spell.
• Leon, Malu, Te Er, Delu, and the others coordinated attacks that damaged Godrick and repeatedly stopped him from unleashing powerful strikes.
• Fan En joined the battle, and the Strategy Team began to falter as Godrick prepared to blanket the battlefield with Dragon Flame.
• Leon used Ring Grab to stagger Godrick, and Fan En hurled You Fei toward him; she pierced Godrick just as his fire meteors erupted.
• Godrick's flames faded, and he died lamenting that he was the Golden Lord and hoping they would one day return to their homeland beneath the Erdtree.

The adventurers celebrated activating their Great Runes atop the Divine Tower, while Leon and You Fei traded boasts about their respective sides. After the group left Stormveil Castle, Leon discovered that its manor connected to a mysterious roundtable interface showing several newly available Elden Lord memories.

• The Great Rune reacted to the adventurers at the Divine Tower, surrounding them with golden motes as Malu and Yi Sha role-played.
• You Fei told Leon that Jia Paer wanted him to fight his father, and Leon confidently accepted the challenge.
• You Fei boasted about Beinal, the Roundtable Hold, and Zane Dungeon, but Leon teased her about the dungeon's closing time.
• The group searched Stormveil Castle and found Luo Jieer teaching magical Weapon Skills, though Leon questioned whether they had truly explored everything.
• Leon stepped through the manor doorway and appeared before a vast round table, where Godrick's memory and three other memories had lit up.
• Leon identified the newly available memories as Rennala, Radahn, and Rykard.

Leon watched a memory of the Elden Lord defeating Godrick while deliberately keeping the dragon corpse intact, and wondered whether preserving dragon corpses could be fun. He chose Radahn’s bubble in the Roundtable Hold, where a heavy door began to open.

• Leon examined the bubbles depicting Rennala, Radahn, and Rykard, then touched Godrick’s Remembrance bubble.
• Leon appeared in a memory of the Elden Lord fighting a stronger Godrick in Stormveil Castle.
• The Tarnished vanished just as Godrick was about to graft the dragon head onto his arm, then returned and defeated him without letting him damage the corpse.
• Leon realized the Elden Lord had pretended to retreat to preserve the dragon corpse and considered doing the same himself.
• Leon chose Radahn’s bubble and became able to move around the Roundtable Hold as a heavy door opened.

Leon met Enia and the living Two Fingers, learned that he was expected to gather Great Runes and become Elden Lord, and exchanged Godrick's Remembrance for Godrick's Crown. The dungeon then closed before he could visit Gideon or explore further.

• Leon entered a room and found a living Two Fingers, while Enia introduced herself as a Finger Reader Crone.
• Enia relayed the Two Fingers' message, telling Leon to obtain another Great Rune and restore the Golden Order as Elden Lord.
• Leon asked whom he should kill next, and Enia directed him to Gideon and warned him not to underestimate the other demigods.
• Enia explained how to use Godrick's Remembrance, and Leon chose Godrick's Crown from its three possible rewards.
• Leon put on the crown and prepared to visit Gideon, but Zane Dungeon closed and forced him out.

After obtaining a Great Rune, You Fei explored the newly changed Roundtable Hold, met Gideon Ofnir, and learned that Malenia had caused Caelid’s Scarlet Corruption. Meanwhile, Leon’s signal stone lit up at the Lake Liurnia Adventurers’ Guild, indicating he had found a route to a new area.

• You Fei refused to enter the newly opened room of the Two Fingers, attached Determination to her spear, and discovered another open room near the Twin Maiden Husks.
• You Fei entered a book-filled study, where Gideon Ofnir welcomed her to Roundtable Hold as a bearer of a Great Rune.
• Gideon Ofnir named five Shardbearers and told You Fei that Radahn remained in Caelid, where Malenia’s Scarlet Corruption had spread.
• You Fei learned more about the Shardbearers from Gideon Ofnir and planned to share what she had discovered about Malenia.
• At the Lake Liurnia Adventurers’ Guild, Leon’s signal stone lit up, and the adventurers realized he had found a route to a new area.

Leon and his companions struggled to stay in Black Rock City without documents, then learned Prince Lan Le was offering permits to illegal entrants who could make him laugh onstage. They watched the dungeon-themed contest begin and were stunned when Lu Lu Wo was called as the next performer.

• Black Rock City’s dungeon crowds returned at night as merchants and residents complained about the chaos and monsters disrupting business.
• Leon’s group stayed in the Adventurers’ Guild because they lacked permits, and staff told Leon his documents would take weeks to process.
• A guild staff member explained that Prince Lan Le was holding a stage contest where successful performers would receive permits, prompting Leon’s group to inspect the stage the next day.
• Leon, Malu, and Delu decided they would not perform, while spectators discussed Scarlet Corruption, Malenia, and Gwyndolin.
• Prince Lan Le announced a dungeon theme, then had a string of unfunny performers blown off the stage.
• The attendant called Lu Lu Wo as the next contestant, leaving Leon’s group shocked that he had been caught too.

After escaping Black Rock City through the Zane-exclusive Road Home spell, Lu Lu Wo surprised Prince Lan Le and the crowd with a dungeon livestream. She ended by revealing a monster whose gaze caused people to laugh, leaving the spectators exposed to its burning yellow eyes.

• Leon recognized Lu Lu Wo’s fellow Arnor Kingdom adventurers in the crowd and recorded the stage with Malu, expecting her to appear.
• The guards discovered that Lu Lu Wo and the Skyrim Strategy Team had vanished, and Lan Le learned they had used Road Home to return to Zane Dungeon.
• Lan Le ordered Lu Lu Wo’s equipment set up, and her livestream appeared before the prince and the spectators.
• Lu Lu Wo mocked the Black Rock City guards, told Lan Le she still intended to compete, and promised to show them something funny.
• Lu Lu Wo revealed a yellow-clothed monster and forced it to face the camera, exposing Lan Le and the spectators to its burning yellow eyes.

Gong Qiying’s demonstration of a Frenzy Flame patient’s eyes caused a citywide mental crisis among Black Rock City’s residents. Lan Le tried to stop the livestream, but hearing Lu Lu Wo’s team expect a reward made him laugh with rage.

• Gong Qiying’s team projected a Frenzy Flame patient’s burning eyes over Black Rock City, triggering pain, madness, and panic among viewers.
• Aide Jia collapsed in agony, Lan Le and the performers suffered mental shock, and ordinary residents across the city began howling and acting erratically.
• Gong Qiying explained that the weak Frenzy Flame carried by the patient was unlikely to infect viewers but could severely distress ordinary people.
• Lan Le shut his eyes and moved toward the livestream equipment to stop the broadcast.
• Lu Lu Wo, Aisi, Aimu, Ta Mi, and Bei Er Tuo discussed how enjoyable the experience was and hoped to receive rewards from the prince.
• Lan Le froze when he heard them, then laughed with rage.

Lan Le blamed Lu Lu Wo's group for the Frenzied Flame outbreak that had thrown Black Rock City into chaos and planned to punish them with forced labor. Meanwhile, Gong Qiying altered Plague Village's monsters as Lu Lu Wo discovered the livestream had cut out, unaware that the patient beside her was growing more dangerous.

• Lan Le destroyed the projection device, surveyed Black Rock City's Frenzied Flame chaos, and decided the adventurers would pay through honest labor.
• Gong Qiying returned to the City Lord's room and modified Plague Village's monsters to teach Lu Lu Wo's group a lesson.
• Lu Lu Wo recalled her group's string of misfortunes, their escape from prison, and her plan to impress Lan Le with a livestream of unexplored locations.
• Lu Lu Wo's group began livestreaming a Frenzied Flame patient, but Bei Er Tuo noticed the footage had cut out.
• Lu Lu Wo rushed to inspect the equipment while the patient they had cast aside began burning more fiercely.

The Skyrim Strategy Team's streaming equipment broke in Plague Village, and a Frenzied Flame attack turned their outing into a desperate fight and flight. After Frenzied Hand invaded, he struck Lu Lu Wo and made her disappear into the Painting World: Plague Village.

• Lu Lu Wo panicked when the team's streaming equipment broke, while Bei Er Tuo reassured her that the footage might still help them clear their names.
• A Frenzied Flame patient attacked Aisi and Aimu with Frenzy Spread, then unleashed Unendurable Frenzy Flame on the team before Mi La killed it.
• Dozens of Frenzied Flame patients emerged from the houses and drove the team into a desperate retreat as their prayers engulfed Plague Village in fire.
• The invasion notice for Frenzied Hand appeared, and the invader struck Lu Lu Wo with his Frenzied Leather Gloves, causing her to vanish into the Painting World: Plague Village.

The Frenzied Hand trapped Lu Lu Wo and the Skyrim Strategy Team in Painting Worlds, while Lu Lu Wo struggled through Plague Village. Lu Lu Wo died after mistaking a Poison Purple Moss Ball for a cure to Deadly Poison.

• The Frenzied Hand sent Lu Lu Wo into Painting World: Blighttown, and Ta Mi rushed back to retrieve the painting but was sucked inside too.
• Bei Er Tuo rallied the Skyrim Strategy Team to save Ta Mi, but the Frenzied Hand trapped the group in more Painting Worlds and carried them toward a Site of Grace.
• Lu Lu Wo fought Plague Village's fat monsters, giant bugs, and blowpipe-wielding Living Dead, finding that the fat monsters dropped Dung Pies.
• Lu Lu Wo swallowed a Poison Purple Moss Ball to counter Deadly Poison, but it was ineffective, and she was swarmed as her strength failed.
• Lu Lu Wo found a Poison Purple Flower Moss Ball whose description explained that only the flowering version cured Deadly Poison, then died cursing her attackers.

Aisi and Aimu’s ordeal in Plague Village made Aisi reject her masochistic constitution and resolve to seek a normal experience of pain in Zane Dungeon. At midnight, guards waiting to arrest the Skyrim Strategy Team were instead confronted by Luo Jieer and the Female Fire Dragon, followed by the sound of a large group approaching through the portal.

• Aisi and Aimu fell into the sewage after collapsing buildings in Plague Village and fought their way through the monsters while being poisoned.
• Aimu’s Frenzied Flame infection let her express pain more normally, and Aisi began to question the way their constitutions had shaped their lives.
• After poison arrows made Aisi experience pain and disgust, she resolved to become normal and use Zane Dungeon to feel pain properly.
• Earl Gerhard and the guards prepared to arrest the adventurers emerging from Zane Dungeon’s portal at midnight.
• The Female Fire Dragon and Luo Jieer came through the portal, and Luo Jieer called for the others to follow as heavy footsteps sounded behind them.

Lan Le went to Zane Dungeon to help control a massive crowd spilling into Black Rock City, including people from the Arnor Kingdom. The guards lost control as powerful adventurers and their strange beasts emerged, leaving Lan Le facing a crisis beyond his command.

• Lan Le ordered the captured Skyrim Strategy Team treated well and told his bodyguard captain to announce that they had been punished.
• Lan Le learned that crowds were pouring out of Zane Dungeon and rode to the portal, where he saw Arnor Kingdom people mixed with Black Rock City locals.
• Lan Le’s mages tried to quiet the crowd with a group intimidation spell, but it backfired on the adventurers and injured one mage.
• Hathaway roared in anger, then Luo Jieer named the powerful beasts and their trainers emerging from the portal, including Khezu and Incineroar.
• Incineroar frightened Lan Le’s Two-legged Wyvern, and Lan Le realized the chaotic situation was slipping beyond his control.

Lan Le struggled to manage the influx of Arnor Kingdom adventurers in Black Rock City and considered how to use their arrival to advance his political ambitions. His plans were interrupted when his brother Temude appeared wearing a bizarre Platinum Child mask.

• Lan Le recalled how Leon Bask, Lu Lu Wo, and Luo Jieer helped calm the adventurers and their unusual creatures after they arrived in Black Rock City.
• Lan Le wrote to Yuenka about the adventurers, Temude's unexpected return, and his hope to prove himself more worthy than Temude of becoming king.
• Lan Le weighed how to restrict the adventurers while making use of them to impress Bontou and strengthen his claim to the throne.
• A guard told Lan Le that Temude was waiting, and Lan Le went to meet him determined not to lose face.
• Temude startled Lan Le by appearing in a Platinum Child mask and saying that he had crawled back from hell.

Lan Le reunited with Te Mude, who demonstrated the Warped Light Wall Weapon Skill and explained how his visit to Arnor Kingdom had changed his views on magic. Te Mude planned to challenge Warrior Country’s dependence on magic at next month’s War Festival.

• Lan Le recognized Te Mude in an outlandish outfit and tested him with Human Appraisal, which Te Mude deflected with Warped Light Wall, exposing his Ditto attendant.
• Te Mude revealed that Warped Light Wall was a Weapon Skill attached to a small shield and invited Lan Le inside to discuss it.
• Te Mude described Arnor Kingdom as joyful and open-minded, contrasting it with Warrior Country’s conflict over magic and Weapon Skills.
• Te Mude explained that Arnor’s mages welcomed the spell because they treated magic as a tool rather than something to trust blindly.
• Te Mude declared that he would correct Warrior Country’s dependence on magic and defeat Lan Le at next month’s War Festival.

Lan Le and Te Mude discussed Te Mude’s Pokémon and his improvised way of countering Princess Serena’s talk about Ornstein before settling their rivalry with a spar. Meanwhile, Zane Dungeon drew a surge of visitors to Warrior Country, and the Skyrim Strategy Team received a new mission to investigate Sellia and Radahn.

• Lan Le asked Te Mude about his Pokémon and badge-covered outfit, and Te Mude explained that he used invented stories about Ranni to counter Princess Serena’s talk about Ornstein.
• Lan Le and Te Mude challenged each other to a friendly spar while their attendants watched with concern.
• Gong Qiying noted that opening the route to Warrior Country had brought a large influx of adventurers and considered keeping the dungeon’s closing hours in place to observe the countries’ response.
• An Arnor adventurer urged the visitors in Warrior Country to stay calm for Princess Serena’s sake, while others worried about Lu Lu Wo and the rest of the Skyrim Strategy Team.
• An attendant delivered a letter to Lu Lu Wo, whose mission was to investigate the Sorcerous Town of Sellia, find widely usable magic, and locate Starscourge General Radahn.