Recaps

Xiluo arranged treatment for Barbara while defeating the visiting Metal Dragons and developing his magic. After Barbara recovered in the City of Freedom, he recruited a film crew and bought slaves, some of whom plotted to kill them before the return journey.

• Barbara sold Alicia and Koraman a mutation method for thirty thousand gold coins borrowed from Xiluo to fund her treatment.
• Xiluo and Gordon defeated Trixie and Xilian in a wagered duel, leaving the Metal Dragons indebted to them.
• Xiluo learned spells from Trixie and Xilian in exchange for debt reductions, while Gordon departed for Abyssal Hell to gain power.
• Xiluo hired Trixie and Xilian as city guards, perfected Dragon Thunder Armor, and earned Extreme Thunder Breath Weapon in the Dragon Soul Arena.
• Xiluo traveled with Barbara to the City of Freedom and caught a thief trying to steal their gold aboard the airship.
• Xiluo recruited A Nan and the Ivy Team to make films in Niro City while waiting for Barbara's treatment.
• Xiluo paid Fannis twenty-five thousand five hundred gold coins for Barbara's healing and bought a book on mutating lightning organs.
• Xiluo bought twenty-five slaves and arranged his departure with the film crew, while the Vampires and Werewolves plotted to kill him and Barbara.

Xiluo expanded Niro City’s businesses and defended it from a beast tide and the Xikalei Family while taking in the surviving Faluo heirs. He discovered the Twelve Royal Rings and used Soul Fruits from their trading network to strengthen Abel’s Dragonbeast offspring.

• Xiluo brought the slaves to Niro City, introduced himself as its Guardian Dragon, and began transforming willing women into Vampires and Werewolves while launching a profitable cinema business.
• After months of growth in the city, Xiluo strengthened his bloodline with Tornado Pearls and thunder-congealing stones, while Pake fled the Great Death Forest as Marquis Xikalei’s forces drove a beast tide toward Niro City.
• Alicia and Koraman helped defeat the beast tide, and Xiluo’s forces captured the surviving magical beasts for sale.
• Kasluo’s Black-armored Knights searched Niro City for Pake and Rèla'er, but Xiluo and Allen defeated them and compensated the subjects whose homes they had disturbed.
• Alice gave birth to Pawa, and Xiluo later arrested Pake and Rèla'er after they searched Abel’s lair for dragon remnants.
• Xiluo learned that Pake and Rèla'er belonged to the Faluo Family and chose to protect them, then entered their ancient ring and discovered its trading space and the Twelve Royal Rings’ members.
• Xiluo traded souls with the Pleasure Demon for a Soul Fruit and fed it to Abel’s Blazing Thunder Dragon Griffin, which grew stronger and defeated Koraman.
• Xiluo gathered more souls and used Soul Fruits to raise Abel’s other Dragonbeast offspring to levels nine through eleven.

Xiluo defeated the coalition attacking Niro City, then used the victory’s rewards to strengthen the city and pursue his bloodline growth. His search for Sea God Crystals led him deep underwater, where he encountered Tidal Titans seeking the same treasure.

• Xiluo survived Laina’s ambush, killed the Paladin and a Holy Warrior, and identified the attackers as agents of the Xikalei Family.
• Xiluo allied with Dorian, Doges, and Melano, then rallied Niro City’s forces against Xikalei’s coalition army.
• Xiluo destroyed the enemy’s cannons, routed its soldiers, killed Laina, and helped his allies defeat the remaining forces.
• Xiluo secured compensation from Gerlo’s king, returned to Niro City, and arranged for defensive walls, military camps, and a new academy.
• Xiluo welcomed the mermaid sisters as his sworn sisters, bought their Conch Stone, and raised his Thunderfall Dragon bloodline to 75% before learning he needed Sea God Crystals.
• Xiluo bought the crystals available through the Hailan Clan and Bishop Xiwel, then spent two years researching spells as Niro City and its academy grew.
• Xiluo sought a larger Sea God Crystal deposit through No. 4, obtained a map, and traveled toward its underwater location despite the dragons’ warnings.
• Xiluo reached the deep seabed, where he overheard three Tidal Titans discussing their search for Sea God Crystals and ordering Tam to lead them to the deposit.

Xiluo used the Twelve Royal Rings to bring Descenders into Abyssal Hell, where they fought demons and devils and learned to transform through Blood Pools. After surviving a clash with the Pit Fiend Lawrence Moyuan, Xiluo negotiated devil transformations and established an outpost, leaving him to consider how demon and devil forms might raise the Descenders’ potential.

• Xiluo killed a Tidal Titan for Sea God Crystals, gained strength from eating his organs, and warned the merfolk of possible retaliation before the Tidal Titan Deputy Leader ordered a hunt for him.
• Xiluo gathered dragons, studied illusion magic, developed Illusion Seeds, and recruited a hundred Descenders for a secret mission into Abyssal Hell.
• Xiluo sent Jiānyá and the Descenders to Abyssal Hell, where they defeated Babaus and Vrocks and discovered that Descenders could retain their abilities after becoming Quasits.
• Barbara took the King's Ring from the Pleasure Demon, whose actions drew Yulas and his devils into a battle against Barbara, Allen, Jiānyá, and the Descenders.
• Xiluo joined the battle, used illusions to turn the devils against one another, then fought Lawrence Moyuan and reached a truce after they realized Natasha had manipulated both sides.
• Xiluo negotiated with Lawrence over Giant and Titan organs and devil transformations, then tested Quasit Blood Pools and learned that Descenders gained more from transformation than ordinary prisoners.
• Xiluo returned to Niro City, sent Allen and Barbara to Abyssal Hell, and established a guarded outpost as Descenders began seeking demon and devil transformations.
• Xiluo arranged for Descenders to become Shil Devils, Egg-Laying Devils, and other devil types, then considered whether transformation improved their potential more than their immediate strength.