Recaps

Xiluo calmed Gordon and persuaded the wyrmlings to accept the low price for their scales as a way to repay the Dragon Mother and Barbara. After the trade, the humans offered to buy saliva and feces too, and the chapter ended with the wyrmlings selling their saliva for modest payment.

• Gordon grew angry over the humans’ offer of twenty silver coins per pound of dragon scales, but Xiluo stopped him from attacking.
• Xiluo explained that the Dragon Mother and Barbara had agreed to the price, and Alicia backed him up, persuading the wyrmlings to accept the trade.
• The three humans weighed the wyrmlings’ scales and paid them, with Gordon receiving more than the younger Xiluo and Little White Dragon.
• Clyde suggested killing the humans and taking their remaining gold, but Barbara rebuked him and reassured the merchants that their cooperation would continue.
• The humans offered to buy saliva and feces, and Abel and the other wyrmlings spat into glasses and received around a dozen silver coins each.

The Wyrmlings tried to sell fresh dragon dung for silver, turning the collection into another competition. Xiluo was left mortified when his dung outweighed Gordon Kenneth’s and the others praised him for it.

• Abel tried to sell a pile of old dung from several dragons, but the humans said they only wanted dung passed within the last three days.
• The Wyrmlings took plastic sheets and tried to relieve themselves for money, while Xiluo chased away a human who stared at his dragon butt.
• The humans weighed the fresh dung, and Gordon Kenneth proudly claimed victory with a 1.8-pound pile.
• A human announced that Xiluo’s dung weighed 2.3 pounds, prompting the Wyrmlings to praise him and Gordon Kenneth to complain about losing again.

After earning money by trading droppings, Gordon spent his entire fortune to have Barbara buy blazing flame crystal so he could grow stronger. His assumptions about Xiluo’s strength led him to believe Xiluo was also undergoing a powerful bloodline mutation, leaving Xiluo interested in the Bloodline Refinement Technique.

• Xiluo counted his earnings and reflected that he could rebuild his fortune when the humans returned to buy more droppings.
• When Barbara returned, Gordon climbed to her lair, and Xiluo followed after warning him not to cause trouble.
• Gordon asked Barbara to buy blazing flame crystal, then gave her all his money and an ice element magic crystal to pay for it.
• On the way down, Xiluo tested Gordon with a strange phrase, but Gordon took it literally and criticized Xiluo for not buying extreme thunder crystal to accelerate his bloodline mutation.
• Gordon asked whether Xiluo had awakened the inherited memories of the Bloodline Refinement Technique, and Xiluo realized Gordon thought he was a mutated dragon.

Xiluo sought the Bloodline Refinement Technique to improve his chances of becoming stronger, and he persuaded Gordon that rivals could also be friends who shared knowledge. Gordon agreed to give Xiluo the technique, but only after they fought, leaving Xiluo to face a challenge before he could obtain it.

• Xiluo recalled that the Bloodline Refinement Technique could strengthen mutated bloodlines and decided to pursue it despite the uncertainty of his own ancestry.
• Xiluo admitted to Gordon that his inherited memories had not revealed the technique, and Gordon boasted that his mutation would soon surpass Xiluo's.
• Allen urged Gordon to teach Xiluo the technique, pointing out that Xiluo had shared more spells and food with Gordon than Gordon had given him.
• Xiluo argued that he and Gordon were both rivals and friends who could grow stronger by competing and sharing knowledge, and Gordon accepted his friendship.
• Xiluo also called Allen his friend, then Gordon offered to give Xiluo the technique if they fought, win or lose.

Xiluo and Gordon arranged a supervised duel for five days later, leaving the young dragons arguing over who would win. Concerned about Gordon’s strength, Xiluo redeemed [Sharp Claws and Teeth] in the Mystery Sea and awoke to find his claws transformed.

• Xiluo and Gordon agreed to duel before Barbara in five days, with the other dragons invited to watch.
• The wyrmlings argued over whether Xiluo or Gordon was stronger, while Alicia, Koraman, and Martha watched.
• Xiluo received five achievement points for raising Ground Luo Beasts in the Mystery Sea.
• Xiluo weighed his combat disadvantages against Gordon and redeemed [Sharp Claws and Teeth].
• Xiluo’s old claws shed as new, sharper claws grew in their place.

After replacing his claws and teeth, Xiluo devoured about two thousand pounds of stored food and tested his improved weapons. The next morning, Gordon accused the other young dragons of stealing food, and Xiluo tried to defuse the confrontation, leaving Gordon feeling betrayed.

• Xiluo’s new teeth and claws grew in, leaving him ravenous, and he ate roughly two thousand pounds of the dragons’ stored food.
• Xiluo tested his sharper claws on a wooden wall and concluded that his new weapons gave him a close-combat advantage over Gordon.
• Gordon woke to find food missing and accused the other young dragons of stealing it, claiming they were jealous of the extra silver coins he and Xiluo earned.
• Xiluo hurried to the gathering, told the dragons he would investigate the missing food, and urged them to disperse before Lady Barbara saw them.
• The other dragons praised Xiluo and mocked Gordon, who angrily asked whether Xiluo believed them over him.

Xiluo convinced Gordon and Allen to keep quiet about his food theft and claimed his mutation had advanced, then enlisted Allen to organize betting on his duel with Gordon. Allen began recruiting the wyrmlings, who gathered to hear his more unusual wager.

• Xiluo calmed Gordon after the other wyrmlings accused him of stirring up trouble, and the dragons dispersed.
• Xiluo privately told Gordon and Allen about his food theft; Gordon guessed Xiluo had grown stronger, and Xiluo let him believe his mutation had progressed.
• Xiluo asked Allen for help, and they spoke for more than an hour.
• The next morning, Allen offered to take bets on Xiluo and Gordon's duel, drawing a crowd of wyrmlings.
• Koraman and the other wyrmlings discussed betting on the duel's winner, but Allen said he had a more interesting wager and showed them something.

Little White Dragon Allen set up bets on the fight between Xiluo and Gordon, with Barbara agreeing to witness them. After Allen mocked Koraman for wagering only ten silver coins, Koraman lost his temper, then bet all his money on Xiluo winning after ten minutes.

• Allen showed the wyrmlings odds for different outcomes of Xiluo and Gordon's fight and offered his valuables as collateral.
• Koraman questioned whether Allen could pay the bets, but Barbara arrived and agreed to witness them.
• Koraman bet ten silver coins on Xiluo defeating Gordon after ten minutes, and Allen mocked him by targeting his insecurities.
• Koraman lunged at Allen, but Barbara restrained him with vines and warned him against another outburst.
• After noticing Alicia's disappointment, Koraman wagered all his wealth on Xiluo defeating Gordon after ten minutes.

The Wyrmlings placed bets on Xiluo and Gordon’s duel, while Xiluo arranged the wagers to win gold by defeating Gordon quickly. As Barbara’s starting time approached, the rivals prepared to fight in the Green Forest clearing.

• Allen provoked Alicia into betting on Xiluo to defeat Gordon within ten minutes, and Barbara gathered the Wyrmlings’ stakes in leaves.
• Allen told Xiluo about the bets, and Xiluo praised him for helping set up the plan to win the gold coins.
• Four days later, Xiluo and Gordon faced each other in a clearing as the other Wyrmlings cheered for their chosen fighter.
• Barbara projected a Heaven Clock and explained the duel’s rules, including the ban on attacking vulnerable areas and the option to surrender.
• Gordon challenged Xiluo to fight at full strength, and Xiluo vowed to prove he was stronger as both dragons readied themselves for the duel.

Xiluo fought Gordon at 9:40, using his speed and sharp claws to wound the Red Dragon hatchling before Gordon revealed his Molten Earth Armor. Their fight became a close physical struggle, and Gordon noticed something strange about Xiluo’s expression as they grappled.

• Xiluo charged through Gordon’s Wall of Fire and slashed him, leaving three deep wounds.
• Gordon covered his scales with Molten Earth Armor, reducing the damage from Xiluo’s next attacks.
• Xiluo repeatedly dodged Gordon and struck him until Gordon caught one of his claws.
• The two hatchlings grappled and kicked each other, trading blows at close range.
• Gordon glanced toward their lower bodies and his expression changed when he noticed Xiluo’s strange look.

Xiluo defeated Gordon in their fight for the title of strongest Wyrmling, leaving Gordon unconscious and bloodied. The watching Wyrmlings quickly affirmed Xiluo’s status, while Little White Dragon feared becoming his next opponent.

• Gordon, enraged by how much worse his injuries were than Xiluo’s, tried to match Xiluo’s breath attack and was struck by lightning.
• Gordon engulfed them both in flames, but Xiluo threw him away and chased him up a tree with Lightning Flash.
• Xiluo seized Gordon’s tail, bit it, and used electric current to weaken him as Gordon repeatedly slammed Xiluo against the tree.
• Xiluo dragged Gordon from the tree and repeatedly slammed him into the ground, then battered his head until he passed out.
• Xiluo declared that he was still the strongest Wyrmling, and the watching Wyrmlings—including Alicia—hastily agreed.
• Little White Dragon watched in terror and worried that Xiluo might someday beat him the same way.

After defeating Gordon, Xiluo collected the winnings from the other wyrmlings’ bets and left them howling over their losses. When Gordon woke at night, Xiluo tried to talk with him, but the other dragons’ complaints prompted Xiluo to chase them off so Gordon could recover.

• Barbara healed Gordon and praised Xiluo for becoming the strongest wyrmling in Green Forest, while Xiluo credited her spell lessons.
• Barbara revealed the gathered betting valuables, and the wyrmlings wailed after losing their money on Gordon’s defeat.
• Xiluo signaled for Little White Dragon to collect the coins and leave as the furious bettors begged for their money back.
• Gordon woke at night, learned that Xiluo had beaten him, and fell silent as he recalled the one-sided fight.
• When the wyrmlings’ howling interrupted Xiluo’s conversation with Gordon, Xiluo charged off and chased them away, restoring peace to Green Forest.

After defeating Gordon, Xiluo explained how he had used deception and strategy to win, then learned the Bloodline Refinement Technique from him. Xiluo entered the Mindscape World and reached a strange gateway he suspected was the source of bloodline mutation.

• Xiluo told Gordon that careful planning and exploiting Gordon’s mistakes had decided their fight, making Gordon furious.
• Xiluo persuaded Gordon to postpone their rematch until they were young dragons, and Gordon agreed to teach him the Bloodline Refinement Technique.
• Gordon explained the technique to Xiluo while Little White Dragon listened, and Xiluo memorized the instructions.
• Xiluo returned to his lair and used the Bloodline Refinement Technique to enter the Mindscape World.
• Xiluo followed the Bloodline Stairway through the strange world and reached a gateway wrapped in ribbons and dark-red objects.

Xiluo discovered that he had two powerful hidden Mutated Bloodlines: Thunderfall Dragon and Extreme Thunder Dragon. After weighing their strengths and drawbacks, he decided to prioritize strengthening the Thunderfall Dragon bloodline.

• Xiluo awoke from a vision of a Thunderfall Dragon destroying sea monsters and learned that the dragon breed was his first hidden Mutated Bloodline.
• Xiluo resolved to ask Barbara to buy Tidal Crystals to strengthen his Thunderfall Dragon bloodline.
• Xiluo returned to the mindscape and explored the right path, where he saw an Extreme Thunder Dragon and discovered a second hidden Mutated Bloodline.
• Xiluo considered the Extreme Thunder Dragon’s difficult-to-control lightning and the Thunderfall Dragon’s mastery of both water and lightning.
• Xiluo chose to prioritize mutating his Thunderfall Dragon bloodline and leave the Extreme Thunder Dragon bloodline for later.

Xiluo discovered signs of a strong Extreme Thunder Dragon bloodline and gained achievement points, while the Little White Dragon Allen awakened a Frost Dragon bloodline. Allen vowed to grow strong enough to help Xiluo become the strongest dragon.

• Xiluo noticed his status listed a 7% Extreme Thunder Dragon bloodline and wondered whether his innate abilities had affected his body.
• In the Mystery Sea, Xiluo saw faint phantoms of Gordon and Abel beside Allen and received two achievements that brought his total to 20 points.
• Xiluo woke with slightly increased mana, checked on the sleeping Gordon, and left without disturbing him.
• Allen told Xiluo that he had awakened a Frost Dragon bloodline, and Xiluo encouraged him to develop it and grow powerful.
• Allen rejected the idea of becoming like Mad Dragon Baichuan but promised to become strong enough to help Xiluo become the strongest dragon.

Xiluo bought Tidal Crystals and Frozen Crystals from Barbara, then set out hunting with Allen and the newly volunteered Abel. After several days, the crystals arrived.

• Xiluo told Barbara that he and Allen had Thunderfall Dragon and Frost Dragon mutated bloodlines, and Barbara revealed that her own mutated bloodline belonged to a Giant Tree Dragon.
• Xiluo and Allen paid Barbara for Tidal Crystals and Frozen Crystals, then left to hunt.
• Xiluo visited the injured Gordon before noticing Abel following them outside the Green Forest.
• Abel offered to join Xiluo and Allen's hunting group, and Xiluo accepted his help.
• Xiluo, Allen, and Abel hunted together for several days until Barbara's crystals arrived.

After consuming Tidal Crystal, Xiluo strengthened his Thunderfall Dragon bloodline, while Allen’s Frozen Crystal revealed a frost dragon mutation. Abel could not accept that Allen had a mutated bloodline and ran off in a frenzy, leaving Xiluo and Allen to hunt without him.

• Xiluo ate the Tidal Crystal and used the Bloodline Refinement Technique, raising his Thunderfall Dragon bloodline from 0.5% to 4.5%.
• Allen noticed that Xiluo looked different, and Xiluo reassured Allen that his own frost dragon mutation would continue to develop.
• Allen told Abel that he had a mutated frost dragon bloodline, but Abel accused him of lying until Xiluo confirmed it.
• Xiluo pointed out a newly changed blue scale on Allen, and Abel became enraged at the thought that Allen might surpass him.
• Abel ran off shouting, while Xiluo took Allen hunting; Abel then barged into the Wyrmling Territory.

Abel revealed that Allen had awakened a frost dragon bloodline, prompting the Wyrmlings to seek Xiluo’s Bloodline Refinement Technique. Xiluo sold them access for pooled gold, while he, Gordon, and Allen built a sustainable food supply, and a year passed.

• Abel told the Wyrmlings that Allen had awakened a frost dragon bloodline after learning Xiluo’s Bloodline Refinement Technique, and they confirmed it with Xiluo.
• Xiluo agreed to teach the Wyrmlings the technique in exchange for thirty gold coins, and Gordon’s insults pushed the hesitant dragons to agree to pool their money.
• Xiluo and Gordon ran out of stored food, bought meat with gold coins, and later established a food supply by raising Ground Luo Beasts.
• The Wyrmlings sold their goods to human merchants and changed their eating and exercise habits to collect gold coins faster.
• A year passed as the dragons worked toward their respective goals.

Xiluo, Gordon, and Allen collected their earnings from Barbara while the Wyrmlings demanded refunds for the Bloodline Refinement Technique, which Xiluo refused. A Gold Dragon then attacked the Dragon Mother, and after the Dragon Mother and two Young Green Dragons drove him off, the Wyrmlings waited for Barbara to explain the battle.

• Xiluo, Gordon, and Allen gave Barbara their Gold Coins, and Barbara let them keep the money while praising their prospects.
• A Black Dragon and other Wyrmlings begged Xiluo and Gordon to return their coins after failing to awaken powerful mutated bloodlines, but Xiluo refused and sent them away.
• Xiluo and the others heard dragon roars and saw the Dragon Mother fighting an Adult Gold Dragon, while two Young Green Dragons joined the battle against the invader and his allies.
• The Dragon Mother and the two Young Green Dragons forced the Gold Dragon to flee, and Barbara ordered Lizardfolk guards to protect the Wyrmlings before flying off.
• Barbara returned about an hour later as the Wyrmlings gathered around her, eager to learn what the battle had meant.

Barbara reassured Xiluo and the wyrmlings that the defeated Nature Elves and their Gold Dragon posed no threat to Green Forest. Xiluo helped replenish the Ground Luo Beasts’ feed, then returned to his lair and absorbed the Tidal Crystal’s energy.

• Barbara explained that the Nature Elves and their Gold Dragon had been defeated by the Dragon Mother and Green Forest, calming the wyrmlings and Xiluo.
• Xiluo considered how rare Legendary powerhouses were and concluded that no such enemy was likely to attack Green Forest.
• Xiluo, Gordon, and Allen used magic to regrow grass in the Ground Luo Beast pen, allowing the beasts to feed.
• Xiluo returned to his remodeled, water-filled lair and swallowed the Tidal Crystal to absorb its energy.

Xiluo’s Thunderfall Dragon bloodline mutation increased his magic power, recovery, and water control, but he struggled to find new ways to earn gold coins after the young dragons stopped falling for his schemes. When the Gold Dragon roared again, Barbara ordered the wyrmlings to stay behind and flew out with the other dragons to confront him.

• Xiluo’s Thunderfall Dragon bloodline reached 10.2%, raising his magic power and awakening the Water Condensation Spell as his level rose to seven.
• The Gold Dragon continued attacking the Green Forest every seven or eight days, and the wyrmlings grew accustomed to his repeated defeats.
• Xiluo tried to draw Clyde and the Green Dragons into a new card game, but Clyde fled and Alicia and Koraman accused Xiluo of swindling them.
• After another distant roar from the Gold Dragon, Barbara ordered the wyrmlings to remain in place and flew away as Lizardfolk gathered around them.

Xiluo and the other Wyrmlings watched the Dragon Mother chase the Gold Dragon away, then discovered that intruders had drugged the Lizardfolk and entered Green Forest. The chapter ended with the dragons confronting four armed human adventurers as the Red Dragon hatchling eyed their equipment as loot.

• The Dragon Mother and the three Green Dragons drove the Gold Dragon into retreat and pursued him.
• The Red Dragon hatchling criticized the Dragon Mother’s restraint, while Xiluo defended her and the Green Dragons’ rules.
• Xiluo noticed the Lizardfolk and some Wyrmlings becoming drowsy, warned everyone of enemies, and dodged an arrow.
• A scarred archer, three Warriors, a Cleric, and a Spellcaster emerged and discussed their failed attempt to sedate the Wyrmlings with Soul-Loss Incense.
• Koraman and the other Wyrmlings mocked the intruders, while the Red Dragon hatchling admired their weapons and magic items as potential loot.

Xiluo recognized that the humans targeting the wyrmlings knew the Green Forest unusually well, while the dragons fought back against their carefully prepared ambush. The humans revealed they wanted to capture the young dragons, and the battle continued with Xiluo still singled out as a valuable prize.

• Xiluo assessed the six level 7 and 8 humans and suspected they had planned around Barbara being lured away and the lizardfolk arriving.
• Several wyrmlings charged the humans, but the hunter shot Abel and a warrior knocked him back with a shield.
• Gordon drove back one armored warrior, then fought a level 8 warrior while the hunter's arrow barely pierced his protected scales.
• The hunter and spellcaster discussed capturing the wyrmlings, and the spellcaster asked whether Xiluo was even stronger than Gordon.

Xiluo and the other wyrmlings fought an organized band of adventurers whose numbers, levels, and teamwork put the dragons at a disadvantage. Xiluo charged a level 7 assassin and impaled him with his horn, leaving the clash unresolved.

• The wyrmlings attacked the humans, but the level 8 spellcaster and cleric countered their magic while the warriors and assassins engaged them.
• Xiluo assessed the adventurers’ strength and realized the wyrmlings were outmatched, with a level 9 assassin approaching behind him.
• Xiluo chose to fight and charged a level 7 assassin, using his draconic presence to hinder the man’s attempt to dodge.
• The assassin’s dagger pierced Xiluo’s Rock and Earth Armor but failed to penetrate further, while Xiluo’s charge shattered the assassin’s Shield of Faith.
• Xiluo impaled the level 7 assassin with his horn and slammed him into a tree.

Xiluo and the Wyrmlings fought a group of Adventurers whose healing and attacks steadily wore them down, while the Lost Incense prevented the dragons from using their Breath Weapons. Xiluo used water spells to hinder the intruders, but the Wyrmlings were still losing ground.

• Xiluo wounded a level 7 assassin and threw him toward the level 9 assassin, but the Cleric healed the injured man and kept him alive.
• Xiluo realized he needed to deal with the Cleric, while the level 9 assassin, Hunter, and Spellcaster continued attacking him and the other Wyrmlings.
• Xiluo noticed moisture building as Little White Dragon and Gordon used ice and fire spells, then cast Water Condensation Spell to drench the intruders and create openings for Gordon.
• The Spellcaster dismissed Xiluo's tactic, but Xiluo kept splashing water over the attackers as the battle dragged on.
• Five or six Wyrmlings were brought down, and the exhausted Red Dragon hatchling struggled against the armored Warrior while Little White Dragon Allen continued supporting Xiluo from a distance.