Chapter Summaries

Sarna revealed that her pendant was Rhongomyniad, a powerful legendary secret treasure that could potentially kill the Broodmother. While Sarna began releasing its power, Dunn drew the Broodmother and its monsters away and tried to hold them off.

• Dunn doubted Sarna's claim until she transformed her pendant into the legendary scythe Rhongomyniad.
• Sarna explained that she could use only part of the scythe's power and needed two minutes to release it without moving.
• Dunn agreed to hold off the Broodmother and its monsters while Maxim, Maddy, and Annie protected Sarna.
• Dunn flew away, drawing the Broodmother and the monsters after him.
• Sarna raised Rhongomyniad and chanted as golden light and figures surrounded her, releasing a legendary pressure that stopped the Broodmother in its tracks.

Sarna released the Holy Lance while Dunn tried to keep the Broodmother from reaching her. Dunn’s Dark Hole scattered the monster army and exposed the Broodmother to Sarna’s final attack, which killed it.

• Sarna released the Thirteen Seals and began the Round Table Decision as the Broodmother first resumed pursuing Dunn, then redirected its charge toward her.
• Yeenoghu kept the Broodmother’s Child trapped in battle on the Astral Plane, preventing it from returning to protect the Broodmother.
• Dunn charged the Broodmother and used Dark Hole to knock it down and drag its monsters away from Sarna.
• Dunn dodged the Broodmother’s tentacles until Sarna shouted “Rhongomyniad” and pierced it with the Holy Lance, killing it.

After surviving the Holy Lance’s attack, Dunn found the Broodmother’s Authority Fragment but could not touch it. Yeenoghu explained that it was suited to Dunn’s Soul-Soul Fruit and promised him the spoils, leaving Dunn wondering how he could use the fragment.

• Dunn recovered from his severe wounds and surveyed the ravine carved through the Withered Stone Wilderness by the Holy Lance.
• Dunn felt drawn to a glowing fragment but could not touch it, and Yeenoghu revealed that only a Legendary could handle an Authority Fragment.
• Yeenoghu explained that the fragment belonged to the Broodmother and held the Authority of [Reproduction], which could be divided into [Creation] and [Life].
• Dunn realized the fragment’s [Creation] Authority might strengthen or awaken his Soul-Soul Fruit, and Yeenoghu promised him the fragment as part of the spoils.
• Dunn asked Yeenoghu how he could use the Authority Fragment when he could not touch it.

After the Broodmother’s defeat, Yeenoghu gave Dunn and Sarna separate authority fragments, and the surviving group recovered before continuing toward the Rock Kingdom. Sarna awakened as a fourth-tier [Source of Life], while the chapter explained why the Wizard Council had forbidden the Legendary Class [World-Saver].

• Yeenoghu gave Dunn an authority fragment, then warned him not to take a second one before he had digested the first.
• Yeenoghu brought Dunn to the unconscious Sarna and placed the [Life] authority fragment in her body, restoring her color.
• The remaining monsters were subdued, the Gnolls held a feast for their allies and fallen warriors, and Dunn and the others later departed for the Rock Kingdom.
• Sarna awakened and advanced to fourth-tier [Source of Life].
• The chapter recounted how earlier [World-Saver] classholders interfered in conflicts and became hated by Legendaries, prompting the Wizard Council to ban the class.

Dunn and Annie reached the Rock Kingdom with Maddy while keeping their distance from Sarna, who had advanced to the fourth tier and could now revive the dead. Maddy brought them to his family’s manor and ordered its main gates opened after revealing that he had recovered the valuable Red Phosphorus Gold.

• Sarna’s fourth-tier Healer ability gave her the power to bring the dead back to life, exceeding her faction’s expectations.
• Dunn told Annie that he could not let Sarna heal him because they had to stay apart until they digested their Authority Fragments.
• After several days of travel, Dunn and Annie arrived in Rock City while Sarna and Maxim went home to report what had happened.
• Maddy led Dunn and Annie to his family’s manor and agreed to settle what he owed them.
• A guard questioned Maddy’s order to open the main gates, so Maddy showed him the Red Phosphorus Gold he had brought back.
• The guards opened the gates to welcome Dunn and Annie and sent word to the family’s higher-ups.

Maddy brought red phosphorus gold and news of a dragon’s death to the Mason Family, while Sarna returned to the royal palace after advancing to the fourth tier. The Rock Kingdom Sword Saint comforted Sarna over Colt’s death, then asked whether the dragonslayer had truly used all the dragon blood essence.

• Dunn and Annie settled into a luxurious courtyard residence on the Mason estate while Maddy went to arrange their payment.
• Maddy presented red phosphorus gold to the Mason Family council and said a dragonslayer was staying at the estate.
• The council members doubted Maddy’s claim that an adult red dragon had been slain and speculated that dragon blood essence remained.
• Sarna returned to the royal palace, where the elders celebrated her advancement to [Source of Life] and discussed Colt’s death.
• The Rock Kingdom Sword Saint comforted Sarna and asked whether the dragonslayer had used up all the dragon blood essence.

Dunn learned that the Rock Kingdom’s aging king was preparing to abdicate and that five princes remained in the Crown Prince Contest. When Annie explained that the final round allowed princes to hire powerful substitutes, Dunn realized he might be drawn into the contest.

• Sarna told the Rock Kingdom Sword Saint that Dunn had spent a large amount of Dragon Blood fighting the Broodmother, and he concluded that Dunn had used it all.
• Dunn read Eileen’s report that the old king of the Rock Kingdom was about to abdicate and asked Annie about the Crown Prince Contest.
• Annie explained that heirs competed in several areas and that the Legendary figures kept royal succession orderly.
• Annie found that five princes were still competing in the contest’s final stages, and Dunn asked what the final round tested.
• Annie said the final round consisted of one-on-one battles between Classholders, with princes allowed to send substitutes, and stressed that a prince who recruited a Limit Breaker could secure victory.
• Dunn realized that the princes might seek him out as a substitute and feared he would be caught up in the contest.

Dunn and Annie endured a stream of nobles seeking dragon blood, then tried to avoid being drawn into the princes’ contest for the crown. After Maddy delivered their promised payment, he asked to bring in a friend, and Dunn recognized that a member of the Royal Family was waiting outside.

• Members of the Mason Family visited Dunn and Annie to ask for dragon blood, but Dunn firmly refused to sell any.
• Dunn decided to stop receiving visitors, but Annie persuaded him to show courtesy to the Rock Kingdom’s leading nobles.
• After two days of visits, Dunn and Annie planned to leave once the dragon’s corpse was butchered in three more days.
• An attendant announced that the thirteenth prince had come to visit, but Annie and Dunn refused to see him.
• Maddy brought Dunn and Annie their promised payment, including an extra ten percent, and asked whether his friend could visit them.
• Dunn used Observation Haki to sense people waiting outside and recognized an aura resembling Sarna’s, realizing the visitor was from the Royal Family.

Dunn confronted Maddy for bringing the thirteenth prince directly to his room, a move that made Dunn appear to have joined the succession struggle. He agreed to meet the prince, then cleared the room of everyone else and left Lace Rock alone with him to discuss business.

• Dunn glared at Maddy and explained that the Mason Family had effectively dragged him into the princes’ succession struggle by bringing the thirteenth prince to his door.
• Maddy offered to turn the visitors away, but Dunn decided to meet them; Annie asked whether the Mason Family had sided with the thirteenth prince, and Maddy confirmed it.
• Maddy brought Lace Rock, the thirteenth prince, to meet Dunn and Annie, and Lace apologized for arriving unannounced.
• Dunn coldly told Lace to get to the point, then sent Lace’s guards and Maddy flying out of the room and slammed the door.
• Lace realized Dunn had subdued his Third Tier guards without moving and became nervous as Dunn invited him to continue.

Lace asked Dunn to help him win the Crown Prince Contest and offered the Rock Kingdom’s recognition of Dunn’s planned sea nation in return. Dunn weighed the offer, which could greatly shorten the time needed for his nation to gain mystical legitimacy.

• Lace revealed that he knew Dunn was the Blood Demon and asked for his help winning the Crown Prince Contest.
• Dunn questioned why Lace expected help after scheming against him, and Lace explained that Dunn had gained the Wizard Order, intelligence organization, and Knight Order in Lionheart City.
• Lace deduced that Dunn intended to found a nation at sea, surprising Dunn and Annie.
• Lace offered to have the Rock Kingdom recognize Dunn’s future nation if Dunn helped him become crown prince.
• Dunn considered how the declaration could shorten his nation’s path to recognition from decades or longer to just a few years.

Dunn accepted Lace’s offer to help him fight for the Rock Kingdom’s throne, despite Annie’s objections, and prepared to leave the Maisen estate. Meanwhile, the king and the Rock Kingdom Sword Saint concluded that Dunn planned to found a nation as part of his path to becoming Legendary and instructed Lace to monitor him and seek advantages for the kingdom.

• Dunn signed a contract agreeing to help Lace, then explained to Annie that their danger would be unchanged and Lace was their best option.
• Dunn and Annie decided to pack and leave the Maisen family’s estate because their identities had been exposed.
• Lace reported his negotiations with Dunn to the Rock Kingdom’s king and Sword Saint, who suspected Dunn intended to found a nation to complete a Legendary advancement ritual.
• The king and Sword Saint discussed the possibility that Dunn’s nation could unite more than ten Legendaries, while noting that the United Navy and other powers might oppose it.
• The Sword Saint told Lace to keep watch on Dunn and seek the greatest benefits for the Rock Kingdom, revealing that he had already chosen Lace as the next king.

Dunn and Annie learned that the Rock Kingdom was likely manipulating events around the princes’ contest, while the other princes recruited Limit Breakers to oppose Dunn. The chapter ended with Dunn eager to face the Peak Limit Breaker [Blade Ghost] Damon, who had agreed to fight for the seventh prince.

• Dunn turned away the other princes who came to recruit him, making clear that he had accepted the thirteenth prince’s commission.
• Annie returned with the dismantled dragon carcass, and Dunn explained that the Rock Kingdom’s rulers were likely using their situation to gain an advantage.
• Dunn and Annie discussed the Mason Family heir’s appointment as commander of the Rock Knight Order and the family’s early support for a candidate.
• A messenger told Dunn that all four rival princes had recruited Limit Breakers, including [Blade Ghost] Damon for the seventh prince.
• Annie said Damon was a Peak Limit Breaker weaker than Pearl and noted that he seemed to have settled in the Kingdom of Wesley.

Dunn and Annie suspected the Kingdom of Wesley had brought [Blade Ghost] to the crown prince contest to avenge Dunn’s attack on its naval port. At the palace, the Rock Kingdom Sword Saint confronted Barbara and Tasl ov, whose demand for a greater share of tribute threatened to trigger a battle between legends.

• Dunn recognized [Blade Ghost] as a likely agent of the Kingdom of Wesley, seeking revenge for his massacre at its naval port.
• Annie questioned whether Lace had truly been privately selected as crown prince, since the Seventh Prince had secured [Blade Ghost] for the contest.
• The Rock Kingdom Sword Saint accused Barbara and Tasl ov of interfering in the succession, while they argued that Lace had already been promised the throne.
• The Seventh Prince challenged the Sword Saint, saying the other princes had been treated as discarded pawns despite being members of the Rock Family.
• Tasl ov demanded an extra ten percent of the tribute for himself and Barbara, and the Sword Saint refused.
• The Sword Saint blasted the five princes away as Tasl ov prepared to fight, leaving a clash between the legends imminent.

The Rock Kingdom Sword Saint, Tasl ov, and Barbara agreed to settle their succession dispute through a struggle among the princes rather than risk a war between Legendaries. The old king made Rock City the battleground, leaving the princes to fight for the crown with their own abilities.

• The Rock Kingdom Sword Saint refused to surrender any of his share of the kingdom's tribute, despite Tasl ov and Barbara pressuring him over the succession.
• The old king proposed that the Legendaries stay out of the conflict while the princes fought for the crown within Rock City.
• The Rock Kingdom Sword Saint and Tasl ov both accepted the old king's proposal.
• The princes remained silent, knowing they could no longer withdraw without risking the Rock Kingdom Sword Saint's wrath.

As Rock City prepared for the Crown Prince Contest, Annie sensed that something was wrong, and Dunn received a warning that [Blade Ghost] was hunting him. Dunn and Annie remained calm, while the Rock Kingdom Sword Saint suspected Dunn might be confident enough to face [Blade Ghost].

• All three Knight Orders moved into Rock City as noble households closed their doors and the city grew unusually quiet.
• Annie told Dunn that the city felt wrong and that she could not reach Sarna, but Dunn reassured her and said they would leave after the Crown Prince Contest.
• Annie found a note from the thirteenth prince warning Dunn that [Blade Ghost] was hunting him and urging him to flee.
• Tasl ov mocked the thirteenth prince for warning Dunn, while the Rock Kingdom Sword Saint explained that the warning could earn the prince goodwill.
• The Rock Kingdom Sword Saint watched Dunn and Annie remain composed and began to suspect Dunn intended to fight [Blade Ghost] head-on.

Dunn and Annie accompanied Lace to the Crown Prince Contest at Rock Arena, where rival princes and their Limit Breakers gathered. After Dunn ignored the ninth prince and Annie traded insults with a burly Limit Breaker, [Blade Ghost] arrived and exchanged a look with Dunn.

• Lace joined Dunn and Annie in their carriage and warned Dunn that he should not have come because [Blade Ghost] was coming for him.
• Dunn, Annie, and Lace arrived at the crowded Rock Arena and took their seats in the Main Viewing Stand.
• Lace greeted the third, fifth, and ninth princes, while the ninth prince tried to speak with Dunn and Dunn ignored him.
• Annie challenged a burly Limit Breaker who mocked Dunn, and the man threatened to deal with her after the contest.
• The seventh prince arrived with [Blade Ghost], who turned and looked toward Dunn.

Dunn and Damon, the [Blade Ghost], clashed in the main stand, and Damon’s attempted attack was stopped after Dunn suppressed his blade intent with Conqueror’s Color Haki. The king’s arrival interrupted Damon just as he prepared to strike Dunn.

• Damon’s probing gaze injured Dunn’s eye, but Dunn reversed the wound and answered Damon’s taunts with insults of his own.
• Damon released killing intent and blade energy, frightening the princes and others in the main stand as he prepared to attack Dunn.
• Dunn unleashed his enhanced Conqueror’s Color Haki, which onlookers mistook for Dragon Might, and suppressed Damon’s blade intent.
• Damon recovered, manifested his long blade, and blasted a hole through the roof as he prepared to swing at Dunn.
• A cry announcing the king’s arrival forced Damon to halt his attack.

The old king calmed the confrontation between Damon and Dunn, then officially opened the Crown Prince Contest. The princes drew lots for their matchups, leaving Damon with a bye and Dunn paired against Todd.

• The old king arrived at the viewing stand, and Damon and Dunn set aside their conflict at his request.
• A court Wizard restored the damaged roof while the arena host reassured the crowd and the protective barrier activated.
• The old king declared the Crown Prince Contest open.
• The princes drew lots and gave Damon a bye, as no one wanted to face him after his clash with Dunn.
• The draw paired Dennyse against Parmos and Dunn against Todd, who regretted provoking Dunn.

Dunn faced Todd in the Crown Prince Contest and effortlessly overcame his Tiger Roar Fist with Black Vortex. The chapter left Dunn holding Todd by the neck and slamming his head toward the ground.

• Denise and Pamos fought an exhibition match, and Pamos won.
• Annie taunted Todd and refused to let him withdraw, while the Thirteenth Prince warned her to be careful.
• Dunn and Todd entered the arena, where Todd stayed guarded as Dunn urged him to attack.
• Todd unleashed his Martial Art, Tiger Roar Fist, but Dunn absorbed the tiger with Black Vortex.
• Dunn pulled Todd into his grasp, clamped his neck, and slammed his head toward the ground.

Dunn killed Todd in the Arena by repeatedly smashing his head into the ground, alarming the princes with the possibility that he could overturn the crown prince contest. He then challenged Damon, blocked his attack with the Black Umbrella, and exchanged taunts with him.

• Dunn drained Todd's Qi and battered him until Todd died, despite Todd trying to surrender.
• The princes feared Dunn's strength could secure victory for the Thirteenth Prince, but Damon dismissed Dunn's ability as a sealing method with a weakness.
• Dunn pointed at Damon and beckoned him to fight.
• Damon charged at Dunn with Man and Blade as One, but Dunn blocked the strike with the Black Umbrella.
• Damon said he had underestimated Dunn, and Dunn replied that he had overestimated Damon.