Recaps

Han Shuo strengthened Brettel City, seized Helen Tina and the Thunder Gods, and clashed with the Church of Light and Xilun forces. After rescuing Emily from the Bart Trade Alliance’s camp and helping Shidrik escape Selt, he returned to Brettel City and secured Helen Tina’s million-gold ransom agreement.

• Han Shuo reorganized Brettel City’s army, enlisted Valklan to train its soldiers, and led the undead against Tuluoda’s bandits, killing Tuluoda and claiming his hidden wealth.
• Han Shuo stole six Magic Crystal Cannons from the Xilun Duchy, raised battlefield dead as zombies, and confronted Zhankesi and Helen Tina before capturing her and demanding a million gold coins.
• Han Shuo returned to Brettel City with Helen Tina and the cannons, then answered the Fire Armored Corpse’s call and witnessed his transformation at the Fire-Extreme Land.
• Masor and a band of adventurers attacked Han Shuo, but he and his undead killed them and took their valuables before he discovered the Bart Trade Alliance’s force near the Dark Forest.
• Han Shuo rescued Emily and Cecilia’s group from the Violet Thorn Knights, learned that Selt planned to plunder the Underground World, and helped free the Golden Dragon Shidrik from Selt’s trap.
• Han Shuo killed Selt’s Green Dragon and fought Selt with Shidrik, but Selt escaped, and Han Shuo then returned to Brettel City and found Helen Tina weakened from hunger.
• Han Shuo explained Helen Tina’s identity and Brettel City’s need for funds, then secured her agreement to a million-gold ransom, with a contract for the unpaid balance.

Han Shuo defeated the bandits besieging Brettel City, recruited the Mountain People, and helped free Daxiaxi while destroying Selt’s forces in the Underground World. He returned to Brettel City with new resources and began strengthening his undead, then glimpsed Little Skeleton commanding a vast army in the Otherworld.

• Han Shuo recruited Dokes to lead a thousand knights, cleared the roads of bandits, and led Brettel City’s defenders against a siege by fifteen thousand bandits and the Church of Light.
• After the siege, Han Shuo appointed Jack treasurer, rewarded the city’s defenders, and secured the support of the five Mountain People leaders, who agreed to settle their people in Brettel City and help defend it.
• Han Shuo found Chris in the Underground World and reunited with Emily, then discovered that Selt’s Violet Thorn Knights and Yalin’s Dark Elves were attacking the Lizardmen at Gourd Mountain.
• Han Shuo freed Daxiaxi from the ancient Magic Array by trapping the invaders inside Gourd Mountain and setting off explosives, collapsing the mountain and killing many of their forces.
• Daxiaxi killed Cassel, Yalin, and Selt, then gave Han Shuo Starry Sky, Selt’s Spatial Ring, and the Magic Crystal Ore in exchange for protecting the Lizardmen.
• Han Shuo returned to Brettel City, learned of his promotion to Second Sun Envoy, and gave Jack the recovered wealth to strengthen the city.
• Han Shuo reforged three Evil Knights in the Death Cemetery, then tried refining twelve Xuan Demons and used the Skeleton Magic Staff to glimpse Little Skeleton commanding a vast army in the Otherworld.

Han Shuo disrupted the Seven Grand Duchies, helped Helen seize control of the Xilun Duchy, and secured an agreement with the Dark Elves. After Adair’s power caused a dangerous backlash, he recovered and set out for Osen City to help Lawrence.

• Han Shuo subdued the Evil Knights through Little Skeleton, strengthened Brettel City with Mountain People recruits, and discovered a guarded Metal-Extreme Land beneath Lingluo Mountain.
• Han Shuo sowed distrust among the Seven Grand Duchies, rescued Helen Tina from Feluodia’s rebellion, and helped her kill Kekalu and take control of Xijie City and the Xilun Duchy.
• Han Shuo returned to Sun Radiance Valley and the Lizardmen, then persuaded Adair to leave the Lizardmen alone before killing her after she secretly poisoned him.
• Han Shuo negotiated trade and non-aggression terms with Xialan, learned to summon Old Ghouls successfully, and returned to find Helen had restored her standing and taken control of the duchy.
• Han Shuo arranged secret trade between Helen and the Lancelot Empire, spent two days with Helen, and learned that National Preceptor Stassom might support the Seven Grand Duchies.
• Han Shuo infiltrated Benedict Sackville’s residence, succumbed to the lewd power he had absorbed from Adair, and later overcame the forces within him as Lolth’s attempt to punish him failed.
• Han Shuo recovered, learned that Lawrence was threatened by the succession struggle in Osen City, and sent Gilbert to aid Trunks before traveling to Osen City himself.

Han Shuo reached Osen City, secured support for Lawrence, and gained recognition as a marquis while deepening his ties with Fanny, Emily, and Phoebe. After exploring the Undead World and sparring with Carola, he learned more about the Skeleton Magic Staff before Gilbert summoned him to Sun Radiance Valley over Trunks’s disappearance.

• Han Shuo returned to Osen City, visited Fanny at the academy, and verified that he had become a necromancy archmage.
• Han Shuo pledged his support to Lawrence, learned of powerful connections that could aid Lawrence’s bid for the throne, and offered to train Bolands in his martial technique.
• Han Shuo was pulled into the Necromantic Paradise, joined forces against Little Skeleton, and helped him seize a Netherglow Crystal from the spring guarded by Bone Dragon Zaxika.
• Han Shuo met Utrede and Grace, accepted the king’s support for Lawrence, and received the title of Marquis after agreeing to spare Utrede’s other sons.
• Han Shuo confronted Chloe in a public sparring match at the academy and won by summoning an undead force, then helped Fanny recruit more than fifty students for the Necromancy Department.
• Han Shuo comforted Emily after Phoebe accepted their relationship, then agreed to initiate Bolands into the Heavenly Demon Sect and sparred with Carola to demonstrate his techniques.
• Woaofu explained the Skeleton Magic Staff’s powers and the Death Cemetery’s possible connection to other planes, and Han Shuo went to Sun Radiance Valley after Gilbert reported that Trunks had disappeared.