Chapter Summaries

The Neumann family rescued Peter and Nisso from the battlefield and revived them with the Flower of Life. German forces pursued the wounded Demon by air, but after it attacked a helicopter, they opened fire and killed it.

• Karl, Frank, Old Neumann, and Manni pulled Peter and Nisso from the steel needles and gave them crushed Flower of Life petals, reviving them enough to breathe.
• The Neumann family carried the wounded men to their car and drove away from Lauch Park.
• Munich police and rescuers sealed off the battlefield as Germany's Extraordinary Turmoil Investigation Group sent fighters and armed helicopters to search for the airborne threat.
• Two Wind-Type Fighters and six armed helicopters found the wounded Demon in the sky and surrounded it.
• The Demon tore open a helicopter with its tail hook, killing one soldier and wounding another.
• The helicopters attacked with autocannons and rockets, killing the Demon and sending its body plummeting from the sky.

Karl recounted how two warriors fought the monster in Munich, while the Neumann family and Old Rensa treated the badly wounded Peter and Nisso in their hidden basement. As Old Neumann began to explain the family’s history, someone knocked at the door, and one wounded man’s arm twitched.

• Karl told the investigation team that a dark, human-shaped figure had fought the flying monster and ordered him to flee.
• The team leader praised Karl and called the two warriors heroes, while Karl chose Dawn’s side after seeing its mark on the severed arm.
• Old Neumann sent Frank and Manni to collect medical supplies, and they returned with Old Rensa to treat Peter and Nisso.
• Old Rensa treated the wounded men for four hours, and the family waited in the basement as they recovered.
• Old Neumann began to explain why the Neumann family had been called mad, but a rhythmic knock sounded at the door and one wounded man’s arm twitched.

Brown, the Red Banshee, and the Holy Spirit arrived to treat Peter and Nisso, healing their injuries and restoring Peter’s severed arm. The Neumann Family and Old Rensa were welcomed back into Dawn, and Brown accepted their request for the younger men to join the Silent Knight Order’s training camp.

• Brown, the Red Banshee, and the Holy Spirit arrived at the Neumann home and went to the basement to treat Peter and Nisso.
• Brown and the Holy Spirit used magic and the Flower of Life to repair the injured men, reattach Peter’s arm, and restore their strength.
• Peter and Nisso woke soon after the treatment, and Karl told the Dawn members that the military had shot down the demon west of Fiersby.
• The Red Banshee told the Neumann Family and Old Rensa they had already earned the right to return to Dawn, so they should choose a different request.
• Old Neumann asked for the younger men to join the Silent Knight Order, and Brown agreed to let them attend the Knight training camp.

After the battle at Lauch Park, Neller Jorgel reviewed evidence that the Spinefeather Dragon was a juvenile and ordered the search for the two mysterious warriors to continue cautiously. Studying photographs of similar armored mobile bases in China and the United States, he feared that Germany had misunderstood the threat these weapons were designed to face.

• Maiher reported that the Spinefeather Dragon was a juvenile, prompting shock among Neller Jorgel and the agents.
• An agent told Neller that the two warriors remained unidentified and may have been supported by an organization capable of detecting dangerous monsters.
• Neller learned that Karl Neumann had helped the fighters and earned high marks, and he praised Karl's performance.
• Neller ordered the team to organize its files and update keywords as other countries began calling such incidents mutation events.
• After the agents left, Neller examined photographs of similar armored mobile bases in China and the United States and suspected they were meant to fight something other than humans.

The Red Banshee completed Dawn’s new German Archive Management headquarters mystic realm and began setting up its archive sub-realms. Meanwhile, Qin Xiaoxia considered how to overcome the limits of pure magic steel and prepared to send Hama Pi back as part of the Akeniksen Redemption Plan.

• The Red Banshee expanded the mystic realm from the Neumann family's old house to cover Tulip Road and established labels for Dawn's archive rooms.
• The Red Banshee told the Holy Spirit to study her weaving technique while she continued creating sub-realms for the new headquarters.
• Nan Feng failed to bring out the properties of pure magic steel, and Gu Hao explained that attempts to combine different types had broken six arms.
• Qin Xiaoxia told Nan Feng and Gu Hao to focus on equipment made from alloys infused with magic steel while he sought another way to work with pure magic steel.
• Qin Xiaoxia watched the sea from the island castle and decided it was time for Hama Pi to return, calling the plan the Akeniksen Redemption Plan.

Hama Pi prepared to return to his homeland after Qin Xiaoxia formally assigned him the Akeniksen Redemption Plan. Qin Xiaoxia escorted him through the Sealed Demon Mirror into the Wasteland World, where he noticed signs of a strange change in the realm.

• Hama Pi told Qin Xiaoxia that he missed his homeland, and Qin Xiaoxia admitted he had kept him back partly because he valued him as a student.
• Qin Xiaoxia formally assigned Hama Pi the highest-priority mission, beginning the Akeniksen Redemption Plan, and they exchanged the Heart-Clasp Salute.
• The next day, Hama Pi's friends and allies gathered at headquarters as Qin Xiaoxia opened the Sealed Demon Mirror.
• Qin Xiaoxia escorted Hama Pi into the Wasteland World and asked the Eye of the Void about preparations for a mirror on the other side.
• Qin Xiaoxia noticed moss growing on Brown's wall and wondered whether law collision had changed the Wasteland World, while the Eye of the Void sensed a growing, ominous aura from beyond.

Hama Pi crossed the Demon Mirror into Lobelica, where he began using his wealth and status to pursue his mentor’s plan for changing Akeniksen society. After establishing himself in the Merchant Association, he learned that the next step was to stir anger among young Akeniksen who had awakened magic power.

• Qin Xiaoxia sent Hama Pi through the Demon Mirror and urged him to honor his roots, accept fear, and act within his abilities.
• Hama Pi arrived in a poor Akeniksen village, paid an elderly woman for her mirror with food and a gemstone ring, and confirmed that he could still contact Qin Xiaoxia through dreams.
• Hama Pi traveled to Wealth City and used a magic crystal to pay his dues and cover an expelled merchant’s fees, earning rapid advancement and recognition in the Merchant Association.
• Hama Pi welcomed Association visitors and accepted requests for donations, accumulating honors and influence among the Akeniksen.
• Qin Xiaoxia told Hama Pi in a dream to challenge entrenched beliefs by stirring anger among young Akeniksen who had awakened magic power.

Pipi established the Dawn Merchant Group, changed his name, and partnered with Wei Kewei to launch a periodical aimed at merchants. The first issue sold out quickly, and Pipi continued toward the slave market while reflecting on how the publication could awaken merchants’ anger.

• Pipi registered the Dawn Merchant Group and changed his name from Hama Pi to Pipi.
• On his way to the slave market, Pipi warned two students that the Doriel Horned Beast lured merchants in to devour them for their flesh, blood, and souls.
• Wei Kewei opened a periodical shop with Pipi’s backing and sold out five hundred trial copies of the Business Opportunity Information Guide.
• The guide combined business advice and success stories with accounts of merchants being betrayed or harmed by their trading partners.
• Pipi recalled his Mentor’s advice that awakening self-respect was the prerequisite for awakening anger.

Pipi bought two wingless, elf-like creatures and arranged to transport them with other slaves and technical scrolls through the Demon Mirror to the Wasteland World. Demon Eye recognized the pair as descendants of the ancient species Jilian, and the chapter ended with an alarm sounding at a French outpost as the delivery occurred.

• Pipi bought two tiny creatures sold as rare elves, along with their severed wings, at the slave market.
• Two days later, Pipi used the Demon Mirror to immobilize Wei Kewei and the others, shot a hidden watcher, and transported the purchased slaves and scrolls.
• Demon Eye recognized the two creatures as Jilian's surviving offspring, then sent the shipment to the Qing Town Sanctuary.
• Doudou asked to keep the two creatures, but Big Cousin flicked him back onto the roof.
• An alarm sounded at a French observation station in the Death Miasma Isolation Zone as the Demon Mirror delivered the goods.

The Death Miasma Zone in France became increasingly dangerous as tremors grew stronger, communications failed, and its boundary expanded. The two Evolvers heard the name “Jilian” in their minds and ordered an immediate evacuation.

• A tremor disrupted the observation station, and sensors across the Death Miasma Zone began losing contact.
• French forces sealed the entrances, withdrew beyond the interference zone, and established plans for a second perimeter.
• Kodel ordered Luna to be brought to headquarters as the affected area expanded and electronic equipment failed.
• The Dawn Association received news of the emergency, and Qin Xiaoxia questioned two tiny creatures, whose wounds suddenly began spasming when Su Su opened the box containing eight wings.
• Tremors intensified to magnitude 5.5, and the two Evolvers heard “Jilian” repeating in their minds before ordering everyone to evacuate.

The Death Miasma Zone stopped expanding temporarily, but Luna’s terrifying vision and the two creatures’ reaction suggested a deeper connection to the mysterious name Jilian. As tremors resumed, Dawn’s Sage arrived at the French camp and warned that Jilian’s Seal could no longer hold.

• Fanhill rejected Plan C while the defense forces tracked the Death Miasma Zone’s boundaries with drones and animal observers.
• At the Qing Town Sanctuary, the two little creatures convulsed near the magic-suppressing box and repeated the name Jilian, prompting Qin Xiaoxia to question them.
• Luna screamed and clutched her throat after looking toward the cordon, then remained incoherent until a doctor sedated her.
• Kodel welcomed Dawn’s delegation at the camp and learned that the leading visitor was Dawn’s current Sage.
• A tremor shook the gathering, and Dawn’s Sage said Jilian’s Seal could no longer hold.

The Dawn Sage revealed that Jilian was an ancient otherworldly fiend sealed beneath the Death Miasma Zone, and Dawn deployed three hundred members to confront it. After warning the Alliance forces about Jilian’s leaking power, Qin Xiaoxia and Su Su joined Dawn’s prepared cordon.

• The Dawn Sage thanked Kodel for guarding the seal and warned him that Dawn’s arrival might alarm his forces.
• Three hundred imposing Dawn Association members appeared around the Death Miasma Zone, startling the Alliance troops and agents.
• The Dawn Sage identified Jilian as an ancient fiend that had devastated Dawn thousands of years earlier and explained that the weakened seal made caution necessary.
• An agent asked about a tactical nuclear strike, and the Sage said Jilian was in worse shape than Dawn while hoping humanity would never need that option.
• The Dawn Sage asked Kodel to withdraw his forces at least one kilometer from Dawn’s cordon, and Kodel ordered them back.
• Qin Xiaoxia and Su Su reached the cordon, where Dawn’s members prepared for Jilian’s possible escape.

Qin Xiaoxia and Su Su awakened Jilian and revealed the six pillars of Dawn’s seal pinning the Ancient Demon in place. After Qin Xiaoxia removed one pillar, demons poured from Jilian’s arm, and Dawn’s members charged to stop them from escaping.

• The Defense Force withdrew, and Dawn’s members advanced to the edge of the Death Miasma.
• Qin Xiaoxia and Su Su used the Ancient Demons’ blood to awaken the wings in the wooden box.
• Jilian appeared, pinned by six enormous silver pillars, as soldiers and observers watched from beyond Dawn’s blockade.
• Qin Xiaoxia removed the pillar piercing Jilian’s left hand, releasing hordes of demons.
• The Sage ordered Dawn’s members to attack, and more than three hundred guardians charged after the fleeing monsters.

Dawn defeated the Demons emerging from Jilian’s body and removed all six Heavenly Pillars, leaving Jilian’s undying body behind. Qin Xiaoxia and Su Su stood with the two little Ancient Demons as their resonance with the body grew, and Qin Xiaoxia warned them not to grow complacent.

• Dawn members and soldiers coordinated to kill the Demons, with Brown growing stronger as he absorbed their blood.
• Qin Xiaoxia removed the Heavenly Pillars one by one, and Dawn’s fighters killed the creatures that emerged from Jilian’s body.
• A powerful magical being escaped from the seal at the back of Jilian’s head, but Brown, the Holy Spirit, and the Endless Abyss brought her down and Dawn’s forces killed her.
• After the fighting ended, Dawn learned that Jilian’s soul had disintegrated beneath the seals and that only her undying body remained.
• Qin Xiaoxia and Su Su stood beside Jilian’s head with the two little Ancient Demons, whose resonance with her body had grown, and Qin Xiaoxia warned them not to let it go to their heads.

Qin Xiaoxia tried to inscribe a Mystic Realm Formula Array onto Jilian’s corpse, but the markings vanished, so he used blood-infused magic crystals and a more powerful method to begin sealing Jilian’s left shoulder. The array spread beneath his hand as a pillar of purple light rose, leaving the French and international observers wondering whether the ancient Dawn Association had always possessed a way to seal Jilian.

• Two Skywalking Disciples told the French troops that Jilian had fallen and warned them to keep their distance while Dawn cleared the battlefield.
• Qin Xiaoxia inscribed a Mystic Realm Formula Array onto Jilian’s left shoulder, but the markings faded and disappeared.
• Qin Xiaoxia soaked four rare magic crystals in his blood, then drove them into Jilian’s shoulder and unleashed a vast surge of magic power.
• Qin Xiaoxia pressed his hand to Jilian’s shoulder, causing branching patterns to spread through the purple-stained flesh as winds and a pillar of purple light formed.
• Du Peipei and the Huaguo agent suspected that Dawn’s ancient seal had been part of a long-standing plan to contain Jilian.

Qin Xiaoxia inscribed a Dawn Seal on Jilian, binding the ancient demon to Dawn and declaring that she had passed away as a threat. After Dawn’s forces left France, Jilian’s body appeared at the Qing Town Sanctuary, where the Association began dispersing and tallying the battle’s results.

• Qin Xiaoxia completed the large purple Dawn Seal on Jilian’s shoulder, exhausting himself before recovering with help from the surrounding world power.
• Qin Xiaoxia told Su Su that Aixi and Aiyou had already sworn allegiance to Dawn and promised to help them heal and inherit Jilian’s estate.
• Mo Shaoge reported that the battlefield had been cleared, and Qin Xiaoxia ordered the Association to gather materials from Jilian’s body.
• Qin Xiaoxia told Kodel that Jilian had passed away as an ancient demon from another world and would be Jilian, the ancient demon of Dawn if seen again, then suggested establishing a training base near the village.
• Qin Xiaoxia and Su Su departed France, and Jilian’s body disappeared; Du Peipei and other foreign observers offered France support for developing the training area.
• Jilian’s body appeared at the Qing Town Sanctuary, and most of the Association members returned to Dawn Silent Moon Island to replenish supplies and tally merit points.

Qin Xiaoxia investigated the slaves Pipi had obtained and discovered that eight supposed Miner Beasts were intelligent Zevali metalworkers who recognized the Endless Abyss. The chapter left him planning to use their forging knowledge while remaining uncertain about their connection to the ancient species and the Heavenly Pillars.

• Su Su questioned Mumu about ancient species, while Qin Xiaoxia focused on Jilian's wounds and the origins of the Heavenly Pillars.
• Qin Xiaoxia visited the military-forging realm, where Nan Feng reported that most of the slaves had ordinary skills but the eight Miner Beasts seemed unusually intelligent.
• Qin Xiaoxia showed the eight his bracelet, and they recognized it as the Endless Abyss wielded by a devil, though they said the knowledge came from ancestral tradition in the Zevali Domain.
• One of the eight explained that true magic steel alloy required a suitable binding medium, revealing that the creatures had valuable forging expertise.
• The eight denied knowing Aiyou, Aixi, or Demon Eye and failed to recognize the Heavenly Pillar Qin Xiaoxia showed them.

France and its allies finalized a plan to share the former Death Miasma exclusion zone as a military training area. When soldier Mini unexpectedly experienced a mental breakthrough after adapting to the zone’s pressure, researchers began investigating whether the area could improve both mental and physical abilities.

• France and the alliance settled on a rolling allocation plan for the training zone, with France guaranteed at least thirty percent of its capacity.
• A company of combat engineers reached the bottom of a deep pit formed when Jilian’s body had crushed the village terrain.
• Mini joked with the other soldiers, then suddenly felt his movements had slowed and passed out after swinging his arms until they ached.
• Researchers examined Mini and proposed the term “mental breakthrough point” for the improvement caused by overcoming the zone’s mental pressure.
• Researchers began considering whether repeated mental breakthroughs or similar physical breakthroughs could occur in the training zone.

After demonstrating the power of affinity mediums, Baru brought the Goldforgers to the Association’s vast magic steel storehouse so they could find materials for forging magic steel weapons. The Goldforgers began experimenting with affinity mediums and, awed by the abundance of magic steel and three mysterious pillars, believed they might be able to forge divine weapons as in Zevali’s legends.

• Big Brother demonstrated that a saber forged with an affinity medium could break several ordinary steel sabers while remaining nearly intact.
• Baru arrived and asked the Goldforgers how to find or create an affinity medium suitable for magic steel.
• Baru took the Goldforgers to a mystic realm where Nan Feng showed them a hill covered in colorful formations of magic steel.
• The Goldforgers began testing materials from Demons and wondrous plants to produce affinity mediums in the magic steel’s presence.
• The Goldforgers recognized three enormous silvery-white pillars as the wondrous substance in a weapon the Sage had shown them and began visiting the realm daily to prostrate themselves before it.

Pipi promoted the third issue of the Business Opportunity Information Guide, whose story of merchant Keke Yilu’s betrayal of an Elf sparked outrage among young Akeniksen. The chapter ended with a crowd destroying Keke Yilu’s grave while Pipi watched from hiding.

• Pipi bribed an Akeniksen merchant to learn that Gumiduo was traveling to Delan Garden World as a major slave trader.
• Students at the Merchant Association School gathered to read the third issue of the Business Opportunity Information Guide and admired Pipi’s rise as a young merchant.
• The students read Keke Yilu’s account of betraying an Elf, selling her Water Magic Pearl, and leading a Spellweaver to her, after which the Elf disappeared.
• Young and older Akeniksen formed groups and destroyed Keke Yilu’s grave after the magazine spread.
• Pipi watched from a distant hill and recalled his Mentor’s prediction that the grave’s survival would mean his plan had failed.