Chapter Summaries

Warrior Country staged a nationwide celebration and livestream for Radahn’s Battle Festival, while challengers used coordinated dragon, human, and magic attacks against the Starscourge General. Radahn slaughtered much of the army, survived a Super Forbidden Spell, and launched into the sky as Lan Le ordered the forces to evacuate and prepare to intercept his meteors.

• Bontou organized three days of festivities and projections across Warrior Country, while Jia Paer and Fred watched the festival begin.
• Lu Lu Wo’s livestream connected the cities as the challengers entered the Wailing Dunes and the Battle Festival began.
• Xiduo drew Radahn’s opening arrow, and E'luo interrupted Radahn’s attempt to unleash Radahn’s Rain so the dragons could engage him at close range.
• Te Mude coordinated a buffed charge by the ground forces, who attacked Radahn alongside the dragons and inflicted wounds before he counterattacked with Gravity Magic.
• Radahn used Gravity Spin Slash to tear through the crowd, then the mages detonated a Super Forbidden Spell beneath him.
• Radahn shot through the mushroom cloud and into the sky, prompting Lan Le to order the ground forces to evacuate on flying dragons and activate meteor interception measures.

Lan Le and the gathered challengers intercepted Radahn’s meteor with a coordinated defense, surviving the strike and celebrating their victory. As Radahn prepared another attack, Lan Le summoned a helper named Tarnished.

• Lan Le ordered the survivors to gather and stop Radahn’s meteor, while the Floating Island Dragonkin combined their power into a spear that weakened it.
• Nati charged from underground and struck the meteor, making it explode before it reached the ground, but Radahn emerged from the flames and continued toward the crowd.
• Tu Erqi’s Magic Shield gathered the warriors’ battle aura, and Jia Paer led them in a colossal Lion Slash that wounded Radahn and stopped his charge.
• The challengers survived the clash, and cheers spread across Warrior Country as the exhausted warriors celebrated intercepting the meteor.
• Radahn prepared another attack while Lan Le found a golden summon sign and called for the helper Tarnished.

Lan Le summoned an unfamiliar phantom called the Tarnished, who fought Radahn with an extraordinary range of spells and Weapon Skills. The Tarnished defeated Radahn, freeing the stars and leaving meteors raining across the sky as Lan Le lost consciousness.

• Lan Le summoned the Tarnished, whose solid appearance and magic immediately astonished the exhausted warriors.
• The Tarnished destroyed Radahn’s incoming meteors with Loretta’s Mastery, then began fighting Radahn with a fluid mix of spells, Weapon Skills, dodges, and guards.
• Radahn’s attacks killed the mages and most of the remaining challengers, while the survivors watched the battle and called out the Tarnished’s techniques.
• Lan Le realized the challengers had proved themselves by surviving the meteor attack, and he watched the Tarnished begin his finishing assault against a weakened Radahn.
• The Tarnished struck Radahn with the final Great Carian, and Radahn turned to ash as the stars began moving and meteors filled the sky.

After Radahn’s defeat, the Battle Festival participants celebrated and received treasure chests filled with rewards. Lan Le and Te Mude recognized the value of Radahn’s talismans and decided to return to the Warrior Country, newly aware of how much it would depend on Zane Dungeon.

• The Tarnished vanished after Radahn’s body dissipated, while Lu Lu Wo filmed the survivors celebrating on the Wailing Dunes.
• The fallen participants revived together, and the group panicked when meteors began crashing toward them, only to find treasure chests at the impact sites.
• The participants opened their chests and received rewards, including Battle Memory of the Festival and Remembrance of the Starscourge.
• Lu Lu Wo read Radahn’s remembrance, which offered his weapons and the Red Lion Talisman and Gravity Talisman.
• Lan Le and Te Mude recognized the talismans’ value to the Warrior Country, agreed to return, and Te Mude called for everyone to return in triumph.

After the Battle Festival, Black Rock City and the Warrior Country celebrated Zane Dungeon’s success, while Gong Qiying reviewed the event’s strong profits and growing influence. The chapter ended with Gong Qiying opening a letter from Red Fang containing information about the Sealed Object in Scamellon.

• Si Telan emerged from Zane Dungeon in Black Rock City, lost and penniless, and decided to find Ku Li Pa for a place to stay and a meal.
• As Battle Festival participants joined the crowds, Te Mude brought liquor from the Imperial Capital, turning the city’s celebration into a frenzy.
• King Bontou ordered the Battle Festival footage replayed for the next few days, further strengthening the Warrior Country’s loyalty to Zane Dungeon.
• Gong Qiying reviewed the festival, noted adjustments for Radahn, and confirmed that the event had earned Zane Dungeon a large profit.
• Gong Qiying received and opened a letter from Red Fang about the Sealed Object in Scamellon.

Gong Qiying read Red Fang’s report on the Fanatic Dungeon’s Sealed Object, the cross that drained faith and created Unbelievers. He agreed to join an extermination operation in two weeks, while considering whether he could burn the cross and observe the other City Lords for suspicious behavior.

• Gong Qiying read Red Fang’s teasing letter and examined his illustrated report on the Fanatic Dungeon’s Sealed Object.
• Gong Qiying learned that the cross created powerful Unbelievers, absorbed the faith of intelligent beings, and regenerated after being destroyed.
• Gong Qiying realized that even ordinary beliefs could make creatures vulnerable to the cross and worried about how to handle it after taking over the dungeon.
• Gong Qiying wondered whether he could burn the wooden cross and asked if the Unbelievers wanted to link the fire.
• Red Fang said he would invite the City Lords of the White Blood, Holy Light, and Explosive Flame Dungeons to the extermination and asked Gong Qiying to keep his future takeover secret.
• Gong Qiying and Red Fang arranged to exterminate the Sealed Object in two weeks.

Bontou celebrated the economic and cultural boom sparked by the Battle Festival while confronting the Warrior Country’s unresolved crises. The chapter ended with Tu Erqi finding demons eating Aide Jia in Yuenka’s Mage Tower basement.

• A minister reported that the Battle Festival had boosted warrior-related businesses and revived public interest in warriors, pleasing Bontou.
• The minister told Bontou that the Magic Association would improve Yuenka’s battle aura conversion technique, while Bontou noted the ban on its unsafe version and the growing problems over Dragon Man ancestry and faith.
• Bontou complained that refugees from Scamellon were slipping across the border and causing trouble, then asked for an update on Yuenka’s demon experiments.
• Tu Erqi hurried to Yuenka’s Mage Tower after Aide Jia reported that demons could act as an adhesive for biological fusion.
• Tu Erqi reached the basement and found escaped demons feasting on Aide Jia.

Tu Erqi killed the escaped demons after finding Aide Jia apparently dead, while Bontou learned Yuenka’s notes suggested demons might have been used in the creation of the Warrior Country’s people. The King ordered the secret kept and Aide Jia hunted as a suspected fugitive; the chapter ended with Dorian confronting a refugee who tried to preach the Frenzy Flame.

• Tu Erqi killed the attacking demons and found Aide Jia cold and apparently beyond healing.
• Bontou learned that Yuenka’s notes described demons as stabilizing material for life fusion and ordered the findings kept secret.
• Tu Erqi revealed notes suggesting Demon King Bloodline had been used in experiments that turned dragons and dungeon monsters into humans, prompting Bontou to fear demons might be in the people’s blood.
• Tu Erqi reassured Bontou that Demon Detection Magic had shown no reaction, then argued that Aide Jia had faked his death and escaped.
• Bontou ordered Aide Jia placed on a nationwide Wanted Poster, while guards continued pursuing refugees from Scamellon.
• A refugee tried to swindle Dorian by preaching the Frenzy Flame, and Dorian turned toward him with blood at his mouth beside a mangled animal corpse.

Dorian mistook the terrified refugee Todd for a fellow believer in the Frenzied Flame and abducted him after deciding to travel to Scamellon. As they fled the Imperial Capital, Todd recognized someone who appeared on a wanted poster.

• Dorian encountered Todd in an alley while eating a noble's pet dog and mistook Todd's terrified, incoherent speech for signs of Frenzied Flame devotion.
• Dorian tested Todd's beliefs, and Todd earned his approval by saying the Frenzied Flame made people want to embrace it.
• When Todd could not explain how he had encountered the Frenzied Flame, guards arrived to arrest him for spreading its belief, but Dorian knocked them unconscious.
• Dorian carried Todd away and decided to go to Scamellon to meet more believers, while Todd hoped to escape him there.
• As Dorian ran through the crowds with Todd, Todd glimpsed a passerby and recognized them as the person from a wanted poster.

Aide Jia escaped the Imperial Capital with his teacher’s teacher’s diary while Warrior Country and its people settled into ordinary life. In Zane Dungeon, Gong Qiying joined Red Fang and three other City Lords at the Fanatic Dungeon, where they prepared to begin a campaign against the Faithless.

• Dorian carried Todd out of the Imperial Capital while guards and onlookers failed to stop them.
• Aide Jia used Hypnosis Magic on a guard, then left the Imperial Capital with the diary in the direction Dorian and Todd had gone.
• The dragons reconciled, the Magic Association and other organizations expanded, and people across Warrior Country continued their pursuits.
• Gong Qiying arrived at the Fanatic Dungeon and apologized for being late to Red Fang and three other City Lords.
• Gong Qiying and the other City Lords faced the Faithless gathered around a cross and began their campaign.

Gong Qiying joined Red Fang and three other Dungeon Lords to fight the Unbeliever Sealed Object, whose cross weakened monsters and turned their faith into new enemies. As the battle grew more dangerous, Gong Qiying deployed the Great Halberd Golem Guardian, Caelid's powerful, unintelligent monster.

• Gong Qiying greeted Flamefire, Follower, and Iliness, then realized their warm manners concealed their dislike of him.
• Red Fang explained the Unbelievers' traits and began the campaign, but the cross weakened Red Fang's bone dragons and replaced fallen enemies with new Unbelievers.
• Flamefire, Iliness, and Follower deployed their monsters, while Follower's Holy Light army fought effectively but risked feeding the cross more faith.
• Gong Qiying warned that the cross could snowball from the accumulated faith, prompting Flamefire and Iliness to intensify their attacks as Follower continued his plan.
• Gong Qiying tested several monsters, then summoned the Great Halberd Golem Guardian, Caelid Limited, and assured the others it had no intelligence.

Gong Qiying’s Gargoyle Guardian initially devastated the Unbelievers, but they adapted, evolved, and overwhelmed the City Lords’ forces. As the battle seemed lost, Gong Qiying summoned eight Wicker Men, and Yanhuo immediately asked to buy them.

• Gong Qiying ordered the Gargoyle Guardian into battle, where it crushed and burned waves of Unbelievers.
• The Unbelievers evolved to counter the Gargoyle Guardian, and the City Lords switched battlefields, but the enemy adapted again.
• The Unbelievers began generating faith, strengthening themselves and allowing the cross to mass-produce troops that overwhelmed the City Lords’ monsters.
• The Gargoyle Guardian was repeatedly knocked down, the other forces were wiped out, and Chiya admitted his intelligence about the Unbelievers had been incomplete.
• Gong Qiying summoned eight Wicker Men, and Yanhuo eagerly asked whether they were for sale.

Gong Qiying used eight Furnace Golems to burn through the Unbelievers and destroy the cross in the Fanatic Dungeon. The battle ended with the cross reduced to ash and the Unbelievers frozen in place.

• Eight Furnace Golems surrounded the cross and unleashed rings of fire that incinerated the Unbelievers around them.
• Gong Qiying timed the Furnace Golems’ repeated jumps so they advanced through the dungeon, crushing and burning waves of Unbelievers.
• The Unbelievers’ attacks failed against the Golems, and their attempts to evolve defenses could not keep pace with the shrinking fiery encirclement.
• As the Unbelievers developed fear and tried to flee, the cross reclaimed their intelligence and began forming a giant Unbeliever for a final attack.
• A Furnace Golem knocked down the unfinished giant, dug up the cross, and threw it into its brazier, where it burned to ash.
• The Unbelievers froze as Gong Qiying lowered his fingers, ending the battle.

Gong Qiying and the other City Lords destroyed the Unbelievers' cross and spent days burning it until it surrendered, then he announced that he would take over Fanatic Dungeon. His letters to neighboring dungeons triggered a barrage of dungeon battles and duels, leaving him stunned by their welcome.

• Flamefire boosted the Furnace Golem's flames until the cross burned away, leaving the Unbelievers dazed and vulnerable to the City Lords' attacks.
• Gong Qiying questioned how people had once survived powerful Sealed Objects, then watched Flamefire, Follower, and Iliness for clues about a possible traitor.
• After the cross revived inside the Furnace Golem, the City Lords agreed to burn it repeatedly, and Gong Qiying told Red Fang that Iliness was worth watching.
• Gong Qiying burned the cross over and over for more than a dozen days until it collapsed, then sent neighboring dungeons letters announcing that he would take over Fanatic Dungeon.
• Explosive Flame Dungeon, Holy Light Dungeon, White Blood Dungeon, Nature Dungeon, and Moonlight Dungeon sent Gong Qiying dungeon battle or duel notices.

Gong Qiying received challenges from Ska Meron’s neighboring dungeons and accepted Explosive Flame Dungeon’s invitation, choosing to face Yan Huo first. Yan Huo explained that he wanted to help Gong Qiying handle the other City Lords, and they agreed on stakes for their battle and a possible future alliance.

• Gong Qiying traced the challenges to local City Lords fearing Sain Dungeon’s expansion into Ska Meron and decided to fight back.
• Gong Qiying selected Explosive Flame Dungeon’s challenge, making the other invitations temporarily invalid.
• Gong Qiying chose Yan Huo because he seemed approachable and could explain the tensions between Sain and the local dungeons.
• Yan Huo contacted Gong Qiying and said he had challenged him partly to earn goodwill and future protection.
• Gong Qiying and Yan Huo agreed that Yan Huo would receive a Furnace Golem if he won, while Gong Qiying would have Yan Huo introduce him to Ska Meron’s dungeon City Lords if Gong Qiying won.

Jenoson built the Sparkfire Church around Zane Dungeon and chose to rescue members stranded in war-torn Scamellon. Meanwhile, Gong Qiying began Zane Dungeon’s first dungeon battle against Yanhuo’s Explosive Flame Dungeon.

• Jenoson received a believer’s offering and continued running the Sparkfire Church, which he had rebuilt around worship of Gwyn and service to believers.
• Jenoson received news that the church’s preachers in Scamellon had joined the rebel army and suffered heavy losses, then decided to go there and rescue them without getting involved in the conflict.
• Gong Qiying prepared Zane Dungeon for battle against Yanhuo while keeping its branch cities open, including the Living Dungeon in Val.
• Gong Qiying accepted Explosive Flame Dungeon’s signal, beginning the fusion that would start the battle.

Gong Qiying and Yanhuo began a dungeon battle in a vast arena, where Yanhuo’s fire-elemental forces revealed their ability to control and absorb flames. After the Flame Lord drained the Furnace Golem’s fire, Gong Qiying summoned Velkhana, leaving the battle poised to shift.

• Gong Qiying and Yanhuo let the dungeons randomly select a spacious arena map, with each City Lord’s heart exposed at opposite ends.
• Yanhuo filled the arena with Fire Elemental Creatures and summoned a boss-level Flame Lord.
• Gong Qiying sent out a Furnace Golem, which unleashed a fiery vortex that destroyed Yanhuo’s vanguard before clashing with the Flame Lord.
• Yanhuo revealed that his elemental creatures could manipulate flames and that he could also control water, ice, and lightning creatures.
• The Flame Lord absorbed the Furnace Golem’s flames, and Gong Qiying summoned Velkhana.

Gong Qiying’s Velkhana battled Flamefire’s fire constructs and overcame his hidden Ice Elementals by using naturally formed ice they could not control. Velkhana entered a stronger state and launched a decisive attack on Flamefire, whose reaction was left unresolved.

• Velkhana emerged amid a freezing storm, and Flamefire ordered the Flame Lord to attack her with a charged fiery vortex.
• Velkhana evaded the vortex and countered with frost breath that destroyed Fire Elementals and spread toward Flamefire’s fortress.
• Flamefire revealed Ice Elementals meant to control Velkhana’s ice, but their powers failed against her naturally formed ice.
• Gong Qiying explained that Velkhana’s ice was not created by magic, while Flamefire tried and failed again to control her Ice Mist.
• Velkhana emerged from the mist in a strengthened state and unleashed all her ice power at Flamefire.

Velkhana defeated Flamefire in the dungeon battle, but Gong Qiying gifted him a Furnace Golem in exchange for detailed information about other dungeons. Flamefire accepted and began preparing to share what he knew about the dungeons across the country.

• Velkhana overwhelmed Flamefire's Flame Lord with its icy breath, freezing the arena and defeating him.
• Gong Qiying gifted Flamefire a Furnace Golem and offered it in exchange for detailed information about other dungeons.
• Flamefire hesitated to accept the gift but agreed to act as an information broker, partly because he liked Gong Qiying and craved the Furnace Golem's flavor.
• Flamefire promised to challenge Gong Qiying again and claimed he had figured out how to defeat Velkhana.
• Flamefire asked Gong Qiying to record his account of the country's dungeons because there was too much information to remember.

Gong Qiying asked Flame Fire about Ska Meron's dungeons and City Lords as he prepared to open a Zane Dungeon branch during the war. Flame Fire shared advice and local history, then asked whether Gong Qiying had been investigating something lately.

• Flame Fire asked why Gong Qiying had come to Ska Meron, and Gong Qiying said the war made it easier to earn Spirit Power.
• Flame Fire welcomed Zane Dungeon as a neighbor and warned Gong Qiying about Ska Meron's unusual locals and City Lords.
• Flame Fire described White Blood Dungeon, Iliness's unpredictable nature, its escaped Sealed Object, and how Spirit Power might win her over.
• Flame Fire explained that Follower's death-duel challenge stemmed from his anger over Zane Dungeon's influence on Holy Light Church followers.
• Flame Fire answered Gong Qiying's questions about other dungeons and challengers before asking whether he had been investigating something lately.