Recaps

Xiluo refused to send more dragons to protect Gerlo’s territories and backed Marquis Dorian’s proposal to relocate the nobles’ subjects to Niro City in exchange for compensation. The lords resisted until Viscount Tabo’s territory suffered a devastating undead attack, leaving Xiluo poised to use the crisis to press his plan.

• Xiluo told the noble lords that the dragons and soldiers he had sent to guard their cities had suffered heavy losses, so he could not spare more forces.
• Marquis Dorian proposed merging the nobles’ territories into Niro City, and Xiluo supported offering each lord five hundred gold coins per ten thousand people and assigning posts according to ability.
• Doges and Melano urged the lords to accept relocation, but many nobles refused to abandon their ancestral lands and titles.
• Knights from the Black King Knight Order reported that undead had attacked Viscount Tabo’s territory, killing several thousand subjects and wiping out sixty percent of its army before being driven back.
• The nobles feared the attacks would continue, while Xiluo suspected the Legendary Lich had sent the undead as revenge and signaled Marquis Dorian again.

As the Undead Demon Lord’s attacks forced Gerlo’s nobles and subjects to flee their territories, Xiluo gathered the kingdom’s surviving population in Niro City and strengthened its defenses. The chapter ended with the Undead Demon Lord surveying the heavily fortified city.

• Marquis Dorian chose to relocate his subjects to Niro City, and Xiluo sent Alicia, Koraman, Baphomet, and other groups to escort the nobles’ populations.
• After undead attacked a baron’s territory, more nobles sought Xiluo’s protection; Marquis Dorian arrived with 450,000 subjects, whom Xiluo welcomed and settled in Niro City.
• Doges and Melano arrived with 320,000 and 410,000 subjects, and Niro City’s population began to swell as Xiluo arranged housing and support for the newcomers.
• Over the following month, undead attacks drove Gerlo’s remaining nobles to relocate their people, bringing Niro City’s population to 6.8 million and costing Xiluo 265,000 Gold Coins.
• Xiluo spent more Gold Coins strengthening Niro City’s defenses, and a week later the Undead Demon Lord watched its walls, soldiers, Griffin Knights, and Dragons from outside a secluded grove.

The Undead Demon Lord launched two attacks on Niro City but lost thousands of undead, while Xiluo ordered his soldiers to prioritize their safety. As the city faced shortages of vegetables and meat, Xiluo sent Abel and Baphomet to Abyssal Hell to capture Magic Beasts that bred well.

• The Undead Demon Lord sent a concealed force against Niro City, but traps exposed the undead and Gordon helped the soldiers defeat them.
• The Undead Demon Lord attacked another section of the wall with thousands of stronger undead, but a Vampire detected them and the defenders eventually prevailed without the Lich appearing.
• Xiluo learned that more than three thousand undead had been destroyed at the cost of sixty-eight soldiers killed and over a hundred wounded, and he ordered troops to protect themselves and wait for help rather than risk their lives.
• Xiluo continued building Adobe Houses for Niro City's 6.8 million Subjects, then learned that vegetables and stored Seafood were nearly gone and meat supplies were insufficient.
• Xiluo told Alice to catch Seafood with Allen and sent Abel and Baphomet to Abyssal Hell to capture Magic Beasts chosen for their breeding ability, confusing Abel.

Xiluo arranged food supplies and housing for Niro City’s 6.8 million residents, then let the dragons return to their usual work after two months of construction. As Alicia and Koraman worried about falling incomes, they spotted a clash between a woman distributing cards for the God of Love and a Temple of the Goddess of Wealth official.

• Xiluo reassured Barbara that he trusted her, rewarded her with gold, and collected card-sale earnings from Zhao Si.
• Xiluo negotiated with the Elf Queen for discounted produce, bought vegetables and fruit, and arranged for Allen and Alice to bring seafood to Niro City.
• Xiluo opened trade routes through the King's Ring, helped residents find work, and had the dragons build earthen houses until the city’s population was settled.
• After construction ended, Xiluo assigned the dragons to patrol duty, while Alicia and Koraman returned to dragon-breeding work and complained about lower prices.
• Alicia and Koraman saw a Temple of the Goddess of Wealth official confront a woman distributing a card for the God of Love, and the woman fled.

Alicia became a Cardinal of the Goddess of Pleasure and Passion and built the church’s following in Niro City through prayers and monthly parties. When the Church of the Goddess of Wealth asked Xiluo to stop her, he upheld freedom of belief and suggested they compete for worshippers as well.

• Alicia realized she could seek the Goddess of Pleasure and Passion’s support and was appointed Cardinal of her church in Niro City.
• Alicia and Koraman organized prayers, recruitment, and monthly parties that drew more believers to the church.
• The growing rival faith alarmed Archbishop Xiwel, who asked Xiluo to intervene against Alicia.
• Xiluo discovered that Alicia and Koraman had gained power and new church ranks, then heard their defense of religious freedom.
• Xiluo refused to restrict Alicia and suggested that the Church of the Goddess of Wealth promote its own prayers and events.

Allen became a Cardinal of the Goddess of Wealth and gained enough holy power to rival Karl, while Gordon decided to seek his own path to greater strength. After discovering several ore deposits in Abyssal Hell, Gordon began building a mining operation and gathering forces without Xiluo’s help.

• Xiluo persuaded Xiwel to have Allen present a plan for monthly prize drawings to the Goddess of Wealth, and the goddess made Allen a Cardinal with greatly increased holy power.
• Alicia complained that Allen received more holy power than she had, while Xiwel learned that Alicia was also the Goddess of Wealth’s Divine-Chosen Dragon.
• Allen and Alicia displayed their holy power while fighting undead, and Gordon returned from Abyssal Hell and challenged Allen to a fight.
• Allen refused to fight because of the threat from a legendary lich, and Xiluo judged Gordon stronger than Allen, whose strength was on par with Karl’s.
• Gordon worried that Allen and Alicia might surpass him, so he searched Abyssal Hell for ore deposits and found Black Rock Ore, Star Crystal Ore, Demon Iron Ore, and Blazing Flame Crystal Ore.
• Gordon kept the deposits for himself, subdued unclaimed Demons and Devils to mine them, and continued searching for more ore veins.

Four years after Niro City began raising magic beasts, Fennis gave birth to Xiluo’s second child, a powerful half-dragon girl named Pake. As the family and their companions welcomed her, Xiluo reassured Pawa that his own future strength did not depend on his sister’s superior birth.

• The Red Dragon Whelp secretly mined ore in Abyssal Hell and sold it to the elves, while Xiluo’s magic-beast breeding grounds continued to expand.
• Four years later, Fennis gave birth in Niro City to a blue-green dragonlike girl who used water and lightning powers from birth.
• Xiluo identified the newborn as a level 2 elite-minus half-dragon, and he and Fennis named her Pake.
• Alice, Pawa, the dragons, and several elves gathered to meet Pake, who startled an elf by striking out with electricity and a water arrow.
• Pawa asked whether Pake would surpass him, and Xiluo reassured him by praising his own achievements and Pawa’s level 14 strength.

Four years after Niro City’s recovery began, Xiluo celebrated the birth of his second child, Pake, while assessing how the dragons and the city had grown stronger. The chapter left Xiluo with a prosperous city and a powerful dragon force, though legendary opponents still posed a grave threat.

• Pawa was reassured that he was strong, while the people and dragons played with newborn Pake and news of Xiluo’s second child spread through Niro City.
• Xiluo held a banquet for nearly a thousand guests, where Alicia taunted Allen and Gordon about their progress, and Abel brooded over being bullied by Alicia and Koraman.
• Xiluo reviewed the dragons’ growth over four years: Alicia and Koraman had risen through the Goddess of Pleasure’s favor, Gordon had neared legendary strength, and Baphomet and the others had also advanced.
• Xiluo checked his own progress and finances, noting that his bloodline gains were modest but that his investments and businesses had left him with 785,000 gold coins.
• Xiluo assessed Niro City’s population, army, temples, and powerful residents, concluding that the city could challenge several legendary beings but would likely suffer catastrophic losses without his intervention.

Pawa discussed training his spellcaster companions while Xiluo learned of a trial offering the legacy of the ancient Tolian Magic Empire. Xiluo refused to leave Niro City to pursue it, and Barbara then contacted him from World Tree Island.

• Pawa told his spellcaster companions about his baby sister Pake and urged them to master advanced spells so they could defend Niro City.
• Xiluo overheard Pawa’s group discussing their combined magic and felt proud of their progress.
• A demonized descender reported that a trial near Kadoli Island would select an heir to the Tolian Magic Empire in one month.
• Karl explained that the ancient empire had developed powerful joint spells before it was destroyed by Dragons, Titans, Demons, Devils, and Angels.
• Pawa asked to enter the trial, but Xiluo warned that it would be too dangerous and said he needed to stay and protect Niro City.
• Barbara sent Xiluo a communication request from World Tree Island.

Xiluo agreed to join the Nature Elves in competing to become the Tolian Magic Empire’s successor, and brought Pawa and his classmates along. The group gathered on World Tree Island to board the elves’ airship, while Niro City remained under the protection of Nature Elf allies.

• The Elf Queen invited Xiluo to compete for the Tolian Magic Empire’s legacy and offered troops to guard Niro City; Xiluo accepted after learning the survivors would consider potential as well as strength.
• Xiluo allowed Pawa and his classmates to join the expedition, warning them to obey orders and prepare for danger.
• The dragons celebrated the opportunity, while the Undead Demon Lord abandoned his planned attack on Niro City to pursue the empire’s legacy, bringing the city twenty-five days of peace.
• Xiluo entrusted Niro City to Farant Aixiyou, Luofasi Mula, and another Nature Elf, then used Tīgǔ and Barbara to take his group to World Tree Island.
• On World Tree Island, the Elf Queen lifted the barrier’s suppression from Pawa and his classmates, and Xiluo observed powerful elves gathering with the dragons to board an airship.

Xiluo traveled with the Elves to a vast gathering of powerful races, where he surveyed Legendary Titans and Dragons assembled over the sea. He recognized old rivals and discovered formidable new figures, including the fearsome Crimson Queen Eudora Chiyan and her gifted offspring.

• Xiluo boarded the Elves’ spacious, spatially expanded airship and watched it travel for four and a half days toward the gathering.
• The Elf Queen introduced Anna Toleya as her clan’s greatest magical genius and invited Xiluo’s daughter and Fennis to visit World Tree Island.
• Xiluo arrived above a huge gathering of races and observed Posuoluo Qishi, a Level 24 Arcane Titan blessed by the Wisdom King, alongside other Legendary Titans.
• Xiluo recognized Yulis Bamu, Nefis Bamu, Sairwusi, and Sif Aiya among the gathered Dragons, noting their strength and changes over the past eight years.
• The Elf Queen identified Eudora Chiyan as the notorious Crimson Queen, and Xiluo saw her Level 18 adolescent offspring beside her.

Xiluo and the others discovered that Gordon’s mother was the Crimson Flame Queen Eudora, while Gordon rejected the idea of meeting her. After waiting among a crowd of powerful contenders, they were transported into the Tolian Magic Empire’s Small World to begin its succession trials.

• Gordon sensed a bloodline resonance with Eudora, and Baili'er revealed that the Crimson Flame Queen was his mother.
• Baili'er explained how Gordon’s egg had been stolen and described how he had built his strength through effort, resources, and opportunity.
• Gordon refused to reunite with Eudora, though Xiluo noticed flames burning in his eyes.
• Xiluo surveyed the gathered powerhouses, including a level 24 lich and a disguised adult Force Dragon, as they waited for the appointed time.
• A magical construct representing the Tolian Magic Empire appeared and invited the contenders to undergo the succession trials.
• The construct used its hexahedron to transport everyone, including the ships and airships, into the empire’s world.

Xiluo and his group arrived at the Tolian Magic Empire’s Small World to compete for the right of succession, where their dramatic growth astonished the Metal Dragons. Gordon’s brother Kahn recognized him and grew jealous, while Gordon met his glare with murderous intent.

• The Legendary magic construct welcomed the arrivals to the Small World and warned that violence could make the true ruins disappear.
• Xiluo told the Dragon Cubs and his son’s classmates to keep a low profile before disembarking with the Elf Queen and their group.
• Sairwusi and Yulis greeted Xiluo and the other dragons, and Yulis was shocked by how much Gordon had grown in eight years.
• Alicia challenged Yulis, but another dragon dismissed her Holy Power, prompting Xiluo to tell them both to stop making a spectacle.
• Xiluo and Baphomet revealed their enormous forms, and Xiluo explained to Naifeisi that hypnosis spells had accelerated their growth.
• The Crimson Queen identified Gordon as her son and judged him to have considerable potential, making Kahn jealous enough to prepare to attack him.

Xiluo observed the powerful factions and their spellcasters gathering for the Tolian Empire’s succession trials, including the prodigy Ao Jin Eternal. The magical construct began the first trial: learning Steel Softening within twenty-four hours.

• The Crimson Queen slammed Kahn’s head into the ground until he apologized, while Gordon mocked him for groveling.
• Xiluo assessed Aite Finis, Ao Jin Eternal, the Dark Council, and the other arriving factions as the Elf Queen Anani explained who they were.
• Abel suggested robbing the wealthy factions after the inheritance matter, but Xiluo knocked him aside and the other dragons rejected the idea.
• Xiluo noticed that the Silver Moon Elves and Savage Beast Empire’s priests were absent, then listened as Descenders debated which figures seemed like protagonists.
• The magical construct announced that the first trial was to learn Steel Softening within one day and started the twenty-four-hour countdown.

Contestants in Tolian’s first succession trial raced to learn Steel Softening, and Aite Finis, Ao Jin Eternal, and Xiluo finished first, second, and third. Xiluo realized that his Spell Genius talent had surpassed many Legendary spellcasters, though Ao Jin’s learning ability still exceeded his.

• The magical construct explained that contestants had one day to learn the rare spell and threatened to expel those who failed, silencing the Descenders with steel giants.
• Two Descenders bet on the top ten, arguing over whether Xiluo Utrasis and other dragons could outperform experienced spellcasters.
• Aite Finis learned Steel Softening in five hours, earned 100 points, and became the first contestant to finish.
• Ao Jin Eternal finished second and also earned 100 points; he learned that his teacher, Aite Finis, had finished first.
• Xiluo Utrasis emerged third, surprising the Descenders and vindicating the bettor who had ranked him tenth.
• Xiluo reflected that his Spell Genius talent had helped him surpass other Legendary spellcasters, but Ao Jin’s learning ability remained greater.

The contestants completed the spell-learning trial, with Xiluo placing third and the rankings exposing wide differences in their ability to master Steel Softening. After the results, Xiluo reassured Yulis and stopped his companions’ argument, while Pawa worried that his low rank had hurt his chances of succeeding his father.

• Xiluo finished third with 99 points, and the lich who finished fourth lost points because becoming undead had reduced his potential.
• Bosoro placed fifth, Sairwusi sixth, Berdock Sien seventh, and the Elf Queen eighth; a Nature Elf and a Dragon Lich completed the top ten.
• The rankings continued through the Legendary contestants, with the Force Dragon placing fifteenth and the Crimson Queen twentieth; Anna Toleya finished twenty-first and learned that Xiluo had placed third.
• Yulis discovered that he had placed eighty-second and conceded that Xiluo had learned Steel Softening much faster; Xiluo's other companions received rankings ranging from Allen's 159th to Pawa's 2531st.
• Alicia and Koraman mocked Gordon over his ranking until Xiluo intervened, while Pawa worried that his low placement would prevent him from inheriting his father's position.

After the first trial eliminated spellcasters who could not learn Steel Softening, the remaining contestants began a week-long challenge to improve Impact Fireball. As the candidates prepared to demonstrate their work, Gordon Kenneth stepped forward first.

• The magical construct sent contestants who failed to learn Steel Softening to Domirank Star, then explained that factions and companions would also affect the inheritance contest.
• The magical construct began the second trial, giving the remaining contestants one week to improve Impact Fireball without changing its foundation and promising rewards to the top fifty.
• Xiluo learned Impact Fireball in six and a half hours, then worked on reducing its casting time and adding new properties.
• When the week ended, the magical construct revealed that its No Thought domain had disrupted contestants who were still researching, preventing them from remembering their unfinished work.
• Ao Jin Eternal declined to demonstrate first, so Gordon Kenneth flew to a wooden post and prepared to show his improved spell.

Gordon deliberately used his bloodline power to demonstrate a devastating spell, but the Magical Construct voided his score because he had not improved the spell in a way ordinary Spellcasters could use. The other candidates earned modest scores, leaving Xiluo uncertain how his results would compare with Aite Finis's as the second trial exposed a widening gap between candidates.

• Gordon blasted a practice post with a bloodline-enhanced Impact Fireball, but the Magical Construct gave him zero for violating the trial requirements.
• Gordon admitted to Xiluo that he had chosen to show off his strength rather than spend a week making a conventional improvement, and Xiluo dragged him away from the argument.
• Pawa and his classmates tested their spells and scored no more than fifteen points, while Abel earned twenty-one and the other dragons scored between twenty-five and thirty-one, with Baili'er taking the dragons' top score.
• The Spellcasters watching recognized how difficult the second trial was, and the Elf Queen worried that Aite Finis's fire control could give him a substantial lead.
• Xiluo wondered how his results would compare with Aite Finis's but reminded himself that the top fifty would receive rewards and that winning the inheritance could bring dangerous consequences.

Spellcasters tested their modified Impact Fireball spells, and the Elf Queen scored 72, the highest result so far. Xiluo remained on the sidelines as the Magic Association prepared to take its turn.

• Xiusi modified Impact Fireball into a three-shot barrage and scored 53, then criticized the other spellcasters for their weak results.
• Anna scored 46 with a spell that cast in 1.7 seconds, while three Elf Legendaries earned scores of 55, 56, and 59 with their modifications.
• The Elf Queen modified her spell with a 35-meter impact spread and pursuing, lingering flames, earning 72 points; she then told Xiluo she trusted him to do better.
• Xiluo delayed his test while other candidates competed, including the Adult Force Dragon, the Crimson Queen, and Kahn, whose spells scored 61, 63, and 24 respectively.
• The Dark Council's strongest dragon lich scored 65, and Sif Aiya and her daughter scored 17 and 41; no one surpassed the Elf Queen as most candidates finished.
• The Magic Association's spellcasters grew angry at being outshone and asked their vice president when they could begin testing.

The Magic Association’s vice president and Ao Jin Eternal demonstrated increasingly powerful Impact Fireball improvements, but Xiluo Utrasis surpassed them with a devastating spell that earned 88 points. His result left spellcasters stunned and prompted the titans to consider him a potential threat.

• The vice president of the Magic Association scored 75 points with a rapid-fire Impact Fireball spell, surpassing the Elf Queen again.
• Ao Jin Eternal demonstrated a homing Impact Fireball that earned 86 points and impressed the Magical Construct.
• Xiluo Utrasis tested a compressed Impact Fireball that caused a massive force-field explosion and earned 88 points.
• The contestants and dragon cubs praised Xiluo Utrasis, while several human spellcasters were shaken by his result.
• The titans discussed Xiluo Utrasis’s growing power, and some warned Bosoro that he could become a formidable enemy.

After Aite Finis scored 89 points and the second trial ended, the magical construct rewarded the top fifty contestants with medicinal herbs that increased magic power or improved spell learning. Anna gained substantial benefits from the herbs, inspiring Xiluo to consider cultivating them himself.

• Aite Finis modified the fireball spell, earned 89 points, and took the lead over Xiluo and Ao Jin Eternal.
• The remaining contestants completed their tests, with Bosoro scoring 79 and Sairwusi scoring 77 before the magical construct announced the trial’s rewards.
• The magical construct gave Spatial Rings to the top fifty; Anna identified her reward as a medicinal herb, and the construct named it Sodis Grass.
• Anna swallowed Sodis Grass and a Kabiao Mushroom, increasing her magic power and spell-learning ability; her level rose from 17 to 18.
• Xiluo received both types of herbs and decided that cultivating Sodis Grass could be worthwhile.

The Magical Construct introduced a virtual spell battle as the final test, where contestants would use standardized characters and compete for points over fifteen days. Xiluo advised his allies on coordinating and selecting support and defensive spells before they entered the game.

• Xiluo learned the rewarded plants could not be cultivated because their necessary genes had been destroyed, and the Elf Queen said contestants would have to fight for the inheritance to obtain them.
• The Magical Construct revealed that the final test would be a virtual spell battle, with standardized attributes, points for defeating opponents, and rewards for the top fifty.
• Legendaries inspected the metal block, and contestants began sending parts of their consciousness into the game while a 360-hour countdown appeared.
• Xiluo told his group to gather after entering, use their numbers to outnumber opponents, and reserve spell slots for support magic.
• A Level 13 Spellcaster complained that powerful contestants had eliminated him with a ranged spell, prompting Xiluo to warn his allies to register defensive spells because their game bodies lacked their usual protection.

Xiluo entered the virtual spell battle and rescued Kasi from an ambush, killing the long-haired attacker and the returning bald Spellcaster with powerful spells. After Kasi praised Xiluo’s abilities, Xiluo asked what support spells he had chosen.

• Xiluo entered the virtual battlefield, generated a human character model, and equipped it with defensive and offensive spells.
• Kasi was caught in an ambush, trapped by vines, and left near death after his barrier was destroyed.
• Xiluo struck the long-haired Spellcaster with Lightning Arrow, then killed him and the returning bald Spellcaster with an Impact Fireball.
• Xiluo freed Kasi and explained that his Detection Spell had revealed the bald Spellcaster’s return and his Magic Gathering Spell replenished his magic.
• Kasi told Xiluo he had chosen Magic Power Sharing and Damage Sharing, and Xiluo asked about their effects.

Xiluo fought through the trial and believed he had lost the inheritance after Aite Finis and Bosoro cornered him. After his elimination, the Tolian Magic Empire’s dead soul revealed that the first two trials had already established Xiluo as the true inheritor, and the final trial had been a deception.

• Xiluo healed Kasi, then defeated an approaching spellcaster with a barrage of Magic Missiles and continued hunting for points.
• Outside the trial, eliminated contestants watched the scores rise as Xiluo and other powerful participants gained ground, while Xiluo’s companions and Pawa’s classmates were eliminated.
• After two days, Xiluo’s group encountered Aite Finis’s group, and Bosoro’s Titans joined the fight to attack Xiluo from both sides.
• Xiluo fled until his magic power dwindled, then stopped and let Aite Finis kill him, believing he had lost the inheritance.
• A wisp of a dead soul told Xiluo that the first two trials had made him the true inheritor and that the final trial had been designed to mislead the others.

Xiluo learned from the scruffy middle-aged spellcaster that his Spatial Ring would hold the Torian Empire’s true treasure, while the visible constructs were meant to lure pursuers toward a scapegoat. After the trials ended, Aite Finis was named the heir, and the gathered factions confronted him with open hostility.

• The scruffy middle-aged spellcaster explained that Xiluo would receive the empire’s knowledge, magical herb seeds, and powerful spells, while the Magical Constructs were intended for a scapegoat.
• The spellcaster described the costs and effects of [Kram Soul-Splitting Technique], [Postio Grand Wish Spell], and [Marvin's World-Weaving Technique] before the trial expelled Xiluo’s consciousness.
• Xiluo returned to his body and reassured his companions, then watched the Elf Queen’s group fall after battling a lich and encountering Ao Jin Eternal.
• Aite Finis won the final trial two days later, and the Magical Construct distributed Spatial Rings to the top fifty; Xiluo found books, potion seeds, and materials in his ring.
• The Magical Construct declared Aite Finis the final heir, and Aite Finis warned the competitors against challenging the result as Ao Jin Eternal and others prepared to fight.