Chapter Summaries

Lu Lu Wo and Ta Mi accepted Gapar’s offer to become his disciples and compete in the War Festival. You Fei then arrived to help them investigate Caelid and invited the Skyrim Strategy Team to fight alongside her against her father, leaving them stifling laughter at the coincidence.

• Lu Lu Wo roused the Skyrim Strategy Team to take Prince Lan Le’s investigation seriously, but Gapar arrived and startled them into standing at attention.
• Gapar invited Lu Lu Wo and Ta Mi to become his disciples and compete as his prized students against You Fei at the War Festival, and they eagerly accepted.
• After Gapar left, Lu Lu Wo reminded the team to prioritize gathering information on Caelid for Lan Le.
• You Fei arrived and said Lan Le had asked her and her companions to assist the team in Caelid.
• You Fei invited the Skyrim Strategy Team to join her side in the War Festival match against Gapar, and the team struggled to hold back laughter.

The Skyrim Strategy Team set out with You Fei and her companions to explore Caelid, while the chapter recounted how Frenzy Moss Medicine ended the Frenzied Flame crisis and how Aide Jia improved battle aura conversion. The group met near the portal and prepared to travel to Caelid.

• The Skyrim Strategy Team spent several days preparing supplies and learning about Caelid from Lan Le and Jia Paer before their official departure.
• The team headed toward the Zane Dungeon, planning to explore Sorcerous Town of Sellia and, if time allowed, search for Red Lion City.
• Adventurers found Frenzy Moss Medicine in Plague Village, allowing people affected by the Frenzied Flame livestream to recover and revealing the location of the Weeping Peninsula.
• Warrior Country and the Arnor Kingdom made nearby cities checkpoint cities, while the Zane Dungeon region on Warrior Country's side opened around the clock.
• After recovering from the Frenzied Flame, Aide Jia improved battle aura conversion technology, reducing its failure rate and making it useful in combat.
• Lu Lu Wo met You Fei, Fan En, Yi Sha, and two of You Fei's disciples near the portal, and the group set off for Caelid.

You Fei’s group traveled through Caelid toward Red Lion City after Abei and Mor found it, hoping to learn about its Battle Festival. As Mor flew them toward the city, its defenders prepared to attack, leaving the group facing a Dragon-Slaying Spear.

• Lu Lu Wo shared Rotten Moss Medicine with the group, and You Fei worried when Abei and Mor did not return from scouting.
• Abei and Mor arrived arguing, then told You Fei they had found a magnificent city surrounded by Redmane Soldiers; Mor transformed into a dragon to carry everyone there.
• On the flight, You Fei’s group discussed Alexander’s invitation to the Battle Festival and You Fei considered fighting Radahn instead of joining the War Festival.
• The group spotted Red Lion City and watched Redmane Soldiers defeat a pack of giant dogs with coordinated tactics.
• You Fei ordered Mor to fly over the city wall, prompting the defenders to ready catapults and greatbows as a Dragon-Slaying Spear emerged ahead of them.

Fan En and the adventurers crashed into Red Lion City after Mor was struck down by the Dragon-Slaying Spear, then faced the Red Lion Legion. After the group was overwhelmed, You Fei spotted an old man watching them from a tower and vowed to return and take on Red Lion City.

• Lu Lu Wo and You Fei recognized each other as Stands as Red Lion City activated its super transformation mode.
• The Dragon-Slaying Spear pierced Mor, and the wounded dragon crashed into the base of Red Lion City's wall while Fan En escaped with golden wings.
• Fan En fought the Red Lion Legion alone, but soldiers using beast-hunting tactics knocked him down and captured the adventurers.
• You Fei resisted the soldiers and took down a Redmane Knight before she and the others were beaten and surrounded.
• You Fei noticed an old man watching through a telescope from a tower, took his disappointed look as an insult, and vowed to return to challenge Red Lion City.

You Fei’s group launched a new assault on Red Lion City, using Abei to lure monsters and distract the defenders while Mor carried them toward the catapults. The attack met a vast barrage of weapons, Mor began to fall, and Fan En spotted a path beside the closed gates.

• Lu Lu Wo learned that the Skyrim Strategy Team’s members had assembled in Black Rock City and sent Bei Er Tuo to mobilize them against Red Lion City.
• You Fei rejected Abei’s plan to dismantle the Dragon-Slaying Spear alone, and the group set out toward Red Lion City with Mor carrying them.
• Abei scattered Lure Skull fragments to draw monsters after him, but Decaying Ekzykes and several wyverns joined the pursuing horde.
• Abei led the monsters in a charge against Red Lion City while Mor flew through the distracted defenders toward the catapults.
• Red Lion City deployed rows of Dragon-Slaying Spears, Dragon Cannons, Dragon-Slaying Cannons, and Great Crossbow Bolts, causing Mor to lose control and plummet.
• Fan En spotted a small path leading upward beside the city’s closed gates as the group prepared to escape the fall.

Fan En, You Fei, and the others entered Red Lion City by climbing its cliffs while Mor held off an armored ogre. They discovered the city was packed with powerful foes from Zane Dungeon, then an old man in a pointed hat teleported them away.

• Red Lion City's Dragon-Slaying Cannons battered the monsters, and Abei helped delay the fighting while the group approached the city gates.
• Fan En and Ta Mi spotted a cliffside route, but an armored ogre attacked; Mor recovered and fought it so the others could escape.
• Lu Lu Wo led the group up the cliff, where they overcame Bat Monsters and reached Red Lion City's wall.
• Fan En and Ta Mi dealt with the guards, and the group surveyed the city's warlike interior.
• Ta Mi showed the group that Red Lion City held powerful figures from Zane Dungeon, including Crucible Knights, a Lion Hybrid, and an Ancient Dragon Knight.
• You Fei spotted the old man in a pointed hat watching from a tower, and he activated a teleportation array that engulfed the group.

Jellal teleported Fan En to Fort Gael, where he had to defeat a White-Maned Lion to prove he qualified for Radahn's Battle Festival. After winning, Fan En received the Legend of the Shattered Star talisman and saw a vision of falling meteors.

• You Fei hurled her spear at Jellal, but the teleportation array carried her and the others away before it could hit him; Jellal caught the spear and announced that festival entrants had to pass a trial.
• Fan En emerged alone at Fort Gael and discovered a White-Maned Lion slaughtering warriors among heaps of corpses.
• Fan En learned from a dead warrior's spirit that defeating the lion was the trial, then fought it with his pistol and Saw Cleaver without transforming into a werewolf.
• Fan En killed the White-Maned Lion, and a portal lit up atop the tower, signaling that he had qualified for the Battle Festival.
• Fan En opened a treasure chest and received the Legend of the Shattered Star talisman, which entered his pupils and showed him a sky filled with falling meteors.

Fan En witnessed a vision of Astel destroying an ancient city before seeing Radahn confront and defeat the dark meteor with his gravity magic and Starscourge Greatsword. Realizing the vision was connected to the Battle Festival, Fan En understood that he would have to fight Radahn.

• Fan En watched Astel destroy a nameless city with a meteor shower and slaughter its residents.
• Fan En realized the vision had shifted to Radahn facing Astel and recognized the meaning of the Starscourge legend.
• Astel unleashed a meteor shower at Radahn, who trapped the monster and its meteors with gravity magic.
• Radahn struck with his Starscourge Greatsword, shattering the stars and freezing the vision.
• Fan En recalled the Battle Festival and You Fei's confidence, then exclaimed that he was fighting Radahn.

Fan En witnessed the destruction of an ancient city by Dark Meteor Astel, then saw Radahn confront the monster and shatter the stars with his Gravity Magic. Realizing the vision showed the legend behind the talisman, Fan En understood that he was expected to fight Radahn at the Battle Festival.

• Fan En watched a meteor storm destroy a nameless ancient city and its residents.
• Dark Meteor Astel appeared, defeated the city's defender, and continued raining meteors upon the ruins.
• Fan En recognized the vision's connection to Radahn when the scene shifted to a wilderness where the two faced each other.
• Astel unleashed a devastating meteor shower at Radahn, who used Gravity Magic to drag Astel and the meteors down.
• Radahn struck with his Starscourge Greatswords, shattering the stars and halting their movement.
• Fan En returned to Caelid, recalled the Battle Festival, and cried out that he was fighting Radahn.

After witnessing a recording of Radahn stopping the stars, Fan En and the others were shaken by the demigod’s overwhelming strength. They returned to Red Lion City, recovered from the experience, and set out to pursue their goal of entering the Battle Festival.

• Fan En concluded that Radahn was far beyond their current strength and set defeating Godrick on his own as a goal before challenging him.
• Fan En used the portal to return to Red Lion City, where he waited among the battlefield’s corpses and discovered the Legend of the Shattered Star talisman’s power and harmful side effect.
• You Fei and Lu Lu Wo emerged from the portal, each still rattled by what they had seen, and the rest of the group gradually returned.
• The adventurers discussed Radahn’s strength and grew pessimistic about facing the demigods.
• You Fei rallied the dispirited group, and they set off toward Red Lion City to continue pursuing the Battle Festival.

Te Mude reflected on the Traditionalists’ prospects, the delegation’s strange reaction to a Sun Warrior’s Lightning Spear, and the Skyrim Strategy Team’s long mission in Zane Dungeon. Meanwhile, the team fought through Red Lion City and ended with Lu Lu Wo alone and exhausted against three powerful enemies.

• Te Mude, disguised in otaku clothes, worried that the Warrior Country’s traditional warriors might become dependent on Zane Dungeon and wondered whether the decline in newborn talents was connected to the country’s growing extravagance.
• Te Mude recalled that he and the delegation had felt inexplicable hatred and fear the first time they saw a Sun Warrior cast Lightning Spear, though later tests produced no reaction.
• Te Mude recognized Lan Le’s lavishly dressed attendant waiting by the portal and realized the Skyrim Strategy Team had been inside Zane Dungeon for three days, risking a return after the War Festival began.
• The Skyrim Strategy Team broke back into Red Lion City and found that their improved strength let them defeat C Rank monsters more easily than before.
• Lu Lu Wo was left as the only adventurer still standing against the Crucible Knight, Blood Noble, and Lion Hybrid, and she shouted a threat at Jellal before the Crucible Knight caught her.

The Skyrim Strategy Team endured repeated, near-fatal battles at Red Lion City’s Fog Gate, where Jellal controlled the opponents and Redmane Soldiers healed them afterward. You Fei defeated the gate’s bosses and met Jellal, who asked her to recruit warriors for Radahn’s Battle Festival.

• Lu Lu Wo and the injured Skyrim Strategy Team recovered beside the Fog Gate while Redmane Soldiers supplied them with food and medicine.
• Lu Lu Wo explained that Jellal kept changing the bosses whenever the team came close to winning, and Fan En said surviving the battles seemed to strengthen them.
• Abei charged through the Fog Gate, was thrown back out, and fled Red Lion City to seek help from his family.
• You Fei defeated the Crucible Knight and Lion Hybrid, reached Jellal, and demanded a chance to face General Radahn.
• Jellal told You Fei to wait until the stars appeared and gave her lion badges to distribute to warriors he wanted summoned to Radahn’s Battle Festival.

You Fei recruited warriors for Jellal’s Battle Festival honoring Radahn, while Lan Le chose to remain committed to the Warrior Country’s War Festival. After hearing about the Battle Festival, Te Mude called his followers back and decided to make it their final stand for tradition.

• You Fei learned that the Battle Festival required thousands of qualified warriors, tested the Lion Emblem on a passerby, and recruited Gapar and the other swordsmen in Black Rock City.
• Lan Le’s Skyrim Strategy Team returned with a Lion Emblem, and Lu Lu Wo told him about the Battle Festival; Lan Le declined to attend because he would not abandon the War Festival.
• You Fei told Te Mude that she had invited powerful warriors, including Leon and his army, as well as dragons, to join the Battle Festival.
• Te Mude recalled his followers from the Imperial Capital and decided to fight their final battle at Radahn’s farewell festival.

Gong Qiying launched the Battle Festival of Starscourge General Radahn, drawing thousands of warriors to Red Lion City before Jellal revealed Radahn’s corruption and the festival’s true purpose: granting him an honorable death. The warriors began their assault on Radahn in a desolate wasteland, where his overwhelming attacks killed hundreds, and Patch returned to the original world.

• Gong Qiying lit Black Rock City’s sky-spanning projection early, while You Fei and Jellal prepared the Battle Festival after thousands of warriors gathered in Red Lion City.
• Jellal summoned the participants, then showed how Malenia’s Scarlet Corruption devastated Caelid and left Radahn mad, maimed, and roaming the wasteland; he explained that the festival would grant Radahn an honorable death.
• Jellal began the festival and teleported the warriors to the battlefield, where Lu Lu Wo resumed the livestream and the participants found Radahn beneath the blood-red sky.
• Te Mude led the charge as Radahn’s gravity arrows shattered Professor Tu Erqi’s United Hearts barrier and his Arrow Rain killed dozens; Da Er used the fallen spears as cover, while the warriors launched counterattacks.
• Radahn broke the warriors’ bindings and unleashed a miles-long Gravity Spike that killed hundreds, then roared for them to continue fighting as Patch returned to the original world.

The Battle Festival warriors fought Radahn in a coordinated assault, wearing him down enough for the mages to unleash a Super Forbidden Spell that brought him to one knee. Before they could finish him, Radahn vanished and fell from the sky as a meteor, cutting off the projection and ending the festival.

• Patch fled the battle, while Radahn struck Alexander and Blaidd and resisted Te Mude's explosive scroll attack.
• You Fei's priests revived some wounded fighters, and the warriors used coordinated attacks to shatter Radahn's thigh armor before the Farron Guards were caught in Starcaller.
• Elsa and Gapar wounded Radahn, while Te Mude and the dragonified army covered them and the mages completed their Super Forbidden Spell.
• Te Mude sacrificed himself to blast the rocks from Radahn's sword, allowing the barrier to withstand one strike as the mages released the spell and knocked Radahn to one knee.
• Radahn disappeared before Jia Paer and the surviving warriors could reach him, then fell from the sky as a meteor and cut off the projection.

Black Rock City celebrated the Battle Festival as Te Mude embraced a broader understanding of warrior spirit and chose not to take his delegation to the War Festival. As the celebration continued, Fred waited anxiously in the Imperial Capital, where Te Mude and his delegation had mysteriously failed to appear.

• The people of Black Rock City pulled Fan En into their drinking revelry while Te Mude praised the Battle Festival and declared that warrior spirit could belong to anyone who followed their heart and fought with passion.
• Te Mude decided not to bring his people to the Imperial Capital for the War Festival and prepared to copy and distribute footage of the Battle Festival.
• Lu Lu Wo shared a list of Battle Festival rewards with Leon, Fingel, Malu, and the others, while Fingel admitted his squad had been hospitalized after losing to the Berserk Dragon.
• Si Telan showed a recording of Topus's Force Field stopping the Super Forbidden Spell, silencing a supporter who claimed magic was unstoppable.
• In the Imperial Capital, Fred searched for Te Mude and the missing delegation as the War Festival approached.

At the War Festival, Fred and the Traditionalists faced a sparse crowd and an overwhelming Reformist advantage, while Lan Le assumed Te Mude had stayed away because of his letter. Yuenka discovered that Magic Faith Concentration had fallen by more than half and fled, just as carrier pigeons dropped Image Stones labeled “Battle Festival” over the arena.

• Fred worried that Te Mude, the delegation from Arnor, and many Traditionalist fighters had failed to arrive for the War Festival.
• Fred, Bontou, and Yuenka found the arena far less crowded than expected, then watched Reformist fighters dominate the duels with improved magic.
• Lan Le credited Te Mude’s absence to his letter, while Yuenka celebrated the apparent success of the Reformists’ plans.
• Yuenka checked Magic Faith Concentration, saw that it had fallen by more than half, and flew away in a frenzy.
• Aide Jia found a Battle Festival Image Stone in a carrier pigeon’s tube, then watched flocks of pigeons rain more tubes over the arena.

Pigeons dropped Image Stones over the War Festival, and their recording of the Battle Festival at Zane Dungeon captivated the arena and emptied the event. As Aide Jia prepared to intervene, a roar announced a Frenzied Dragon attack on the city.

• Pigeons disrupted the War Festival with bird droppings and scattered Image Stones, which Bontou and the crowd activated.
• The Image Stones showed a vivid recording of Te Mude, Jia Paer, You Fei, and others battling Starscourge General Radahn at Zane Dungeon.
• Bontou watched Te Mude fight, Fred realized the dungeon had drawn his grandson away, and Lan Le regretted missing the Battle Festival.
• Aide Jia tried to redirect the crowd to the War Festival, but they booed him and began leaving to watch the recording elsewhere.
• Aide Jia prepared a spell as Bontou watched the battle, but a powerful roar interrupted them and the crowd cried that a Frenzied Dragon was attacking the city.

A gigantic dragon attacked the Imperial Capital, overwhelming its defenses until Lan Le’s familiar showed it an image of the Battle Festival and frightened it away. Lan Le then decided to travel to Zane Dungeon to meet Starscourge General Radahn.

• Aide Jia recognized the approaching monster as the Berserk Dragon, but saw that it had grown far larger and stronger than before.
• Bontou ordered the Imperial Capital’s cannons, Dragon Knights, and mages to attack the dragon, but their assaults barely harmed it.
• The Berserk Dragon summoned crimson dragon bones to block a barrage, then prepared an attack that threatened to overwhelm the city’s shield.
• Lan Le sent his mermaid familiar to throw an Image Stone at the dragon, which showed it Radahn charging toward it.
• The dragon fled after seeing Radahn, and Lan Le told Bontou he would go to Zane Dungeon to meet him.

Gong Qiying discovered that Verdant Dungeon had sent him a letter as Zane Dungeon’s influence spread across Warrior Country. Meanwhile, Te Mude’s Battle Festival footage won public support, and Lan Le arrived to ask about taking part himself.

• Gong Qiying saw that Zane Dungeon’s green had spread across Black Rock City and was eroding the colors of other dungeons in Warrior Country.
• An envelope appeared on Gong Qiying’s Shrine, and he found it was from Verdant Dungeon.
• After the mad dragon disrupted the Imperial Capital’s War Festival, Battle Festival Image Stones became popular, and Te Mude’s official, low-priced distribution overwhelmed black-market sellers.
• Te Mude told his guard to wait for the footage’s influence to grow and sent an Image Stone to Princess Serena of the Arnor Kingdom to show off his Battle Festival experience.
• Lan Le visited Te Mude and said he wanted to hear about the Battle Festival and participate in it himself.