Chapter Summaries

Lan Le tried to revive the Battle Festival, but You Fei explained that too few challengers could afford to return so soon. After Yuenka refused to send help, Lan Le sought support from his father and finally received some.

• Lan Le told You Fei that Te Mude had thrown him out after catching him secretly laughing, and You Fei guessed Te Mude had been embarrassed by his own fantasy.
• You Fei explained that the Battle Festival could not resume soon because its challengers had spent fortunes on equipment and supplies, while many others were busy or unavailable.
• Lan Le offered to recruit more warriors, but You Fei doubted he could gather enough, and Lan Le admitted his subordinates were reluctant to return without tangible benefits.
• Lan Le asked Yuenka for troops through a Magic Array, but Yuenka repeatedly refused and did not explain why.
• A few days later, Lan Le contacted his father and, after a long exchange, finally received some support.

King Bontou faced the War Festival’s interruption, the Mad Dragon’s disruptions, and the Magic Association’s challenge to Yuenka’s spell reforms. After Yuenka blamed Zane Dungeon for destroying years of progress and ordered people to avoid it, Te Mude arranged for Lan Le to hear about dragon communion as a way to build a warrior’s reputation.

• Bontou learned that the ancestral spirits opposed restarting the War Festival and reviewed reports of the Mad Dragon disrupting towns and stealing food.
• Bontou avoided Tu Erqi, who demanded compensation and inspections for Yuenka’s modified spells, then contacted Yuenka through a Magic Array.
• Yuenka told Bontou that the War Festival disaster had erased nearly half of his years of progress and blamed Zane Dungeon for undermining faith in magic.
• Lan Le struggled to recruit Battle Festival contenders near Zane Dungeon because the Reformists were following Yuenka’s order to avoid deep contact with it.
• Te Mude had disguised guards tell Lan Le that a katana master had slain Flying Dragon Agheel and gained access to dragon power through the Great Dragon Feast Church.
• Lan Le, eager to earn recognition as a real warrior, approached the guards to discuss their information.

Lan Le entered Zane Dungeon to pursue dragon hunting, reached the Forest Area, and chose to train with the longsword under Mei Erjia. As he began his training, his bodyguards formed a team to search Caelid for the Great Dragon Feast Church.

• Lan Le resolved to learn the longsword and sent bodyguards to search for the Great Dragon Feast Church.
• Lan Le and his bodyguards struggled through Zane Dungeon, eventually reaching Roundtable Hold, Firelink Shrine, and the Forest Area.
• Mei Erjia guided Lan Le's group through the Ancient Tree Forest and introduced them to the region's monsters, resources, and Felyne village.
• Lan Le delighted in the Felynes before Mei Erjia showed him the village's weapon and armor smiths.
• Lan Le insisted on learning the longsword, and Mei Erjia agreed to teach him for an additional fee.
• Lan Le began longsword training while his bodyguards assembled a team to search Caelid for the Great Dragon Feast Church.

Si Telan’s team accompanied Luo Jieer and Jon to investigate a ruined structure guarded by the corrupted white dragon Aegis, which Jon suspected was connected to Dragon Communion. Dan Ya’s daring attacks briefly impressed her companions, but her apparent success against Aegis’s Scarlet Corruption ended with her collapsing.

• Si Telan and Jon discussed Luo Jieer’s unusual Curse Frog as the Morning Wind Squad joined Jon’s search for the Great Dragon Feast Church.
• Jon explained that Aegis guarded a large ruined structure near the road to Red Lion City, and the team agreed to distract the dragon while he investigated.
• The team found Aegis beside the ruins, and Dan Ya kicked its head and attempted an Ascending Dragon attack, only to crash to the ground when it woke.
• Si Telan attacked Aegis with an explosive arrow and urged Jon to enter the ruins while the others kept the dragon occupied.
• Dan Ya stood her ground and sliced through Aegis’s red mist with an iai slash, then collapsed from Scarlet Corruption as her companions celebrated.

Dan Ya and the Morning Wind Squad fought Aegis with help from Luo Jieer’s Veteran King Curse Frog, using Rotten Moss Medicine, weapons, and Curse of Death to drive the wyvern away. After Aegis fled, Si Telan led the group toward the building where Jon was, but his scream came from inside.

• Dan Ya swallowed Rotten Moss Medicine and returned to the fight while Aegis flooded the area with Scarlet Corruption mist.
• Si Telan and her companions charged behind Aegis on Torrent, and she shot Rotten Moss Medicine into its throat, making it convulse and crash.
• Luo Jieer’s Veteran King Curse Frog dodged Aegis’s attacks and sprayed Curse of Death mist into its mouth while the squad joined the fight.
• Si Telan’s explosive arrows opened Aegis’s wounds, and Dan Ya and Xiu En attacked while Luo Jieer strengthened the team with Buff Magic.
• The Curse Frog sprayed Curse of Death into Aegis’s tail wounds, and Dan Ya stopped its takeoff with a Flame Pot, causing the crystallized tail to snap off as Aegis fled.
• Dan Ya praised and petted the Curse Frog, then Si Telan led the squad toward Jon, whose scream came from inside the building.

Jon investigated a mysterious building while Aegis fought the adventurers outside, then touched an altar and experienced visions of dragon-filled cities, Bayle, and Dragon Warriors. He collapsed with his fear gone and a new fascination with the power—and taste—of dragon hearts.

• Jon used an Invisibility Cloak to approach the building and checked it for hidden threats with a life-detecting scroll and a Lure Skull.
• Jon found a petrified dragon corpse, headless dragon sculptures, and a strange purplish-red substance burning on an altar, which he identified as a site of the Great Dragon Feast Church.
• Jon touched the substance and saw a storm-wracked city inhabited by dragons and an upside-down dragon wrapped in its wings.
• Jon saw a vision of Spike Mountain and heard an old Dragon Warrior defy Bayle, driving the fear from his heart.
• Jon witnessed Dragon Warriors across different eras fighting dragons and swallowing their hearts, then collapsed and called the experience shocking.

Jon discovered that the Dragon Feast Altar taught Dragon Communion incantations and planned to hunt Flying Dragon Agheel, but an Exiled Knight attacked him before he could leave. His allies drove the knight off, while Jon collapsed from the injuries hidden by his Iron Ball skill; afterward, adventurers widely learned the church’s location.

• Jon learned that Dragon Communion required eating the heart of a dragon he had personally slain and found several dragon powers stored in the altar, including Dragon Bite, Dragon Claw, and Dragon Flame.
• Jon chose Flying Dragon Agheel as his target and planned to return to Lanle to report his discovery and train with the hunting horn.
• An Exiled Knight suddenly attacked Jon, and Jon met its strike with his iron fists before using Iron Ball to withstand another blow.
• Si Telan, Dan Ya, and Luo Jieer arrived; Luo Jieer sent out a Ghrū, and Si Telan joined the others in fighting the knight.
• Jon claimed he was unharmed, but his bones began to break beneath the Iron Ball aura and he collapsed unconscious.
• The location of the Great Dragon Feast Church spread widely among adventurers.

Jon discovered that the Dragon Feast Altar could grant dragon powers if he personally killed a dragon and consumed its heart, and he chose Flying Dragon Agheel as his target. When an Exiled Knight attacked him at the altar, Jon used Iron Ball to survive the initial blow, but the skill’s protection failed and he collapsed after his companions drove the enemy back.

• Jon learned the Dragon Feast Ritual required him to personally slay a dragon and eat its heart, and he resolved to hunt Flying Dragon Agheel.
• Jon sensed the dragon powers stored in the altar, including Dragon Bite, Dragon Claw, Dragon Flame, Dragon Ice, Lava Breath, and Glintstone Breath.
• An Exiled Knight ambushed Jon, and he met its attack with his iron fists before activating Iron Ball to defend against its Storm Blade.
• Si Telan and the others arrived, and Luo Jieer sent Gollum to distract the Exiled Knight while the group attacked it together.
• Jon claimed Iron Ball had protected him, but the battle aura vanished, his bones cracked, and he fell unconscious.
• The location of the Great Dragon Feast Church spread among adventurers.

The Dragon Feast ritual in Zane Dungeon sparked a nationwide craze for hunting dragons, while a video of Lan Le using the ritual drew attention to the Forest Area. Te Mude welcomed the renewed enthusiasm for warrior culture, though the Reformists remained wary of the dungeon.

• Stories spread that eating dragon hearts in Zane Dungeon granted the power of dragons, reviving interest in Dragon Slayer Warriors.
• Bei Er Tuo sold the Skyrim Strategy Team’s Flying Dragon Agheel guide to eager buyers, and crowds poured into Zane Dungeon to hunt dragons.
• A video showed Lan Le and his hunting party defeating Flying Dragon Agheel, after which Lan Le gained the Dragon Claw incantation through Dragon Feast.
• People speculated that the Forest Area had helped Lan Le become skilled with a katana, making the Forest Area and Lake Agheel popular destinations.
• Te Mude watched the dragon-hunting craze with satisfaction and reconsidered his doubts about relying on Zane Dungeon.

Black Rock City’s Dragon Feast adventurers kept roaring at one another, while Lan Le recruited fighters and studied Forest Area records of Monster Hunters. Gong Qiying received an offer from Verdant Dungeon’s City Lord and was invited to meet, though he could not remember who the City Lord was.

• Abei and Mor complained that adventurers’ Dragon Roars were disturbing Black Rock City, and Abei’s realistic roar only inspired them to imitate it louder.
• Jon told Lan Le that applications for his team were increasing, and Lan Le reviewed résumés while seeking a team capable of challenging the Battle Festival.
• Lan Le watched an adventurer set a new longsword record by hunting an Aknosom in six minutes and thirty-two seconds, then reflected on Monster Hunter legends found in the Forest Area.
• Gong Qiying read a letter in which Verdant Dungeon’s City Lord offered ninety-nine percent of its monthly Spirit Power income and proposed becoming an affiliated dungeon.
• The City Lord of Verdant Dungeon invited Gong Qiying to meet, but Gong Qiying could not remember his name.

Gong Qiying accepted Lei Lei Ni Ye’s invitation and reunited with Hai Nisi, the City Lord he had once helped. After learning her family was safe, Hai Nisi asked him how to make the adventurers in her dungeon behave more respectfully.

• Gong Qiying learned from Red Fang and Lin Weier that Lei Lei Ni Ye was Hai Nisi, the newcomer he had once helped, and accepted her invitation.
• Gong Qiying arrived at the Verdant Dungeon, where Hai Nisi nervously welcomed him and thanked him for saving her life.
• Hai Nisi told Gong Qiying that she had won a dungeon deathmatch by repeatedly throwing Cherry Bombs and Hot Chilis.
• Gong Qiying told Hai Nisi that the Jinda Family was prosperous and had become a major shareholder in the Bede Family’s toy business, which brought her to tears of relief.
• Hai Nisi asked Gong Qiying how to make the adventurers respect her dungeon, explaining that they cooked with plants and wanted to taste the imp zombies.

A party of adventurers from Zane Dungeon entered Verdant Dungeon for an easy commission, only to find it transformed into a dangerous maze of hybrid plants and traps. The burly adventurer was separated from his teammates and trapped in a spike-filled tunnel, while screams echoed through the dungeon.

• A burly adventurer bragged in a Spring Sun City tavern about his supposed fame in Zane Dungeon, then led his team into Verdant Dungeon to collect Green Tree Sprite sap.
• The adventurers spotted a marigold and chased it deeper into the jungle, ignoring the burly man's warnings that something felt wrong.
• One adventurer attacked a zombie topped with a fused sunflower and Cherry Bomb, triggering an explosion, while a Pea Cannon blasted the others with giant explosive peas.
• Strange hybrid plants and a Magnetic Marigold appeared, stripping the adventurers of their equipment and dragging some of them toward the plant horde.
• The burly adventurer followed the marigold into a pit, where a Spike Potato Mine blocked the exit and a spike tunnel filled with chainsaws and hazards awaited him.

Verdant Dungeon introduced a much larger and more dangerous area filled with fused plants and a deadly spike tunnel, while adventurers who survived discovered that the new challenges offered valuable plant rewards. The adventurers ended the night arguing for even greater difficulty, eager to earn more plants.

• A burly adventurer struggled through the spike tunnel, celebrated clearing its first saw, then fell to his death when the healing vines failed to revive him.
• Adventurers gathered in Spring Sun City to complain about Verdant Dungeon’s newly aggressive fused plants and the spike-filled tunnel.
• Adventurers realized they had been lured into the dangerous area by marigolds, and some defended the dungeon after earning valuable rewards.
• The adventurers discovered that the new area provided a steadier supply of valuable plant seeds and mature plants despite its increased difficulty.
• One adventurer called for the dungeon to become even harder so it would offer more rewards.

Gong Qiying helped Hai Nisi design Verdant Dungeon’s Path of Suffering, and adventurers embraced the challenge enough to bring more visitors. He collected mutated plants for Zane Dungeon, where their delicious vegetables quickly transformed the Gourmet Area and delighted chefs and diners.

• Gong Qiying watched Verdant Dungeon adventurers tackle the Path of Suffering using the intended spike-striking technique, and Hai Nisi praised his design.
• Three days later, Hai Nisi told Gong Qiying that adventurers liked the new challenge and more visitors had arrived.
• Gong Qiying collected mutated plants from Verdant Dungeon and showed Hai Nisi maps for Verdant Path, Fungal Wastes, Crystal Peaks, and City of Tears.
• Workers added the plants’ ordinary-looking but delicious vegetables to Zane Dungeon’s Gourmet Area, prompting chefs to buy them and improve their dishes.
• As the Arnor Kingdom focused on cooking, the situation in the Warrior Country changed further.

Black Rock City prospered as adventurers and merchants flocked to the Zane Dungeon, while recording-image trends and dungeon commissions flourished. Adventurers investigating a portal near Water Summon Village learned from Lu Lu Wo that it led to Dragon Graveyard in Caelid, where she had seen an enormous dragon.

• Black Rock City residents, merchants, and adventurers profited from the crowds drawn by the Zane Dungeon, and dungeon-related commissions rose to seventy percent of the Adventurers' Guild's total.
• Adventurers began recording educational images in the guild basement after Image Stones became cheap and Prince Lan Le's program inspired the trend.
• A group of adventurers planned to challenge the Calling Ship at Water Summon Village after learning that a discoverer had found a working portal near a cliff.
• Lu Lu Wo and the Skyrim Strategy Team returned from exploring the portal and revealed that it led to Dragon Graveyard in Caelid.
• Lu Lu Wo said she had seen what might have been the largest dragon she would ever see.

Lu Lu Wo showed the Adventurers' Guild footage from the Skyrim Strategy Team's expedition to the Beast Temple, where they met Beast Priest Gulange and fled a gauntlet of monsters. The recording ended with a colossal dragon roaring, leaving the adventurers stunned.

• Lu Lu Wo played footage of the Skyrim Strategy Team entering the Beast Temple and meeting the incoherent Beast Priest Gulange.
• Gulange ate the team's Death Root, gave Lu Lu Wo a Claw Mark Holy Seal and a Beast Eye, and asked them to find more death.
• After the team left the temple, a Black Sword Follower pursued them, and Evil Soldiers and Flying Dragon Guilel joined the chase.
• The Skyrim Strategy Team reached the Dragon Graveyard, where countless flying dragons awaited them.
• Lu Lu Wo showed the adventurers a massive scaled creature whose roar shook the heavens.

Lu Lu Wo and the Skyrim Strategy Team encountered the enormous dragon Gui'aoer in the Dragon Graveyard, and their recording caused a sensation in the Adventurers' Guild. Lu Lu Wo refused to explore the crowded area and instead led her team toward the rumored Blood Dynasty, while Gui'aoer drew the attention of Warrior Country's dragons.

• Gui'aoer's roar shook the Dragon Graveyard, stunned the Skyrim Strategy Team, and knocked nearby flying dragons from the sky.
• Lu Lu Wo showed the Adventurers' Guild her Image Stone recording of Gui'aoer's immense form, prompting awe and a chaotic discussion about the dragon.
• Lu Lu Wo declined the guild's request to investigate the Dragon Graveyard, saying other, stronger groups would explore it and her team had different plans.
• Lu Lu Wo revealed the Vow Cloth of the Blood Monarch and decided the Skyrim Strategy Team would seek the hidden Blood Dynasty by borrowing blood from the Finger Maiden at the Battle Festival.
• The Skyrim Strategy Team departed to investigate the Blood Dynasty, while Gui'aoer's presence attracted the dragons of Warrior Country.

Mor stayed in Black Rock City to contact Luo Jieer and investigate the dragon-like monsters in Zane Dungeon while adventurers argued over Gui'aoer's human form. After Abei showed Gui'aoer's image to the dragon leader, the old dragon decided to investigate her personally.

• Adventurers in Black Rock City's guild debated whether Gui'aoer should become a giant beauty or a petite loli, while Mor watched in discomfort.
• Mor reflected on his assignment to consult Luo Jieer about the strange dragons and other monsters in Zane Dungeon after Abei left for the Imperial Capital.
• Abei showed the dragon leader an Image Stone projection of Gui'aoer and asked whether she should be investigated.
• The dragon leader compared Gui'aoer to his late mother and declared that she was a dragon who could become his mother.
• The dragon leader decided to go to Zane Dungeon himself to investigate Gui'aoer.

Abei’s grandfather E'luo decided to visit Zane Dungeon, recalling his old battle with Red Fang Dungeon, while Red Fang learned about Gui'aoer and ancient dragons from Gong Qiying. The chapter ended with Red Fang spotting E'luo near Gui'aoer and asking Gong Qiying to beat him up.

• Abei questioned E'luo’s decision to leave clan affairs behind and go to Zane Dungeon, but E'luo insisted that Red Fang Dungeon would understand his choice.
• Red Fang visited Gong Qiying to see Gui'aoer, then told him about the disappearance of ancient demonic dragons and asked him to watch for historical records.
• Red Fang saw E'luo and several other Bipedal Dragons circling Gui'aoer in the Crystal Ball.
• Red Fang recognized E'luo as his old enemy and asked Gong Qiying to beat him up.

E'luo approached Gui'aoer hoping to speak with the ancient dragon, but after surviving her roar and beginning a seemingly peaceful exchange, he was swallowed whole. Abei and the other young dragons were left staring in shock.

• Gong Qiying learned that Chiya had a bitter history with the powerful Gold Dragon E'luo, and Chiya warned him that E'luo excelled in close combat.
• E'luo brought Abei and the other young dragons to the Dragon Graveyard and observed that Gui'aoer had become largely fused with her surroundings.
• E'luo rushed toward Gui'aoer, endured her devastating roar as his scales regenerated and adapted, and asked her about the past.
• Gui'aoer appeared to calm down and open her mouth as if to communicate, then tilted her head back and swallowed E'luo whole.
• Abei and the young dragons cried out in shock after Gui'aoer devoured their clan leader.