Recaps

Xiluo welcomed Barbara to Niro City and explained how the former enemies in Green Forest had become his allies, while the young dragons revealed that a prisoner had escaped. Barbara pledged to support Xiluo once she recovered, and the chapter ended with her accepting his leadership and learning the city’s rules.

• The Red Dragon Whelp compared his size with Xiluo and was devastated to discover that Xiluo had surpassed him in physique.
• Xiluo explained that the elves of Green Forest had become allies and were contributing to Niro City, delighting Barbara until her injuries flared up.
• Xiluo promised to find treatment for Barbara, who warned that her body might soon lose the ability to produce blood.
• Allen told Xiluo that the Human Spellcaster had escaped with the help of a Descender, though the Magic-Suppressing Shackles remained behind.
• Barbara asked Xiluo to help her take revenge on Prince William and pledged to support him after recovering.
• Xiluo introduced Barbara to Niro City and its rules, and she praised his leadership as dawn broke.

High Priestess Xiwel told Xiluo and the dragons that Barbara needed a ninth-tier divine spell or a Life-Rebirth Potion to survive, and that the spell would cost thirty thousand gold coins. Barbara then offered Alicia and Koraman a way to become Natural Green Dragons for the same price, leaving them tempted but shocked by the cost.

• Alicia brought High Priestess Xiwel to examine Barbara, and Xiwel said Barbara's hidden ailments and failing blood production could be healed only by a ninth-tier divine spell or a Life-Rebirth Potion.
• Xiluo asked how much a ninth-tier spell would cost, and Xiwel said a Legendary cleric from the Temple of the Goddess of Wealth would charge thirty thousand gold coins.
• Barbara asked Xiwel to leave while she discussed the situation with the dragons, then asked Alicia and Koraman whether they wanted to become mutated dragons.
• Barbara claimed she could turn ordinary Green Dragons into Natural Green Dragons and explained that young dragons had the best chance of mutating.
• Barbara demanded thirty thousand gold coins for the method, fifteen thousand from each dragon, and argued that becoming powerful Natural Green Dragons was worth the cost.

Barbara persuaded Alicia and Koraman to take on a 30,000-gold-coin debt to obtain a green dragon mutation method, then revealed that the process would take years and far more resources than they expected. After arranging for Barbara to stay near Niro City’s military camp, Xiluo learned that Prince William had been stripped of his Dragonblood Warrior powers, but feared the secret method could spread and endanger young dragons.

• Alicia and Koraman agreed to borrow 30,000 gold coins from Xiluo to obtain Barbara’s mutation method, and Xiluo set their debt at one percent annual interest.
• Barbara gave Alicia and Koraman a parchment describing a five-year process that cost 2,000 gold coins to awaken an inferior mutated bloodline, prompting them to accuse her of cheating them.
• Barbara asked Xiluo to arrange a safe place to stay, and he assigned her a guarded home near the military camp.
• Xiluo learned that Metal Dragons had neutralized Prince William’s Dragonblood Warrior powers after failing to find the Chromatic Dragon he claimed had supplied the blood.
• Xiluo worried that the secret Dragonblood Warrior method could reach more powerful people, so he ordered additional soldiers to patrol around the dragons.

Xiluo arranged for an airship journey to the Central Continent to seek treatment for Barbara, while two Silver Moon Elves arrived in Niro City and confronted him over his influence on the elves. The chapter ended with Xiluo glaring at the visiting Metal Dragons after Xilian accused him of bewitching the elves.

• Xiluo learned from Bishop Xiwel that Barbara needed treatment on the Central Continent and arranged to join the Church of the Goddess of Wealth's airship in six months.
• Trixie and Xilian arrived in Niro City, sampled its food and attractions, and then went to find Fennis.
• Fennis welcomed Trixie and Xilian into her villa, where they found Xiluo waiting inside.
• Xilian accused Xiluo of casting a spell on the elves and demanded that he dispel it, while Trixie tried to moderate her.

Xilian Farant and Trixie tried to warn Niro City about Xiluo, but the subjects rejected their accusations and Koraman challenged Xilian to a fight. Koraman began plotting to bring Alicia along and win gold from the Quicksilver Dragon.

• Xiluo dismissed Fennis’s attempt to defend him and told Xilian and Trixie to leave his territory.
• Xilian and Trixie visited the Administrative Office, learned that Alice was pregnant with Xiluo’s child, and decided to stay in Niro City.
• Xilian revealed her Quicksilver Dragon form and accused Xiluo of plotting against the city, but the subjects angrily defended him.
• Koraman approached Xilian, challenged her to fight outside the city, and considered teaming up with Alicia to win gold from her.

Koraman arranged a wagered duel against the Quicksilver Dragon, persuading Alicia to fight beside him for seven thousand gold coins. Just as the dragons prepared to begin, Xiluo, Allen, and Barbara arrived, and the wager surprised the gathered dragons.

• Koraman challenged the Quicksilver Dragon to a two-on-one duel and proposed a wager of five thousand gold coins.
• A Silver Dragon asked to join the wager, and Koraman raised the total prize to seven thousand gold coins.
• Koraman brought the Quicksilver Dragon to the Flower and Greenery Garden, where Alicia, Abel, and Gordon reacted to the metal dragon’s arrival.
• Koraman privately persuaded Alicia that they could defeat the Quicksilver Dragon and use the winnings to advance their plans.
• Koraman, Alicia, and the Quicksilver Dragon signed a contract, then Xiluo, Allen, and Barbara arrived as the duel was about to begin.

Koraman and Alicia challenged the quicksilver dragon Xilian for gold, but she defeated Koraman and forced Alicia to surrender. Xiluo then proposed a two-on-two fight with Gordon against Xilian and her silver dragon companion, and the two sides agreed to wager twenty thousand gold coins each.

• Barbara warned Koraman and Alicia that the quicksilver dragon was too strong, but they dismissed her and signed a contract to fight for seven thousand gold coins.
• Koraman and Alicia used spells and hit-and-run tactics against Xilian, but she countered their magic, caught Koraman, and beat him until he passed out.
• Alicia surrendered when Xilian turned on her, leaving the young dragons angry and owing seven thousand gold coins.
• Gordon challenged Xilian to a fight for ten thousand gold coins, but Xiluo proposed that he and Gordon fight her and the silver dragon together.
• Xiluo and the silver dragon’s companion agreed to the two-on-two match, with each side wagering twenty thousand gold coins.

Xiluo and Gordon accepted a wager to fight the quicksilver dragon and the Silver Moon Elf, who revealed herself as an adult silver dragon. Their battle began with Gordon gaining the upper hand in his first clash, while the others remained confident that Xiluo would defeat the silver dragon.

• Xiluo and Gordon signed a wager requiring each to pay twenty thousand gold coins if they lost, with four percent annual interest.
• The Silver Moon Elf transformed into a huge adult silver dragon, whom Barbara and the other dragons recognized as an enemy from their past.
• Xiluo stopped Alicia and Abel from attacking, then agreed that Gordon would fight the quicksilver dragon while he faced the silver dragon.
• Xiluo and the silver dragon took to the sky as the quicksilver dragon and Gordon charged at each other, opening the fight with dragonfire and a tail clash.
• Gordon's tail strike knocked the quicksilver dragon sideways, surprising the onlookers, while Allen and the others insisted Xiluo was still the strongest.

Gordon initially dominated Xilian in close combat, but she switched to spells and kept him at a distance. Xiluo then overwhelmed Trixie despite her magic and combat items, and plunged toward the ground with her in his grasp.

• Gordon used Dragon Combat Techniques and superior instincts to batter Xilian until she retreated and attacked him with spells from the air.
• Xiluo charged Trixie and tore through her energy armor and scales, leaving Barbara and the watching dragons stunned.
• Trixie fled and cast spells to slow Xiluo, but he matched her magic and continued closing the distance.
• Trixie used a ring's Deflection Field to redirect Xiluo's claw, then grabbed his neck and tried to squeeze him.
• Xiluo unleashed lightning that overwhelmed Trixie, then seized her and plunged toward the ground.

Xiluo defeated Trixie and Xilian with his overwhelming strength, then collected their gold and bound Trixie to repay the remaining debt. The defeated dragons realized Xiluo had known Trixie’s identity but had not planned the duel as an elaborate trap.

• Trixie summoned Frost Fairies and tried to fight back, but Xiluo called powerful elemental creatures and left her no chance to win.
• Trixie fled in hopes of waiting for Xilian, but Xiluo pursued her and knocked her unconscious; he then defeated Xilian as well.
• Xiluo gathered the dragons, collected the spilled blood, and made Trixie hand over her Spatial Ring, which contained 11,300 gold coins and debt contracts.
• Trixie agreed to repay the remaining 8,700 gold coins, while Xiluo explained that he had recognized her from the start but had not used Koraman and Alicia as bait.
• The Young She-Dragon kicked Xilian after she blamed the Green Dragons for helping lead her into the high-stakes duel.

Xiluo and Gordon collected the Metal Dragons’ wager and debts, while Alicia accepted her own growing debt and encouraged Koraman to earn gold coins through the same dragon-breeding work as Abel. Koraman began taking clients in Niro City, and rumors about his new business spread.

• The Quicksilver Dragon surrendered her Spatial Ring to Gordon, who kept the gold and reminded her that she still owed him 11,500 gold coins.
• Barbara suggested sending the indebted Metal Dragons to the Jade Dream, but Xiluo refused to force them; Alicia then asked Gordon to return her and Koraman’s 5,000 gold coins, and he angrily refused.
• Alicia asked Xiluo to forgive her debt, but he encouraged her to treat it as motivation and repay it herself; Xiluo and Allen left, while Abel returned to the Animal Pen.
• Spectators spread news of Xiluo’s victory over an adult Silver Dragon, and the Quicksilver Dragon and Trixie recovered before staying at Fennis Villa.
• After Koraman woke, Alicia reassured him about their debt and persuaded him that earning gold coins through dragon-breeding work would not diminish their love.
• Koraman began visiting wealthy merchants as a dragon-breeding provider, and rumors about his business and Alicia’s support for it stirred Niro City.

Xiluo redeemed Spell Genius, which let him study Dragon Spells with exceptional focus and speed. After mastering Dragon Thunderstorm and two other spells, he began researching new uses for dragon thunder and approached the injured Metal Dragons to learn more spells.

• Xiluo spent 60 achievement points to acquire Spell Genius and discovered that it greatly increased his spell-learning focus and efficiency.
• After a week of study, Xiluo mastered Dragon Thunderstorm and tested it on a woodland, where it devastated a wide area before he extinguished the resulting fires with rain.
• Xiluo mastered Torrential Flow Barrier and began researching ways to turn dragon thunder into armor, weapons, and more powerful sound-based attacks.
• Xiluo considered buying spells but decided to save his gold coins for Barbara's treatment, then flew toward the Prison to seek spells from Abel.
• Xiluo spotted the two injured Metal Dragons in the city, approached them in their Silver Moon Elf forms, and frightened the Quicksilver Dragon, who warned him they had no gold coins to repay him.

Xiluo persuaded two indebted Metal Dragons to teach him spells in exchange for reducing their debts, and his extraordinary ability to master and analyze spells alarmed the Silver Dragon. Over the following days, she taught him spells up to level six, while Xiluo identified several that could help him develop powerful new techniques.

• Xiluo offered to cancel part of the dragons’ debts for each spell they taught him, and the Quicksilver Dragon and Silver Dragon agreed to speak with him privately.
• The Silver Dragon taught Xiluo Acid Spray, which he learned and cast after hearing her explanation, revealing his remarkable spell talent.
• Xiluo learned more than twenty spells from the Silver Dragon in one day and reduced her debt by 370 gold coins.
• The Silver Dragon realized Xiluo could identify flaws in advanced Spell Models and worried that he might become a formidable threat to Dragon Island.
• Over the next several days, the Silver Dragon taught Xiluo spells from levels one through six, including spells he hoped to adapt or improve.
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Xiluo learned rare spells from Xilian and developed Dragon Thunder Armor, then discovered that Gordon had left for Abyssal Hell to seek power and eventually surpass him. The chapter ended with Xiluo accepting Gordon’s choice and Allen and Koraman resolving to become stronger.

• Xilian secretly taught Xiluo several rare spells, earning 2,460 gold coins, and hid the lesson from Trixie.
• Xiluo mastered the spells and improved his understanding enough to resume developing Dragon Thunder Armor, though the result still fell short of his expectations.
• Alicia brought Xiluo a letter from Gordon saying he had gone to Abyssal Hell to gain power and defeat him.
• Xiluo’s investigation revealed that Gordon had sold a debt contract and bought copper, magic items, and scrolls before leaving three days earlier.
• Xiluo accepted that Gordon had chosen his own path, while Allen and Koraman vowed to grow stronger.

Xiluo hired Trixie and Xilian to guard Niro City, then spent more than two months perfecting Dragon Thunder Armor. He defeated the juvenile Ancestral Netherthunder Dragon in the Dragon Soul Arena, where a powerful blue dragon appeared as his next opponent.

• Xiluo persuaded Trixie and Xilian to sign yearlong contracts as Niro City's security guards for five hundred gold coins each per year.
• Over the following months, Xiluo perfected Dragon Thunder Armor, which blocked and redirected attacks, and his strength increased.
• Xiluo entered the Dragon Soul Arena and used Dragon Thunder Armor and Dragon Thunderclaw to defeat the juvenile Ancestral Netherthunder Dragon.
• A larger blue dragon emerged as the next arena opponent, and its roar filled the arena with dark clouds and lightning.

Xiluo lost the Dragon Soul Arena’s thirteenth trial to Huo Jing Farien, the Extreme Thunder Overlord Dragon, but earned a new appraisal and the [Extreme Thunder Breath Weapon] spell. After learning that he would leave for [Sista] the next morning, Xiluo arranged for his trusted dragons to watch over Niro City, where Koraman’s fading color and weakness raised concern.

• Huo Jing Farien overwhelmed Xiluo with powerful lightning attacks, and Xiluo lost the thirteenth trial after fighting for around thirty minutes.
• The Dragon Soul Arena praised Xiluo’s potential to become Legendary upon reaching adulthood and rewarded him with the [Extreme Thunder Breath Weapon] spell.
• Bishop Xiwel told Xiluo that he would travel to [Sista] with Priest Boluf, departing the following day at nine in the morning.
• Xiluo told Little White Dragon to remain in Niro City and oversee it while he was away, and Little White Dragon accepted the responsibility.
• Barbara, Alicia, Abel, and Koraman discussed how they would manage while Xiluo was gone, and Xiluo urged the dragons to stay together for safety.
• Abel noticed that Koraman had grown weaker and that his green color had faded, but Koraman angrily denied that anything was wrong.

Xiluo traveled with Barbara to the Royal Capital, where he spent a day winning modestly at a gambling arena before Matriarch Baili'er confronted him. Their discussion revealed Barbara’s identity and history, and Xiluo ended by inviting the Dragon Mother to join him and build a new domain.

• Xiluo accompanied Boluf’s delegation and Barbara on an eight-day journey to the Royal Capital, then settled into the Church of the Goddess of Wealth.
• Xiluo left Barbara at the church and spent the day betting at a human arena, winning 120 gold coins.
• On his way through the city, Xiluo noticed he was being followed and met the injured Matriarch Baili’er in an alley.
• Baili’er criticized Xiluo’s alliances and his treatment of the Metal Dragons, while Xiluo defended his choices and explained that Barbara was the Blood Dragon who had protected him and endured eleven years of captivity.
• Xiluo told Baili’er that Barbara had become his subordinate and challenged her claim that his defeat of an Adult Silver Dragon was unremarkable.
• After warning Xiluo against arrogance, Baili’er praised his humility, and Xiluo invited her to join him in Niro City.

Xiluo tried to recruit Baili'er Blach, who reconsidered after learning about his powerful bloodlines but left her decision unsettled. Before departing for the City of Freedom with Barbara, Xiluo counted his wealth and boarded a Metal Airship, where the Church of the Goddess of Wealth’s clerics recognized him.

• Xiluo proposed that Baili'er Blach join him, and she considered challenging him before backing down over the possibility that he had reached the Hero Realm.
• Baili'er Blach became intrigued by Xiluo’s strength and potential after he revealed his Thunderfall Dragon, Storm Dragon, and Ancestral Dragon bloodlines, but she remained undecided about joining him.
• Xiluo left Baili'er Blach to consider his offer, and she remembered she had originally come to retrieve her Alchemical Bombs but chose not to pursue him.
• Xiluo earned 675 gold coins at the Betting Arena and counted his total wealth at 34,095 gold coins before sleeping.
• The next morning, Xiluo and Barbara prepared to leave for the City of Freedom and boarded a Metal Airship with Bishop Keluōmu and the other passengers.
• Church clerics recognized Xiluo and praised his achievements before Bishop Keluōmu welcomed him aboard.

Xiluo and Barbara boarded an airship bound for the City of Freedom, where Xiluo kept her close because he suspected their thirty thousand gold coins could attract thieves. When an armed thief tried to steal Barbara’s Spatial Ring, Xiluo caught him awake and reaching for it.

• Archbishop Keluōmǔ assigned Xiluo and the other non-church passengers rooms and warned them to avoid restricted areas during the twenty-day voyage.
• Xiluo invited Barbara to share his room for safety, but she mistook the invitation for a romantic advance before he explained his concerns about the passengers learning they carried thirty thousand gold coins.
• The airship took off, and Xiluo studied his spells while Barbara tried to persuade him to share her bed.
• Three passengers plotted to rob Xiluo and Barbara, then one man used potions and lockpicks to enter their room.
• As the dagger-wielding thief reached for Barbara’s Spatial Ring, Xiluo opened his eyes and covered her hand with his claw.

After a thief tried to rob Xiluo aboard the airship, the Church of the Goddess of Wealth apologized and secured him a fifteen-percent discount on Gree’s treatment. Xiluo and Barbara arrived in the City of Freedom, where they would wait eighteen days for the Saintess and explore the diverse city under Holy Warrior protection.

• Xiluo caught a level 10 thief attempting to steal his gold, and Bishop Keluōmǔ confirmed that the man had used a hypnotic potion.
• Xiluo negotiated compensation from Keluōmǔ and handed the thief over to the Church, later learning the thief’s soul had been imprisoned and made into a lamp wick.
• After twenty days at sea, Xiluo and Barbara arrived in the City of Freedom, where Keluōmǔ arranged lodging and the Church offered a fifteen-percent treatment discount.
• Keluōmǔ told Xiluo that the Saintess would treat Gree in eighteen days and assigned Faer and Moro to guard them until then.
• Xiluo left the temple with Barbara and the two Holy Warriors to explore the City of Freedom, where he saw people of many races, including fiendkin and dragonkin.

Xiluo explored the City of Freedom, learning how its diverse races and Descenders lived and worked alongside one another. After Barbara returned with the Holy Warriors, a Descender approached Xiluo and invited him to become a movie star, revealing that the city already had recording devices and theaters.

• Faer showed Xiluo and Barbara the City of Freedom's recruitment platforms, where Descenders argued with a Vampire and volunteered for a Lich's experiments and a Dark Elf's breeding work.
• Xiluo learned that the Free United Association collected compensation for deaths and changed into Dragonkin form before continuing to explore the city.
• Xiluo sampled the city's restaurants and leisure establishments with Barbara and the Holy Warriors, then sent them back when Barbara could no longer continue.
• A level 3 Human Cleric stopped Xiluo and explained that the city used Recording Devices to make movies for its theaters, inviting Xiluo to become a star.

Xiluo watched a film crew in the City of Freedom, decided to bring their filmmaking business to Niro City, and invited the Ivy Team to work for him. After Archbishop Keluōmǔ confirmed Xiluo’s status, the team agreed to follow him, and eighteen days later his treatment day arrived.

• The Descender Abu took Xiluo to watch Director A Nan’s team film a staged scene, and Xiluo learned that they made Ivy films.
• Xiluo watched a previous film by A Nan’s team and visited a cinema, then calculated that the business could earn substantial profits in Niro City.
• Xiluo invited A Nan and the Ivy Team to work for him, but they suspected he was a slave trader until Moro and Archbishop Keluōmǔ confirmed his status.
• The Ivy Team agreed to follow Xiluo to his city, and they arranged to meet at the temple entrance eighteen days later.
• Xiluo avoided gambling at the Betting Arena because powerful people were there, kept a low profile, and waited until his treatment day arrived.

Xiluo and Barbara visited Saintess Fannis at the Wealth Temple, where she offered to treat Barbara and tried to recruit Xiluo as a Divine-Chosen Dragon. Barbara’s treatment restored much of her health through a Divine Spell, though her level remained low.

• Barbara woke Xiluo, and Archbishop Keluōmǔ escorted them to meet Saintess Fannis at the temple.
• Fannis offered Xiluo a discounted treatment and a fee of 5,000 gold coins if he joined the Goddess of Wealth, but Xiluo refused to become a believer.
• Barbara offered to join instead, and Fannis used the Eye of the Goddess of Wealth to reveal that Barbara was a green dragon who had suffered eleven years as a blood dragon.
• Xiluo paid Fannis 25,500 gold coins, and she summoned the Primordial Angel Pamiel Waukeen to cast Life Regeneration on Barbara.
• Barbara returned to her dragon form with renewed strength, and Fannis warned that her bodily functions still lagged behind those of a normal dragon.

Xiluo bought the Red Thunder Mutation method from Saintess Fannis after bargaining its price down to 4,000 gold coins, then learned that carrying it out would cost far more. After Barbara tried the Dragon Soul Orb and asked Xiluo to teach her to become divinely chosen, they went to the City of Freedom’s slave market so Xiluo could recruit people for his businesses and film crew.

• Saintess Fannis offered Xiluo a book on mutating lightning organs, and Xiluo bargained her price down from 8,500 to 4,000 gold coins.
• Xiluo read that red thunder mutation required years of treatment and thousands of gold coins, leaving him determined to earn more money.
• Barbara used the Dragon Soul Orb, cleared three stages, and asked Xiluo to teach her how to become divinely chosen; he agreed to arrange it after they returned.
• Xiluo told Barbara he planned to buy slaves for the Jade Dream and his film crew, then they headed to the City of Freedom’s slave market.
• Xiluo and Barbara arrived at the crowded market, where slave owners displayed people of many races in iron cages.

Xiluo used his ability to identify powerful but undervalued Vampires and Werewolves, then bought them alongside other slaves for a total of 870 gold coins. After he arranged to leave the City of Freedom in seven days, the hidden-strength slaves plotted to escape and kill him and Barbara, and they boarded his airship with the rest of the slaves.

• Barbara suggested that Xiluo buy male Vampires and Werewolves who could create more of their kind, and Xiluo used the system to find ones whose abilities their owners had overlooked.
• Xiluo bargained down the price of a level-eight Vampire and bought about eight capable Vampires and Werewolves for roughly 300 gold coins.
• Xiluo bought other cheap slaves until he had twenty-five in total, then returned to the Temple of the Goddess of Wealth and left Barbara to watch them.
• Xiluo met with Ivy's team, which A Nan and Abu were responsible for, and agreed to leave the City of Freedom in seven days.
• The Vampires and Werewolves plotted to free themselves and kill Xiluo and Barbara, then boarded the Medium Airship with the other slaves seven days later.