Recaps

Xiluo hosted a banquet, met the Metal Dragons’ favored contender Youlisis Bamu, and learned more about the powerful dragons competing in the Adolescence division. He used the gathering to invite dragons to join Niro City, but Faraday’s question about receiving humans as food left the recruitment pitch facing an immediate challenge.

• Youlisis Bamu arrived at the banquet, and Xiluo greeted him enthusiastically before the two exchanged food and pleasantries.
• Kaku refused Xiluo’s grilled meat and argued with Abel, whom Xiluo restrained; Youlisis apologized and left with Kaku, Lisi, and Youm.
• Xiluo assessed Youlisis’s companions and noted that several powerful dragons had skipped the banquet, including Sif Aiya and a massive black dragon.
• Xiluo addressed the gathered dragons and invited them to join Niro City, describing it as a prosperous home for dragons.
• Faraday said he was willing to join if Xiluo would provide humans for food, prompting a Metal Dragon to condemn the request.

Xiluo tried to recruit adolescent dragons for Niro City, while the Frost Titan Komir fought the Crimson Flame Dragon King and considered how to deal with Xiluo. After the tournament organizers announced the Selection Match rules, Xiluo prepared to draw lots and place bets.

• Xiluo rejected dragons’ demands to eat elves or receive high salaries, explained Niro City’s rules and benefits, and invited them to decide after the matches.
• Lord Lamos and a Silver Dragon watched Xiluo recruit dragons, and Lamos judged him clever and pragmatic rather than necessarily righteous.
• Komir killed a black dragon, then fought the Crimson Flame Dragon King and lost five thousand Frost Army soldiers before the red dragon escaped.
• After spotting another dragon, Komir worried that Xiluo might be competing in the tournament and debated whether to attack Niro City or preserve his plan to lure Xiluo into a trap.
• An elderly Silver Dragon announced that 837 adolescent dragons would compete for 256 Selection Match places through five random battles, and that betting was open.
• Xiluo woke, heard the announcement, and agreed with a Red Dragon Whelp to go draw lots and place bets.

Xiluo examined the Dragonkind Tournament betting odds and wagered 60,000 gold coins on six lower-ranked dragons he believed were hiding their strength. After drawing lot No. 58, he left the matchups to be announced the next morning.

• Xiluo arrived at the Betting Area with the dragon whelps and read the contestants' odds, which showed him and several other top contenders as near-certain winners.
• The dragon whelps complained about their odds, and Xiluo advised them to spread out their bets and save some gold for the Tournament Match.
• Xiluo reviewed his recorded data and selected four grade D dragons and two grade C dragons as likely underdogs concealing their strength.
• Xiluo placed 10,000 gold coins on each of Amanda, Ashley, Carmen, Carol, Darcy, and Elaine, prompting nearby dragons to marvel at his risky 60,000-gold wager.
• Xiluo drew lot No. 58 and prepared to leave before the organizers announced the matchups after eight the next morning.

Xiluo watched the Selection Matches begin, where the competitors’ equipment and strength differences became clear. When Baphomet Gale faced a Chromium Dragon, Gale destroyed his opponent’s ice breath with what appeared to be an ordinary exhalation, leaving the dragons stunned.

• Xiluo told the other dragons he had bet on low-odds competitors, while Koraman, Alicia, and Gordon described their own bets.
• The Legendary Silver Dragon announced five days of selection matches and began the first round across five battlefields.
• A well-equipped Red Copper Dragon defeated an older Black Dragon, prompting protests that the matches unfairly favored dragons with equipment.
• Baphomet Gale appeared to face a Chromium Dragon, and Xiluo identified Gale as an level 18 Excellence+ Aberrant Tungsten Dragon.
• Gale blew away the Chromium Dragon’s ice breath with a powerful gust, and the watching dragons realized it was ordinary breathing rather than a dragon breath weapon.

After Baphomet Gale defeated the chromium dragon with overwhelming physical strength, Xiluo followed the Red Dragon Whelp’s advice and revealed his power in his match against a silver dragon. He won in seconds with a vast thunderstorm, leaving the watching dragons stunned and Yulis uncertain whether he could defeat him.

• Baphomet Gale seized the chromium dragon and slammed his head into the ground, winning the match as the surrounding dragons reacted with shock.
• Gordon remarked that Baphomet Gale’s physique surpassed Xiluo’s, while Xiluo admitted the comparison and Little White Dragon praised Xiluo’s thunder.
• The Red Dragon Whelp urged Xiluo to fight seriously and display his strength, and Xiluo agreed before transforming into crimson lightning and racing to the battlefield.
• The silver dragon refused to surrender and challenged Xiluo, while the referee started their match.
• Xiluo summoned a massive thunderstorm and struck the silver dragon with Ten Thousand Thunders, defeating her and leaving a huge crater in the sand.
• Yulis admitted he did not know whether he could beat Xiluo, who returned to his companions and asked the Red Dragon Whelp whether he had taken the fight seriously.

After Xiluo’s overwhelming display made other dragons reconsider joining Niro City, the Selection Match continued and several competitors faced surrendering opponents. Alicia lost a drawn-out fight to a well-equipped Red Copper Dragon, while Allen and Abel won easily; Koraman then entered his match, whose opponent left Xiluo silently concerned.

• Xiluo invited the other Adolescent Dragons to join Niro City after demonstrating his strength, and many began to consider the offer.
• Gordon’s Pearl Dragon opponent surrendered, and later Youlisis Bamu’s opponent did the same; Yamu Tifoli won his own match but resented being treated as less formidable than Xiluo’s group.
• Alicia ignored Xiluo’s warning and fought the stronger, well-equipped Red Copper Dragon, who defeated her after thirty minutes.
• Gordon insulted Alicia, but Xiluo comforted her and advised the others to surrender when they faced opponents they could not beat.
• Allen and Abel easily defeated their opponents, then Koraman entered his match confidently, prompting Xiluo to silently worry when he saw his opponent.

Xiluo watched the Selection Matches, defended Koraman and Alicia from angry bettors, and discovered that four of his six long-shot picks had advanced. He collected a payout of 340,000 gold coins, drawing the crowd’s stunned attention.

• Xiluo’s opponent defeated Koraman, while Alicia and Koraman continued losing matches and were eliminated after five straight defeats.
• Xiluo watched the remaining Selection Matches as Sif Aiya stayed out of sight and damaged equipment left several metal dragons facing compensation.
• On the day the advancement list was announced, Xiluo silenced dragons abusing Koraman and Alicia and found that his chosen competitors had advanced.
• Xiluo learned that four of his six D-rank and C-rank picks had won and collected 340,000 gold coins, astonishing the crowd.

After winning a fortune through his unusual ability to judge tournament opponents, Xiluo warned the dragons against attracting greedy Legendary Dragons and refused to lend anyone gold. Alicia, left without money after losing every match, began recruiting interested dragons by hinting at a secret job that could earn them thousands of gold coins a year.

• Xiluo explained that spending his winnings and securing the Metal Dragons' protection could keep greedy Legendary Dragons from targeting him, then refused the dragons' requests to borrow gold.
• The dragons learned that Xiluo had used a bloodline ability to judge opponents and win bets, while Koraman and Alicia regretted losing all their gold.
• After the dragons dispersed, Alicia considered ways to get money and noticed other dragons discussing whether to join Xiluo.
• Alicia approached the interested dragons and claimed that Xiluo paid his followers, then teased a secret job that could earn them a thousand to three thousand gold coins a year.

Alicia persuaded three male dragons to pay her for introductions to lucrative dragon-breeding work in Niro City, then spent four days recruiting more dragons. As the tournament moved from 256 competitors to 128, Xiluo and the others learned their opponents and the rewards for the top ranks.

• Alicia charged three male dragons 400 gold coins each and a share of their future earnings, then convinced them that dragon breeding in Niro City could be highly profitable.
• Alicia warned the three dragons to keep the business secret and promised to take them to Niro City after the tournament; over the next four days, she recruited ten male dragons and collected 4,000 gold coins.
• Xiluo, Gordon, Allen, the blue dragon wyrmling, Sif Aiya, Youlisis Bamu, and Baphomet Gale learned their opponents in the round narrowing the tournament field from 256 to 128.
• The legendary silver dragon announced the tournament prizes, including gold for the top 32, special rewards for the top four, and legendary oversight to prevent rigged matches.
• After the announcement, some adolescent dragons went to place bets while others discussed the rewards and their chances of advancing.

Xiluo assessed the adolescent tournament’s rewards and match odds, then placed cautious bets on several contestants. After Alicia surprised the dragons by wagering her own gold and agreed to share her winnings with Koraman, the Tournament Match began the next morning.

• Xiluo discussed the tournament rewards with the dragons and warned Abel that his closely matched opponent would be difficult to beat.
• At the betting island, Baili'er raised a barrier while Xiluo studied the odds and selected four Chromatic Dragon contestants, wagering 20,000 gold coins on each.
• Xiluo and the other dragons placed their bets, and Alicia astonished them by wagering 4,000 gold coins of her own.
• Back at the lair, Koraman asked Alicia for gold to bet, and she promised to share her winnings with him after the tournament.
• The next morning, the dragons arrived at the island as the Tournament Match began.

Xiluo used illusion magic, lightning, and brute force to defeat a heavily equipped Bronze Dragon and destroy his borrowed gear, making the Metal Dragons wary of using equipment. The tournament continued with wins for Gordon and Allen, and the chapter ended as Sif Aiya’s match began with a red Dragon appearing on the battlefield.

• Nearly a thousand adult, mature, and elderly dragons gathered to watch the tournament as the matches began.
• Xiluo’s Bronze Dragon opponent used expensive equipment and three seventh-tier spell scrolls, but Xiluo hypnotized him, restrained him, and destroyed his gear with lightning before winning.
• Xiluo admitted that he had deliberately destroyed the Bronze Dragon’s equipment, alarming the Metal Dragons and prompting them to reconsider using borrowed gear.
• Gordon evaporated most of a lake with Hellfire and beat the Sapphire Dragon hiding in it, while Allen easily defeated a Metal Dragon who fought without equipment.
• The Blue Dragon Wyrmling won a difficult match, and Yulis and Baphomet were expected to win theirs.
• Sif Aiya’s match began when the Jade Dragon connected to her used Psionic Power and a red Dragon appeared on the grassland battlefield.

Sif Aiya impressed the dragons with her immense wealth and decisive tournament victory, while Xiluo and his companions collected substantial betting winnings. Jealous adult dragons nearly caused trouble at the Betting Arena until the legendary gold dragon Sairwusi arrived and threatened anyone who disturbed the peace.

• Sif Aiya defeated her opponent in seconds using her powerful equipment, then gave the spectators a proud, provocative look.
• Xiluo, Gordon, Abel, Allen, Alicia, and their companions compared their betting profits, and Xiluo ended with 780,000 gold coins.
• Abel tried to take Bosha’s winnings, but Xiluo intervened and stopped him.
• Adult dragons followed the group to the Betting Arena and grew hostile after seeing how much the young dragons had won.
• Sairwusi descended with three gold dragons, identified himself as the tournament’s overseer, and warned the crowd against causing trouble.

After the round-of-128 draw paired Xiluo with Baphomet Gale and Gordon with Jiafuri de Kais, Jiafuri revealed that the Metal Dragons had rigged the matchups against their strongest rivals. At the Betting Arena, Xiluo discovered that the other dragons were flattering him because the Metal Dragons had hidden the betting records, and they wanted to coordinate against them.

• Sairwusi gave Xiluo a Red Alert Ball and praised his strength before departing with the Gold Dragons.
• After resting on Rest Island, Xiluo learned that Baphomet Gale was his round-of-128 opponent; Gordon drew Jiafuri de Kais, Allen drew Yamu Tifoli, and Abel drew a weak Sapphire Dragon.
• Jiafuri told Xiluo that the Metal Dragons had arranged for him, Gordon, and Allen to face powerful opponents, then offered to surrender to Gordon by removing his equipment.
• At the Betting Arena, a crowd of dragons swarmed Xiluo with flattery, and Baili'er and Barbara guessed that they wanted help because the Metal Dragons had hidden the betting records.
• The gathered dragons declared that they would coordinate their bets and win the Metal Dragons' gold.

Xiluo drove off the Dragons who wanted to copy his bets, then secretly negotiated with Sairwusi to influence the round of 64 matchups. When Allen faced Yamu Tifoli, Xiluo outfitted him with powerful gear, leaving Yamu furious as the fight was about to begin.

• Abel, the Young She-Dragon, and Barbara rebuffed the Dragons demanding to copy Xiluo’s bets, and Xiluo summoned Sairwusi with the alarm orb.
• Xiluo proposed that Sairwusi help him, Gordon, and Allen reach the semifinals in exchange for his refusing the Dragons’ requests; Sairwusi agreed to do his best, though he said Allen could not be guaranteed a semifinal place.
• Xiluo checked the round-of-128 matchups and odds, selected bets, and placed them with the Dragons connected to him at the newly secured betting station.
• Allen prepared to fight Yamu Tifoli, but Xiluo stopped him and lent him [Xiluo's Armor], two Arm Rings, and a jewel.
• Yamu protested that the borrowed equipment was unfair, but the Silver Dragon referee ruled that lending equipment did not violate the rules, and Allen entered the fight fully equipped.

Allen defeated Yamu Tifoli with Xiluo’s equipment, and several other young dragons fought their matches with mixed results. Before facing Baphomet Gale, Xiluo offered a wager that Baphomet rejected, then declared he would end the battle within five minutes and began summoning a crimson Thunder Spear.

• Yamu Tifoli complained that Allen relied on expensive equipment, but Allen defeated him after a long battle and returned the equipment to Xiluo.
• Abel borrowed Xiluo’s equipment and quickly defeated his opponent, while the Red Dragon Whelp refused the offer and won his own match without it.
• Baphomet Gale challenged Xiluo, dismissing his companions as trash and refusing Xiluo’s wager of five hundred thousand gold coins for twenty years of service.
• Xiluo promised to defeat Baphomet within five minutes, provoking him into charging forward.
• Xiluo unleashed Dragon Thunder · Extreme, drew lightning into his body, and formed a crimson Thunder Spear.

Xiluo Utrasis overwhelmed Baphomet Gale with his speed and lightning, then challenged him to a contest of strength and defeated him within five minutes. Baphomet passed out after Xiluo repeatedly slammed him into the ground, leaving the arena in stunned silence.

• Xiluo used his thundercloud speed to evade Baphomet's attacks and slash him repeatedly while Baphomet failed to land a hit.
• Baphomet retreated into the forest, but Xiluo struck his wounds with a lightning beam that melted his scales and flesh as he fled.
• Xiluo descended and challenged Baphomet to a contest of strength, then used Limit Release, 80% to withstand and overpower him.
• Xiluo lifted Baphomet, dodged his kick, and repeatedly slammed him into the ground until Baphomet passed out and vanished from the arena.
• Xiluo checked the time and announced that four minutes and twenty-nine seconds had passed as the dragons and referee watched in silence.

After defeating Baphomet, Xiluo collected the dragon’s blood, won a fortune from his bets, and became the focus of attention across the tournament. The next day, he found young dragons gathering outside his island and invited anyone seeking to join his ranks to come with him to Niro City after the matches.

• Xiluo collected Baphomet’s blood after winning, while the dragons around the arena praised his strength and Yulis agreed to visit Highest Council Island for stronger treasures.
• Xiluo reassured Gordon that he was stronger than Baphomet, then collected his betting winnings as he and his companions advanced to the round of 64.
• Xiluo earned the Millionaire achievement in the Mystery Sea and wondered whether Baphomet had recovered from their fight.
• A crowd of young dragons gathered outside Xiluo’s island, where he spotted Abel successfully courting a cold crystal dragon.
• Koraman suggested Xiluo recruit female dragons through mating, but Alicia objected, and Xiluo invited the crowd to join his ranks and travel with him to Niro City after the tournament.

Xiluo recruited six young dragons who accepted his rules, then challenged Baphomet Gale to serve under him if Xiluo won first place in the tournament. After advancing in the round of sixty-four, Xiluo spent 1.5 million gold coins buying valuable goods from dragons at a thirty percent premium, leaving the next tournament round ahead.

• Xiluo explained his rules to nearly thirty dragons, and six stayed to join him after agreeing to obey them.
• Xiluo visited Baphomet Gale, who agreed to become Xiluo's subordinate if Xiluo took first place in the adolescent tournament.
• Xiluo, Gordon, and Allen advanced from the round of sixty-four, while Abel was eliminated; Xiluo and his companions collected their gambling winnings.
• Concerned that the dragons might attack his group for their growing fortune, Xiluo offered to buy valuables at a premium, then set up secret trading at a burrow connected to the seabed.
• Xiluo spent 1.5 million gold coins buying goods originally worth 1.15 million, as dragons—including disguised Metal Dragons—came to trade.

After advancing to the final sixteen, Xiluo learned that genuine high-tier Dragon God's Blessings could be bought from Gulan Tiamat or Tiamat herself, then summoned Tiamat to negotiate. Tiamat appeared after Xiluo threatened to contact Bahamut and reacted angrily when he revealed Gulan's offer.

• Xiluo and Gordon wagered 600,000 gold coins each, advanced to the final sixteen with Allen, and increased their fortunes.
• Xiluo refused to bet on the round of sixteen, explaining that the matches carried high risks and low returns.
• Gulan Tiamat appeared through the Dragon Soul Orb and offered Xiluo a high-tier blessing for 1.1 million gold coins, discounted to 800,000 if Xiluo won first place.
• Xiluo left a sapphire dragon waiting in his cavern and used a ritual to summon Tiamat.
• After Xiluo threatened to seek Bahamut, Tiamat appeared and offered a genuine blessing for 1.2 million gold coins.
• Xiluo told Tiamat that Gulan had offered a blessing for less, and Tiamat angrily accused her son of trying to steal her business.

After returning Eternal Love to the merfolk, Xiluo learned that Alice was pregnant and later earned an achievement for defeating giants and titans. He failed to beat an ancestral netherthunder dragon in the Dragon Soul Arena, then let Koraman try the Dragon Soul Orb as Alicia sought new spells.

• Xiluo told Alice that he had returned Eternal Love to the merfolk, and Alice revealed that she was three months pregnant.
• Xiluo and Alice discussed the possible forms of their child before falling asleep together.
• In the mystery sea, Xiluo received 10 achievement points for routing giants and titans, bringing his total to 55.
• Xiluo used the Dragon Soul Orb to fight an ancestral netherthunder dragon, lasted an hour, and seriously wounded it before losing again.
• Alicia and Koraman visited Xiluo; Alicia asked for more spells, and Xiluo offered to seek spell knowledge from Fennis.
• After Koraman recognized the Dragon Soul Arena, Xiluo handed him the orb, and Koraman channeled magic power into it.

Xiluo chose Dragon Spells as his Dragon Soul Arena reward, then returned to the merfolk settlement and exchanged Eternal Love for the mature Sea God Orchid. After swallowing the orchid, he grew ravenously hungry as his body began to change.

• Xiluo chose Dragon Spells and received Dragon Thunderstorm, Dragon Thunderclaw, and Torrential Flow Barrier.
• Xiluo found that the Dragon Soul Orb had spent its energy and estimated it would recharge within about a day.
• Xiluo and Xueli met Anali, who reported that the Tidal Titan had escaped while the giants had been defeated.
• Xiluo returned to the merfolk settlement, where Anali exchanged Eternal Love for the Sea God Orchid.
• Xiluo swallowed the Sea God Orchid and began devouring food as his body, horns, scales, and lightning grew stronger.

After eating a Sea God Orchid and Conch Stone, Xiluo strengthened his bloodline, gained an Ancestral Dragon bloodline, and developed new water-based abilities. He tested his powerful water and combined breath weapons, then left to continue experimenting with his increased abilities.

• Xiluo finished eating the Sea God Orchid and discovered that his template had advanced to Transcendent and that he had gained 30% Ancestral Dragon bloodline.
• Anali gave Xiluo another ten thousand gold coins’ worth of Conch Stone, and the merfolk lent him spare Spatial Rings to carry his rewards.
• Xiluo swallowed the Conch Stone and tested his new High-Pressure Water Gun Breath, which cut deeply into a stone wall and could combine with lightning.
• Alice hugged Xiluo outside the treasury, was shocked by his stronger lightning, and asked him to grant her lightning resistance.
• Xiluo tested his water breath’s range and unleashed lightning, storm, and water together as a combined breath weapon.
• Xiluo’s bloodline reached 70.3%, and he considered his new abilities while noting that the Ancestral Dragon bloodline abilities were his greatest gain.

Xiluo confirmed the cost and terms of Dragon God blessings with Bahamut and Gulan Tiamat, then persuaded the Red Dragon Whelp to buy one after the tournament. He returned to his lair to consume his remaining materials, creating a storm that drew other dragons to the cave entrance.

• Xiluo destroyed the prayer array to end Tiamat's appearance, then asked Xilian to contact Bahamut and confirmed that a High Dragon God Blessing from him would cost 2.5 million gold coins.
• Bahamut told Xiluo that multiple blessings could function together, though later blessings would have greatly diminished effects, and offered credit at three percent annual interest.
• Xiluo negotiated a one-percent interest rate with Gulan Tiamat by offering to recommend his brother Gordon, then considered pursuing the tournament championship to reduce the blessing's cost.
• Xiluo explained Gulan Tiamat's blessing offer to the Red Dragon Whelp, who agreed to buy one after the tournament if he made the top four.
• Xiluo returned to his lair to consume his remaining materials, and the resulting magical power formed a storm over Adolescence Rest Island.
• Other dragons followed the storm's magic to its source and gathered around the cave entrance.

Xiluo consumed the valuable crystalline materials, greatly strengthened his bloodlines, and emerged transformed into a larger aberrant dragon with new lightning abilities. As the contestants gathered for the quarterfinals, the first announced match was between Youlisis Bamu and Sif Aiya.

• Dragons gathered outside Xiluo Utrasis's cave, but Allen Ambrose and Xiluo's other companions blocked them from approaching while the observers guessed that Xiluo was strengthening his bloodlines.
• Yulis said that he had no chance of losing to Xiluo and left to prepare for his match against Sif Aiya.
• Xiluo emerged after consuming the materials, with greatly increased bloodline concentrations, elemental-form abilities, lightning resistance, and a body length of 28.4 meters.
• Xiluo learned that his opponent was Lisi, while Gordon would face Kamiao and Allen would face Youm; Yulis was set to fight Sif Aiya.
• The contestants arrived at the competition island, where the announcer declared the whole island the arena and named Youlisis Bamu and Sif Aiya as the first quarterfinalists.

Youlisis Bamu fought Sif Aiya with powerful equipment and his Blazing Sun Wild Sand domain, while she countered with her psionic domain. He then revealed Dिक्स's Chain, a legendary restraint used by Metal Dragons to bind dangerous Chromatic Dragons, leaving Sif Aiya and the watching dragons stunned.

• Youlisis Bamu equipped a costly set of magical gear, and Xiluo judged him the likely winner unless Sif Aiya had another trump card.
• Youlisis Bamu and Sif Aiya began their battle, trading attacks as his Blazing Sun Wild Sand domain dried the land and her psionic domain gave her control over a red space.
• The domains eroded each other while both dragons fought to a stalemate, and Xiluo declared that he would win the championship if this was all they could do.
• Youlisis Bamu said he wanted to end the battle before it affected their next match, then summoned a platinum chain with an incantation.
• The chain blocked Sif Aiya's psionic attacks and shackled the intangible power, prompting her to recognize it as Dिक्स's Chain and the watching Chromatic Dragons to react with alarm.