Recaps

Zheng Yichen cared for the unconscious group in the Illusion Demon Forest, healing their injuries and learning that Petty was a summoner. As the teacher awoke still trapped in a hallucination and attacked a student, Zheng Yichen knocked him unconscious again with his enchanted club.

• Zheng Yichen flew above the forest, realized he could not find the castle, and admitted he would need the Ghost Maid to guide him back.
• Zheng Yichen cast a Minor Healing Spell on the injured group and rummaged through their belongings.
• Zheng Yichen found Petty's summoner card and checked the others' cards, discovering that Petty was the only one with an unusual profession.
• Zheng Yichen shielded the Ghost Maid from the morning sunlight as the forest returned to normal.
• The teacher awoke while still hallucinating and swung at a student, so Zheng Yichen struck him with his enchanted wooden club and knocked him out.

Zheng Yichen waited for the students’ illusions to wear off and met Petty when she awoke. As the Ghost Maid left briefly, Petty summoned a rabbit for him to inspect.

• The Ghost Maid indicated that the students would return to normal that afternoon, and Zheng Yichen resumed practicing magic while he waited.
• Petty woke from the illusion, remembered the terrifying dragon from her nightmare, and found her classmates still unconscious.
• Zheng Yichen reassured Petty that he would not eat or kill her and told her to wait until her classmates woke.
• The Ghost Maid left for the hidden castle, and Petty recognized Zheng Yichen as a true dragon and wondered what kind he was.
• Zheng Yichen asked what Petty could summon, and she produced a three-dimensional Magic Array Pattern that formed a rabbit projection.

After rescuing Petty and her classmates, Zheng Yichen learned more about summoning and let Petty touch his scales. He stopped the students from revealing his presence by making them sign a binding confidentiality contract before they left.

• Petty explained that a Summoner could summon a powerful creature’s projection even without enough mana for its true body, and that a creature could share the cost.
• Petty touched Zheng Yichen’s scales, and her roommate woke up; Zheng Yichen explained that he had knocked their teacher unconscious again after the teacher woke but remained trapped in the illusion.
• Zheng Yichen told Petty and the others to leave and not tell anyone about him.
• The Ghost Maid returned with a Contract Document, and Zheng Yichen noticed two students react suspiciously to it.
• Zheng Yichen ordered the students and their teacher to sign the contract, which bound them to keep his existence secret under the threat of losing their souls.

Zheng Yichen made Petty, her teacher, and the other students sign a harsh contract before allowing them to leave the Phantom Forest. He then asked Petty about summoning contracts and proposed an Equal Contract, leaving her overwhelmed with excitement.

• The Ghost Maid cleared the group's minds of the forest's influence and woke their teacher, while Zheng Yichen trapped everyone inside a Warning Barrier.
• Petty explained the contract to her teacher, who signed it after checking its terms; the other students followed, and the contract burned away.
• Zheng Yichen told the teacher and students they could leave, then asked Petty to speak with him privately.
• Petty described Familiar, Enslavement, and Equal Contracts, and Zheng Yichen chose an Equal Contract and asked whether it could be dissolved.
• Petty became so delighted that she drifted into a lovestruck daze, and Zheng Yichen used icy mist to bring her back to her senses.

Zheng Yichen accepted Petty’s Equal Contract after confirming it carried no hidden danger, then returned to the castle, where Lolise remarked that he could have signed an Enslavement Contract with himself as master. Three days later, Petty kept their contract secret and resolved to become stronger so Zheng Yichen might truly approve of her.

• Petty offered Zheng Yichen her Personal Mark, and he examined the Equal Contract before accepting it.
• Zheng Yichen told Petty to return to her classmates and summon him somewhere private, while the teacher led the students out of the Illusion Demon Forest under a Confidentiality Contract.
• Lolise told Zheng Yichen he should have signed an Enslavement Contract with himself as master, and he wondered whether she was angry about his choice.
• Three days later, Petty’s roommate worried that the forest’s illusions had affected her, while the students privately considered possible causes of the intensified illusions.
• Petty rejected her roommate’s suggestion that she see a priest or physician, kept her contract with Zheng Yichen secret, and vowed to become stronger to earn his approval.

Petty summoned Zheng Yichen’s projection in an academy meditation room and discovered that his cultivation was rapidly strengthening her. Zheng Yichen learned he could adjust the size of his projection and asked Petty to take him out to see human society.

• Petty went alone to the Training Ground and prepared to summon Zheng Yichen, realizing his mana had brought her daily cultivation up to her limit.
• Zheng Yichen sensed Petty’s summoning through the Personal Mark and allowed part of his awareness to enter a projection.
• Petty successfully summoned Zheng Yichen, but her limited mana produced a tiny version of him and left her nearly exhausted.
• Zheng Yichen tested flying and changing the size of his projection, while Petty warned him that she was supplying the mana.
• Zheng Yichen landed on Petty’s shoulder and asked her to take him out to look around human society.

Petty took Zheng Yichen, who called himself Connor, to the academy library, where he researched what humans knew about dragons. He learned that dragons experienced time far more slowly than humans, while Petty wondered why he seemed unfamiliar with ordinary dragon knowledge.

• Petty worried that Zheng Yichen wanted to go out, but he hid in her pocket and insisted on going to the library.
• Zheng Yichen asked Petty to call him Connor and brought books about the Dragon Race to read.
• Zheng Yichen searched the books for information about the Dragon Race’s current state and noticed that many accounts were decades or centuries old.
• Petty explained that long-lived races, especially dragons, experienced time slowly and could keep routines for decades or sleep for more than ten years.
• Petty wondered why Zheng Yichen did not already know such basic facts about dragons, then recalled that a Summoner could sign a Symbiotic Contract only once and that a person who used one to lure away a young dragon had faced the Dragon Race’s retaliation.

After learning that dragons and the Dragon Slayer profession still posed potential dangers, Zheng Yichen helped Petty plan to move out and prepared a resource for her to collect. Back at the castle, he tested Basic Magic Weapon Creation and discovered that it produced the weapon shape he imagined.

• Zheng Yichen read that dragons could still appear across the continent and that Dragon Slayers had received power from the Dragon Race to hunt Cursed Dragons.
• Petty considered leaving the dormitory to protect Zheng Yichen's secret but worried she could not afford rent, so Zheng Yichen told her to collect something he had left near the Illusion Demon Forest.
• Zheng Yichen returned to the castle and retrieved a small bag from his storeroom, warning the Ghost Maid not to throw it away.
• Zheng Yichen used a branch and a magic book to practice Basic Magic Weapon Creation while Lolise watched from the second floor.
• Zheng Yichen created the same imagined longsword twice, despite the spell being described as random.

Zheng Yichen created a Magic Weapon by layering several Magic Array Patterns with threads of magic power, then prepared a deck of wooden playing cards for the little ghost maid to carve. Lolise recognized his unusual talent and told him to explore magic on his own.

• Zheng Yichen drew Reinforcement, Sharpness, and Magic Gathering patterns onto a temporary Magic Weapon using threads of magic power.
• Lolise and the little ghost maid watched in astonishment as Zheng Yichen combined spells in a way that defied normal magical techniques.
• Zheng Yichen finished the Magic Weapon, enlarged it, and reshaped it into a carving knife.
• Zheng Yichen carved a complete deck of playing cards from wood and asked the little ghost maid to carve designs onto them.
• Lolise picked up the Magic Weapon and told Zheng Yichen to explore magic on his own because he was too talented.

Zheng Yichen and Petty went out at night to retrieve valuables, and Petty discovered how unusually skilled he was at weaving magic and handling delicate work. After they sorted and cleaned the jewelry to remove identifying marks, they prepared it for sale and Zheng Yichen considered finding a way to project himself without being summoned.

• Zheng Yichen led Petty to a tree and used magic threads to uncover the buried bag of valuables.
• Petty realized Zheng Yichen could weave magic threads directly into spell patterns and was astonished by his unusual talent.
• Petty examined the coins and jewelry, identifying pieces with personal or Lineage marks that could expose their owners.
• Zheng Yichen erased the marks and marking spells from the jewelry with heat and compressed water while Petty watched in amazement.
• Zheng Yichen realized his smaller projected body made delicate work easier and decided to look for a way to project himself without being summoned.

Zheng Yichen discussed buying a home with Petty and discovered that the Magic Weapon he created might last indefinitely. He warned Petty to keep information about him secret, then sent her back, while Lolise went to a rabbit burrow.

• Petty said Zheng Yichen had given her enough money to buy a place, and he agreed to wait while she arranged it.
• Zheng Yichen learned from Petty that ordinary Magic Weapons lasted less than a day, then realized his creation remained intact and considered testing a new idea.
• Zheng Yichen told Petty that Lolise had secretly revised the Evil Contract to cover information learned about him in the future.
• Petty promised to keep his secrets and said that meeting him had changed her life.
• Zheng Yichen returned with Petty while his real body slept in Lolise's castle.
• Lolise went to a place that appeared to be a rabbit burrow instead of returning to the academy.

Petty and Zheng Yichen stored their valuables with Didi, then found the city gates closed for the night. Zheng Yichen projected Bonnakane’s spellbook, built them a hut with magic, and Petty recognized the legendary book before telling him she had failed to get a librarian position.

• Petty used pastries to persuade Didi to carry the valuables into her rabbit hole, then explained that she could summon Didi and her cargo together by spending extra mana.
• After discovering the city gates were closed, Zheng Yichen projected his spellbook from his true body and used the Earth Wall Spell and Reinforcement Spell to build a small hut.
• Petty was astonished that Zheng Yichen could reinforce one spell with another and recognized the projected book as Bonnakane’s spellbook, missing for six hundred years.
• Petty explained the book’s unusual ability to search its vast record of spells, and said her experience copying books had helped her earn a place in the academy trial.
• Zheng Yichen suggested that Petty become a librarian, but Petty said she had tried and failed to get a position.

Zheng Yichen discovered the Ghost Maids secretly playing with the cards he had made while Lolise remained in seclusion. He continued studying Projection Spells and kept his summoned projection with Petty, who brought him to class in her pocket.

• Zheng Yichen saw Ghost Maids roaming the castle at night and learned that they had been playing cards while he slept.
• A Ghost Maid used an illusion to show Zheng Yichen a playing card, and he invited her to include him in their next game.
• Zheng Yichen found that Lolise was still in her room and shifted his attention to Petty, who had returned to class with his summoned projection hidden in her pocket.
• Petty asked Zheng Yichen to stay out of sight during class, and he agreed to wait until she called him afterward.
• Zheng Yichen studied the basic Projection Spell and learned that it created a weak, limited projection controlled by its caster.

Petty took Zheng Yichen to a Black Market to sell jewelry, where a shopkeeper tried to cheat and threaten her. Zheng Yichen frightened the shopkeeper’s thugs with two simultaneous spells, and Petty secured the full eighty gold coins.

• Petty explained the dangers of Projection Spell use, then summoned Didi to collect a small bag of valuables and sent the Half-Rabbit away again.
• Petty brought Zheng Yichen to a Black Market to sell the jewelry, despite hostile groups watching her.
• A shopkeeper offered Petty only twenty gold coins for jewelry worth at least eighty, then threatened to have her taken away when she refused.
• Petty gathered up the jewelry, and Zheng Yichen cast two single-target Fear Spells that terrified the shopkeeper’s thugs and drove one away.
• The shopkeeper’s detection item reacted to a powerful presence, and Petty demanded eighty gold coins; he agreed and abandoned his schemes.

Zheng Yichen urged Petty to learn martial techniques so she could grow stronger as a Summoner and compete in the academy tournament in two months. After leaving the Black Market, Petty asked her senior Kesha to teach her combat arts, and Kesha agreed.

• Zheng Yichen suggested that Petty learn martial techniques to make up for her lack of summons, and Petty agreed to try.
• Petty said she wanted to compete in the academy tournament in two months, and Zheng Yichen promised to help her prepare.
• Zheng Yichen warned Petty that she might be targeted after leaving the Black Market, but Kesha arrived and escorted her out.
• Petty asked Kesha to teach her combat arts, and Kesha agreed to train her after preparing for the tournament.
• Petty told Zheng Yichen that Kesha was a skilled Battle Qi warrior and explained how they had become friends.

Petty planned to rent a better home while Zheng Yichen and Lolise discussed how his talent had strengthened a Magic Weapon. Zheng Yichen began creating an intermediate weapon modeled after Frostmourne, but still needed to add its intended magical attributes.

• Petty decided to sell her remaining possessions gradually and rent a nice place rather than buy an ordinary house.
• Lolise explained that Zheng Yichen’s talent had permanently strengthened the Magic Weapon by allowing it to accumulate more magic power.
• Lolise showed Zheng Yichen clothes she had made from his scale dust, then asked him for more scale dust and blood.
• Zheng Yichen studied Intermediate Magic Weapon Creation and successfully spent nearly two hours making a weapon modeled after Frostmourne.
• Zheng Yichen searched for magic to give the new weapon an ice attribute and soul-drawing power, though the latter would require high-level magic.

Zheng Yichen completed Frostmourne, then began making an Azurewrath-style weapon after learning the sinister sword would be unsuitable for a little girl to use. He discovered black-and-red-robed people investigating his blast site, and Lolise declared that anyone who entered her hidden home without permission deserved to die.

• After several failed attempts, Zheng Yichen made Frostmourne with Frost, Corrosion, Soul Drain Spell, and Soulbinding Enhancement.
• Lolise warned that a little girl could not safely carry the sinister sword, and Zheng Yichen decided to make an Azurewrath-style weapon instead.
• Young Ghost Maids chased Zheng Yichen out of the castle while he was working on the unfinished Azurewrath.
• Zheng Yichen used Projection Spell to spy on black-and-red-robed figures investigating the cratered site where he had made Magic Weapons.
• Zheng Yichen told Lolise about the strangers, and she said anyone who entered her hidden home without permission was an intruder who deserved to die.

Zheng Yichen finished making Azurewrath and prepared to let Summoners call forth projections of his Magic Weapons through a Summoning Book. After Lolise examined him, she revealed that his unusual soul had weakened his side of the contract with Petty, leaving Zheng Yichen to proceed with caution and explain the risks of the new system.

• Zheng Yichen made Azurewrath, learning the Holy Church's Divine Protection spell and avoiding neighbors drawn by his earlier explosions.
• He told Lolise he would link Magic Weapons to Summoning Spells by imprinting them with Summoning Marks anchored to his mental power.
• Lolise examined Zheng Yichen and discovered that his Equal Contract with Petty bound Petty but had become little more than a verbal agreement for him.
• Lolise warned Zheng Yichen that his unusual Otherworldly Soul could disregard contracts, and he agreed not to abuse that advantage.
• Zheng Yichen began preparing a Summoning Book with a Projection Spell array so Summoners could summon weapon projections rather than risk destroying the real weapons.

Zheng Yichen and Lolise completed a Summoning Book that let its users summon Magic Weapon projections, then invited the Ghost Maids to sign contracts with it. He brought the book to Petty, who was surprised to learn what it could do.

• Zheng Yichen finished the Summoning Book with Lolise's help, using his mental energy and Magic Mark to link the book to his Magic Weapons.
• Lolise signed the first contract, and nearly eighty Ghost Maids followed; Zheng Yichen learned that half of them had been victims in the Illusion Demon Forest.
• Zheng Yichen found a spell in Bonnakane's magic book that could create Ghost Maids from a deceased person's soul and remains.
• Lolise kept the Magic Weapons linked to the book because she could carry them in a space anchored to herself.
• Zheng Yichen gave the Summoning Book to Petty at the edge of the Illusion Demon Forest, and she recognized that it let people summon Magic Weapons.

Zheng Yichen introduced Petty to the Magic Weapon Summoning Tome, a book that let its contract holders summon weapons and grew stronger as they used it. Petty signed on as its first contract holder and learned that the tome offered unusual potential and special privileges.

• Zheng Yichen explained that he had recently created the Magic Weapon Summoning Tome and showed Petty how it worked.
• Petty accepted the tome’s Equal Contract, imprinted her Summoning Mark, and became its first contract holder.
• Petty summoned a basic sword and examined the tome’s weapon tiers, including powerful weapons she could not yet summon at full strength.
• Zheng Yichen described how the Ghost Maids’ testing had strengthened the tome’s Magic Weapons and revealed their mana-gathering effects.
• Zheng Yichen told Petty she could negotiate if others wanted the weapons she summoned, then mentioned her special privileges as the tome’s first contract holder.

Zheng Yichen explained the Magic Weapon Summoning Tome’s summon tiers and continued planning new weapons, then used a disguised projection to search Star City for someone suitable. He left the castle under cover of night, still looking for that person.

• Zheng Yichen explained that standard summons had 1% to 69% of an original Magic Weapon’s power, while advanced and ultimate summons required stricter approval.
• Zheng Yichen searched the Illusion Demon Forest for the people in black and red but found no trace of them, then developed plans for future Magic Weapons.
• Zheng Yichen completed a Magic Weapon, recorded it in the summoning tome, and considered spreading word of the tome to protect a girl.
• Lolise agreed that the girl could use protection and revealed that she had written novels when bored.
• Zheng Yichen sent a weakened projection from the castle, disguised himself with an illusion, and began searching Star City for someone suitable.

Zheng Yichen sent out Magic Weapon Summoning Tomes to find suitable contractors, while rumors of the books spread through Star City and the academy. Petty felt overlooked after learning that many others, including Kesha, had become Magic Weapon Wielders.

• Zheng Yichen ruled out elderly mages as contractors and decided to seek moderate-strength users, especially students, while still distributing tomes more widely.
• Lolise gave Zheng Yichen a temporary human-looking avatar that would last twelve hours, and he took control of it before leaving the castle with a bag of single-use tomes.
• Guards in Star City discussed rumors about the Magic Weapon Summoning Tome and its powerful weapons.
• A Magic Weapon Summoning Tome appeared in front of the guards, leaving them stunned by their sudden good fortune.
• Petty watched Kesha train and felt disappointed that other people had become Magic Weapon Wielders, including Kesha, who had found a tome two days earlier.
• Kesha sat beside Petty and asked what was wrong after enjoying the weapons she could summon.

Petty discussed the Magic Weapon Summoning Tome with Kesha and learned that their versions worked differently, leaving her convinced that she had a unique advantage. As word of the tome spread, more adventurers wanted to obtain one and sign a Magic Weapon Contract.

• Petty told Kesha she could not decide which Magic Weapon category to choose from the tome.
• Kesha explained that her summoned weapons grew stronger with repeated use and that she could focus on developing only one category.
• Petty realized her tome let her summon any listed weapon at high strength if she met its power requirement, unlike Kesha’s version.
• Kesha praised the tome because its summoned weapons were convenient, inexpensive, and could be dismissed without loss.
• More adventurers sought the tome as knowledge of it spread.

After distributing Magic Weapon Contract Documents in Star City, Zheng Yichen was followed and attacked by people seeking to capture him. His undead human incarnation survived their poisoned blades, but more groups were also hunting him.

• Zheng Yichen realized researchers studying the Contract Documents had lost mental power, while their investigations revealed the documents could accumulate magic.
• After leaving Star City, Zheng Yichen noticed several dark figures following him and changed his route.
• The black-clad pursuers attacked Zheng Yichen, wounding him with poisoned blades, but his undead body began healing and ignored the poison.
• A pursuer demanded to know why Zheng Yichen was distributing the Magic Weapon Contract Documents, and Zheng Yichen said he was sharing a benefit.
• The black-clad figures attacked again and tried to take Zheng Yichen, while their research had shown that signing a document granted a Summoning Mark for an independent Magic Weapon.