Chapter Summaries

Chaos discovered that his left pupil had become a pocket watch that could stop time, though using the power consumed his magic quickly. After eating Bamokangla’s Magic Core and falling asleep, he woke to find two dragon hatchlings preparing to fight over food.

• Agatha told Chaos that Bamokangla’s Magic Core had been left for him, and Chaos noticed his left pupil had changed into a golden pocket watch.
• Chaos tested his new ability and stopped time, then cut it off when it rapidly drained his magic.
• Chaos ate the entire Magic Core while Feeny tried and rejected a fragment, then he fell asleep again.
• Chaos woke to find a Black Dragon hatchling and a green dragon hatchling fighting over food, and watched as they began colliding their bodies.

Chaos prepared Bamokangla’s heart for hot pot and invited An to eat, getting her to carve a stone platform into a pot. When Feeny asked to form a contract after the meal, Chaos avoided agreeing and asked her to find Agatha to provide fire.

• Chaos left the hatchlings wrestling and checked the heart soaking by the riverbank, then noticed his cooking pot had been destroyed.
• Chaos kicked An off her stone platform and invited her to eat as an apology, though his remark about Water Serpent made her suspicious.
• An followed Chaos to the riverbank, where he asked her to hollow out the platform into a stone pot while he sliced the heart.
• Feeny asked Chaos to form a contract after the meal, and Chaos asked her to find Agatha so they could get fire.

Chaos summoned the life element fairy Vinnie, who impressed him by growing plants he could use as seasonings. Feeny returned and confronted Vinnie, accusing her of trying to steal Chaos.

• Feeny flew toward the riverbank to approach the red dragon while Chaos summoned Vinnie.
• Vinnie appeared and asked whether Chaos would form a contract with her, but he suggested they get to know each other first.
• Chaos asked Vinnie to grow seasoning plants, and she quickly produced several unfamiliar varieties, including chili peppers and Sichuan pepper.
• Feeny returned, saw Vinnie beside Chaos, and angrily declared that she was Chaos's only friend.

Chaos prepared hot pot with Agatha and An while Feeny and Vinnie fought over him. The fairies paused their fight when the food smelled good, leaving Chaos wondering which one had won.

• Vinnie and Feeny argued over who would form a contract with Chaos, then grabbed each other’s hair and fought in midair.
• Chaos watched the fairies fight while slicing heart meat, and An quietly avoided his gaze as she carved out a stone pot.
• Chaos gathered herbs and spices, teased An by calling her Black Coal Ball, and told her to wash and fill the pot.
• Agatha heated the pot with her dragon breath, and Chaos added the seasonings to the boiling water.
• Feeny and Vinnie stopped fighting when the hot pot smelled delicious, and Chaos wondered which fairy had won.

Chaos cooked hot pot by the river, carved stools and tableware for Feeny and Vinnie, and tried to keep the two fairies from fighting. After tasting the broth, he stopped An from reaching into the pot with dirty claws and told her to wash them first.

• Chaos watched Vinnie and Feeny finish their fight, then decided Vinnie could serve as Feeny's rival.
• Chaos carved stone stools and tableware for Feeny and Vinnie while the hot pot cooked.
• Feeny and Vinnie accepted their gifts and settled on opposite sides of Chaos.
• Chaos cooked sliced heart meat in the broth and enjoyed its flavor, though he wished he had salt.
• An reached toward the pot, but Chaos knocked her claw away and told her to wash it in the river first.

Chaos restarted the hot pot meal with fresh ingredients, then invited the hungry Green Hatchling Loya to join them. After making her wash her claws twice, he left An to explain how she could eat without angering him.

• Chaos gathered fresh seasonings and meat, and Feeny refilled the Stone Pot with water while Agatha heated it with her dragon breath.
• Black Coal Ball brought back a large slab of meat, and the hatchlings began their second round of hot pot.
• Chaos noticed Loya sneaking toward the food and invited her to eat with them.
• When Loya reached into the Stone Pot without washing her claws, Chaos stopped her and sent her to the riverbank.
• Chaos sent Loya back to wash again after she stepped in dirt, and An joined her in the water.
• An told Loya to wash her claws, walk upright, and sit down so she could eat without Chaos stopping her.

Chaos shared a meal with the hatchlings before White Chubby rushed to him, pursued by a Sali. Hera killed the beast and offered Chaos its magic core, while Agatha revealed she had organized the hatchlings to befriend him and proposed they work together for safety.

• Chaos and Agatha stopped eating so the Green Hatchling could have more food, and Chaos told the gathered hatchlings to make their own pots.
• A Sali burst through the riverbank, and White Chubby rushed into Chaos’s arms as the beast charged after her.
• Hera pounced on the Sali, killed it, and extracted its poison-element magic core.
• Hera offered the core to Chaos, who asked why she was giving it to him.
• Agatha admitted she had asked the hatchlings to befriend Chaos and offered him the magic cores they found in exchange for his help protecting them.

Chaos accepted Hera’s magic core and tried to learn why Sali had attacked White Chubby. After discovering that White Chubby had eaten Sali’s larva and tasting the white granules on her scales, he suspected they were salt and asked where they came from.

• Hera offered Chaos a poison-attribute magic core and said she wanted to team up with him during their hatchling years, while repeatedly glancing at Agatha.
• Chaos set the magic core aside and questioned White Chubby about Sali’s hostility toward her.
• White Chubby revealed that she had eaten Sali’s larva, then swallowed it again when Chaos refused it.
• Chaos scraped white granules from White Chubby, tasted their salty, astringent flavor, and asked where they came from.
• White Chubby pointed toward the hole she had escaped from.

Chaos and Agatha explored the cave where White Chubby had found an opening and discovered a salt vein. Agatha carried the salt ore back for Chaos, who prepared to return to the others.

• Chaos let White Chubby eat meat from the Stone Pot after the white dragon washed its claws.
• Chaos and Agatha entered the cave and found no other Sali along the passage.
• Chaos discovered a chamber filled with salt deposits and dug out a large block of salt ore.
• Agatha lifted the salt block onto her back, and she and Chaos headed back together.

Chaos continued questioning Agatha about her intentions, then returned to the riverbank and found the hatchlings feasting around their stone pots. After Chaos showed them how to season their hot pot with rock salt, the hatchlings rushed to try it, though one group decided to take more than he recommended.

• Agatha told Chaos that she would not harm him now and refused to explain her original idea.
• Chaos returned to the riverbank, where hatchlings ate from stone pots and settled food disputes with fights.
• Chaos learned from Black Coal Ball that Vinnie was staying in a vine house in a fruit-bearing tree.
• Chaos added rock salt to his hot pot and explained that the right amount improved the taste.
• Hera took a small piece of salt after Chaos demonstrated the amount, while a group of four hatchlings doubted his advice and sent a blue dragon to collect more.