Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao questioned Cattiss about the Saints and the sources of power before deciding to hunt a Legendary, then traveled to East Maple City to investigate Duke Fisher. At the city gate, he learned that young Duke Fisher had been killed in an attack two days earlier, before Lin Hao arrived.

• Cattiss explained the Swarm's origins and shared what she knew about the Holy Sword, the True Ancestor, and the Twelve Saints.
• Lin Hao let Cattiss leave with a blood-red summoning gem and considered targeting Duke Fisher or the newly Legendary Yōma King.
• Lin Hao prepared to leave, gathered supplies and explosives, and reassured Li Yanbing and the others before setting out from the Plas City-State.
• Lin Hao flew to East Maple City, where he sensed no strong Legendary presence and disguised himself to enter without drawing attention.
• A guard told Lin Hao that Duke Fisher's estate had been attacked two days earlier and that young Duke Fisher had been killed.

Lin Hao investigated the aftermath of the battle at Duke Fisher’s estate, copied two Epic visitors, and followed the younger Duke Fisher’s escape route to Qijing Lakeside, where he sensed a Legendary presence and prepared an ambush. As Norman Parker investigated Lin Hao and two black-robed figures entered the Elven Forest, another watcher followed them, sensing danger.

• Lin Hao examined the ruined estate and concluded that three Epics had attacked the younger Duke Fisher, who escaped through the Mili River.
• Lin Hao copied Evan Gray and Norman Parker while questioning them, then learned that both were interested in the Source of Life but neither had joined the attack.
• Lin Hao followed the underwater passage to Qijing Lakeside, sensed a Legendary Domain near a cabin, and set up Shadow Soldiers with explosive weapons in the woods.
• Norman Parker discovered that Hua An was not the investigator who had questioned him, then learned that the real suspect had fled toward the Elven Forest.
• Two black-robed figures entered the Elven Forest believing old Duke Fisher was dead, while a cloaked watcher followed them after sensing danger.

Three Epics from the Kingdom of Lauren confronted the wounded younger Duke Fisher over the Source of Life, but Legendary elf Yana Moonshadow drove them back. Blood Clan Legendary Flint Belfort then appeared, and Lin Hao watched from across Fairy Lake while sensing another hidden presence.

• Lance Griffiths, White Morrison, and Warren pursued the younger Duke Fisher toward Fairy Lake, while the fleeing Evan Gray crossed paths with them and alerted Norman Parker that three suspects were ahead.
• The Lauren trio surrounded Fisher’s cabin, and the wounded younger Duke Fisher emerged with the beating Source of Life in his hand.
• Evan Gray returned to offer Fisher help, and the Lauren trio attacked Fisher before three azure arrows blasted their Heroic Spirit Souls backward.
• Yana Moonshadow revealed herself as a Legendary elf and ordered the intruders to leave, while Norman Parker arrived with his forces to support Fisher.
• Flint Belfort appeared and demanded the Source of Life, claiming he would hold it under the Legendary Pact as he challenged Yana over their old grievances.
• Lin Hao watched from across the lake, recognized Yana and Flint as former members of the Hero’s Party from Three Hundred Years Ago, and noticed another hidden presence waiting nearby.

A battle over the Source of Life at Fairy Lake escalated when Sean Lauren ambushed the exhausted fighters and seized it, but Lin Hao revealed himself and struck Sean down, taking the Source for himself. Lin Hao gained the Source’s replenishing power, while Sean and Yana continued fighting and Flint escaped; Lin Hao then considered how to use the Source and gather Wish Power for his Legendary breakthrough.

• Yana fought Flint over Fairy Lake while Fisher and his companions defeated the three Epic fighters from the Kingdom of Lauren, leaving Warren alive and badly wounded.
• Sean Lauren ambushed the exhausted Red Maple fighters, took the Source of Life, killed Fisher, the Count of High Mountain, the Tiger of Military Intelligence, and Warren, and revealed himself as Warren’s father.
• Yana and Flint joined forces against Sean, who tried to escape across the lake, but Lin Hao ambushed him with a powerful sword strike and severed his arm, taking the Source of Life.
• Lin Hao equipped the Source of Life and felt its power replenish his energy, while Flint fled and Yana kept fighting Sean.
• Lin Hao examined the Source’s properties and considered collecting more Sources of Life and Wish Power to prepare for his Legendary breakthrough.

After surviving the battle, Lin Hao used his new strength and shadow servants to collect the Count of High Mountain’s wealth and arrange its transport. He left Qiu An and Wen Tailai with the wagons and two disguised Epic servants, then headed alone toward an Evacuation Item signal in the Brute Kingdom.

• Lin Hao recovered spoils from the battlefield, then had Evan Gray lead him to Gaoshan City and the count’s treasury.
• Lin Hao encountered Hua An and Wen Tailai fleeing the forest, recruited them to arrange wagons, and gave them a Fifth Stage Breath of Flame.
• Lin Hao and his companions reached Gaoshan City, where the disguised Evan Gray ordered his son to gather the family’s valuables and opened the treasury for Lin Hao.
• Hua An and Wen Tailai bought wagons, and Lin Hao loaded them with the count’s wealth while Evan Gray privately prepared his son for a possible disappearance.
• Lin Hao sent Qiu An and Wen Tailai on the road with the goods and the disguised Evan Gray and Norman Parker, then set out alone toward the Evacuation Item signal.

Lin Hao took the Brute Kingdom’s Evacuation Item from Winter XVII and Winter XIII, then learned that his intervention against Sean Lauren had prompted a Legendary Council ruling against the Kingdom of Lauren. Back in Huilas, he reviewed his growing medicine business and prepared to travel south to test whether Cattiss had truly submitted.

• Lin Hao entered Brute City and confronted Winter XVII and Winter XIII in the royal palace, demanding Winter XVII’s crown, which held the Evacuation Item.
• Winter XIII persuaded Winter XVII to hand over the crown, and Lin Hao left after suggesting they could discuss cooperation later.
• Winter XVII and Winter XIII received news that a suspected transmigrator had severed Sean Lauren’s arm and seized Duke Fisher’s Source of Life.
• The Legendary Council ordered the Kingdom of Lauren to compensate the Taifeng Kingdom, cede a city-state, and refrain from attacking it again.
• Back in Huilas, Lin Hao and Li Yanbing reviewed their profitable medicine business, and Lin Hao ordered preparations to protect and expand it.
• Lin Hao decided to travel south to the Southern Wasteland to find out whether Cattiss had submitted.

Lin Hao and Cattiss lured Legendary Zerg Malcolm into an ambush, where Lin Hao killed him and took his polluted Insect Source. Lin Hao then severed more of Cattiss’s Swarm permissions and considered the danger the Mother of Insects posed, while Cattiss offered to lure another target.

• Cattiss told Lin Hao that she could bring a slow, heavily armored Legendary beetle named Malcolm to him, and Lin Hao prepared an ambush with the Count of High Mountain and the Tiger of Military Intelligence.
• Cattiss led Malcolm to the meeting place and attacked him, while two Epic Shadow Soldiers fired 40 mm bolts to hold his attention.
• Lin Hao empowered his Heroic Spirit Soul with [A Promise Worth a Thousand Gold] and overwhelmed Malcolm, killing him despite his powerful defenses.
• Lin Hao used [Heart of the Swarm] and Swarm Will to replace Cattiss’s connection to the Mother of the Swarm, then reduced her independent permissions while promising to reward her help.
• Lin Hao extracted Malcolm’s polluted Insect Source and examined its properties, including [Insect Breathing: Source] and [Swarm Adaptation].
• Lin Hao worried that the Mother of Insects could threaten the world, and Cattiss offered to lure another Legendary for him.

Lin Hao killed a Legendary Zerg with Cattiss, gained another Insect Source, and received the Dwarf King's forging hammer and guidance on incorporating sources of life into equipment. After expanding his strength and resources, he learned about the dangerous third world and began planning to refine his three sources of life and sell their deconstruction data to the Swarm.

• Lin Hao and Cattiss hunted down a Legendary Zergling, and Lin Hao equipped the Insect Source he recovered from its body.
• Lin Hao reached Forgehold, where Gorin Flintrock showed him the Dwarves' new Steam Tank and explained how sources of life and saintly seat elements could be forged into equipment.
• Gorin Flintrock gave Lin Hao the Dwarf King's Forging Hammer, and Lin Hao promised to help Prince Boffo obtain Transmigrator permission when the time was right.
• Lin Hao returned to Plas City-State, where Cattiss began serving Li Yanbing and Lin Hao arranged further wish-power siphoning for his allies.
• Lin Hao learned from Yi Feng that the third world was plagued by ghosts and that its spiritual cultivators had suddenly gone mad, so he cautioned against rushing further exploration.
• Lin Hao decided to refine his three sources of life and consider selling their deconstruction data to the Swarm to raise his permission.

Lin Hao stabilized his Legendary standing with three Sources of Life, completed his Obsidian Wings, and uploaded his Source of the Dragon and Insect Source research to the Swarm. When caravans carrying potions were attacked and rumors spread in Plas City-State, Lin Hao prepared to confront the threat.

• Lin Hao spent a month training with his Sources of Life, stabilized his Legendary standing, and crafted the Obsidian Wings into his equipment.
• Lin Hao uploaded his analysis of the Source of the Dragon and Insect Source to the Swarm Network, slightly strengthening his Swarm traits in return.
• Yi Feng told Lin Hao that caravans transporting potions had been attacked, and Lin Hao changed clothes after recognizing the Alchemy Guild's likely involvement.
• Rumors spread in Plas City-State that the dwarven potions were harmful, while merchants worried about robberies and the Alchemy Guild's displeasure.
• Li Yanbing reported that the attacks targeted small caravans outside the Dwarf Kingdom's sphere of influence, and Lin Hao questioned why the attackers feared the dwarves but not him.

Lin Hao confronted the Alchemy Guild over attacks on caravans and killed Epic Ezra with a single Holy Light Slash. After Moro confessed to the guild’s scheme and exposed its plans for Painkilling Water, Lin Hao received an invitation to an expanded potion conference at the Imperial Court, leaving him to consider whether to attend or strike the guild there.

• Moro and Ezra discussed the Alchemy Guild’s declining business, their investigation into the Dwarf Kingdom’s potions, and plans to test Baron Link and demand his supply channels.
• Lin Hao confronted the Alchemy Guild in public about caravan attacks, then killed Ezra with one Holy Light Slash when Ezra appeared to threaten resistance.
• Moro admitted the guild had arranged attacks to disrupt Lin Hao’s trade and competition, and explained that it planned to profit from addictive Painkilling Water.
• Under supervision, Moro toured the city and nearby caravans, publicizing the Alchemy Guild’s misconduct and the dangers of Painkilling Water.
• The Alchemy Guild invited Lin Hao to an expanded potion quota conference at the Imperial Court, and Lin Hao considered using the gathering as an opportunity to act against it.

Lin Hao arrived at the Imperial Court, where Daphne showed him the city and agreed to support his complaint against the Alchemy Guild. The guild’s senior directors decided to offer him a directorship, and Ryan Fisher approached Lin Hao and Daphne to ask them to stop challenging the guild.

• Lin Hao flew into the Imperial Court, met the griffin keeper Ironfoot, and learned that Dane Stonefist was visiting the city.
• Daphne met Lin Hao and guided him around the Imperial Court, where he told her he had come to confront the Alchemy Guild over its attack on a merchant caravan and its potion practices.
• Lin Hao and Daphne visited Dragon’s Crag and learned about the surviving wyverns and Theodore, the Legendary Dragon who chaired the Imperial Court Council.
• Six Alchemy Guild directors discussed Lin Hao, agreed to offer him a directorship, and planned to use the appointment to gain access to his potion supply.
• At the elven restaurant Xylophone House, Lin Hao and Daphne encountered Nana Moonshadow, and Ryan Fisher approached them to ask Lin Hao to stop opposing the Alchemy Guild.

Lin Hao confronted the Alchemy Guild over its role in an attack on his caravan and refused its offer of reconciliation. After the guild directors unanimously backed a hard-line response, he declared the guild his enemy and left the conference.

• Ryan Fisher approached Lin Hao before the conference, and Lin Hao said he would demand an explanation from the Alchemy Guild without blaming Ryan for carrying its message.
• Lin Hao spent the night drinking with Daphne and Yana Moonshadow, then attended the quota conference, where Dane Stonefist publicly showed support for him.
• Daphne and Yana backed Lin Hao when Stran Lauren challenged him, and the gathered Legendaries' hostility unsettled the conference.
• Lin Hao accused the Alchemy Guild of arranging the attack on his caravan and demanded that those responsible be executed; Stran framed his demand as a declaration of war.
• Lin Hao accepted that framing, but excluded the dwarves, elves, and Theocracy from the dispute and offered the guild a final chance to comply.
• The Alchemy Guild directors unanimously rejected Lin Hao's demand, so he declared the guild his enemy, warned its partners, and left the Imperial Palace.

Lin Hao repeatedly intercepted the Alchemy Guild’s caravans and sold their potions in the Imperial Court, prompting the Guild to send Isaac Gray and other fighters to kill him. Lin Hao defeated Isaac and Stran Lauren, then caught the Source of Life Stran had carried as his Heroic Spirit Body shattered.

• The Alchemy Guild’s directors decided to hunt Lin Hao after he brought a stolen convoy into the Imperial Court and sold its potions at half price.
• Lin Hao intercepted a second caravan and brought it into the city, while Isaac Gray arrived too late and threatened to catch him on his next raid.
• Lin Hao led the Guild’s pursuing fighters to a barren plain, where Isaac Gray attacked him with a frost-powered Heroic Spirit Soul.
• Lin Hao caught Isaac Gray’s strike barehanded, killed him with a Holy Light Slash, and charged at the concealed Legendary fighter Stran Lauren.
• Stran Lauren manifested his Heroic Spirit Body and fought Lin Hao, but Lin Hao shattered it and caught the Source of Life.

Lin Hao defeated Stran Lauren and the Alchemists' Guild pursuers, then returned to the Imperial Court with their weapons and potions. Lucas offered reconciliation, but Lin Hao refused and continued toward the dwarven district.

• Lin Hao took the Source of Wind, copied Stran Lauren, and killed the original after Stran pleaded for his life.
• Lin Hao used his enhanced speed and Wind Arrow to kill the fleeing pursuers, including the last Epic expert.
• Lin Hao sent his Stran shadow back as a survivor and drove the convoy to the Imperial Court, where he sold the Alchemists' Guild's potions and displayed the captured weapons.
• Lucas recognized a director's Morning Star among the weapons, realized Lin Hao had killed the interception team, and offered thirty thousand gold coins for the goods.
• Lucas identified Lin Hao as a transmigrator and proposed reconciliation, but Lin Hao demanded control of the Alchemists' Guild and rejected the offer.
• Lin Hao warned Lucas to pay Dane before he died, then left for the dwarven district as Lucas invoked the Legendary Pact.

Lin Hao manipulated the Alchemy Guild into gathering at Caesar Fortress, where he ambushed its Legendary directors and revealed overwhelming strength. After killing Reis and defeating several others, he and Stran cornered Lucas, the last one standing.

• The Alchemy Guild's senior directors believed Stran's account that Lin Hao relied mainly on explosive attacks and agreed to ambush him together at Caesar Fortress.
• Lin Hao relaxed with Daphne and Yana in the Imperial Court, then flew to Caesar Fortress after learning the Guild had publicly announced its warehouse inventory there.
• Lin Hao descended on the gathered directors in his golden Heroic Spirit Body, and Reis charged him with Breath of Thunder.
• Lin Hao cut Reis in half, took the Source of Thunder, and used its Burst trait to accelerate toward the remaining directors.
• Lin Hao battered Lucas, destroyed Duke West's Holy Light Slash, and shattered two more Heroic Spirit Bodies with a dragon-shaped attack.
• Lin Hao and Stran surrounded the badly injured Lucas after Lin Hao declared that the fight was over.

Lin Hao defeated Lucas and the other Alchemists' Guild Legendaries at Caesar Fortress, then gained their Sources of Life and drew the Imperial Court's attention. He met Theodore, the ancient Legendary Dragon, who asked what he thought of the situation on the Antares continent.

• Lin Hao unleashed his full power and killed Lucas, while Count Caesar discovered the corpse and helped Lin Hao claim and transport the warehouse spoils.
• Lin Hao returned to Yana and Daphne, and Daphne left to fulfill her promise to improve the Church before joining him later.
• News of the six fallen Legendary figures spread, causing the Alchemists' Guild to collapse as its remaining directors departed.
• Lin Hao embedded eight Sources of Life into his equipment and accepted a meeting with the Imperial Court's speaker, Theodore.
• Theodore revealed that he sensed the Source of the Dragon within Lin Hao and asked for his view of the Antares continent's current situation.

Lin Hao learned from Theodore that the [dragon element] might awaken when someone with the [source of the dragon] united the world, but he chose to hunt other sources of life before joining the Legendary Pact. As the continent reacted to the Alchemists' Guild's collapse, Lin Hao found the Yōma King in the Mountains of Aus and struck him down.

• Theodore told Lin Hao that the [dragon element] might reappear through the [source of the dragon] and a campaign to unite the world, and warned him to stop selling stolen goods in the Imperial Court.
• Lin Hao left the Imperial Court and headed north to hunt sources of life, while news of the six fallen Legendaries and the Alchemists' Guild's dissolution spread across Antares.
• The Northern Federation and other kingdoms chose to avoid revenge and consider how to restrain or appease Lin Hao, while Pope Dylan Saint consulted the True Ancestor about him.
• In the Mountains of Aus, Callum shot an old woodcutter after realizing he was a Yōma King, but the creature's hide deflected the pellets and it wounded Callum.
• Lin Hao spotted the Yōma King, dived from the sky, and split the creature and its Heroic Spirit Body in two with a lightning-fast strike.

Lin Hao traveled to Bright Fortress and joined Lachlan’s team to investigate Ice Yōma tracks in the Snowfield. After the Snowfield Bandits confronted them over Pete’s knowledge of the Thirteen Great Thieves’ treasure, Lin Hao’s [Ice Yōma Eye] heated up, signaling that an Ice Yōma was approaching.

• Lin Hao killed the Yōma King, retrieved the corrupted [Source of Flame], and discovered that it granted disguise, vitality, and qi-and-blood abilities.
• Lin Hao reached Bright Fortress, read reports about the Alchemy Guild’s collapse and Ice Spirit activity, and recruited himself into Lachlan’s Ice Yōma tracking team.
• Lachlan’s team traveled into the Snowfield, found frozen adventurers whose belongings had been taken, and spotted possible bandits watching them.
• Lin Hao noticed that Pete reacted to the bodies and secretly copied him with a low-tier Shadow Fiend slot.
• The team camped, then Noseless Man and the Snowfield Bandits surrounded them and accused Pete of holding clues to the Thirteen Great Thieves’ treasure.
• Lin Hao’s [Ice Yōma Eye] began to heat up, suggesting an Ice Yōma was approaching.

Lin Hao led the Snowfield Bandits to the treasure in Icewind Valley, where the Ice Spirits attacked while searching for a stolen eye. After Lin Hao killed Wuluzis and took his Source of Darkness, he confronted the remaining Ice Spirit in his Heroic Spirit Body, overpowering it as the battle continued.

• The Noseless Man forced Lin Hao, Lachlan, Pete, and their companions to search for the Thirteen Great Thieves' treasure, while Pete tried to prove his worth to the Snowfield Bandits.
• Pete and Lachlan found the underground entrance in Icewind Valley, but Pete betrayed Lachlan by revealing their plan to escape through an underground glacial river.
• Two Ice Spirits arrived, and Wuluzis seized the Noseless Man while demanding the return of his missing eye.
• Lin Hao revealed the Ice Spirit Eye, drew Wuluzis's attack, and cut the Ice Spirit's armor in two before extracting its Source of Darkness.
• Lin Hao activated his Heroic Spirit Body and struck the remaining Ice Spirit, badly damaging its ice giant form and severing one of its arms.

Lin Hao defeated two Ice Spirits, killed the surviving snowfield bandits, and recovered their treasure before returning to Bright Fort. There, Matthew Dono confirmed Lin Hao’s feat publicly and apologized for the Northern Federation’s conflict with him, leaving the city stunned by the news that two of the nine great Ice Spirits were dead.

• Lin Hao killed the Ice Spirit and took its corrupted Source of Frost, then used Corpse Control to put the remaining Ice Ghosts to rest.
• Lin Hao killed the surviving snowfield bandits, including Pete, and ordered Lachlan and the other survivors to help transport the loot.
• Lin Hao found a Snowfield Snow Lotus in the Thirteen Great Thieves’ vault, consumed it to strengthen his mental energy, and set off for Bright Fort with the treasure and damaged Ice Spirit armor.
• Lachlan learned that the Holy Buddhist Knight Order had sent cavalry to investigate Shadow Ice Spirit Wuluzis, whose movements had been drawn by Lin Hao’s actions.
• At Bright Fort, Lin Hao presented the bandit leaders’ heads and identified the armor as belonging to Wuluzis and possibly Gregory, shocking the assembled crowd.
• Matthew Dono recognized Lin Hao’s victory over two great Ice Spirits, apologized for the Northern Federation’s dispute with him, and publicly confirmed the news.