Recaps

After the battle outside Green Forest, Gold Dragon Christo and Silver Dragon Trixie captured several Wyrmlings, while Descender Wali demanded compensation for his guild. Trixie froze Wali, and the Wyrmlings were left in the dragons’ custody; the chapter ended the next morning with someone crying for Xiluo to rescue them.

• The captured Wyrmlings accused Christo and Trixie of fighting unfairly, while the dragons said they would take the young Chromatic Dragons to Dragon Island.
• Wali demanded payment for the Clear River Merchant Guild’s losses and challenged the dragons, but Nature Elf Fennis offered to reimburse the guild.
• After Wali continued arguing, Trixie froze him in a block of ice, and Fennis and the others accepted the attack without intervening.
• Marquis Dorian’s representative approved Trixie’s actions, and the dragons departed with the captured Wyrmlings under guard.
• The Wyrmlings regretted not following Xiluo and doubted he would come to save them.
• The next morning, someone in the mountains west of Green Forest cried out for Xiluo to help.

Xiluo and the other dragon hatchlings settled in the Tart mountain range after learning that a powerful Titan Ape lived nearby. They established a temporary lair and began raising prey, and a year passed without trouble.

• A Blackrock Python swallowed Abel, but Xiluo, Allen, and Gordon killed it, and the hatchlings divided the Magic Crystal's future sale proceeds.
• Abel identified their location as the Tart mountain range near the Hurricane Kingdom and warned them about a Titan Ape in its center.
• Xiluo decided they needed a place with enough food and chose to remain in the mountains despite the Titan Ape's presence.
• The hatchlings caught animals to raise, dug a pool, and built a lair while avoiding the Titan Ape.
• The four dragons lived safely in their new territory, and a year passed.

Eight-and-a-half-year-old Xiluo and the other dragons struggled to find enough food, then encountered a group of Hyena-People and claimed them as followers. Xiluo reached the Cracktooth tribe and saw its obese matriarch, Bāyǎn, wondering how she had come to rule.

• Xiluo explained that the wild rabbits he was raising would take years to provide enough meat for the dragons, and the four hunted until they had depleted the nearby hill’s prey.
• On the neighboring mountain, Abel killed a Crown-Horned Giant Deer while Xiluo stopped a fleeing Hyena-Person.
• Tigu Lieya swore allegiance to Xiluo, who appointed her matriarch and learned that the Cracktooth Clan had seventy-three members under Bāyǎn’s rule.
• Tigu led Xiluo and the other dragons to the tribe’s cave, where they saw Bāyǎn resting as her attendants served her.

Xiluo killed Bāyǎn after she proposed mating with a dragon, then made Tīgǔ the new hyena matriarch and accepted the hyena-people’s submission. Gordon devised iron plating for his scales, and Xiluo’s test showed the armor could stop his claws without drawing blood.

• Bāyǎn told the dragons she wanted to mate with one to create a stronger, more intelligent race, and Xiluo struck her throat with his Thunderwater Gun before crushing her skull.
• Xiluo named Tīgǔ the new matriarch, and the hyena-people knelt and accepted the dragons as their lords.
• Gordon melted iron weapons and armor onto his scales, creating a heavy protective plating that impressed Xiluo and made Abel envious.
• Gordon challenged Xiluo to test his new defenses, and Xiluo’s claws left marks on the plating but did not pierce it or draw blood.

Xiluo assessed Gordon’s increased strength, divided the recovered treasure among the dragons, and examined a captured human-Merfolk Spellcaster who offered fifty gold coins for her freedom. After learning that her adventuring party included two powerful fighters and a Cleric, Xiluo considered how to verify her offer and handle the group.

• Xiluo had Gordon sprint and concluded that his new defensive strength came at the cost of reduced speed.
• The dragons argued over how to divide their treasure, then agreed to split the gold equally; Xiluo took a water-elemental staff and Allen received a defensive ring.
• Tīgǔ brought a female human-Merfolk Spellcaster out of the cave, and Gordon and Abel tried to eat her until Xiluo stopped them.
• The captive said she was from Niro City and offered fifty gold coins if Xiluo would let her go free.
• Xiluo asked Tīgǔ about the captive’s adventuring party, and Tīgǔ explained that the Warrior still delivered meat while the Cleric and Assassin had escaped.

Xiluo negotiated with Beck for supplies in exchange for Alice’s safety, then arranged to move the Hyena-People to a new lair. The dragons settled into their new home and resumed their studies, while Beck left to gather the demanded crystals and Alice remained captive.

• Xiluo welcomed Beck, confirmed his devotion to Alice, and had the Hyena-People release her so they could talk.
• Xiluo inspected Beck’s seasoned meat, shared it with the other dragons, and demanded Beck spend his wealth on Tidal Crystals and blazing flame crystals.
• Abel agreed to lend Xiluo his share of the money, while Gordon requested red copper instead of blazing flame crystals.
• Xiluo sent Beck away to sell his house and equipment, then had Alice locked back in the cave after Beck departed.
• Xiluo moved the Hyena-People and their rabbits to a new hill lair, where the dragons spent the afternoon studying and the hyenas hunted and gathered fruit.

Xiluo kept Alice safe overnight and learned about powerful Descenders who had received divine gifts. His consciousness then entered the Mystery Sea, where he received the Junior Dragon Lord achievement and five achievement points.

• Alice asked Xiluo to stay with her because she feared his dragon companions might eat her, and he agreed to guard her in the cave.
• Alice discussed whether humans and dragons could be friends, then told Xiluo about Descenders, including some who arrived above level 10 after receiving divine gifts.
• Xiluo wondered why the gods empowered some Descenders and concluded that he would crush them if they interfered with him.
• Xiluo's consciousness sank into the Mystery Sea, where a notification awarded him five achievement points for subduing followers and claiming two hills as territory.

Xiluo consumed Tidal Crystals to raise his Thunderfall Dragon bloodline and accompanied Beck to Niro City, where he rescued him from a group of Descenders. After narrowly reaching 30% bloodline concentration, Xiluo unlocked a new mutation threshold.

• Xiluo’s Thunderfall Dragon bloodline concentration rose to 28.8% as he swallowed Tidal Crystals, and Beck warned that people in Niro City had begun targeting him.
• Xiluo agreed to accompany Beck toward Niro City and wait outside while Beck bought more Tidal Crystals.
• A group of Descenders followed Beck out of the city, and Xiluo defeated all sixteen when they attacked.
• Xiluo collected the Tidal Crystals Beck had bought and consumed them, but his bloodline concentration reached only 29.8%.
• Xiluo ordered Beck to sell his weapon and armor for more Tidal Crystals, then swallowed the crystals and raised his Thunderfall Dragon bloodline concentration to 30%.

Xiluo gained new bloodline abilities, shared some of his spoils, and decided to recruit a nearby Boar-Pigfolk tribe. He arrived at their settlement with Gordon and Tīgǔ, where the level 9 Steel Fang confronted them.

• Xiluo’s bloodline reached 30% Thunderfall Dragon, granting him Spell Shaping, the Waterfall Shield, and a need for conch stone instead of Tidal Crystals.
• Xiluo returned to the Tate Mountain Range, divided valuable equipment among the other dragons, and sent Beck away with the Descender guild leader’s gear.
• Xiluo weighed the danger posed by the Descenders and decided to remain in the Tate Mountain Range, then ordered Tīgǔ to make javelins, train the Hyena-People, and encourage their tribe to breed.
• Tīgǔ told Xiluo that the nearby Boar-Pigfolk were led by Steel Fang, a descendant of the demigod Makabaka, so Xiluo set out with Gordon and a group of Hyena-People to subdue them.
• Xiluo’s party reached the Boar-Pigfolk settlement, where the level 9 Strong Boar-Pigfolk Steel Fang armed himself after his people spotted the dragons and Hyena-People.

Xiluo and Gordon recruited the Boar-Pigfolk after Xiluo defeated their chieftain, Gangya Tie Wan, in a contest, then began training the Boar-Pigfolk and Hyena-People as javelin throwers. The chapter ended with Xiluo hurling a spear to demonstrate his strength, but its distance was not yet revealed.

• Gordon challenged the Boar-Pigfolk chieftain Steel Fang to a strength contest, but Steel Fang used his bloodline ability to overpower and throw him.
• Xiluo weakened Steel Fang with spells, then defeated him in a grapple and convinced the Boar-Pigfolk to swear allegiance to him.
• Gangya Tie Wan explained that daily use had helped him adapt to the fatigue caused by his Berserk ability, and he later defeated Abel in another strength contest.
• Xiluo taught the Hyena-People to practice aiming at human targets, while the Boar-Pigfolk demonstrated throwing ranges of up to 400 meters.
• Gordon threw a spear about 500 meters, and Xiluo used lightning to strengthen his arm before launching his own spear.

Xiluo developed iron javelins that combined draconic strength with lightning magic, then prepared his followers for an expected attack by Descenders. When a force of more than a hundred Descenders invaded the mountain, Xiluo’s opening throw pierced one Warrior and pinned a Cleric to a tree.

• Xiluo explained to Gordon that dragons should combine physical strength and spells, then used Gordon’s Dragonfire to melt swords into a crude iron spear.
• Xiluo tested the spear’s power and range, finding that it could pierce a thick tree and strike with force comparable to a fourth-tier spell; Gordon tried it too.
• Xiluo ordered Tīgǔ to post sentries and warned Abel, Gordon, and the others that the Descenders he had killed might retaliate.
• Xiluo had Beck buy iron ore, then worked with Gordon to forge eight iron spears while the Descenders’ guild leaders agreed to attack the mountain together.
• Three days later, Xiluo and his followers heard the sentries’ alarm and charged downhill as Chairman Zhang led more than a hundred Descenders up the mountain.
• Chairman Zhang’s group encountered the dragons, and Xiluo threw an iron spear that killed a Warrior and pinned a Cleric to a tree.

Xiluo and the dragons used a devastating spear volley to break Chairman Zhang’s force as it charged. As the survivors fled, Xiluo sent Gordon after Chairman Zhang to claim his golden lion armor.

• Xiluo and the Red Dragon threw iron spears, killing four of Chairman Zhang’s soldiers and prompting him to order a charge.
• Chairman Zhang’s Clerics buffed the Warriors while the Spellcasters advanced to get within range.
• Xiluo ordered the Hyena-People and Boarfolk to prepare their wooden spears as the enemy continued charging.
• Xiluo and his followers unleashed a spear volley that left more than twenty of the attackers dead or wounded.
• The survivors fled, and Xiluo ordered Gordon to catch Chairman Zhang; Gordon raced after him through the spears without being hurt.

Xiluo’s forces slaughtered the invading Descenders, but several valuable targets escaped and the dragons gained little loot. Returning to his territory, Xiluo learned that Beck had died after attacking Alice and, furious over the losses, turned his killing intent toward her.

• Chairman Zhang escaped Xiluo and the Red Dragon youngster with a Teleportation Scroll, while the Boarfolk searched for him and the dragons attacked the remaining Descenders.
• Xiluo, Gordon, and the Red Dragon youngster killed the fleeing Descenders and another group fighting the Boarfolk, but the valuable invaders escaped.
• The Red Dragon youngster began eating a dead female Descender, and Xiluo left, reflecting that he could never eat anyone who looked human.
• At the territory, Xiluo found Beck dead beside a Hyena-Person and learned that Beck had attacked Alice before the guards killed him.
• Alice told Xiluo that Beck had tried to force himself on her, and Xiluo blamed her for losing Beck, his equipment, and gold before reaching for her with murderous intent.

Xiluo spared Alice after discovering that her merfolk song could gather fish, then made her a protected follower and potential solution to the dragons’ food supply. After the defeated chairmen blamed their disastrous losses and Chairman Zhang worried about the cost, Xiluo earned five Achievement Points and spent all thirty on [Storm Breath].

• Xiluo tested Alice’s claim at sea, where her song gathered schools of fish that he devoured.
• Xiluo brought Alice back to his territory, told the three Wyrmlings about her ability, and ordered them to protect her.
• Xiluo granted Alice permission to leave the cave within two hundred meters and told Tīgǔ to find her spare clothes.
• Chairman Zhang and the other chairmen discussed their defeat, while Zhang blamed Luo Cheng and worried about compensating the dead guild members.
• Xiluo received five Achievement Points for commanding the battle and spent all thirty points on [Storm Breath].

Xiluo awakened the Storm Dragon bloodline, tested Storm Breath, and moved his group to a coastal territory where Alice’s singing let them gather abundant seafood. After a year and a half of training and an easier routine, the group remained settled by the sea.

• Xiluo tested his new Storm Breath and discovered it could intercept ranged attacks despite its limited destructive power.
• Xiluo entered the Mindscape World, witnessed a Storm Dragon devastate a city, and raised his mutated bloodline to Excellence- with 8% Storm Dragon blood.
• Xiluo decided to increase the Storm Dragon blood concentration but lacked both gold coins and an errand runner, then announced that the group would move closer to the sea.
• The dragons and their followers relocated, built new lairs and fishing equipment, and used Alice’s song to catch more than ten tonnes of seafood in about an hour.
• Xiluo established a daily training routine while Alice grew closer to the group, and a year and a half passed in their coastal territory.

A year and a half after the dragons began gathering seafood, they argued over how to sell their valuable stock, since they had no trustworthy person to send to a human city. Xiluo volunteered to take human form and sell the treasures, then asked Tīgǔ to retrieve the full-body armor he had set aside.

• Xiluo and the other dragons sorted their abundant seafood catch into four categories, and Abel argued that the rarest treasures should be sold for gold.
• Xiluo explained that past encounters with adventurers who targeted the Wyrmlings had left him without anyone he trusted to handle the sale.
• Alice suggested the dragons use Shapechange to take human form, but the dragons objected to the discomfort and loss of strength.
• The Little White Dragon offered to go, but Alice warned that his injured leg could put him in danger.
• Xiluo volunteered to sell the treasures himself, reassured the others about his safety, and asked Tīgǔ for the full-body armor.

Xiluo transformed into a human, armed himself, and entered Niro City to sell rare seafood. At the Appraisal Office, he encountered a wealthy man whose scent reminded him of Alice, leaving him wondering whether the man was her brother.

• Xiluo transformed into a muscular human, put on full plate armor, and set out for Niro City as the adventurer Tony.
• Xiluo entered Niro City, learned where to sell his goods, and noticed several unseen people watching him.
• At the Appraisal Office, Xiluo presented rare seafood, including Golden Sardines, Crystal Coral, and Armored Fish, exciting the appraiser and nearby adventurers.
• A wealthy man arrived with a level 10 Modified human knight and demanded to take all of Xiluo's Golden Sardines.
• Xiluo recognized Alice's distinctive scent on the wealthy man and wondered if he was her brother.

Xiluo sold the dragons’ goods, distributed their purchases, and refined a [Hurricane Crystal], awakening the Storm Dragon bloodline and gaining the ability to fly. He revealed that he had two Mutated Bloodlines, leaving Gordon and Abel shaken by the prospect of his strength.

• Xiluo sold the golden sardines to Green Nite for twenty-two gold coins and learned that Green was the third son of Lord Muras Nite.
• Xiluo sold his goods for ninety-three gold coins, bought red copper for Gordon and Frozen Crystal for Allen, and gave Abel twenty thousand copper coins.
• Xiluo refined a [Hurricane Crystal], raising his Storm Dragon bloodline concentration to 11.6% and enabling him to fly naturally.
• Xiluo flew freely over his territory, prompting his followers to celebrate and Gordon, Allen, and Abel to rush out and watch.
• Xiluo told Gordon, Allen, and Abel that he possessed both Thunderfall Dragon and Storm Dragon Mutated Bloodlines, and Gordon and Abel reacted with frustration and disbelief.

Xiluo absorbed the last Extreme Thunder Crystal, tested his strengthened lightning spells, and realized his Storm Dragon bloodline’s ability to fly had greatly increased his strength. He learned that Alice was Mulas Nite’s illegitimate daughter with six hundred gold coins, then reassured her that she could remain safely with him.

• Xiluo encouraged Gordon by telling him ordinary dragons could rival Mutated Dragons, then gave Allen and Abel motivational platitudes.
• Xiluo absorbed the Extreme Thunder Crystal and found that it strengthened lightning spells but made other spells slower and more costly to cast.
• Xiluo noticed his level had risen sharply and realized that his Storm Dragon bloodline’s flight ability gave him a major advantage.
• Alice asked Xiluo to teach her spells, and he confronted her about her hidden background; she explained that she was Mulas Nite’s illegitimate daughter and had been targeted by his three sons.
• Alice explained that Beck had tried to take her away and force himself on her, so she called the Hyena-People guards and they killed him.
• Xiluo learned that Alice owned a tavern and a large livestock farm and had about six hundred gold coins, then reassured her that she was safe at his lair.

Xiluo encouraged Alice to pursue her dream of claiming her father’s territory and promised to help her become its lord. When they went to Mulas’s castle, the guards rejected Alice and accused her of being an impostor, so Xiluo transformed into a dragon and prepared to use force.

• Xiluo asked Alice about her dream, and she said she wanted Mulas to acknowledge her, defeat his three sons, avenge her adoptive father, find her mother’s relatives, and have a home.
• Xiluo promised to help Alice seize the territory and become its lord, and Alice agreed to trust his plan.
• The next morning, Xiluo and Alice entered Niro City and went to Mulas’s castle, where Xiluo posed as an envoy of Marquis Dorian.
• The castle steward recognized Alice, but Field’s knight declared her an impostor and ordered the soldiers to attack.
• Xiluo protected Alice from the arrows, revealed his dragon form, and confronted the castle guards.

Xiluo killed the castle guards with his new Lightning Storm Breath after they attacked him and Alice. A level 14 Human Paladin confronted him, but Alice identified herself and begged her Uncle Andy not to harm Xiluo.

• The warrior captain and castle guards attacked Xiluo and Alice, but Xiluo used Shrink Spell and water surges to foil the captain's strike.
• Xiluo unleashed Lightning Storm Breath, killing the guards and archers and leaving the butler standing.
• Xiluo told the butler to take them to the lord, then a level 14 Human Paladin charged at him.
• Xiluo flew away with Alice and dodged the Paladin's Sword of Holy Light.
• Alice recognized the Paladin as Uncle Andy and told him that Xiluo had saved her and that the guards had provoked the fight.

Xiluo confronted Paladin Andy over his failure to protect Alice, then brought her to the Lord of Mulas, who revealed that he was dying from a Soul Curse. After Xiluo explained how Alice had been endangered, Field arrived with soldiers and Spellcasters.

• Xiluo led Andy around the castle and, after Butler Andre and Alice spoke to him, Andy sheathed his sword but continued to condemn Xiluo for killing the castle guards.
• Xiluo berated Andy for neglecting Alice and urged him to take them to the Lord of Mulas.
• The Lord of Mulas appeared at the gates and reunited with Alice, while Xiluo discovered that the lord was cursed and dying.
• The lord told Alice that Hogan's Soul Curse would kill him without a Legendary Cleric and asked what she had suffered while he was bedridden.
• Xiluo told the lord that Alice had been abandoned in the Tate Mountain Range with Hyena-People after her brother's actions, and the revelation enraged the lord.
• Field arrived with more than fifty soldiers and three Spellcasters, urging his father to return to the castle.

Xiluo helped Alice secure public recognition as Lord Mulas’s biological daughter and established himself as her powerful ally in Niro City. Mulas gave Alice a black-and-gold card for her mother’s belongings and five hundred gold coins, while Alice offered Xiluo her own six hundred coins; Xiluo then fell asleep and entered the Mystery Sea.

• Xiluo urged Lord Mulas to acknowledge Alice publicly and warned that he would protect her from anyone who targeted her.
• Andy announced to the gathered wealthy onlookers that Alice was Mulas’s biological daughter and that Xiluo would live in Niro City as her close friend.
• Xiluo accompanied Alice and Mulas into the castle, where Alice reunited with her father and told him about her life with Xiluo.
• Mulas gave Alice a black-and-gold Sonason Depository card containing access to five hundred gold coins and her mother’s belongings, and asked her to give half the coins to Xiluo.
• Alice offered Xiluo her six hundred gold coins, and he agreed to wait until the next day before collecting them.
• Xiluo set magical alarms around their room, went to sleep, and entered the Mystery Sea.

Xiluo reviewed the talents he could buy with achievement points, then accompanied Alice to withdraw her six hundred gold coins from the Wealth Temple. The temple brought out the money, and Xiluo became entranced by the enormous pile of gold.

• Xiluo objected to the system’s False Justice achievement and considered saving his points for Glutton or Spell Genius.
• Xiluo and Alice ate breakfast at the castle, where the old steward explained that Lord Field, Green, and Tyrone and their mothers had been sent away.
• Xiluo burned the letters from Field, Green, and Tyrone, then left with Alice to withdraw her six hundred gold coins.
• Xiluo and Alice drew curious looks as they crossed the wealthy district and entered the Wealth Temple, where Cleric Sampo greeted them.
• Alice told Cleric Sampo she wanted her money to repay Xiluo, and the temple brought out a cart carrying a chest of gold coins.
• Xiluo stared at the coins and drooled over their brilliance and number.

Xiluo bought Hurricane Crystals in Niro City, strengthened his Storm Dragon bloodline, and awakened Wind Sense before returning to the Tate Mountain Range. He told the others that Alice’s return was the first step of their plan and prepared to bring seafood back to the city to sell.

• Bishop Xiwel gave Alice six hundred gold coins, and Xiluo used most of them to buy Hurricane Crystals from the Church of the God of Wealth and other shops.
• At Alice’s former villa, Xiluo swallowed the crystals, increased his Storm Dragon bloodline to 24.7%, and awakened Wind Sense, which let him detect attacks through changes in the air.
• Xiluo tested Wind Sense by having Alice strike him with a stool, then flew with her back to the Tate Mountain Range and told Gordon, Allen, Abel, the chieftains, and the Little White Dragon that the first step of the plan had succeeded.
• Xiluo told the dragons to stay in the mountains and promised the chieftains that he might grant them dragon blood if they helped put Alice on the lord’s throne.
• Xiluo took Alice and the three wyrmlings to catch seafood, then flew back toward Niro City with Alice and a large load of seafood to sell.