Recaps

Crown Prince William and Buck plotted to capture Xiluo for his dragon blood, but Xiluo’s power became clear when the fleet encountered the Halflings’ Ferocious Fish. After devastating the school with lightning spells, Xiluo plunged into the sea and stopped the fish’s advance, while Dorian ordered the fleet to pursue the enemy ships.

• William and Buck reaffirmed their plan to capture dragons and obtain dragon blood, believing the Young Dragons would be easy to overpower.
• As the fleet entered Halfling waters, Dorian warned of approaching monsters, and Xiluo ordered the dragons and Steel Fang’s Boar-Pigfolk to prepare for battle.
• A vast school of Ferocious Fish attacked the warships, and the dragons and Spellcasters fought them with spells.
• Xiluo killed thousands of Ferocious Fish at a time with powerful lightning attacks, alarming William and Buck with how quickly he cast them.
• After firing six blasts and using nearly half his magic power, Xiluo dove into the sea and repeatedly rammed and electrocuted the Ferocious Fish until he halted their advance.
• Dorian praised Xiluo, ordered the fleet to avoid hitting him, and directed the ships to pursue the Halfling warships.

Marquis Dorian’s fleet fought the Halflings at sea while Gordon and the Boar-Pigfolk used devastating javelin throws to defeat one Halfling warship. The Halflings’ other ship gained an advantage in a separate boarding battle, leaving the wider engagement unresolved.

• Lord Amo led two Halfling warships toward Dorian’s fleet, and the sides exchanged cannon fire as Dorian maneuvered his ten ships around them.
• The Halflings discovered that swarms of Ferocious Fish had been killed and saw a sea monster attacking the remaining fish, but their ships became surrounded and one vessel’s defensive barrier nearly failed.
• Steel Fang and Gordon hurled javelins at the Halfling ship; Gordon’s lightning-enhanced throw pierced its barrier and shattered its mast, killing a Halfling.
• The Boar-Pigfolk volleyed javelins at the approaching Halflings, and Gordon and the other dragons used spells and force to repel Lord Amo’s boarding assault and crush his forces.
• Dorian praised Xiluo Utrasis and his allies, while another Halfling warship boarded a vessel lacking powerful defenders and gained the advantage.

Xiluo captured the fel-transformed Halfling Amo after the allied forces and young dragons won the naval battle, then discovered that Dorian’s bracelet was absorbing the dead soldiers’ souls. During the prisoners’ interrogation, Amo revealed that the Halflings served the Demon Lord Suo'ersen, gathered human sacrifices for him, and had a much larger army than the humans expected.

• The young dragons joined the fighting and helped turn the battle into an easy victory while Amo tried to escape underwater.
• Xiluo spotted level 11 fel-transformed Amo, defeated him underwater, and captured him after crushing both his arms.
• Xiluo used Spirit Vision and saw Dorian’s bracelet absorb the souls of the dead; he chose not to expose Dorian.
• After the battle, Dorian proposed interrogating the Halfling prisoners, and Xiluo claimed the interrogation of Amo.
• Amo declared that the Halflings served the Legendary Demon Lord Suo'ersen and raided for human sacrifices to feed him.
• Amo boasted that the Halfling Demon Empire had over fifty thousand soldiers and hundreds of High-ranking Halfling Demons, leaving the humans staring at him strangely.

Xiluo and his allies used a captured Halfling’s Fel Power and disguises to bypass Demon Island’s alarms, land at the harbor, and begin a covert attack. As Xiluo’s group reached the island’s Sacrificial Grounds, a Halfling confronted them.

• Xiluo’s group learned from the one-eyed Halfling that Demon Island had fifty thousand soldiers, hidden Arcane Cannons, anti-air defenses, and alarms that detected anyone without Fel Power.
• Xiluo proposed forcing two captured Halflings to use Fel Power, and his group disguised themselves as Halflings to pass the island’s detection system.
• At night, Xiluo and his allies entered the harbor disguised as Lord Amo’s party and knocked out the guards in the night-watch rest building.
• The group split into three teams, and Xiluo’s team moved through the residential area, killing Halflings as they searched the island.
• Xiluo’s team entered an enclosed area called the Sacrificial Grounds, where they saw dried blood and rotting remains before a bare-chested Halfling ordered them to leave.

Xiluo and the spellcaster discovered kidnapped captives in the halflings’ settlement, then an alarm exposed their group and the young dragons revealed their true forms. After the others empowered Gordon, he rampaged through the residential district, leaving the halflings terrified as the wider attack on the harbor began; Xiluo watched the battle without joining it.

• Xiluo and the advanced spellcaster found many kidnapped people in the low houses, including humans and several other races, and the spellcaster planned to have them freed and returned home.
• An explosion and an alarm exposed the invaders, so the spellcaster called for reinforcements and the young dragons transformed from their halfling disguises.
• Xiluo confirmed the group’s agreement to support Gordon’s divine trial, and the young dragons and Alicia cast spells and divine magic to strengthen him.
• Gordon flew over the residential district and burned its houses, then killed and devoured a Fel-transformed halfling, terrifying the defenders.
• Explosions spread through the harbor as the paladin and spellcaster attacked the halflings, while Xiluo remained in place and surveyed the battle with his lightning-wreathed spear.

Xiluo intercepted an Arcane Cannon shot with his Thunder Spear, alarming the Crown Prince, Old Buck, and the Halflings as the dragon forces continued their assault. The battle shifted when blood-red light and thunderous roars announced enormous figures approaching from behind the harbor.

• Crown Prince William and Old Buck discussed attacking Xiluo, believing the dragons had little magic power left, while Kane fought the Halflings nearby.
• Xiluo hurled his Thunder Spear into an incoming cannonball and destroyed it in midair, stunning the Crown Prince, Old Buck, and the Halflings.
• Old Buck sent a shadow double to stay with the Crown Prince and departed to attack, while the Crown Prince summoned Kane back for protection.
• The Red Dragon Whelp, Little White Dragon, the Young She-Dragon, Koraman, Abel, the Paladin, and the Advanced Spellcaster reacted to Xiluo's feat as Xiluo warned everyone to dodge cannonballs.
• Xiluo spotted approaching ships at sea and decided to leave after reinforcements arrived, while a shadowy figure watched the dragons and waited for a better chance to strike.
• Blood-red light appeared behind the harbor, and several enormous figures approached as the Halflings showed reverence and fear and Xiluo and the others grew grim.

Xiluo drew the demons away from the rescued captives, then led them toward Crown Prince William and Kane while Old Buck fought the other dragons. Old Buck rushed to protect William as the demons closed in.

• Xiluo and the Young Dragons were trapped by a magic net cast by a level 16 Halfling Spellcaster, while the other dragons attacked him without gaining the upper hand.
• Xiluo hurled spears at the Demon-Hunting Spider and Giant Bull Demon, enraging them and drawing the demons away from the captives.
• The rescued captives fled toward the harbor as the Spellcaster and Paladin continued evacuating them, and a fish-headed naga recognized the sapphire necklace around Xiluo’s neck.
• The Red Dragon Whelp, Abel, and Allen fought the shadow-shrouded Spellcaster, who was revealed to be Old Buck, while he planned to capture the dragons for Prince William.
• Xiluo led the pursuing demons toward Crown Prince William and Kane, calling for their help despite their protests.
• Old Buck realized the demons were approaching William and dissolved into shadow to rush to the Crown Prince’s defense.

Xiluo drew the demons’ attacks away from the Crown Prince and engineered the chaos that led to Paladin Kane’s death. After the dragons escaped by ship, Little White Dragon Allen completed the Reaper’s fourth trial by killing Kane, while the Red Dragon Whelp and Allen prepared to claim their rewards.

• Xiluo’s attacks on the Giant Bull Demon drew the demons toward the Crown Prince and Kane, leaving the two men surrounded and nearly out of Holy Power.
• The Battle Demon struck Kane while Old Buck fought to hold the demons back, and Xiluo carried the gravely wounded Paladin away as the Crown Prince fled toward the harbor.
• Xiluo ordered the young dragons and Dorian’s subordinates to retreat, and their warship left first as the other ships began withdrawing.
• Kane asked to be put out of his misery, and Xiluo had Little White Dragon Allen freeze his heart, completing Allen’s fourth Reaper trial.
• After the ships reached safety, Xiluo and the other dragons returned to their quarters, where the Red Dragon Whelp and Allen prepared to claim their trial rewards.

Gordon completed his fifth Divine Trial and became a War God Red Dragon, gaining formidable new abilities. The next morning, the Crown Prince and Old Buck confronted Xiluo over the demons and Kane Buffy’s death.

• Allen emerged from his trance as a level 11 cleric, while Gordon’s divine power caused him to grow and wreck part of the ship.
• Gordon awoke as a level 13 Divine-Chosen War God Red Dragon and explained that his warrior power strengthened his body, resilience, and fighting spirit.
• A paladin described how the War God’s Power of War had once grown strong enough during a kingdom’s decisive battle to defeat a legendary foe.
• Gordon shrank back down and said his next trial required him to defeat a peak Hero-level opponent in single combat.
• The next morning, the Crown Prince and Old Buck accused Xiluo of leading demons to them and causing Kane Buffy’s death, while Marquis Dorian planned to report the halflings’ demonic ties to the king.

Xiluo defended himself against Prince William and Old Buck, then faced a Sea Folk fleet seeking the Hailan Clan’s sacred necklace around his neck. After refusing their offers to buy it, he learned they had also come to thank him for rescuing one of their people and had brought gifts.

• Xiluo accused Old Buck of letting Kane die and argued that his conduct made him unfit to serve Prince William.
• Marquis Dorian’s Spellcaster and Paladin joined the others in criticizing Old Buck, while Prince William said he would report the dispute to his father and the Earth God Temple’s archbishop.
• Thousands of Sea Folk surrounded the warships, and their Merfolk leader demanded the sapphire necklace Xiluo wore as the Hailan Clan’s sacred relic.
• Prince William revealed that the necklace belonged to Alice Nite, and Xiluo insisted it was his because Alice had bought and given it to him.
• The Merfolk offered up to 15,000 gold coins for the necklace, but Xiluo refused and told them to leave if that was their only reason for coming.
• The Merfolk leader explained that they had also come to thank Xiluo for rescuing one of their people from the Halflings on Demon Island and presented chests of gifts.

Xiluo traded with the mermaids for conch stones and secured their friendship, while Anali secretly ordered Naga to follow him and watch for him to use the Sacred Relic. After returning to Niro City, Xiluo’s arrival prompted a middle-aged man at the Greatsword to rush out and arrange for his nephew to return to the Royal Capital.

• Xiluo bought conch stones from Anali, Xueli, and Flora at a discount and accepted their gift of Immortal Dwelling Conches and a Spirit-Summoning Conch.
• Anali told Xueli and Flora that Xiluo likely knew the power of Eternal Love, then sent Xinaji, Xige'er, and Waleya to follow his warship and report if he used its spell.
• Xiluo checked his progress aboard the warship and found his Thunderfall Dragon bloodline had reached 57.8%, still short of 60%.
• Xiluo returned to Niro City with the beastman army, where the subjects welcomed him and news of his arrival spread.
• A middle-aged man at the Greatsword heard Xiluo had returned, hurried out, and resolved to visit his nephew and get him to return to the Royal Capital.

Xiluo returned from the expedition, told Alice about her merfolk relatives and the sacred relic, then left to inspect Hadien’s newly built Magic-Powered Jet Vehicle. As Hadien demonstrated it around Niro City, Martin hurried toward the factory hoping to meet his nephew.

• Xiluo returned to the castle and told Alice that mermaids from her mother’s people had intercepted his fleet over their sacred relic, but they had parted without fighting.
• Alice worried about her mother’s past, and Xiluo comforted her before Hadien interrupted their private time to announce that he had built a Magic-Powered Jet Vehicle.
• Xiluo flew with Hadien to the factory, where workers admired the vehicle and discussed its expected price and mass production.
• Hadien rode the vehicle through Niro City, impressing pedestrians with its speed and maneuverability while Descenders compared it to an electric scooter.
• Martin traveled by carriage toward the factory, praying that he would meet Xiluo, as startled cries rose outside.

Xiluo and Hadien demonstrated their Magic-Powered Jet Vehicle to Hadien’s uncle, Martin Swann, and pitched it as affordable transport for travel within Niro City. Martin recognized its practicality but could not learn how they planned to supply enough charging Spellcasters, and he decided to stay and find out.

• Martin spotted Hadien riding a Magic-Powered Jet Vehicle with Xiluo and chased after them to speak with his nephew.
• Martin inspected the vehicle and criticized its speed and magic patterns, while Hadien defended their invention.
• Xiluo explained that the vehicle was designed for convenient travel within cities and announced a planned price of seventy silver coins, with sales expected to begin in about half a month.
• Hadien described charging stations where a full charge would cost twenty copper coins and provide roughly fifty kilometers of travel, or about a hundred kilometers with some pedaling.
• Martin asked how Xiluo and Hadien would secure enough Spellcasters to recharge the vehicles, but Xiluo called the solution a trade secret and Hadien refused to explain.
• News of the vehicle demonstration and upcoming production spread throughout Niro City, while Martin decided to stay and investigate their charging plan.

Waleya, Xige'er, and Xinaji tried to monitor Xiluo by befriending Niro City's wealthy residents, but the plan cost them the thirty gold coins Anali had provided. Meanwhile, Xiluo celebrated the presale of ten thousand Magic-Powered Jet Vehicles before the Spirit-Summoning Conch sounded, leaving the Sea Folk alarmed that the Naga might have been exposed.

• Waleya, Xige'er, and Xinaji joined the queue for Magic-Powered Jet Vehicles and learned that Niro City's buyers were paying scalpers for places in line.
• The three Naga decided to spend money befriending wealthy residents so they could gather information about Xiluo.
• Depu reported that ten thousand Magic-Powered Jet Vehicles had been presold, and Xiluo collected three thousand gold coins before flying toward the Tate Mountain Range.
• Waleya and Xige'er admitted to Anali that they had spent the thirty gold coins she gave them, so she offered them another hundred.
• The Spirit-Summoning Conch sounded, and Anali feared the Naga had been exposed, though they insisted nobody had followed them.

Xiluo traded for more Conch Stone and tried to discourage Anali from bringing the Merfolk to Niro City, then absorbed the stones and awakened the Thunderfall Dragon ability [Elemental Lord]. The chapter left him with two newly attracted Water Elements and plans to seek more near the ocean.

• Xiluo met Anali, Xueli, and Flora and traded 3,500 gold coins’ worth of Conch Stone.
• Anali asked about living in Niro City, and Xiluo exaggerated its expenses to dissuade the Merfolk from moving there.
• Anali gave Waleya and Xige'er 500 gold coins to gather information on Xiluo, while Waleya celebrated spending their previous funds in Niro City.
• Xiluo absorbed the Conch Stone in the castle vault, raising his Thunderfall Dragon Bloodline concentration to 60.5% and his level to 15.
• Xiluo discovered that [Elemental Lord] had attracted two level-six Water Elements, which joined him without requiring payment.

Xiluo gathered and commanded water elements in the sea, then used them to catch seafood before returning to Niro City. There, the Magic-Powered Jet Vehicle went on sale, and its first riders drew an envious crowd, while production remained far behind demand.

• Xiluo left the castle, flew to the sea, and used conch stone and his aura to attract and tame a level 11 Elite- giant wave element, naming it Ah Shui.
• Xiluo gathered water elements, tidal elements, and water snake elements until his available space was full, then ordered them to catch fish and shrimp and fed on the seafood they brought him.
• Xiluo returned to Niro City as the sun rose and headed back while the Magic-Powered Jet Vehicle sale began in the central square.
• Waleya, Xinaji, Xige'er, Yuri, Kuli, and Anto received their vehicles and rode through the streets, attracting attention and prompting other subjects to place reservations.
• The crowd rushed to reserve vehicles, but the factory's output of about fifty per day left the ten thousand existing preorders likely to take more than half a year to fulfill.

Martin learned that ordinary soldiers could recharge Magic-Powered Vehicles because they had magic power, and realized Xiluo freely spread techniques that other Spellcasters guarded. As charging business boomed, Xiluo discovered outside Spellcasters were undercutting his stations and declared that recharging would require a license.

• Martin questioned a Magic Charging Station and watched ordinary soldiers charge a vehicle using their magic power.
• Martin understood that many people could gain magic power by learning Meditation Techniques, though most Spellcasters kept those techniques secret, and decided to remain in Niro City with Hadien.
• Xiluo enjoyed Alicia's massage while a subordinate reported that charging stations were earning nearly one gold coin a day and his achievement points had reached 45.
• Xiluo learned that charging-station customers had declined because Spellcasters from outside forces were charging lower prices.
• Xiluo ordered the city to require Magic-Charging Licenses and denounced unlicensed recharging as dangerous and unlawful.

Xiluo spread a warning that unlicensed recharging damaged Magic-Powered Vehicles, but the elf sisters continued operating in secret as their debts mounted. After Xiluo organized a crackdown, he caught Ina and her companions celebrating another hidden transaction and confronted them from the sky.

• Xiluo ordered his subordinate to publish a warning against private recharging and issue recharging licenses, while Alicia privately recognized that his claims about magic power were lies.
• Ina explained that she and her companions were recharging vehicles to help repay their debts, but the three elves learned Xiluo's notice threatened their work.
• Ina and the other elves decided not to become adventurers and continued taking customers discreetly, despite the ban.
• Xiluo sent soldiers and Beastmen to catch unlicensed spellcasters, then summoned dragons when the crackdown barely increased Magic Charging Station customers.
• Ina and her companions completed another secret recharge and vowed to keep stealing business from Xiluo, but Xiluo descended before them and demanded to know whom they planned to drive mad.

Xiluo arrested Ina, Sarah, and Jenny after accusing them of breaking Niro City's laws, while his public denunciations turned the city's subjects against the elves. When the elves' companions realized the three had not returned, Fennis Emerald Star led a group to Niro City, where the subjects' accusations made them confront a middle-aged woman.

• Xiluo surrounded Ina, Sarah, and Jenny with water elementals and rejected Ina's attempts to explain their magic supply, then ordered their arrest.
• Ina collapsed after Xiluo repeatedly drowned out her defense, but she stopped Sarah from fighting and the water elementals carried the three elves away.
• Other dragons arrested unlicensed spellcasters across Niro City, and the Magic Charging Stations saw their users return over the following days.
• In the Green Forest, the elves grew worried when Ina, Sarah, and Jenny missed their gathering, and their leader agreed that they should go to Niro City together.
• Fennis Emerald Star led more than a dozen elves into Niro City, where they heard subjects call Ina, Sarah, and Jenny vile criminals and confronted a middle-aged woman who insulted them.

Fennis Emerald Star led the Green Forest elves to Niro City after confirming that Ina and two others had been arrested for unauthorized magic infusion. Xiluo demanded a ransom for their release, and the chapter ended with Fennis meeting him and the elves reacting to his enormous dragon form.

• Fennis and the elves confirmed that Ina and two other elves had been arrested for performing unauthorized magic infusion, but they had no gold to enlist help or uphold justice.
• Fennis led the elves to seek the city lord, then learned that Xiluo was at the Western Military Camp and went there instead.
• Xiluo offered to release the prisoners if they surrendered their illicit earnings and Green Forest paid a ransom of two hundred gold coins per elf, while his dragon companions threatened to eat them.
• A guard told Xiluo that Green Forest's representatives had arrived, and Xiluo welcomed the chance to collect the ransom.
• Xiluo and the young dragons confronted Fennis's group, whose members were shocked by Xiluo's size and worried about his growing power.

Fennis negotiated a three-on-three contest with Xiluo to secure the release of Ina, Sarah, and Jenny, with the elves risking three thousand gold coins and the dragons agreeing to publicly apologize if they lost. Xiluo chose Gordon and Allen as his teammates, and news of the duel spread through Niro City ahead of the next morning’s fight.

• Fennis asked Xiluo to release the three detained elves, but he demanded six hundred gold coins in ransom and rejected her claim that they were innocent.
• Fennis proposed a three-on-three contest instead of paying ransom, and Xiluo agreed to release the elves if his side lost and to stake an additional three thousand gold coins against the elves’ ransom.
• Fennis required three dragons to compete and demanded that Xiluo publicly declare the elves innocent and apologize if the dragons lost; Xiluo accepted.
• After the elves departed to fetch a missing expert, Xiluo selected Gordon and Allen to fight alongside him the following morning.
• Gordon bragged about the upcoming duel to Beastmen and human soldiers, causing news of the contest to spread among people in Niro City.

Xiluo and the young dragons faced three Green Forest elves in a rematch, while spectators gathered to watch. Gordon initially fought alone but was overwhelmed by the elves and their summons; when Xiluo summoned sixteen Water Elements, the elves realized the dragons’ strength had grown far beyond what they remembered.

• Xiluo ordered the spectators to retreat before the duel, and Fennis, an Elf Spellcaster, and an Elf Druid stepped forward to fight the dragons.
• Gordon charged the elves alone, but Fennis’s arrows and the druid’s transformation and attacks left him battered and unable to use his Breath Weapon.
• Fennis summoned five Tree Elves, and the elves continued to overwhelm Gordon despite Allen’s healing support.
• When Allen warned that Gordon needed help, Xiluo summoned sixteen Water Elements, including a Giant Wave Element, to join the battle.
• The elves recognized that their summons and two fighters might be unable to withstand the dragons, and they wondered how the young dragons had become so powerful in only seven or eight years.

Xiluo and Fennis fought after Fennis awakened the Silver Bow’s power, turning their battle into a clash between Hero Realm opponents. Xiluo began gathering a vast storm overhead while Fennis braced to face his ultimate technique.

• Xiluo’s dragons and water elementals overwhelmed the elves until Fennis unleashed Moonlight Radiance, transforming and strengthening herself with the sacred bow.
• Fennis’s arrows struck at the dragons, but Xiluo and the others countered them, and the two leaders ordered their allies to withdraw from the fight.
• Xiluo hurled repeated lightning spears from the sky, while Fennis intercepted each one with silver arrows.
• Fennis sent a volley of arrows after Xiluo, forcing him above the clouds, where he announced he would unleash his ultimate technique.
• Dark clouds and lightning gathered overhead as Fennis held her ground and prepared to withstand Xiluo’s next attack.

Xiluo defeated Fennis by exhausting the power in her weapon with lightning, then offered the indebted elves help finding work in Niro City. The chapter ended as the other young dragons recognized his familiar, likely self-serving manner and suspected he was preparing to trick the elves.

• Xiluo used lightning from his Dark Sky-Violent Storm Pseudo-Domain to repeatedly strike Fennis and destroy her doubles.
• Fennis charged into the sky but lost the silver radiance protecting her and fell, conceding the duel and lamenting the additional 3,600 gold coin debt.
• Xiluo sent the gathered subjects away, offered to release Ina and the other imprisoned elves, and asked Fennis to repay the debt with interest.
• Fennis told Xiluo that the elves had no gold coins after spending their wealth and taking on 80,000 gold coins in debt to defeat Baili'er and reclaim Green Forest.
• Xiluo asked how many elves remained and offered to find them work in Niro City, while Alicia, Koraman, and Abel suspected his help would lead to another scheme.

Xiluo offered the 380 surviving elves legal work in Magic Infusion, promising a share of the earnings and more opportunities in Niro City. When some elves balked at taking additional jobs, he delivered a forceful speech praising hard work, and Fennis embraced his message.

• Fennis told Xiluo that only 380 elves remained after the battle with the Dragon Mother and that five dragons had been captured by Trixie the Silver Dragon and taken to Dragon Island.
• Alicia worried about the two dragons who had escaped, while the Red Dragon Whelp vowed revenge on Trixie.
• Xiluo proposed allowing the elves to perform Magic Infusion legally and split the earnings equally, explaining that Niro City had abundant demand and the work would expand.
• The elves calculated that Magic Infusion could earn them substantial sums to help repay their debts, but some resisted the idea of taking additional jobs.
• Xiluo urged the elves to treat work as a blessing and blamed their past hardship on their lack of effort.
• Fennis resolved to track each elf's debt repayments and regarded Xiluo as a guiding light.