Recaps

Ove taught Lin Ke and the others about Nathang, the Endless Planes, and the foundations of research, while Lin Ke quickly proved his exceptional talent. The chapter ended with Ove demonstrating his Force Multiplication skill and Lin Ke asking technical questions that left him speechless.

• Ove praised Lin Ke’s talent after Lin Ke became a [Scholar] during the lesson.
• Ove used purple motes to explain that Nathang was round and described the Star Realm, the planar crystal-wall system, and the Space-Time Teleportation Array.
• Lin Ke explained that distant people disappeared below the horizon feet-first, giving evidence that Nathang was round.
• Ove taught Lin Ke and the others about research and demonstrated Force Multiplication by snapping trees with a small ball of electricity.
• Lin Ke asked how angles, wheel size, and wheel material affected the force multiplication, and Ove fell silent.

Lin Ke negotiated a large monthly research budget from Antova and spent several days studying with Ove, while Nix and John became Scholars. As Ove prepared to leave, Lin Ke panicked and planned to provoke him into staying by challenging his materialist beliefs.

• Lin Ke bargained with Antova and secured a monthly research budget of seven hundred and twenty-seven gold coins, five silver coins, and three copper coins.
• Lin Ke began training guards in archery while Ove taught Lin Ke, John, and Nix about magic, science, and their world.
• Nix took up the Scholar profession, and John followed a few days later.
• Ove told Lin Ke he was leaving, and Lin Ke decided to challenge Ove's materialist views to persuade him to stay.

Lin Ke used questions about whether the world existed independently of him to persuade Ove to stay and teach him. Ove instead realized Lin Ke wanted to become his disciple and boldly asked Lin Ke to accept him as a teacher, leaving Lin Ke stunned.

• Lin Ke asked whether the world depended on his belief, and Ove urged him to recognize that the world was material.
• Lin Ke argued that the world might have begun and ended with him, then challenged Ove to prove its existence with knowledge beyond his own.
• Ove froze at Lin Ke's challenge, then became excited at the idea of proving the idealists wrong with unfamiliar theorems and rules.
• Ove realized Lin Ke wanted him to stay and teach him, while Lin Ke nervously wondered whether Ove would accept him as a disciple.
• Ove asked Lin Ke to become his disciple, and Lin Ke froze in surprise.

Lin Ke became Ove’s disciple, then prepared for another trip into town while Ove gave him a powerful summon for protection. On the journey, Lin Ke meditated, absorbed a large clump of wood element, and urged John to work harder at cultivation.

• Ove asked Lin Ke to become his disciple, and Lin Ke accepted.
• Ove declined to accompany Lin Ke into town but promised to summon a level-five Servant of Truth to protect him.
• Lin Ke and Furon traveled north with a larger guard escort, and Lin Ke reassured Furon and Nix about the previous tiger encounter.
• Lin Ke meditated in the cart, found a large clump of wood element, and fed it to his knowledge bloodline.
• Lin Ke found John playing with Furon and encouraged him to cultivate diligently if he wanted to catch up with Nix.

Lin Ke took Furon to Parrot City so she could enjoy herself, and she eagerly explored Chaotic Street with him. Their outing was interrupted when Baron Sandir appeared and greeted her.

• John went off to train while Lin Ke took Furon to Parrot City with Nix and the guards.
• Furon told Lin Ke that migrating parrots passed through the city and recalled watching them with Garros six years earlier.
• The group entered the city, where Furon carried Lin Ke and led him to Chaotic Street.
• Furon excitedly watched street performers and animals while Lin Ke and the guards stayed alert.
• Baron Sandir approached Furon and welcomed her to the city.

Lin Ke led Furon away from Baron Sandir and into Akrik's Shop, hoping his Luck bloodline would reveal a fortunate opportunity. The chapter ended as Furon spotted a trembling young cheetah in a cage.

• Lin Ke stopped Baron Sandir from kissing Furon's hand, ignored his son, and led Furon away to visit Akrik's Shop.
• Lin Ke warned the guard captains to turn Baron Sandir away or risk Viscount Garros learning what he had done.
• Furon hesitated at the shop's foul smell, but Lin Ke persuaded her to enter after his Luck bloodline stirred.
• The shopkeeper welcomed Furon and Lin Ke, and Lin Ke declined an assistant so they could browse on their own.
• Furon found a trembling little cheetah in a cage and called Lin Ke over to see it.

Lin Ke followed his bloodline’s stirring through the magical-beast shop, with Baron Sandir eagerly offering to escort him and Furon upstairs. On the third floor, Lin Ke sensed a treasure among the eggs, though its identity remained unknown.

• Lin Ke told John to buy the cheetah while he and Furon went upstairs, where his bloodline stirred again.
• Baron Sandir invited himself along and bragged that his son Galia had become a [Scholar] after only one year of Enlightenment.
• Sandir led Lin Ke and Furon to the second floor, where Lin Ke learned that a level-three magical snake cost seven hundred gold coins.
• Lin Ke asked to visit the third floor, and Sandir approved the request.
• Lin Ke reached the third floor, found it filled with eggs, and sensed that a treasure was there.

Lin Ke used the baron’s offer to buy eggs for Furon and himself, then grew suspicious when Baron Sandir invited them to dinner and an auction. The group accepted the invitation, leaving Lin Ke alert to the baron’s intentions.

• Baron Sandir explained that the eggs cost a thousand gold coins each and offered to buy two for Furon.
• Lin Ke persuaded Furon to accept the eggs as birthday presents, and Baron Sandir’s son asked for one too.
• Lin Ke tricked Baron Sandir’s son into taking a pretty blue egg, then chose the egg that stirred his Luck bloodline while Furon picked a multicolored one.
• Baron Sandir paid for all three eggs and invited Furon to a lavish dinner and an afternoon auction.
• Furon asked Lin Ke what he thought, and he agreed to attend while remaining wary of Baron Sandir.

Lin Ke sent Nix to warn Teacher Ove that something might be wrong, then accompanied Furon and Puxin to the auction house, where he spotted a business opportunity in timepieces. The auction’s first item left Lin Ke stunned when he recognized what it was.

• Lin Ke entrusted the eggs to two guard captains and sent Nix to fetch Teacher Ove, fearing Puxin was making a move against Furon.
• Lin Ke joined Furon and Puxin at the auction house and noticed Puxin’s expensive watch, inspiring him to consider producing timepieces with industrial methods.
• While waiting for the auction, Lin Ke listened to Puxin speak and noticed that some arriving lords looked at him and Furon strangely.
• The auctioneer unveiled a scorched rock covered in glittering pieces and introduced it as the Fortune Goddess's Legacy, opening the bidding at five hundred gold coins.
• Lin Ke recognized the supposed gemstones and stared at the item in shock.

At an auction, Lin Ke realized his Knowledge and Luck Bloodlines could help him introduce professions and inventions from his former world into the Professional system. The auction then presented a failed Deep Blue Giant Tiger, and Puxin bid on it after Furon admired the cub.

• Lin Ke regretted overlooking Blue Star inventions and imagined creating professions such as Doctor, Engineer, and Film Director by combining familiar ideas with the Professional system.
• Lin Ke realized that the glow of his Knowledge and Luck Bloodlines had helped spark his ideas, and noted that a lord had bought the porcelain shards for eight hundred gold coins.
• The auctioneer introduced a Deep Blue Giant Tiger with fair Bloodline aptitude, a level-two growth limit, and only the skill Intimidating Roar.
• Furon admired the tiger cub, and Puxin instructed his maid to bid two hundred and eleven gold coins, prompting ordinary bidders to withdraw.

Furon accepted the Deep Blue Giant Tiger as a gift to Antova Brando after Lin Ke framed it as goodwill toward the Brando Family. At the auction’s final lot, Sandir Azan and Baron Robert battled over a rare merfolk root, and the bidding remained unresolved.

• Puxin offered Furon the Deep Blue Giant Tiger, and Lin Ke persuaded him to count it as a gift for Antova Brando and the Brando Family.
• The auctioneer unveiled the final item, an ugly, shriveled object, and a lord identified it as merfolk root.
• Sandir Azan bid eleven thousand gold coins and tried to claim the merfolk root before the bidding began.
• Baron Robert raised the bid to fifteen thousand, citing his wife’s family’s wealth, and Sandir and Robert continued competing.
• The bidding climbed past twenty-one thousand gold coins as the crowd and Lin Ke wondered what merfolk root was.

At dinner, Puxin told Furon that Garros might never return from the Minochel Plane, leaving her devastated. Lin Ke challenged Puxin’s claim and learned that Garros was only missing after reporting that he was trapped, so he insisted that his father was not confirmed dead and asked where the messenger [Knight] was.

• At the auction, Puxin threatened Shou Xiao over the merfolk root, and Shou Xiao withdrew his bid.
• Puxin took Furon and Lin Ke to the Baron's Residence, where he arrived at dinner after dealing with the merfolk root.
• Puxin told Furon that Garros might remain on the Minochel Plane forever, and Furon collapsed in grief.
• Lin Ke helped Furon recover and questioned Puxin about how he knew Garros was dead and where his remains and followers were.
• Puxin admitted that Garros had reported being trapped through a [Knight] nearly a month earlier, after which the clan lost contact with him.
• Lin Ke told Furon that Garros was not confirmed dead and demanded to know where the [Knight] was.

Lin Ke exposed Baron Puxin’s attempt to seize Azan Castle and keep Furon captive, then used his Servant of Truth and revealed talent to deter him. Puxin still tried to separate Lin Ke from his mother, but thunder outside signaled that help had arrived.

• Baron Puxin revealed that he had sent Professionals to take over Azan Castle while keeping Lin Ke and Furon at his house.
• Lin Ke summoned a fifth-tier Servant of Truth and told Puxin that his teacher, Mr. Ove, was a level-nineteen Professional.
• Lin Ke disclosed that he had undergone Enlightenment, possessed a Distinguished bloodline, and had become a Scholar, then struck Puxin’s son with a controlled bolt of lightning.
• Puxin summoned guards and tried to send Lin Ke home while keeping Furon behind, but Lin Ke insisted that they would leave together.
• Thunder sounded outside, and Lin Ke smiled, believing that the danger approaching Puxin had arrived.

Lin Ke was cornered by Sandir in the baron's residence until his teacher Ove arrived in a storm of lightning to rescue him. Ove stopped his attack after Lin Ke explained he was safe, leaving Sandir and his family terrified and blaming one another.

• Sandir demanded Lin Ke choose between surrendering and facing his anger while Furon remained helpless beside him.
• Ove threatened to destroy Parrot City unless the captors handed over his disciple, Lin Ke Azan.
• Lin Ke sent the Servant of Truth through the guards and escaped with Furon as Ove descended into the baron's garden.
• Ove unleashed his Thunderstorm skill, but Lin Ke shouted that he was unharmed and that Nix had lied about his danger.
• Ove dismissed the lightning orb, checked on Lin Ke, and offered to kill Sandir and his family.
• Sandir, his wife, and his son blamed and exposed one another as they begged for their lives.

After Lin Ke stopped Ove from violating the Nathang Common Treaty, Ove chose to stay and protect him. Lin Ke discovered a note linking Puxin to Antova’s plans, hurried home with Furon, and realized Ove’s promise had fulfilled his mission.

• Lin Ke reminded Ove of the Nathang Common Treaty and promised to report Baron Puxin to the family council instead of letting Ove kill him.
• Ove decided to remain with Lin Ke until his father returned, and Lin Ke’s mission to keep Ove by his side was marked complete.
• Puxin begged Lin Ke for mercy, but a note from Antova revealed that she had arranged for Lin Ke and Furon to visit Parrot City.
• Lin Ke ordered Ove to gather John and the others, then left for the castle that night with Furon.
• On the journey, Lin Ke realized the mission had completed because Ove had promised to stay until Lin Ke’s father returned.

Lin Ke discovered that the rotten wood he had found was a fragment of a divine artifact, and Ove explained its power and the difference between divine and legendary weapons. A new quest tasked Lin Ke with creating classes before the King of Azan returned, while the group continued toward Azan Castle.

• Lin Ke claimed a quest reward and found a rotten piece of wood that made his Luck bloodline pulse.
• A new quest appeared, requiring Lin Ke to create new classes before the true King of Azan returned and promising loyal, talented followers as a reward.
• Ove explained that Merfolk Root could raise talent without limit and that the Star Prince had gained Andrew Level talent by consuming it.
• Ove examined Lin Ke's rotten wood and confirmed it was a fragment of a divine artifact that had belonged to a god.
• Lin Ke offered the fragment to Ove, but Ove told him to keep it and explained how divine artifacts differed from legendary weapons.
• Lin Ke and Ove discussed equipment before the group neared Azan Castle.

After returning to Azan Castle, Lin Ke learned that the family owed the Deep Blue Grand Duke 280,000 gold coins and faced seasonal Monsters and a coming Monster tide. He began building a stage to earn money and pursue his planned [Inventor] profession, then told Ove he had ideas for creating professions.

• Lin Ke returned to Azan Castle with Furon and found Antova and Steward Billy worried about Garros and the danger facing the family.
• Antova explained that the family owed the Deep Blue Grand Duke 280,000 gold coins, needed to repay the debt by year’s end, and had to prepare for Monsters and a six-year Monster tide.
• Lin Ke reassured Furon that Garros would return, then ordered a stage built near the castle to help him earn money.
• Lin Ke decided to pursue the [Inventor] profession using his Luck Bloodline and considered creating new professions to build a powerful faction.
• Ove called Lin Ke up into the air, and Lin Ke told him about his ideas for the traits of new professions.

Lin Ke explained his proposed [Doctor] class to Ove, then recruited servants and guards to prepare a stage performance. He left the guards rehearsing the Azan Grand Chorus and went to work with the theater group.

• Lin Ke proposed creating a [Doctor] class, and Ove considered how it differed from [Witch Doctor] and [Priest].
• Lin Ke argued that ordinary people could become doctors and pointed out that villagers already treated minor injuries and illnesses with herbal remedies.
• Ove agreed to discuss the idea later, while Lin Ke told him the stage he was building could lead to several new classes.
• Lin Ke selected nearly thirty maids, thirteen male servants, and more than forty guards, then tried to teach the maids to sing.
• Lin Ke directed thirty guards in rehearsing the Azan Grand Chorus and then went to the theater group.

Lin Ke and Ove arranged Azan’s first public performance, inviting two hundred farmers to watch the play The Coiled Serpent Ring. The farmers became engrossed in the story, which ended its opening act with a servant claiming he had once been a god.

• Two hundred farmers arrived at the new Land of Wonders, expecting to be put to work, but John welcomed them as the first audience.
• John used a Courage Spell and an Exhilaration Spell to confidently introduce the entertainment Lin Ke had arranged.
• Lin Ke asked Ove whether an Image Recording Stone could be edited, and Ove confirmed that it could.
• The Azan Drama Troupe began performing The Coiled Serpent Ring, and the farmers gradually stopped chatting to follow the story.
• The farmers cheered for Xiao Leisi as he vowed to reject his fiancée, then gasped when an elderly servant claimed he had once been a god.

Lin Ke staged a successful day of plays and songs for the farmers, then saw entertainment and culture as a way to earn gold from Nathang’s nobles. He planned to build his business around performances and other entertainment.

• The farmers watched the first episode of “Coiled Serpent Ring” and cheered when John announced the performance would continue the day after tomorrow.
• Sophie sang “Free to Fly,” and the farmers were captivated by her performance.
• The Azan Drama Troupe presented seven acts, three songs, and a closing chorus of “Glory of Azan.”
• Lin Ke judged the show a success despite its many flaws, since the audience enjoyed it.
• Lin Ke reasoned that the endless campaign had left little time for culture and decided to make money by selling entertainment to the nobles.

After the first performance, Lin Ke discussed future uses for the stage with Ove and reminded him of his plans for Nix’s [Doctor] class. When Nix collected information on only three medicinal herbs, Lin Ke apologized and concluded that his approach had been wrong.

• Ove praised the performance and said the maid’s singing had stirred his heart, then recalled a powerful Eagle-Faced man’s voice as the other voice that had moved him.
• Lin Ke described plans to use the stage for advertising, product launches, and filming, but Ove could not understand his new terms.
• Ove reminded Lin Ke to meditate so he could develop his Bloodline enough to use magic, then left.
• Lin Ke asked Nix about his research into medicinal herbs and found that Nix had recorded uses for only three herbs.
• Lin Ke told Nix that his approach had been wrong, apologized, and rejected Billy’s claim that Lin Ke could not make mistakes.

Lin Ke sent Nix to learn medicine by observing how villagers and hunters treated illness, while arranging more performances and discovering that a Divine Artifact Fragment raised him to level-one [Scholar]. The chapter ended with Antova sending a letter to her brother to ask for money.

• Lin Ke told Nix the story of Shennong tasting a hundred herbs and sent him to a village to study how people treated illness.
• Lin Ke praised John's performance, planned another show, and told Steward Billy to hire more servants and seek funding.
• Lin Ke absorbed the Divine Artifact Fragment into his "Knowledge" bloodline and became a level-one [Scholar].
• Antova told Steward Billy to sell her Curltail Goose quill to fund Lin Ke's plans.
• Antova wrote to her brother in the Brando Family and sent the letter with a hummingbird, hoping he would bring money.

Lin Ke organized his urgent plans for creating new professions and developing simple industries, while two former servants of the Gilt Overlord searched for Rosfor’s corpse. Ruiwen, a Soul Manipulator from the Abyss, killed them and set out for the Great Swamp, but noticed a trace of divine power on Rosfor’s corpse.

• Lin Ke sorted his tasks and listed seven possible professions to pursue for the system mission, including Doctor, Singer, Actor, Engineer, and Inventor.
• Lin Ke identified clocks, ceramics, paper, and improved weapons production as possible starting points for an industrial system.
• A woman and man searched the woods for Rosfor’s corpse, lamented losing the Gilt Overlord’s power, and discussed their need for gold coins from Azan Castle.
• Ruiwen appeared and killed the man and woman by manipulating their souls, then introduced himself as an artist rather than a necromancer.
• Ruiwen decided to travel south toward the Great Swamp, then noticed divine power on Rosfor’s corpse that seemed to come from above Nathang’s Supreme Gods.

Lin Ke organized his priorities, continued training the Azan Troupe, and watched villagers grow excited about his performances. The chapter ended with news spreading that he was hiring workers for easy jobs with wages.

• Lin Ke decided to postpone dealing with Baron Puxin until Garros returned and drank hot Gula milk before going to bed.
• Lin Ke trained the Azan Troupe over the next two days while Steward Billy kept most workers on their usual duties.
• Villagers praised Lin Ke and discussed the coming performance, especially the songs and acts they had heard about.
• The village chief’s wife said Rosfor’s parents had disappeared and wondered what would happen to their property.
• A villager announced that Lin Ke was recruiting many workers and offering wages for easy work.

Lin Ke recruited workers from the five villages and chose a site for his first factory, a paper mill. Ove used his Gravity skill to raise and harden the factory walls, leaving the building without a roof.

• Villagers from all five villages eagerly volunteered after hearing that Lin Ke would pay them for factory work.
• Lin Ke studied the land around Azan Castle and selected the spacious fourth quadrant for the factory to avoid polluting the water.
• Lin Ke told Ove that his first factory would make paper, which he hoped would support education and preserve knowledge.
• Ove used Gravity to raise earthen walls and compress them until they hardened like steel.
• Ove summoned lightning to strike the compacted earth, completing the factory walls without a roof.