Recaps

Xiluo used a lightning attack to electrify the water around the attackers, then seized the opening to defeat the level 9 assassin. The wyrmlings overwhelmed the paralyzed attackers, while the surviving spellcaster escaped and watched the fight turn against his team.

• Allen felt despair as he watched Xiluo suffer and feared the wyrmlings would be captured and sold.
• Alicia and Koraman struggled against a level 8 assassin, while Alicia hoped Xiluo could save them.
• Xiluo lured the level 9 assassin into dodging his lightning ball into a pool, spreading electricity through the nearby fighters.
• Xiluo struck the paralyzed level 9 assassin unconscious and urged the wyrmlings to attack.
• The wyrmlings recovered quickly, attacked the paralyzed humans, and defeated most of them as the spellcaster escaped using a mud spell.

Xiluo turned the battle around with a lightning attack conducted through the water, but collapsed from his injuries after the surviving spellcaster fled. The wyrmlings retreated into the trees to wait for help, while Alicia praised Xiluo’s courage and Koraman reacted uneasily.

• Xiluo’s lightning breath spread through the water and wet clothes, paralyzing the adventurers and allowing the wyrmlings to defeat them.
• The surviving spellcaster fled, and Xiluo collapsed from his injuries and the drug in his body.
• Allen checked Xiluo’s heartbeat, and Gordon carried him while he and Allen licked his wounds to stop the bleeding.
• Alicia led the wyrmlings into the trees to avoid the lingering Soul-Loss Incense, where they waited for the Dragon Mother and Barbara.
• Alicia praised Xiluo for staying to save them, and Koraman grew gloomy as he listened.

After Barbara returned and treated the injured wyrmlings, Xiluo woke in the Mystery Sea and spent achievement points on Rapid Healing instead of Storm Breath. He recounted the attack to Barbara, who revealed that the attackers were favored by the gods, leaving Xiluo to question whether the Clear River Merchant Guild was connected to a Divine Favored.

• Alicia praised Koraman for protecting her, easing his anger and prompting him to vow to protect her.
• Barbara returned to the Green Forest, detected the lingering scent of Soul-Loss Incense, and healed the unconscious Xiluo.
• In the Mystery Sea, Xiluo gained 15 achievement points for defeating a stronger enemy and chose Rapid Healing, reducing his points from 40 to 20.
• Xiluo woke and, at Barbara's request, explained the attack and how the wyrmlings had been injured.
• Barbara said the attackers had been favored by the gods, and Xiluo asked whether they were connected to the Clear River Merchant Guild and led by a Divine Favored.

Barbara explained that the [Clear River Merchant Guild] were among the fortunate [Lucky Ones] from Blue Star, whose people had entered the world without supernatural powers. She left the wyrmlings reassured that Blue Star’s humans could not reach Domirank Star on their own, while insisting they posed no threat to dragons’ resources.

• Xiluo said the [Clear River Merchant Guild] had opposed Green Forest, and the wyrmlings erupted in anger before learning the guild might have Divine Favored.
• Barbara dismissed the guild members as fortunate [Lucky Ones], not Divine Favored, and silenced the noisy wyrmlings.
• Barbara explained that the Lucky Ones had appeared about seven years earlier, after gods in the Astral Realm contacted Blue Star, a world with over eight billion people.
• Alicia and the other wyrmlings were shocked by Blue Star’s huge human population, and Xiluo worried that its people might upset the balance of Domirank Star.
• Barbara said Blue Star’s humans had advanced technology and destructive weapons but no supernatural powers or means to reach Domirank Star by themselves.
• Barbara rejected the worry that dragons would lose their resources and claimed that cooperation with metal dragons and gem dragons could have let dragons rule Domirank Star.

Barbara explained how Blue Star’s Descenders gained bodies and divine protection, while Xiluo suspected the gods and Blue Star’s leaders had arranged a scheme to draw billions into worship. Learning that time passed five times faster on Domirank Star made Xiluo worry that his grandmother believed him dead or comatose, and the chapter ended with Alicia asking how many Descenders had arrived.

• Barbara told Alicia and the wyrmlings that only a small number of Blue Star believers received bodies on Domirank Star, and that Descenders needed money and recovery time to return after dying.
• Xiluo reconsidered the Alliance’s announcements and suspected they had encouraged Blue Star’s people to worship the gods and become believers.
• Xiluo wondered whether Blue Star’s leaders had been threatened or controlled by the gods, then dismissed the idea as beyond his power and resolved to focus on growing stronger.
• Barbara revealed that one day on Blue Star equaled five days on Domirank Star, prompting Xiluo to calculate that seven years there meant roughly a year and a half for his grandmother.
• Xiluo worried that his grandmother might think he was dead or in a vegetative state and wished he could see her again.
• Alicia asked Barbara how many Descenders had come to Domirank Star, fearing that even a fraction of Blue Star’s population would mean hundreds of millions.

Xiluo learned more about Blue Star visitors and the trouble some had caused, while Barbara revealed that the Gold Dragon had escaped again with an Adult Silver Dragon and Adventurers. After the wyrmlings recovered, the Dragon Mother strengthened their defenses and left the attackers’ spoils for Xiluo to distribute.

• Barbara explained that Blue Star visitors could become several lesser races but not dragons, prompting Xiluo to question how he had arrived as one.
• Barbara described how some Blue Star visitors had alienated nobles and Spellcasters through scandalous and reckless behavior.
• Barbara said the Gold Dragon had escaped the Dragon Mother with an Adult Silver Dragon and Adventurers, despite the dragons’ pursuit.
• Barbara reassured the wyrmlings and treated them, and the dragons moved the wyrmlings’ territory after they recovered.
• The Dragon Mother reassigned the negligent Lizardfolk and placed three hundred Treants around the wyrmlings’ territory.
• The Dragon Mother left the defeated attackers’ spoils for Xiluo to distribute.

Xiluo and Allen brought the recovered intruders’ equipment to Barbara, hoping to sell it quickly for gold amid the danger in Green Forest. Barbara offered them 40 gold coins for equipment worth 44 to 45, taking a ten percent profit, and awaited their answer.

• Xiluo and the wyrmlings valued the intruders’ equipment at about 44 gold coins and agreed to sell it to Barbara, with Xiluo offering to cover her profit share.
• The Red Dragon hatchling left to exchange his share for Blazing Flame Crystals, while Xiluo noticed he had been sleeping more than usual.
• Allen asked Xiluo to lend him gold coins so he could obtain a healing spell from Barbara, hoping to help the group in future fights.
• Xiluo agreed that a healing spell would help the team and took Allen to see Barbara.
• Xiluo asked Barbara to buy the equipment outright, and she offered 40 gold coins for it, taking only ten percent profit.

Xiluo and Little White Dragon Allen learned dozens of spells from Barbara under a contract requiring Xiluo to repay double their value in a hundred years. Xiluo then offered Barbara a far larger investment promising tenfold returns, leaving her dazzled by the prospect.

• Xiluo sold equipment to Barbara for 40 gold coins and asked to buy spells from her.
• Barbara offered the second-tier Healing Spell for 7 gold coins, and Xiluo persuaded her to invest spell knowledge in him in exchange for double repayment after he reached adulthood.
• Xiluo and Allen spent a day learning dozens of first- through fourth-tier spells from Barbara, and Xiluo signed a contract to repay 1,100 gold coins in a hundred years.
• Xiluo proposed that Barbara invest actual gold for a tenfold return, and Barbara reacted with excitement at the offer.

Xiluo persuaded Barbara to invest 400 gold coins in him, promising a tenfold return after a hundred years. He chose to use the money to buy Allen a staff that would help him cast healing and nature spells faster, leaving Allen determined to repay him.

• Xiluo convinced Barbara that investing in him could turn her 400 gold coins into 4,000 after a hundred years.
• Barbara explained that 400 gold coins represented nearly all the savings she could afford as a Young Dragon serving the Dragon Mother.
• Xiluo told Barbara he wanted to spend the investment on a staff that would speed up Healing Spell and low-level nature spell casting.
• Barbara realized the staff was for Allen, and Xiluo said he was investing in Allen's potential and loyalty.
• Allen accepted Xiluo's support and vowed to repay him a hundredfold, or even a thousandfold.

Xiluo bought Allen a staff and crystals, then tried to secure more investments from Cato and Weierde, but they refused. Suspecting they feared Green Forest would lose the coming war, Xiluo returned to the wyrmlings’ resting place with Allen and visited Alicia.

• Xiluo set aside 25 gold coins for Allen’s staff and arranged to buy Tidal Crystals and Frozen Crystals with Barbara.
• Xiluo suggested that Barbara seek investments from Cato and Weierde, promising her a sum matching their principal after a hundred years if they invested.
• Barbara returned and reported that Cato and Weierde had refused to lend or invest any gold coins.
• Xiluo suspected Cato and Weierde expected Green Forest to lose the coming war against the gold dragon and the elves, and he left with Allen after thanking Barbara.
• Xiluo went to Alicia’s hollow and knocked; Alicia came out, pleased to see him before noticing Allen.

Xiluo gathered Alicia, Abel, and Gordon away from the wyrmlings’ living area to share the spells he had learned from Lady Barbara. Although Alicia and Abel initially suspected a trick and Gordon warned that he might surpass Xiluo, Xiluo insisted the lessons were free and welcomed the rivalry.

• Xiluo brought Alicia, Abel, and Gordon together and led them away from the wyrmlings’ living area, while the tree monsters followed at a distance.
• Gordon insulted Alicia and Abel, and Abel retorted that Gordon had also needed Xiluo’s help during the battle with the invaders.
• Xiluo stopped their argument and explained that he had paid Lady Barbara to learn several dozen spells, which he intended to teach them for free.
• Alicia and Abel doubted Xiluo’s offer because he had tricked them before, but they sat down after he assured them there would be no wager.
• Gordon warned that learning the spells could make him strong enough to defeat Xiluo, and Xiluo encouraged him to grow stronger so their rivalry would continue.

Xiluo taught Alicia, Abel, and other dragons magical knowledge, then earned an achievement and spent points on the [High-Speed Casting] talent. Koraman saw Xiluo walking with Alicia and fled in shock.

• Xiluo explained Barbara’s spell knowledge to the dragons and distributed gold coins before returning.
• Koraman went to Alicia’s lair, learned she had left with Xiluo, and angrily refused to believe it.
• Koraman saw Xiluo and Alicia walking close together, roared in dismay, and ran away.
• Alicia thanked Xiluo for teaching her and promised not to share the spells without his permission.
• Xiluo distributed the remaining coins, returned to his lair, earned 10 achievement points, and redeemed [High-Speed Casting].

Koraman misunderstood Alicia’s outing with Xiluo, then apologized by giving her his silver coins after she explained they had met with other dragons to discuss defending Green Forest. Xiluo tested his High-Speed Casting and later received the requested staff and crystals from Barbara, while Green Forest remained peaceful.

• Koraman returned to his lair distraught after seeing Alicia with Xiluo, but Alicia explained that they had met with Abel, Gordon, and Allen to discuss protecting Green Forest.
• Koraman accepted Alicia’s explanation, apologized, and insisted that she take his silver coins.
• Xiluo tested several spells and found that High-Speed Casting reduced their casting times by about thirty percent across multiple tiers.
• Several peaceful days passed, and Barbara’s injuries improved as the Gold Dragon and elves made no further attacks on Green Forest.
• Barbara gave Xiluo and Allen the staff and crystals they had requested, then signaled for them to leave.

Xiluo consumed a Tidal Crystal, raising his Thunderfall Dragon bloodline concentration and improving his strength. He discovered that the concentrated water stored in his body let him fire a water jet and restore mana, and he wondered what ability he would gain at 30% bloodline concentration.

• Xiluo swallowed the Tidal Crystal and absorbed water from his pool until his thirst was satisfied.
• Xiluo saw that his Thunderfall Dragon bloodline concentration had risen from 10.2% to 26.8%, while his mana reserves increased to about 1.8 times those of an ordinary Blue Dragon.
• Xiluo left his lair and drew the attention of nearby Wyrmlings, including Abel, who praised his appearance.
• Xiluo fired a jet of water that damaged a nearby tree and cut through thin branches.
• Xiluo concluded that the water jet was a limited-range support ability that could quickly wet the battlefield and that the water stored in his body also helped restore his mana.
• Xiluo looked forward to reaching 30% bloodline concentration and discovering what new ability it might bring.

Xiluo tested his new Flush Breath and inspected the improvements in Allen and Gordon after their bloodline changes. He tested Allen’s Nature Life staff and saw how much it strengthened Allen, while the other Wyrmlings watched enviously.

• Xiluo named his weak new breath attack Flush Breath and described it as a support ability.
• Allen and Gordon approached Xiluo, and he saw that Allen had become a level 5 Mutated White Dragon Wyrmling while Gordon had become a level 7 Strong Mutated Red Dragon Wyrmling.
• Xiluo praised Allen and Gordon’s growth and said their increased strength would help them face attackers again.
• Gordon asked about Allen’s staff, and Xiluo said he had bought it to help Allen contribute despite being weaker.
• Xiluo tested Nature Life and found that it greatly reduced the casting time of Allen’s nature spells, while the other Wyrmlings watched enviously.

Two months after the battle with the assassins, the Wyrmlings discussed their dwindling protection and asked Xiluo to assess the danger. Xiluo remained the strongest among them as Allen and the others recovered, while the threat to the Wyrmlings’ safety persisted.

• Xiluo earned five achievement points for acquiring a fortune after Barbara gave him 400 gold coins.
• Over two months, Xiluo’s injuries and scales recovered far faster than expected, while Alicia and the Wyrmlings who fought the assassins still had tender scales and reduced combat strength.
• Abel complained that most of the Treants assigned to protect the Wyrmlings had been transferred away, leaving only fifty.
• Gordon mocked the Wyrmlings who wanted protection, and one of them angrily argued back as Alicia asked Xiluo what he thought of the situation.
• Xiluo checked Allen’s status and noted that the Little White Dragon had reached level 6, while Xiluo himself was level 8 with growing Thunderfall Dragon and Extreme Thunder Dragon bloodlines.

As the Dragon Mother's war against the Gold Dragon and the elves worsened, she ordered the wyrmlings to join the next battle. Xiluo accepted the order, and Barbara privately warned him to survive and lent him a Vitality Orb.

• Xiluo noted that the Dragon Mother was struggling more against the Gold Dragon as the fighting intensified and the remaining treants were moved away.
• Barbara announced that the Dragon Mother had ordered the wyrmlings to accompany her to the battlefield in the next battle.
• Xiluo set aside thoughts of fleeing and told the wyrmlings they should obey the Dragon Mother's order and face the enemy.
• Barbara privately warned Xiluo that the battlefield would be far more dangerous than the earlier intruders and urged him to prioritize survival.
• Barbara lent Xiluo her Vitality Orb, explaining that it could restore some stamina when activated with mana and could be used only once a month.

Barbara cast nine protective spells on Xiluo and led him and the other Wyrmlings toward the battle to defend Green Forest from a Gold Dragon and the Elves. The Wyrmlings reached a vast, bloody battlefield, where dragons and armies were already clashing, and their arrival went almost unnoticed.

• Barbara gave Xiluo a Vitality Orb, which he swallowed, and warned him about the battlefield while he reflected on how much she valued him as a debtor.
• When the war horn sounded, Barbara cast nine protective spells on Xiluo, then told the Wyrmlings that he alone received special care because he was the strongest.
• Barbara flew toward the battlefield, and the Wyrmlings followed her on foot after she shouted at them to hurry.
• Xiluo and the Wyrmlings emerged from Green Forest and saw six dragons and thousands of fighters battling amid spells, arrows, Treants, and siege weapons.
• The Wyrmlings’ arrival drew hardly any attention as they reached the battlefield.

Gordon charged into the battlefield, slaughtering human soldiers and evil creatures until a giant eagle and a Druid Black Bear joined forces against him. As Gordon called on the other Wyrmlings for help, they attacked or cast spells, while Xiluo still had not acted.

• Gordon charged at human soldiers, killed one with a headbutt, and sent several others flying with his tail before setting them ablaze.
• Elf Hunters shot at Gordon, and a green arrow pierced his shoulder, but he broke it off and continued attacking.
• A giant eagle struck Gordon with lightning as a Druid Black Bear charged him and forced him into a close-quarters fight.
• The giant eagle's lightning repeatedly disrupted Gordon, allowing the black bear to land a flurry of blows while Gordon's fireballs failed to hit the eagle.
• Gordon roared at the watching Wyrmlings to help; some charged the enemy while others cast spells, and Xiluo remained inactive.

Xiluo assessed the battlefield and joined the fight with lightning spells, helping Green Forest’s forces while trying to protect a wounded Black Dragon Wyrmling. The Gold Dragon then ordered the Elves and humans to stop attacking the child and let him retreat.

• Xiluo examined the combatants’ levels and judged that the Elves and the Gold Dragon had fewer troops but more powerful fighters.
• Xiluo cast Chain Lightning into a dense group of human and Elf soldiers, giving the Lizardfolk an opening to kill two enemies.
• Elf Holy Hunters and Spellcasters targeted the Wyrmlings, and a green arrow gravely wounded a Black Dragon Wyrmling.
• Xiluo used Lightning Orb and Chain Lightning to protect the wounded Wyrmling, but arrows and human soldiers continued to injure him.
• The Gold Dragon ordered everyone to stop attacking the Wyrmling and let him return once he could no longer fight.

Xiluo and the wyrmlings fought alongside the humans and dragons until a silver-armored human warrior wounded Dragon Mother with a Dragon-Slaying Weapon. Dragon Mother fled, leaving Xiluo and Allen frightened by the weapon’s threat to dragons.

• The Gold Dragon shielded a dying Black Dragon Wyrmling and urged the humans to stop killing wyrmlings, while Dragon Mother attacked him and an Elf Sacred Hunter struck at her.
• The humans and elves redirected their attacks toward other enemies, and Xiluo protected the wyrmlings while trying to attract as little attention as possible.
• The battle dragged on for nearly an hour, with the wyrmlings taking injuries and Xiluo repeatedly renewing Gordon’s protective spells.
• A silver-armored human warrior pierced Dragon Mother’s forelimb with a silver spear, then blasted her and the Gold Dragon away with an explosive sphere.
• Dragon Mother fled, and Xiluo and Allen recognized the spear as a Dragon-Slaying Weapon that could pierce scales and leave wounds difficult to heal.

Xiluo fled with the Wyrmlings after the Dragon Mother retreated, but he turned back to save the injured Allen from the pursuing knights. His Grease spell ignited into a wall of fire that threw the cavalry into chaos.

• The humans and elves celebrated the Dragon Mother's retreat, and the Green Forest Legion began to collapse as its followers fled or surrendered.
• Barbara and the other young adult dragons fled, while Xiluo used Chain Lightning to free Gordon from the Rockhide Giant Bear before escaping with the Wyrmlings.
• A group of knights pursued the fleeing dragons and speared a slow White Dragon through the wing.
• Xiluo noticed the knights closing on the lame Allen, stopped despite the others' protests, and spread Grease across their path.
• Xiluo ignited the Grease with lightning, raising a wall of fire that panicked the horses and scattered the pursuing knights.

Xiluo used a combined spell to block the pursuing cavalry and led the wyrmlings toward the Green Forest, but an Adult Silver Dragon caught up with them. Barbara attacked the Silver Dragon to buy the wyrmlings time, while the Silver Dragon summoned Frost Fairies to pursue them, forcing the group to scatter.

• Xiluo combined [Grease] and [Shock Spell] to create a wide wall of fire, then carried Allen as the wyrmlings fled from the cavalry.
• Xiluo asked Allen to use nature spells against the pursuing knights, and Allen grew vines that tripped their riders.
• A twenty-meter-long Silver Dragon caught up with the wyrmlings near the Green Forest, leaving Xiluo fearing capture and imprisonment or brainwashing.
• Barbara attacked the Silver Dragon with vines and collided with it, then shouted for the wyrmlings to split up and escape.
• The Silver Dragon summoned twenty or thirty Frost Fairies to pursue the wyrmlings, and Xiluo and Gordon fled west together.

Xiluo, Gordon, and Allen set the Green Forest ablaze to distract the Silver Dragon and escape the Frost Fairies. They fled beyond the forest, where Abel caught up with them, and the three hatchlings continued running together.

• Xiluo told Gordon to burn the Green Forest and asked Allen to spread the flames with nature spells.
• The Silver Dragon tried to leave the Green Dragon and extinguish the fire, but the Green Dragon restrained her while they fought.
• The Silver Dragon ordered the nearby Frost Fairies to put out the flames, giving Xiluo and Gordon a chance to escape.
• Xiluo and Gordon reached the edge of the Green Forest, where Abel caught up with them.
• Xiluo, Gordon, and Abel ran together for at least twenty or thirty kilometers.

After fleeing the Green Forest, Xiluo used the Vitality Orb to recover his strength and carried the exhausted Abel as the Wyrmlings escaped into the mountains. They slept beneath the stars, and Xiluo earned the Exile and Hero achievements in the Mystery Sea.

• Abel collapsed from exhaustion, so Xiluo used the Vitality Orb to regain stamina and carried him onward.
• Xiluo and the other Wyrmlings ran roughly seventy or eighty kilometers from the Green Forest to a mountain range.
• The Wyrmlings discussed their escape and worried briefly about the dragons left behind before falling asleep beneath a tree.
• Xiluo entered the Mystery Sea and received five achievement points each for Exile and Hero, bringing his total to 20.
• Xiluo noticed that the phantoms of Abel, Alicia, and Gordon had grown more solid, while Allen's phantom remained unchanged.