Chapter Summaries

Lu Lu Wo and the Skyrim Strategy Team visited the Bipedal Dragon nest, where E'luo asked about the Blood Dynasty and offered help against the Blood Monarch. The team agreed to travel with dragon clansmen, while Fudolin arranged to visit Verdant Dungeon with Abei instead.

• E'luo welcomed Lu Lu Wo and the team with a meal of dungeon plants and other unusual foods in the Bipedal Dragon nest.
• Bei Er Tuo asked E'luo about the dragon communion they had mentioned, and Lu Lu Wo described the dangers of the Blood Dynasty and its Blood Monarch.
• E'luo advised the team to enter Gui'aoer's body to gain greater power and offered to send his grandson and other clansmen with them to fight the Blood Monarch.
• Abei declined to join the trip because Mor had invited him to Verdant Dungeon to collect plants, then invited Fudolin to come along.
• Lu Lu Wo agreed to let Fudolin go while the team rested, and Fudolin accepted Abei's invitation to leave that afternoon.

Lu Lu Wo learned about Dragon Communion failures and the latest disputes in the city before preparing for an expedition to Verdant Dungeon. In Zane Dungeon, Gong Qiying read Hai Nisi’s thanks for the dragon-attracting hybrid plants, which had brought her dungeon abundant Spirit Power.

• Lu Lu Wo left the dragon nest and noticed dragons and Dragon Communion adventurers crowding the streets on their way to the Adventurers' Guild.
• Bei Er Tuo told Lu Lu Wo’s group that failed Dragon Communion had turned adventurers into dragons controlled by dragon souls until they eventually changed back.
• Lu Lu Wo joked with Bei Er Tuo about selling wealthy people an experience of becoming a dragon, and learned that the War Festival had reopened while Yuenka and Professor Tu Erqi debated plagiarism accusations.
• Lu Lu Wo said she supported Professor Tu Erqi, then rested with her companions at the Adventurers' Guild and planned to visit Verdant Dungeon after Fudolin returned.
• Gong Qiying read Hai Nisi’s letter thanking Lord Godwyn for hybrid plants that drew dragons to her dungeon and earned her abundant Spirit Power.

Gong Qiying reviewed Zane Dungeon’s expanding influence and the state of its regions, then prepared to send Verdant Dungeon a dark new map. He left Hai Nisi with advice to let the dragons explore as long as they brought Spirit Power, and the story ended with him hoping the Deep Nest map would challenge them without driving them away.

• Gong Qiying studied the dungeon-color map and concluded that Zane Dungeon’s growth did not threaten nearby dungeons with distinct attractions.
• Gong Qiying told Hai Nisi to let the dragons do as they pleased in Verdant Dungeon as long as they provided Spirit Power.
• Gong Qiying checked the established regions and noted that the new Warrior Country regions, especially Caelid, were still drawing growing interest.
• Gong Qiying placed a letter and the Deep Nest map from Hollow Knight on the Shrine for Hai Nisi, in return for the mutated plants she had sent him.
• Gong Qiying hoped the map would challenge Verdant Dungeon’s powerful dragons without making them leave.

Hai Nisi added Godwyn’s Deep Nest map to Verdant Dungeon, hoping its terrain would help her challenge the dragons who had been treating the dungeon like a cafeteria. Abei, Fudolin, and the other dragons entered the dungeon to hunt plants, but after falling into Deep Nest, Fudolin landed alone.

• Hai Nisi celebrated receiving Deep Nest from Godwyn and decided to add the map to Verdant Dungeon.
• Adventurers had begun encountering dangerous hidden maps with frightening plant- and bug-like monsters and better plant rewards.
• Hai Nisi planned to use Deep Nest to give the dragons their first defeat, since they had been taking plants without dying in her dungeon.
• Abei led Fudolin, Mor, and several young dragons to Verdant Dungeon to hunt plants, while the group mistook Fudolin for a dragon from the other faction.
• The dragons entered a hidden map that opened beneath Mor, then fell through darkness, webs, and ruined buildings.
• Fudolin noticed that Abei and the others had disappeared and landed alone in Deep Nest.

Abei explored Deep Nest, where swarms of spiders and clinging webs disgusted and exhausted him. After he fell asleep on a web-covered bench, he woke unable to move as the insect corpses around him rose and closed in.

• Abei fought off ambushing spiders in Deep Nest and burned some webs, though his sore throat soon forced him to stop using Flame Breath.
• Abei pushed deeper through sticky webs and tiny spiders, collecting plants while rushing past side paths to escape the map.
• Abei entered a large chamber filled with web-wrapped insect corpses and sat on a comfortable-looking iron bench.
• Abei complained of worsening lethargy, fell asleep on the bench, and woke feeling refreshed.
• Abei discovered spiderwebs had stuck him to the bench as the insect corpses stood up and surrounded him.

Abei was trapped in Verdant Dungeon’s Deep Nest while Hai Nisi watched adventurers react to its dangers, and Fudolin ate the spiders and webs because they tasted like Hometown. After Fudolin rescued Abei and left the dungeon, she sensed the taste of Hometown nearby and heard countless wings beating on the horizon.

• Abei was immobilized and wrapped in spiderwebs in the Deep Nest, then panicked when the dungeon’s spiders began approaching.
• Hai Nisi watched the adventurers through images and was amused by the dragons’ fear until she saw Fudolin eating a spider and spiderwebs.
• Fudolin ate spiders that reminded her of Hometown, then smashed through the rock above her to escape the Deep Nest.
• Hai Nisi loosened the soil to help Fudolin reach the surface, and Fudolin left Verdant Dungeon carrying the web-wrapped Abei.
• Fudolin freed Abei, then sensed the taste of Hometown and heard a sound like countless creatures flapping their wings.

Fudolin sensed a horde of crazed dragons approaching Spring Sun City and fled with Abei to Zane Dungeon, warning the dragons and city residents. The horde arrived at Spring Sun City and charged toward it.

• Fudolin recognized a sinister presence in the sky, freed Abei from the spiderwebs, and rushed with him toward Bede City to reach the portal to Zane Dungeon.
• Abei warned the dragons in Verdant Dungeon, and they chose to stay hidden there while Hai Nisi sent a letter to Lord Godwyn.
• Fudolin told Abei that a horde of crazed dragons coveted dragon blood and said they needed to return to the Dragon Nest in Warrior Country.
• Fudolin and Abei returned to Zane Dungeon, while residents of Spring Sun City and the dragons in Verdant Dungeon initially saw no sign of danger.
• A horde of blackened demonic dragons appeared on the horizon, roared, and charged toward Spring Sun City.

A swarm of Black Dragons attacked Spring Sun City, fused into a colossal dragon that broke the city’s shield and devoured its crops before departing toward the Warrior Country. As the Farron Guard began disaster relief and Fudolin and Abei rushed to report the threat, the chapter ended with Tu Erqi confronting Yuenka in the Imperial Capital.

• Spring Sun City raised its Magic Shield and unleashed its upgraded defenses against the approaching Black Dragons, but the barrage left them unharmed.
• The Black Dragons fused into a colossal creature, shattered the Magic Shield, and sent Spring Sun City’s people fleeing as it searched for the dragon aura that had drawn it there.
• The giant dragon devoured the surrounding crops and soil, then split back into the Black Dragons and flew toward the Warrior Country without fighting the arriving Farron Guard.
• Da Er ordered the Farron Guard to help the injured and assess the damage, while Fudolin and Abei rushed back to report the threat.
• As the War Festival’s final battle approached in the Imperial Capital, Tu Erqi summoned documents and demanded that Yuenka pay his licensing fees.

The Magic Association sent Professor Tu Erqi to confront Yuenka over his unauthorized magic and demand cooperation or repayment. As the crowd grew strangely lethargic, Yuenka announced that his experiment had ended and declared the birth of the God of Magic.

• The Magic Association chose Tu Erqi to pressure Yuenka into cooperating with its research or facing punishment for infringement.
• Tu Erqi confronted Yuenka at the War Festival grounds with evidence of his violations, but he insisted the experiment was his alone.
• The spectators and leaders of the Warrior Country gradually grew unusually tired and stopped fighting as they watched the confrontation.
• Yuenka told Tu Erqi that his experiment had ended and raised his hands to reveal the birth of the God of Magic.

Yuenka revealed how his teacher’s transformation of dragons into humans had shaped the Warrior Country and explained that he had found a way to replicate the path to godhood. He crushed his crystal ball and began a world-shaking transformation, disappearing between two colossal hands of stone and crystal.

• Tu Erqi questioned Yuenka’s claim about the birth of the God of Magic as the spectators grew lethargic, while the nonlocal onlookers noticed something was wrong.
• Yuenka explained that his teacher had turned dragons into humans, whose descendants spread throughout the Warrior Country and carried latent dragon blood.
• Yuenka said the dragon blood was manifesting, boosting magical talent while the God of War’s blessing faded and causing physical symptoms and behavioral changes.
• Yuenka declared that he had discovered a way to replicate the path to godhood, and Tu Erqi raised a Magic Shield around the arena.
• Yuenka crushed his crystal ball, briefly froze the world, then summoned enormous hands of stone and crystal that collided around him as he disappeared.

Yuenka’s experiment unleashed a vast magical catastrophe across the Imperial Capital, and Tu Erqi, Set, E'luo, Xiduo, and the army struggled to stop him. The giant palms shattered, but Yuenka revealed that he had become the expanding magic mist itself, leaving Fudolin and Abei to discover the crisis as they arrived.

• Yuenka’s giant palms closed over the arena, sending a shockwave across the Imperial Capital and causing the ruins to release Spirit Power into the palms.
• Tu Erqi shielded spectators from the collapsing arena while Set evacuated them, and the two professors tried to restrain Yuenka’s transformation.
• King Bontou emerged from the rubble, while E'luo and Xiduo attacked the giant palms with help from Tu Erqi and Set as Warrior Country’s forces assembled.
• Yuenka’s dense magic mist disrupted the mages’ bodies, and E'luo crashed into the palms, shattering their shells and revealing that they were empty.
• Yuenka’s face appeared across the sky as he revealed he had become the magic mist, which spread beyond the Imperial Capital and drew in Spirit Power.
• Fudolin and Abei emerged from the Zane Dungeon portal in Black Rock City, saw Yuenka’s enormous face, and realized the Imperial Capital was in even greater danger.

Yuenka transformed into an embryonic God of Magic, using his control over mages to overwhelm the defenders and consume his worshippers for strength. As he prepared to face a host of dragons, Abei and Fudolin warned that demon dragons were approaching, and a swarm of black dragons emerged from a tear in the sky.

• Abei and Fudolin flew toward Black Rock City as Yuenka’s expanding Magic Mist incapacitated people across the Imperial Capital.
• Yuenka repelled E'luo and Xiduo and broke Tu Erqi and Set’s barrier by instantly deciphering and improving their spell.
• Yuenka revealed that he needed to absorb the spirits of mages who revered him to grow into a complete god, and he began consuming his disciples and other accomplished mages.
• E'luo and Xiduo returned with thousands of dragons, prompting Yuenka to form an army of mist-made magic beasts.
• Abei and Fudolin warned the battlefield that a massive swarm of demon dragons was coming, and black dragons appeared through a tear in the sky.

Demonic dragons attacked the dragon clan, spreading a contagious black substance while Fudolin tried to lead the uninfected dragons to safety. As Yuenka prepared to attack Tu Erqi and her allies, Wei En Ma proposed using her full moon magic, while Gong Qiying watched the mist approach Zane Dungeon’s portal.

• Demonic dragons tore through the sky and attacked the dragon clan, prompting Fudolin to warn that their black substance was contagious and urge Abei and the others to flee.
• E'luo and Xiduo fought the demonic dragons, but wounded dragons became infected and turned against their own companions.
• E'luo drew the attackers away from the fleeing dragons, but the Berserk Dragon emerged from the sky and pounced on him and the others.
• Yuenka ignored the dragon battle and formed a body to confront Tu Erqi, He De Si, and Wei En Ma while his remaining mist continued expanding.
• Tu Erqi and her allies considered Topus's Force Field, but had no Silver Shield; Wei En Ma then proposed using the full moon magic she had obtained in Zane Dungeon.
• Gong Qiying monitored Yuenka's mist as it spread toward the Zane Dungeon portal, noting that the dungeon would gain the right to unlimited self-defense if the mist reached it.

E'luo, Xiduo, Gapar, Elsa, and the mages fought Yuenka as his Magic Mist spread across the Warrior Country. Wei En Ma's Full Moon unexpectedly summoned the Full Moon Queen and struck Yuenka, who then turned his attention to Zane Dungeon, where a golden power emerged to confront him.

• E'luo and Xiduo battled the demon dragons while Gapar and Elsa joined Xiduo against the Great Demonic Dragon, and the black substance infected E'luo and Xiduo.
• Yuenka overwhelmed Tu Erqi, He De Si, and the other professors, but Wei En Ma charged him with a Full Moon spell.
• Zane Dungeon's city lord ordered a rampage, and the Full Moon Queen appeared within Wei En Ma's enormous spell and erased Yuenka's magic.
• Yuenka's mist formed a colossal spear to destroy Zane Dungeon's portal, but golden light erased it.
• Yuenka saw a stone hammer raised beneath red hair within the golden light.

Radagon appeared before Zane Dungeon and effortlessly stopped Yuenka’s forbidden-spell-level attack, then turned its magic into golden counterattacks. As Yuenka fled toward nearby cities to grow stronger, Radagon raised his stone hammer to strike the clouds left behind.

• Yuenka gathered the Magic Mist from the Imperial Capital and launched a sphere containing nearly a thousand spells at Zane Dungeon’s portal.
• The young Radagon turned to face Yuenka and caught the magical sphere with his golden left hand before making it disappear.
• Radagon transformed Yuenka’s attack into golden spears that struck the clouds and caused Yuenka intense pain.
• Yuenka fired more magical spheres, but Radagon erased them with rapid swings and drove most of the clouds to flee toward nearby cities.
• Gong Qiying called out as Radagon raised his stone hammer to strike the clump of clouds Yuenka had left behind.

Yuenka tried to grow stronger by absorbing worshippers and battle-aura users, but Radagon overwhelmed him with the power of the Golden Order. As Radagon’s final hammer blows erased the mist, a vast golden symbol appeared across Black Rock City.

• Yuenka spread his consciousness through the mist and absorbed people across Warrior Country to grow stronger while a clone held Radagon back.
• Radagon destroyed the clone with an enchanted hammer and began erasing the mist with golden attacks.
• Yuenka attacked Radagon with spells and Gravity Magic, but Radagon deflected or endured every assault.
• Yuenka tried to flee, but the Full Moon of Rennala drew his mist toward it and blocked his magic.
• Radagon struck Yuenka three times with Marika's Hammer, destroying the mist and briefly revealing the Erdtree in the golden light.
• After the mist vanished, people saw a huge glowing symbol resembling an abstract palm carved into the streets of Black Rock City.

After defeating Yuenka, Radagon created an Erdtree whose healing light restored the wounded and calmed the people across Warrior Country. Yuenka survived using a Life Vessel but was killed by a Black Knife Assassin, while E'luo and Xiduo became demonic dragons and four hostile legendary dragons charged toward Zane Dungeon after sensing a powerful dragon.

• Radagon vanished after creating a colossal Erdtree, whose leaves spread healing light across Black Rock City and the Imperial Capital.
• He De Si warned Tu Erqi that Yuenka might have survived by storing part of his body and soul in Glintstone.
• Aide Jia entered Yuenka's Mage Tower as Yuenka emerged alive with a Life Vessel, but a Black Knife Assassin destroyed it with Destined Death and killed him.
• E'luo and Xiduo succumbed to the black matter and transformed into demonic dragons, joining the Berserk Dragon and Great Demonic Dragon.
• The four demonic dragons sensed a powerful dragon at Zane Dungeon and charged toward its portal.

Jia Paer followed the infected Demonic Dragons into Zane Dungeon and was transported to the deadly Spike Mountain, while Fudolin explained the Demonic Dragon Plague to the dragons gathered in Lake Liurnia. The chapter left Jia Paer pursuing whatever drew the Demonic Dragons toward the mountain’s peak and the others preparing to cure the infected by satisfying their distorted desires or defeating them.

• Jia Paer and Elsa fought atop the Great Demonic Dragon as E'luo and Xiduo succumbed to the black substance, and Jia Paer suspected the Demonic Dragons were purebred dragons.
• The infected dragons charged toward Zane Dungeon after a mysterious roar, and Jia Paer followed them in hopes of finding Fudolin and learning what was happening.
• Jia Paer emerged in Spike Mountain instead of Lake Liurnia and rode with the Demonic Dragons toward the tallest peak, drawn by something there.
• At Academy Gate Town, Fudolin told the gathered dragons and adventurers that the plague came from the Prime Demonic Dragons and could corrupt their blood relatives and descendants.
• Fudolin said the plague could be cured by fulfilling the infected dragons’ distorted desires or beating them until they could not get back up.

Jia Paer and the infected demonic dragons reached Spike Mountain’s flower-covered summit, where the scarlet Mad Dragon Beller appeared. Beller instantly smashed the Great Demonic Dragon’s head into the ground, leaving Jia Paer caught in the attack’s aftermath.

• Jia Paer noticed red flowers growing among rusty weapons and armor as the demonic dragons climbed Spike Mountain.
• The infected E'luo broke through a rock wall at the summit, revealing a clearing carpeted with flowers and corpses.
• The demonic dragons roared to provoke the presence they sensed, and Beller descended amid crimson lightning and lava.
• Jia Paer recognized the scarlet dragon as Mad Dragon Beller and saw the other infected dragons hesitate, while the Great Demonic Dragon kept charging.
• Beller struck the Great Demonic Dragon with his wounded foreclaw and crushed its head into the ground in one blow.

Beile overwhelmed the demonic dragons with his strength and Crimson Lightning while Jia Paer tried to keep clear and save E'luo. After the Berserk Dragon fused with the Great Demonic Dragon, she faced Beile for the final showdown.

• Beile impaled the Great Demonic Dragon with his bone spike, then threw off E'luo, Xiduo, and the Berserk Dragon when they attacked him together.
• Beile pinned E'luo and began burning his head, but Jia Paer interrupted and tossed a Teleportation Crystal into E'luo's mouth before fleeing.
• Jia Paer lured Beile into the Great Demonic Dragon, but Beile smashed it apart and then turned to pursue him until Xiduo intervened.
• Beile overpowered E'luo in a close-range breath contest, broke his arm, and left him unable to fight.
• The Berserk Dragon fused with the Great Demonic Dragon's scattered bodies, grew larger and more powerful, and prepared to face Beile.