Chapter Summaries

Lu Lu Wo and the burly man spread the location of the Soul-Sucking Ghost altar, causing invasions to overwhelm Bede City and disrupt the dungeon’s adventurers. Leon emerged from seclusion with a plan to end the chaos and recruited Si Telan, asking her to wear a Thief Hood.

• Lu Lu Wo revived in the Clock Tower and agreed to help the burly man kill two people in exchange for his support.
• Lu Lu Wo proposed publicizing the Soul-Sucking Ghost altar, and she and the burly man arranged for an anonymous notice to appear in Bede City.
• Soul-Sucking Ghost invasions spread through Zane Dungeon, while Sun Warriors struggled to protect adventurers and the New Strategy Team lost time to attacks.
• Leon emerged from seclusion carrying an invincible ring and asked Si Telan to help carry out his plan.
• Si Telan eagerly agreed to join Leon, who placed a filthy Thief Hood on the table for her to wear.

Lao Ma was repeatedly defeated by Hood Three, whose coordinated ambushes with Hood Two and Hood Three made the trio infamous guardians against invaders. As invasion and anti-invasion spread through Bede City, Lu Lu Wo’s plans faltered, and she was invaded by the Mysterious Hooded Man in the graveyard area.

• Lao Ma invaded Farron Keep and was killed by the Mysterious Hooded Man’s animation-canceling swordsmanship.
• Lao Ma invaded again and encountered the Mysterious Hooded Man, Hood Two’s arrows, and Hood Three’s invisible thrusting sword, dying in their ambush.
• The trio known as Hood Three became famous for defeating invaders, prompting adventurers to train, wear Slave Headscarves, and seek Sun Warrior training.
• Bede City’s invasion wave receded as many Soul-Sucking Ghosts dissolved their oaths, while the dungeon gained more Spirit Power from the conflict.
• Lu Lu Wo’s attempt to disrupt the Strategy Team failed, and she was invaded by the Mysterious Hooded Man in the graveyard area.

Leon invaded and defeated the New Strategy Team three times, leaving them demoralized. Hoping to restore the team’s spirits, Bei Er Tuo brought their Graveyard findings to the Adventurers’ Guild, only to reveal that they had killed the beloved Little Pot.

• Leon used Hound Step and Ring Retrieval to defeat the New Strategy Team, then invaded them again twice, killing them during the third fight and earning a Sun Emblem.
• The defeated New Strategy Team sat despondently in Firelink Shrine, so Bei Er Tuo decided to share their Graveyard information at the Adventurers’ Guild.
• On the way, Bei Er Tuo heard that the Strategy Team had already shared information about the Graveyard and that adventurers loved the Little Pots and their rewards.
• Bei Er Tuo presented the New Strategy Team’s findings to an enthusiastic guild, whose members praised the useful details until he announced that they had killed the Warrior Pot.
• A flower-crowned adventurer interrupted Bei Er Tuo and asked gloomily whether the team had killed Little Pot.

The New Strategy Team faced backlash after adventurers learned they had killed the friendly Warrior Pot and missed the hidden Pot Dwelling Place event. Humiliated and desperate to preserve her team’s reputation, Lu Lu Wo charged alone into Zane Dungeon, where she fainted before the Lion Ape could attack her.

• Adventurers criticized Lu Lu Wo and the New Strategy Team for killing the Warrior Pot and overlooking the friendly Little Pots, and an older adventurer urged them to learn from Leon’s team.
• Lu Lu Wo fled the guild and entered Zane Dungeon without a Teleportation Crystal, determined to claim the first kill of the Death Rite Bird and keep her Strategy Team title.
• As she rushed through the Grave Plains, Lu Lu Wo recalled her grandmother’s advice and realized she wanted to reach the King so she could kick his ass for ruining her childhood.
• Lu Lu Wo killed the Lion Ape, drank its blood, then panicked when it revived and roared, filling her Terror Bar.
• Lu Lu Wo fainted at the sight of her fears, and the Lion Ape raised its blade over her before the Kamen Rider made his entrance.

Leon rescued Lu Lu Wo from the Lion Ape, discovered a centipede monster parasitizing it, and brought her to safety before returning to Bede City to help her overcome a persistent fear. After taking the Fear-Dispelling Powder and hearing Leon’s message, Lu Lu Wo recovered enough to decide to return to Zane Dungeon immediately.

• Leon fought and killed the Lion Ape, then cut open its body and found a centipede monster parasitizing it.
• Leon wrapped up the unconscious Lu Lu Wo, carried her to Firelink Shrine, and left her beside the bonfire.
• Lu Lu Wo remained locked in her room for three days, while Bei Er Tuo and the others worried about her recurring fear and postponed the New Strategy Team’s plans.
• Bei Er Tuo invited Leon to help Lu Lu Wo, and Leon brought Fear-Dispelling Powder and told her the shopkeeper’s message: “The shortest shortcut is taking the long way around.”
• Lu Lu Wo opened the door, swallowed the powder, recovered her clarity, and announced that she was going to Zane Dungeon at once.

Lu Lu Wo returned to the Warrior Pot settlement to make amends with the Little Pots and investigate the event properly, then led the New Strategy Team to recover the pot-repair materials. In the warehouse, she discovered that the gravestones could deflect Father Gascoigne’s attacks and used them to trap him, revealing a way for weaker adventurers to defeat the boss.

• Lu Lu Wo bought Repair Magic and Flower Field Magic scrolls, healed the Warrior Pot, and earned the Little Pots’ affection by covering their settlement in flowers.
• Lu Lu Wo resolved to verify the Warrior Pot event herself and improve her dungeon guides by carefully checking every detail.
• Lu Lu Wo led the New Strategy Team toward the warehouse to retrieve the pot-repair materials, fighting through the monsters on the way.
• Lu Lu Wo and the New Strategy Team battled Beast-ified Father Gascoigne inside the warehouse, where gravestones obstructed their movements.
• Lu Lu Wo realized the gravestones deflected Father Gascoigne’s axe and lured him among them, while Aimu trapped him in a swamp, leaving him unable to attack effectively.

Lu Lu Wo's new Strategy Team discovered a way to trap Father Gascoigne with warehouse tombstones, though his second phase still wiped them out. Gong Qiying planned adjustments to the dungeon and prepared for a coming clash with Calamity Nest Dungeon as Lu Lu Wo's group left.

• Father Gascoigne transformed into a werewolf, but Lu Lu Wo restrained him with chains while the team attacked.
• Father Gascoigne uprooted the chained tombstones and killed the team, who revived at the bonfire and recorded a strategy for trapping him.
• Gong Qiying recognized the tombstone tactic as a way to skip the fight and planned to adjust the tombstones and the Warrior Pot Incident.
• Gong Qiying considered how Calamity Nest Dungeon's authority might help him develop Painting World and reviewed the threatening letter challenging him to fight.
• Lu Lu Wo's group chose to leave the dungeon.

Lu Lu Wo’s team discovered a sewer route to Father Gascoigne and developed a strategy for fighting his beast form. After defeating the Death Knight and reaching the Death Rite Bird, the team was wiped out by its Spirit Fire, but Lu Lu Wo noticed the bird could dive near a cliff and decided to try making it fall to its death.

• Lu Lu Wo mapped the route to the warehouse and planned ways to help ordinary adventurers fight beast-form Father Gascoigne.
• Mi La found a sewer route that bypassed the monsters outside, and the team used it to reach the warehouse from behind Father Gascoigne.
• Lu Lu Wo’s team learned to lure beast-form Father Gascoigne into tombstones to stagger him, then defeated him and gave Warrior Pot the maintenance materials.
• The team defeated the Death Knight and passed through the Grave Chamber safely by holding their torches aloft, then encountered the Death Rite Bird.
• The Death Rite Bird instantly killed the team with Spirit Fire, and Lu Lu Wo died after noticing it could dive toward the clearing’s cliff.
• After reappearing by the bonfire, Lu Lu Wo decided the team should try to make the Death Rite Bird fall off the cliff.

The New Strategy Team failed to defeat the Death Rite Bird, but Bei Er Tuo turned their financial troubles into success by publishing practical dungeon guides. Lu Lu Wo joined Si Telan’s Sun Warrior Training Program, then discovered that Zane Dungeon’s portal had mysteriously closed.

• The New Strategy Team tried to bait the Death Rite Bird into falling off a cliff, but an invisible barrier stopped it and the team was wiped out.
• Bei Er Tuo revealed that the team had run out of money and proposed selling a guide for Father Gascoigne; Lu Lu Wo agreed to follow his lead.
• The New Strategy Team demonstrated their guide in person, built a strong reputation, and expanded into beginner guides for other dungeon routes.
• Si Telan invited Lu Lu Wo to become an instructor in the Sun Warrior Training Program founded by Si Telan and the Sparkfire Church.
• Adventurers and guild members published books, guides, and requests related to Zane Dungeon as its activities grew in popularity.
• Lu Lu Wo accompanied new Sun Warrior recruits to Zane Dungeon and found that its portal had closed.

Zane Dungeon closed while Gong Qiying prepared to fight Jia Nage’s Calamity Nest Dungeon in a dungeon war. The battle began with Calamity Nest’s insects devouring the Kindred Jia Nage had summoned, leaving Gong Qiying surprised.

• Leon calmed the crowd gathered at Zane Dungeon’s closed portal and urged everyone to return to Bede City.
• Si Telan wandered through Bede City, passed Ma Lei Da Magic Item Shop, and wondered whether its shopkeeper was the person she had heard about from Leon.
• Gong Qiying prepared to stop Calamity Nest’s evolving Chimera Bugs by using low-bond Kindred as expendable bait.
• Calamity Nest Dungeon merged its base with Farron Keep, and Jia Nage repeatedly tried to provoke Gong Qiying through calls.
• Gong Qiying mocked Jia Nage with a sign before ending their call, while Jia Nage assumed Gong Qiying was relying on fortress defenses.
• When the battle began, Jia Nage summoned Kindred, but Calamity Nest’s insects immediately started devouring them.

Jia Nage’s Chimera Bug swarm invaded Farron Keep, but Gong Qiying’s Scarlet Corruption turned the swamp into Corruption Lake and wiped it out. As Jia Nage tried to launch a new wave of flying bugs, the Mother Nest exploded beneath the effects of the Kindred it had consumed.

• Jia Nage used his Mother Nest to produce Chimera Bugs that devoured summoned Kindred and evolved into a powerful swarm.
• When the barrier vanished, Jia Nage sent the swarm through Farron Keep’s poisonous swamp, while Gong Qiying’s forces attacked and then retreated toward the fortress.
• Jia Nage’s bugs defeated the Kindred and monsters, consumed their bodies, and advanced deeper into Farron Keep.
• Gong Qiying transformed Farron Keep’s water into Scarlet Corruption, which dissolved the Fungal Carpet and killed the Chimera Bugs as they crossed the swamp.
• After the swarm was annihilated, Jia Nage ordered the Mother Nest to produce flying bugs, but it swelled and exploded in a burst of yellow flame, red corruption, black Curse of Death, and dark abyss.

Jia Nage tried to overwhelm Zane Dungeon with his Chimera Bugs, but its spreading diseases and formidable Like-Minded Ones wrecked his plans. As his base fell into the abyss, Overlord Wolnir appeared before him.

• The Mother Nest exploded in spreading outbreaks, forcing Jia Nage to cut contaminated sections away from his base.
• Jia Nage created a new Mother Nest and raised a flying insect army while Corruption Lake continued to erode his territory.
• Jia Nage trapped Leon, Da Er, Si Telan, and Gapar in separate small spaces, but they escaped together after twelve minutes.
• Jia Nage sent his elite Chimera Bugs against the Like-Minded Ones and summoned the Chimera Mother, which Scarlet Corruption quickly disabled.
• Jia Nage emerged from hiding and protested that he had lost unfairly as the abyss consumed the battlefield.
• Overlord Wolnir descended from the abyss before Jia Nage.

Overlord Wolnir crushed Jia Nage and the Calamity Nest Dungeon’s forces, securing victory for Zane Dungeon. Gong Qiying then examined the spoils and territory, found most of them worthless, and took interest in Jia Nage’s final authority.

• Overlord Wolnir smashed the Chimera Mother and killed the Chimera swarm with Miasma Mist, while the Carthus Warriors emerged and attacked Jia Nage.
• Jia Nage used Shunshin to flee, but the Abyss dragged him under and devoured him despite his surrender.
• Gong Qiying received confirmation that Zane Dungeon had won and recalled Overlord Wolnir after the Farron Undead Legion reacted to him from inside Farron Keep.
• Gong Qiying inspected the Calamity Nest Dungeon’s poor Spirit Power reserves and isolated location, then dismissed Jia Nage’s first three authorities.
• Gong Qiying read Jia Nage’s fourth authority, A World You Can't Leave Without Victory, and found it interesting.

Gong Qiying plundered Calamity Nest Dungeon, claimed a new alternate-space permission, and reopened Zane Dungeon, where adventurers celebrated an unusually generous day. Far away, priest Ounuo La examined the memories of dead demons and was terrified by what Doslai Bo had seen before dying; she then tried to view Jia Nage’s memories.

• Gong Qiying chose A World You Can't Leave Without Victory and all of Calamity Nest Dungeon’s Spirit Power, leaving the dungeon to enter dormancy.
• Gong Qiying received the Deathmatch results and congratulatory gifts, then reopened Zane Dungeon as the gathered adventurers cheered and entered.
• Adventurers found Zane Dungeon unusually generous for a day, while Bede City and Zane prospered as visitors and trade increased.
• Ounuo La used the Great Demon Tree to view Doslai Bo’s final memory and screamed when she saw a yellow sun-like object.
• Ounuo La recovered, dismissed the guards, and tried to inspect Jia Nage’s memories, but screamed again.

After awakening from her encounter with the abyss in Jia Nage’s memories, Ounuo La became obsessed with finding and paying homage to it. Meanwhile, Gong Qiying reviewed the Astar Alliance’s offer and completed the Wolf Knight alternate space, allowing Da Er to obtain the final Painting Fragment.

• Ounuo La learned that Sa Lai Man had died, Sai Duo Mu remained unconscious, and Ka Li Man had committed suicide after communicating with the Great Demon Tree.
• Ounuo La decided to search for the abyss she had seen in Jia Nage’s memories and pay it homage.
• Gong Qiying examined the Astar Alliance’s letter and considered the alliance useful for future information and support.
• Gong Qiying completed the Wolf Knight alternate space in Zane Dungeon.
• Da Er defeated the Demi-Human Swordsman and received Painting Fragment “Wolf Knight” · Part Four, completing the set.

Da Er and the Farron Exploration Team assembled the Wolf Knight painting and entered its Painting World, where Da Er experienced Artorias's memories of fighting through Oolacile toward the Lord of the Abyss. The vision ended before the battle's outcome, and Da Er arrived alone at Oolacile, face-to-face with a town full of monsters.

• Da Er assembled the Wolf Knight painting with the Farron Exploration Team and was chosen to lead nine others into Zane Dungeon.
• The group activated the painting at Firelink Shrine, but its light enveloped only Da Er.
• Da Er experienced Artorias's memories of receiving a Silver Necklace, traveling with a young wolf, and fighting through an Abyss-corrupted kingdom toward the Lord of the Abyss.
• The memory ended before Artorias faced the Lord of the Abyss, and Da Er woke alone in a forest inside the Painting World.
• Da Er recognized the town ahead as Oolacile and stepped inside, where a crowd of monsters turned to face him.

Da Er repeatedly died and revived while trying to cross the monster-filled Fortress in Oolacile, learning to evade its traps and enemies. After countless attempts, he realized Zane Dungeon should have closed by then, but he was still trapped inside.

• Da Er was killed by coordinated monsters at the town entrance, revived, and then died to hidden crossbows while trying to reach the Fog Gate.
• Da Er found bloodstains that replayed his own deaths and worried that other adventurers would see them.
• Da Er entered the Fortress through a side door, where wild dogs, Flame Pots, and powerful Fat Brothers killed him repeatedly.
• Da Er reached a lever while fleeing Fat Brothers, but it would not move, and he was killed again.
• Da Er kept exploring and reviving until he noticed the dungeon should have closed, then wondered whether he could get out.

Da Er repeatedly died while exploring the Fortress in the Painting World, then met Solaire, a Sun Warrior and remnant from another time. After Solaire gave him a White Sign Soapstone, Da Er continued toward the Fog Gate and used it to summon help.

• The Farron Exploration Team returned to Da Er's farmhouse without Da Er, who had vanished along with the painting when the dungeon closed.
• Da Er navigated the Fortress's traps and monsters through a route he had learned by dying repeatedly.
• A monster pack chased Da Er, and Solaire drove it off with Lightning Spears before introducing himself as a Sun Warrior from Undead Town.
• Solaire gave Da Er a White Sign Soapstone and promised they could fight together if Da Er found his summon sign.
• Da Er resumed exploring, survived more dangers, reached the Fog Gate, and used the soapstone to reveal a golden summon sign.

Da Er defeated the Twin Gargoyles in the Oolacile Fortress with Solaire’s help and opened the path toward the great city. As he entered an arena along the way, a familiar-sounding voice warned him to stay away because its speaker was about to be consumed by darkness, but Da Er charged in to help.

• Da Er entered the Fog Gate alone and found a Hero Gargoyle with a Greatsword, only for a second Hero Gargoyle wielding a Twinblade to join the fight.
• After learning the Gargoyles’ moves and dying, Da Er summoned Solaire to help him face them.
• Da Er weakened the Greatsword Gargoyle while Solaire swiftly killed the Twinblade Gargoyle, and together they defeated the survivor.
• Solaire departed after Da Er cleared the Oolacile Fortress, and Da Er continued toward the great city through the forest.
• Near an arena, Da Er heard a familiar-sounding voice warn him to leave because its speaker was about to be consumed by darkness.
• Despite the warning, Da Er rushed into the arena to help the voice’s owner.

Da Er met the Abyss-corrupted Artorias in the ruined arena and fought him, giving the Wolf Knight hope that Sif had survived and the Abyss would eventually be defeated. After Da Er died and relived Artorias's memories, he awoke back among the exploration teams with an Artorias ring replica.

• Da Er entered the ruined arena, where Artorias killed an Abyss monster and warned him to leave.
• Unable to escape the Fog Gate, Da Er challenged Artorias, hoping to ease his suffering, and Artorias recognized Sif's fighting style in Da Er's swordsmanship.
• Artorias realized Da Er's style suggested Sif had survived and left behind a legacy, then killed Da Er with a single strike and placed his broken sword beside the body.
• Da Er's consciousness witnessed Artorias's memories, including his retreat from the Abyss Lord, his effort to protect Sif, and his vow to stop the Abyss from spreading.
• Da Er awoke after three days near the portal, and Delu gave him a Wolf Ring Replica that he had been holding.
• Da Er told the gathered teams that he had experienced a legendary adventure about a Wolf Knight who upheld his mission.