Chapter Summaries

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.