Recaps

Xiluo accepted the Crimson Queen’s overdue payment but refused to release Kahn, then spent two and a half million gold coins to receive Bahamut’s blessing. Afterward, he returned to Kahn’s lair and reaffirmed that the captive would remain in Niro City for discipline.

• A red dragonkin delivered the Crimson Queen’s payment, and Xiluo refused to release Kahn because the queen had paid late and Kahn had disrespected him.
• Xiluo decided to spend his two and a half million gold coins on a Dragon God’s blessing and visited Xilian to contact Bahamut.
• Bahamut offered to bless Xiluo for free if he changed his faith and permanently joined a good alignment, but Xiluo refused and paid for the blessing instead.
• Bahamut bestowed his blessing on Xiluo, whose status showed increased progress and a new Dragon God-blessed title.
• After spending several hours with Xilian, Xiluo went to Kahn’s lair, gave Gordon the Crimson Queen’s 850,000 gold coins, and refused Kahn’s plea for release.

Six years after Niro City’s growth accelerated, Xiluo’s daughter Pake escaped her minders and ventured into the Tate Mountain Range. There she freed the Death God Black Dragon Galle Rain, who rose from his seal and swore revenge on Wright Lightning and his descendants.

• Over six years, Niro City prospered, its population grew, and Xiluo used force to protect his caravans from hostile kingdoms.
• Alice promoted Niro City while livestreaming, then learned that Pake had disappeared yet again.
• Pake flew to the Tate Mountain Range and heard a sealed dragon ask her to dig open his prison.
• Pake exposed the stone door, cleared away the poisonous gray mist, and discovered a Black Dragon pinned by a Thunder Spear.
• Although she knew Black Dragons were deceitful, Pake pulled out the spear and freed Galle Rain.
• Galle Rain broke out of the collapsing chamber, declared himself the Death God’s chosen dragon, and vowed to destroy Wright Lightning’s grave and kill his descendants.

Galle Rain, the Death God Black Dragon, captured Little Pake and revealed that he wanted revenge on her father, Xiluo Utrasis, for deceiving and imprisoning him decades earlier. After Baphomet freed Pake, he offered to escort Galle Rain to Niro City so he could confront Xiluo.

• Galle Rain attacked and captured Little Pake, then told her he blamed Xiluo for tricking him and leaving him imprisoned for decades.
• Little Pake reluctantly admitted that her father might have wronged Galle Rain and pointed him toward Niro City.
• Galle Rain flew to Niro City and confronted the guards, declaring that he had come to take revenge on Xiluo.
• Baphomet arrived, asked Galle Rain to release Pake, and offered to take him to Xiluo to settle their grievance.
• Galle Rain released Little Pake and followed Baphomet toward Xiluo, confident that he would make his old enemy suffer.

Galle Rain confronted Xiluo Utrasis over a decades-old grudge, but mistook Xiluo’s enormous size for illusion magic and challenged him to a duel. Xiluo accepted and followed Galle Rain to an open battlefield, intending to spare the city and its people from harm.

• Baphomet brought Galle Rain to Niro City Castle, where Galle Rain accused Xiluo of tricking him out of a Divine-Chosen Dragon method and spells decades earlier.
• Xiluo recognized Galle Rain, apologized for their past, and agreed to his demand for a duel after Galle Rain refused to hear him out.
• Xiluo transformed into a dragon nearly sixty-eight meters long, but Galle Rain insisted his size was an illusion and continued to boast.
• Xiluo assessed Galle Rain’s Level 21 excellence+ status and reflected on his own growth, Niro City’s wealth, and its ninety resident dragons.
• Galle Rain flew east to fight in an open area, and Xiluo followed, deciding he would go easier on him to protect the city and its people.

Galle Rain challenged Xiluo, convinced that the powerful dragons around him were products of illusion. After Xiluo defeated him and restored his clarity, Galle Rain realized the battle and the dragons’ growth were real, and Gordon ordered him to submit.

• Gordon and Abel fought near the sea until Little Pake asked them to yield the battlefield for Xiluo’s duel with Galle Rain.
• Gordon and Abel recognized Galle Rain as the dragon who had helped them decades earlier, but Galle Rain believed their strength and reunion were an illusion.
• Galle Rain challenged Xiluo, who swiftly overpowered him and left him badly injured in a vast crater.
• Xiluo used restorative and Mind Awakening spells on Galle Rain, who realized the events were real and was shocked by how strong the young dragons had become.
• Gordon demanded that Galle Rain submit, warning him that the era now belonged to young dragons, especially Xiluo and Abel.

Xiluo forced Galle Rain to join his dragons by exploiting the legendary Black Dragon’s pride, then publicized his allegiance, drawing more dragons to Niro City. The chapter ended with Xiluo’s growing force learning that the Sea God Blood Orchid had appeared, prompting Gordon to declare he would claim it.

• Xiluo recovered Little Pake’s treasures and offered Galle Rain a chance to join him, but Galle Rain refused and was bound and shrunk.
• Gordon forced Galle Rain to witness Kahn being made to mate with a two-headed hound and threatened to release recordings; Galle Rain surrendered, then was coerced into filming a movie.
• Gordon accepted Galle Rain into the group, and Alice interviewed him on a livestream, where he praised Xiluo and urged dragons to join Niro City.
• More adult and elder dragons joined Xiluo’s ranks, bringing his dragon forces to 100, and one newcomer reported that the Sea God Blood Orchid had appeared.
• Xiluo informed the gathered dragons about the treasure, and Gordon vowed to seize it while Abel and Alicia challenged his confidence.

Xiluo sent Gordon and five other dragons to the Radiant Empire’s capital, Faklan, to attend an auction for the Sea God Blood Orchid. In Faklan, a rampaging Blood Moon Giant Wolf attacked a church and was swiftly killed by a four-winged angel, revealing the empire’s formidable divine defenses.

• Xiluo assessed the dragons’ strength, explained that Gordon was best suited to use the Sea God Blood Orchid, and learned he had one million Gold Coins.
• Xiluo assigned Gordon, Baphomet, Karl, Alicia, Koraman, and Galle Rain to travel to the auction while the others stayed to guard Niro City.
• A month later, outsiders gathered in Faklan for the Talibuduo Auction House’s Sea God Blood Orchid auction, where the Three Gods Barrier suppressed many of them.
• A Blood Moon Giant Wolf lost control, transformed, and charged toward a church, threatening the city’s residents.
• A four-winged angel emerged from the church’s divine statue and killed the Blood Moon Giant Wolf with a sword of light.

Xiluo watched the powerful contenders for the Sea God Blood Orchid gather and clash before the auction, while Gordon’s behavior exposed his party as a target. The Three Gods Barrier weakened the dragons to varying degrees, and Xiluo expected force might be needed to win the treasure.

• The four-winged angel killed the blood moon werewolf, and Holy Light Apostles guarded the outsiders as clerics treated the injured.
• Bostart threatened to seize the Sea God Blood Orchid from whoever won it, while Eru Yuehua and Kanov Shabao asserted their own claims to the treasure.
• Gordon provoked Nakali Lumba by praising dragons and Xiluo, and the two red dragons agreed to fight after the auction.
• The auction bells rang, and Xiluo watched Gordon and the others enter while calculating that their conspicuous display had made the competition harder.
• Xiluo assessed how the Three Gods Barrier had reduced the dragons’ strength, with Galle Rain suffering the greatest drop and Alicia and Koraman remaining unaffected.

Xiluo observed the powerful bidders at the auction and recognized old acquaintances Yulis and Naifeisi, whose strength had surged after their elders lent them gold. The auction began with several items failing to sell, and the chapter ended as the Sea God Blood Orchid appeared.

• Xiluo’s soul fragment passed the auction house’s strength check and surveyed the exceptionally powerful crowd inside.
• Yulis and Naifeisi reunited with Gordon’s group, and Xiluo recognized them as the Bamu brothers.
• Galle Rain provoked the gathered bidders with insults, while Koraman challenged Yulis to a spar after the auction.
• Yulis explained that the Metal Dragon elders had lent him and Naifeisi ten million gold coins each, which they used to awaken additional mutated bloodlines.
• Host Heigel Talibudo began the auction, but the early lots, including a magical water mirror, failed to attract bids.
• Heigel presented the blue-and-red Sea God Blood Orchid.

At an auction for the Sea God Blood Orchid, the Bam Brothers won both orchid lots before Heigel Talibudo teleported the auction crowd to a forest and removed the Three Gods Barrier. The assembled powerhouses attacked the brothers to seize their treasure, but the dragons withstood the barrage and took to the air, preparing to flee.

• Yulis outbid Gordon for the Sea God Orchid, then won the Sea God Blood Orchid against Bostart and the Silver Moon Elf princess.
• After the Bam Brothers completed the purchase, Heigel Talibudo vanished and the auction venue was transported from Faklan to a forest, where the Three Gods Barrier disappeared.
• Naifeisi subdued a charging armored rhinoceros with Dragon Might as the powerhouses realized they could attack the Bam Brothers without restraint.
• Bostart, the Silver Moon Elves, the Sandstorm Titan, the Sun Lions, Nakali Lumba, and other powerhouses launched a coordinated assault on the brothers.
• The Bam Brothers blocked or endured the attacks with their air barriers and powerful defenses, while Xiluo watched and assessed Naifeisi's Adamantine Dragon resilience.
• The two Gold Dragons flew upward, preparing to escape.

Naifeisi threw the Spatial Ring containing the Sea God Blood Orchids into the sea, triggering a chaotic battle among the Legendary fighters and the dragon cubs. As the combatants grew exhausted and distracted, Xiluo secretly used magic to replace the real ring with a fake one while preparing to leave.

• The Bam Brothers were overwhelmed by Legendary attackers, and Karl flew in to help but was injured too.
• Naifeisi tossed the Spatial Ring into the sea, drawing the fighters into a chaotic struggle over it.
• The Red Dragon Whelp and the other dragon cubs joined the battle, while Xiluo's duplicate watched from a distance and waited for an opening.
• After more than half an hour, Legendary fighters began dying as the combatants weakened and paid less attention to the ring.
• Xiluo sent an unseen figure to the seabed, where it made the real Spatial Ring vanish and left a fake in its place.

Xiluo secretly stole the Sea God Blood Orchid while the gathered powers fought, then a Three Gods Church ambush struck the exhausted evil Legendaries. The surviving groups departed after learning the Church had not taken the orchid, and Koraman postponed his duel with Yulis.

• A Silver Moon Elf discovered that the Spatial Ring had been tampered with, and the creatures fought again after realizing the Sea God Blood Orchid was gone.
• Hidden beneath the seabed, Xiluo reflected that he had taken the orchid easily but suspected someone had watched him.
• Cardinal Sait and Theo Talibudo waited above the sea as the battle exhausted the gathered powers, then the Three Gods Church ambushed Nakali Lumba, Postat, and the other evil Legendaries.
• The church's representatives denied stealing the orchid, and the dragons, Silver Moon Elves, and Bam Brothers left without learning who had taken it.
• The groups agreed to split up, and Koraman postponed his duel with Yulis while privately lamenting that he still could not defeat him.

Gordon returned without the Sea God Blood Orchid, but Xiluo revealed that his duplicate had secretly obtained it and sold it to him. After Gordon awakened his Ancestral Dragon bloodline and grew stronger, the Elf Queen summoned Xiluo to ask for his help establishing a World Tree Network.

• After the hunt for Bostart ended, Theo Talibudo and Cardinal Sait parted ways, and the Dragon Cubs eventually returned to Niro City.
• Gordon admitted to Xiluo that he had failed to obtain the Sea God Blood Orchid, and Xiluo revealed that his duplicate had stolen it and offered it to him for two million gold coins.
• Gordon swallowed the Sea God Blood Orchid, devoured much of the granary's food, and grew from about 52 meters to nearly 57 meters as his Ancestral Dragon bloodline awakened.
• Xiluo's duplicate observed Gordon's increased strength and watched him fly off, where fire and lightning soon erupted along the distant coast as Gordon confronted the Blue Dragon Wyrmling.
• The Elf Queen summoned Xiluo to World Tree Island and explained that the World Tree and its saplings had linked together, asking him to help establish a World Tree Network.

Xiluo and the Elf Queen agreed to use the World Tree’s new [World Tree Space] to connect people and play [Continent Hero Legend], and Xiluo proposed expanding it into a sparring system called Ladder Ranking. After learning the World Tree had its own consciousness, Xiluo questioned who was behind the elves’ alliance with him, while news of the new virtual space spread across Blue Star and Domirank Star.

• The Elf Queen proposed partnering with Xiluo to use [World Tree Space] for communication and games, and he agreed to feature his [Continent Hero Legend] cards.
• Xiluo sensed that the World Tree’s growth had strengthened the Elf Queen and the other elves, and the queen confirmed that the Nature Elves had gained power.
• Xiluo tested [World Tree Space], learned that the World Tree had its own consciousness, and wondered whether it influenced the Elf Queen and her clan.
• Xiluo proposed Ladder Ranking, where powerful individuals could spar in [World Tree Space], and the Elf Queen listened to his plans.
• A few days later, people across Blue Star and Domirank Star discussed using World Tree Offshoots to enter [World Tree Space], play cards, and watch or take part in battles.

As [World Tree Space] launched, Pawa entered the virtual forest, fought his placement matches, and earned Gold 3. He found that no one had yet reached the Hero, Epic, or Legendary ranks, and continued battling in hopes of climbing the ladder.

• People across the world anticipated the ranked ladder matches, while Aite Finis declined to participate because he feared others could steal his spells.
• Pawa waited for [World Tree Space] to launch in Niro City, then logged in under his real name without concealing his appearance.
• Pawa explored the realistic forest realm, watched [Continent Hero Legend] card duels, and accepted Baluowa's challenge.
• Pawa defeated Baluowa and won eight of his ten placement matches, earning Gold 3.
• Pawa checked the leaderboard and found the Hero, Epic, and Legendary categories empty, then continued ranked battles.

Pawa progressed through ranked battles in [World Tree Space] as it spread across the continent and brought Xiluo millions of gold coins. The chapter ended with Pawa watching Gordon Kenneth defeat Archdevil Laines in a public Legendary battle.

• Pawa reached Gold Rank Tier 1 before the five-hour limit forced him to leave [World Tree Realm], and he told his companions about his rank.
• People across the continent praised [World Tree Space], while subjects in nations without World Tree Offshoots pressured their rulers to invite the Nature Elves.
• Over the next month, [World Tree Space] spread through more than sixty to seventy percent of the continent's nations and earned Xiluo three million gold coins as [Continent Hero Legend] card sales boomed.
• Pawa advanced to Platinum Tier 1 but clarified to onlookers that he had not reached Diamond.
• Pawa examined the Legendary Rankings and watched Gordon Kenneth challenge the ninety-seventh-ranked Archdevil Laines.
• After a battle lasting two hours, Gordon Kenneth won at great cost, and Pawa returned to where he had been.

After [World Tree Space] introduced currency exchanges and paid spectating, more people joined to earn gold, and competition on the rankings intensified. Xiluo Utrasis fought his first Legendary Rank battle against a Pit Fiend, revealed a colossal bloodline-powered dragon form, and won in minutes.

• [World Tree Space] announced that users could buy and exchange game currency, purchase spells and combat techniques, and earn fees from paid spectating.
• Aite Finis and Ao Jin Eternal decided to seek permission to introduce a World Tree Offshoot after learning how much ranked fighters could earn.
• As [World Tree Space] gained users and competition intensified, Gordon Kenneth fell off the [Legendary Rank] leaderboard and Xiluo Utrasis began fighting more often.
• Xiluo faced a Pit Fiend in his first battle since entering the Legendary Rank leaderboard and gathered lightning across the battlefield.
• Xiluo grew into a dragon over four hundred meters long, struck the ground with tremendous force, and defeated the Pit Fiend in about five minutes.

After failing to obtain the Sub-Iron Dragon God's blessing directly, Xiluo paid five million gold coins for an Ancient Dragon to grant it instead. The blessing completed his set of four Dragon God blessings and changed his status to the blessing of Dragon God Io, leaving him wondering about Io's connection to the Four Dragon Gods.

• After winning another short battle, Xiluo reviewed the legendary rankings and considered the strength of the top ten fighters.
• Xiluo decided to buy the final Dragon God blessing and asked Baphomet to contact the Sub-Iron Dragon God, but the attempt failed.
• Xiluo asked Bahamut to intercede with the Sub-Iron Dragon God, but Bahamut said the hostility between the gods made it impossible.
• Bahamut revealed that one of the Sub-Iron Dragon God's children could grant the blessing for five million gold coins, and Xiluo paid the price.
• An unnamed Iron Dragon Ancient Dragon appeared through a spatial wormhole and bestowed the blessing on Xiluo.
• Xiluo saw that his status now showed the Blessing of the Dragon God Io and wondered whether Io had become the Four Dragon Gods.

After receiving all four Dragon Gods’ Blessings, Xiluo learned that he could keep growing beyond the usual limits of Dragonkind. He spent eight million gold coins on materials to complete his Primal Dragon progress, then watched a Titan who had been challenging Dragons lose to Gordon as his forces continued to grow stronger.

• Bahamut told Xiluo that the blessings had greatly extended his lifespan and let him grow without stopping, potentially to the size of a mountain.
• Xiluo exchanged eight million gold coins with Archbishop Xiwel for materials, devoured them, and advanced his Primal Dragon progress to 100%, growing to nearly sixty-nine meters long.
• Xiluo read about Eudora · Land of Extreme Frost, a Titan with a perfect record against Dragons who humiliated her defeated opponents, and heard from Alicia that Eudora had beaten and insulted her.
• Xiluo told Alicia he would deal with Eudora when their paths crossed, then continued competing until his ranking rose to seventy-sixth.
• Eudora challenged Gordon and lost narrowly, ending the attention she had gained; Xiluo reflected that his forces had grown strong enough to handle most situations without him.

The Three Gods Church accused the World Tree of being an evil god that drained people’s mental power through [World Tree Space] and began spreading rumors to turn the public against the elves. The Elf Queen revealed that the World Tree was the fallen God of Nature’s incarnation and drew people in to absorb their faith, leaving Xiluo and his allies facing a likely war with the churches.

• Radamanti Tyr's Hand, Cocaine Pelor's Light, and Boliulisi Shantia's Love told the clergy that the nature elves and the World Tree threatened Domirank Star, and the clergy agreed to oppose them.
• The Three Gods Church spread rumors that [World Tree Space] drained mental power and that the World Tree might revive as an evil god.
• Xiluo, the dragons, and the elves gathered on World Tree Island to discuss the churches’ accusations, and the Elf Queen revealed that the World Tree absorbed faith as the incarnation of the fallen God of Nature.
• Alicia and the Red Dragon Whelp pledged to defend the elves, while Karl warned that the churches could muster many powerful allies.
• The Elf Queen said the Nature Elves Clan would seek help from ancient bloodline allies, but Xiluo and the other dragons doubted those allies would all fight in earnest.

Xiluo and the Nature Elves countered the Three Gods Church’s accusations and gathered allies as both sides prepared for war. With the conflict spreading across Domirank Star and forces assembling around the World Tree, Dragons and Titans argued while awaiting the coming battle.

• Xiluo advised the Elf Queen to restore the Elves’ reputation and appeal to those who benefited from World Tree Space.
• The Elves published an account of the World Tree’s origins, prompting the Three Gods Church to issue a rebuttal and worsening their public dispute.
• Aite Finis and other ranked powerhouses received requests for support; Aite chose to wait and see, while others considered their options.
• The Three Gods Church formed a Gods’ Allied Army, demanded that groups near the World Tree Offshoots relocate within three months, and began preparing for war.
• The Nature Elves mustered their forces as the conflict became a major topic on Blue Star’s Forum and Descenders began traveling toward the likely battlefields.
• Dragons, Titans, and other creatures gathered around the World Tree with the Nature Elves, but the Dragons and Titans traded insults.

Xiluo addressed the summoned allies, detailed his reputation, and organized their defenses against the Three Gods Church’s allied forces. The armies divided to defend the World Tree Saplings as the approaching holy war began.

• The Elf Queen stopped the dragons, Titans, and White Tiger king from fighting, and Xiluo explained that their forces needed to defend twenty-eight World Tree Offshoots against the Three Gods Church.
• A gem dragon described Xiluo’s achievements, and the Elf Queen confirmed his reputation as an exceptionally powerful young dragon; the gathered leaders also learned about Gordon’s strength.
• Xiluo assigned the summoned forces to defend the World Tree Saplings, while the Elf Queen promised World Tree Branches and Leaves as rewards for their service.
• Xiluo sent Gordon and Karl with dragons and elite Descenders to one island, and assigned Abel, Alicia, Koraman, and Baphomet to lead forces to another; he warned Alicia and Koraman that the Goddess of Pleasure might reclaim their powers.
• Xiluo told the dragons to prioritize survival and acquire lifesaving supplies, and both allied armies split up and marched toward their assigned destinations.

The Gods' Allied Army, led by Kezan Shafora, attacked the World Tree Offshoot, but the barrier weakened its cannon fire and the defenders intercepted the opening barrage. Gordon, Karl, Long Hair, Pawa, the dragons, Descenders, and Nature Elves joined the battle, and the defenders appeared to gain the upper hand.

• A scout spotted the Gods' Allied Army approaching, and the Nature Elves and Gordon rallied their forces to defend the World Tree Offshoot.
• Kezan Shafora ordered the fleet to fire its arcane cannons, but the barrier weakened the blasts and the defenders intercepted them.
• Kezan Shafora and Gordon clashed in the air, while Karl fought the legion's deputy.
• Long Hair led five hundred Descenders against two thousand members of the Divine Punishment Holy Warrior Legion, and Pawa used the Wrathful Thunder Spear to hold off another force.
• The Nature Elves provided suppressing fire from within the barrier, disrupting the legion's attempt to encircle the dragons as the defenders began to gain the upper hand.

Niro City’s forces fought the allied church legions while Xiluo battled Radamanti, Pope of the Church of the God of Justice. After Xiluo unleashed his full strength and the Pope summoned Angels, Xiluo rallied Niro City’s people to rely on themselves, restoring their resolve as the fighting continued.

• Gordon, Karl, Abel, Alicia, Koraman, Baphomet, and Niro City’s armies held their ground against powerful church legions, though defenders elsewhere in the city were being pushed back.
• Xiluo fought Radamanti and revealed his [Heavenly Extreme Thunder Overlord Dragon] power, blasting the Pope apart before Radamanti re-formed.
• Radamanti summoned Angels, and their arrival caused some of Niro City’s people and soldiers to doubt whether they should oppose divine beings.
• Xiluo urged Niro City’s people to create their own future and sang the Song of Niro, rallying them to fight the Angels and the church forces.
• Niro City’s people regained their resolve and began matching the clergy, while Radamanti wondered how they could oppose a God despite still having faith in one.

Xiluo destroyed the Angels’ gate after six hundred Angels descended, then retreated into the World Tree’s Barrier, where its power weakened the Gods’ Allied Army and let his forces hold them off. Across the other battlefields, the World Tree Offshoots turned the tide with animated trees, and the Allied Army’s first assault ended in retreat as people across the world discussed the elves’ strength.

• Radamanti summoned Angels through a gate, but Xiluo’s lightning attack destroyed the gate after six hundred Angels had arrived and overwhelmed him.
• Xiluo retreated into the World Tree’s Barrier, which weakened the Angels and the Gods’ Allied Army enough for Niro City’s soldiers and Dragons to counterattack and hold the enemy at the barrier’s edge.
• On a distant island, a green dragon considered abandoning the retreating elves until the World Tree Offshoot revived trees as War Giant Trees and empowered the elves’ forces.
• The green dragon joined the elves’ counterattack, and the Allied Army withdrew when it could no longer make progress.
• People across the world discussed the Allied Army’s failed assault and the strength of the elves, the World Tree Offshoots, and Xiluo.