Chapter Summaries

Luo Ge pushed Dragon God Orsted into drawing his divine blade, but Orsted’s devastating slash cut Luo Ge in half and left him near death. As Orsted prepared to finish him, Luo Ge made an insulting gesture and threw a stone, then closed his eyes while awaiting the killing blow.

• Luo Ge realized Orsted had been holding back and watched him regenerate his severed arm with God-Rank Healing Magic.
• Orsted channeled mana through his body, praised Luo Ge’s strength, and drew his divine blade.
• Orsted’s slash devastated the valley, leaving Rudeus, Eris, and Rujierd fearing that Luo Ge had been erased.
• Eris spotted Luo Ge alive in the crater, though the slash had cut him in half.
• Luo Ge accepted defeat, insulted Orsted with a gesture and a thrown stone, and closed his eyes as Orsted raised the blade to kill him.

Rudeus returned with Rujierd and Eris to save the badly wounded Luo Ge from Dragon God Orsted. Their attacks failed to harm Orsted, leaving everyone near despair until someone placed a reassuring hand on Rudeus’s shoulder.

• Rudeus, Rujierd, and Eris returned and attacked Orsted to stop him from killing Luo Ge.
• Rudeus and Eris helped Luo Ge rejoin his severed lower half while Rudeus and Rujierd moved to hold Orsted back.
• Rujierd attacked Orsted at close range as Rudeus used magic to restrict and bombard him, but Orsted blocked their attacks with ease.
• Rudeus unleashed a barrage of compressed spells, but Orsted stood unharmed and said the attacks merely tickled him.
• As Rudeus and the others fell into despair, someone rested a hand on Rudeus’s shoulder and told him he had done very well.

Luo Ge recovered from being cut in half and entered the Transparent Selfless State, then fought Dragon God Orsted in a clash that devastated the Red Dragon's Lower Jaw. Three days later, Rudeus, Rujierd, and Eris found both fighters missing, and Rudeus broke down, fearing Luo Ge had died.

• Luo Ge assured Rudeus and Rujierd that he could fight, then faced Orsted again despite his injuries.
• Luo Ge entered the Transparent Selfless State and dodged Orsted's Godblade attacks with barely perceptible movements.
• Orsted and Luo Ge unleashed their full-powered strikes, causing the Red Dragon's Lower Jaw to collapse as Rujierd fled with Rudeus and Eris.
• Rujierd, Rudeus, and Eris escaped the avalanche and returned to the devastated mountain three days later, where they found no sign of Luo Ge or Orsted.
• Rudeus feared Luo Ge had perished and collapsed in tears after Rujierd led Eris away to give him time alone.

Paul celebrated Rog Greyrat’s victory and promised Norn that they would find Zenith when Rog returned, while Roxy trusted that her student would come home safely. In the Red Dragon Mountains, Rudeus, Rujierd, and Eris encountered an unharmed Orsted, who left without attacking them, leaving them desperate to learn whether Luo Ge was alive and who had won the battle.

• Paul proudly told adventurers that the Demon Sword King Rog Greyrat was his son, then reassured Norn that they would search for Zenith when Rog returned.
• Roxy bought pufferfish to cook for Luo Ge and told Nanahoshi she was certain he could overcome any difficulty.
• After searching the Red Dragon Mountains for over a month without finding Luo Ge, Rudeus and Rujierd decided to return to Milishion for reinforcements.
• Rudeus and Rujierd rushed to help Eris when she screamed and found her facing Dragon God Orsted.
• Orsted picked up the Godblade and left without attacking Rudeus, Rujierd, or Eris, leaving Rudeus puzzled about the battle and Luo Ge’s fate.

Luo Ge lost to Dragon God Orsted at the Red Dragon's Lower Jaw and, expecting to die, asked him to spare his family and find Zenith. Just as Orsted began to deliver the final blow, an unseen force stopped him and a girl called out to him.

• Orsted defeated Luo Ge, severed both his arms, and told him to deliver a threat to Hitogami.
• Luo Ge accepted his defeat and asked Orsted to protect his family and help find Zenith.
• Orsted solemnly agreed to fulfill Luo Ge's final wishes and raised his divine blade.
• As Orsted's blade descended, an unseen interference with fate stopped his hand.
• A girl's voice called from the Red Dragon's Lower Jaw, telling Uncle Dragon to leave it at that.

Lara arrived through a blue vortex and persuaded Dragon God Orsted to spare the dying Luo Ge, promising he was essential to defeating Hitogami. After proving she could restore Orsted’s mana, she watched him leave and turned to save Luo Ge, whom she called her dad.

• Lara appeared with Leo and told Dragon God Orsted that Luo Ge could not die because he was his hope of defeating Hitogami.
• Lara revealed secret knowledge about Orsted and introduced herself as Lara Greyrat, then offered him modified mana crystals.
• Orsted tested a crystal, discovered he could absorb its mana, and departed after agreeing to trust Lara.
• Lara realized Luo Ge was still dying and hurried to his side, recognizing him as her dad.

Lara healed Luo Ge after the Dragon God defeated him, then stayed with him when he unconsciously grabbed her wrist. In a dream, Hitogami warned Luo Ge to distrust the first person he saw on waking, and Luo Ge awoke beside Lara the next morning.

• Lara restored Luo Ge's severed arm and treated his wounds while he lay unconscious.
• Lara secretly photographed and touched Luo Ge as Leo disapproved, then agreed to stay when Luo Ge grabbed her wrist.
• Lara sent Leo through a time-magic scroll and resumed teasing Luo Ge after the sacred beast left.
• Luo Ge met Hitogami in a dream and learned that an unknown person had saved him from the Dragon God.
• Hitogami warned Luo Ge that the first person he saw after waking might be the Dragon God's apostle.
• Luo Ge awoke the next morning in a warm embrace as Lara greeted him.

Lara rescued Luo Ge from the Dragon God and tended to his injuries, then traveled with him down the Red Dragon's Lower Jaw. Lara's unusually familiar behavior and evasive answers left Luo Ge suspicious, and she ended the night by teasing him about their first meeting.

• Lara held Luo Ge close after healing his injuries, and he wondered how she had found him and whether Hitogami's claims about Roxy were true.
• Lara explained that she had learned King-Rank Healing Magic, while Luo Ge thanked her and offered to cook because he thought she was hungry.
• Luo Ge roasted snow rabbits for them, then noticed Lara acted more handsy and less reserved than the Roxy he remembered.
• When darkness and snow made the descent dangerous, Luo Ge built two earth-magic shelters, but found Lara curled up in his bedding with Aqua Heartia.
• Lara denied that her staff was Rudeus's Aqua Heartia and vaguely recalled meeting Luo Ge in Buena Village, then teased him about nearly poisoning himself with pufferfish.

Luo Ge confronted Lara, who claimed to be his teacher Roxy, but he rejected the claim and threw her out. The next morning, Lara revealed that she was Lara Greyrat, a half-demon and an apostle of the Dragon God who had saved Luo Ge, then asked to stay with him.

• Luo Ge accused Lara of impersonating Roxy, shook her, and tossed her out of the fortress.
• Lara tried to reenter the fortress, but Luo Ge blasted her away with Frost Strike, so she retreated to another fortress for the night.
• The next morning, Luo Ge found Lara sleeping on top of him and threatened to throw her to the Red Dragons unless she explained who she was.
• Lara said she was Lara Greyrat, a human-demon half-blood, and admitted she was an apostle of the Dragon God.
• Lara reminded Luo Ge that she had saved him from the Dragon God, and he acknowledged that he owed her for saving his life.
• Lara asked to stay with Luo Ge because he reminded her of her father.

Rudeus returned to Milishion with Rujierd and Eris after finding Luo Ge’s broken sword, which indicated that Luo Ge had died fighting the Dragon God. He gathered his family and companions and confessed that Luo Ge had died protecting him, leaving the room in stunned silence.

• Rudeus, Rujierd, and Eris returned to Milishion carrying Luo Ge’s broken Phoenix Elegant Dragon Sword.
• Rujierd and Eris encouraged Rudeus to face Paul, and Rudeus entered the tavern to meet him.
• Rudeus asked Paul to gather Lilia, Norn, and Aisha so he could tell them something important.
• Paul, Lilia, Norn, Aisha, Roxy, Nanahoshi, Rujierd, and Eris assembled as Rudeus prepared to explain what had happened.
• Rudeus told everyone that Luo Ge had died in battle protecting him, and the room fell silent.

Rudeus told Paul, Roxy, and the others that Luo Ge had died saving him in a fight with the Dragon God, leaving them devastated. News of the Demon Sword King’s death spread across the world, and Isolte, after grieving in isolation, emerged from her room wondering what meaning life had.

• Rudeus brought back the broken Phoenix Elegant Dragon Sword and told Paul and the others that Luo Ge had died saving him from the Dragon God.
• Paul, Lilia, Aisha, Norn, Roxy, and Nanahoshi mourned Luo Ge, while Paul blamed himself and grieved over their lost plans to rescue Zenith together.
• Rumors about the Demon Sword King’s death spread through Milishion and across the world, with conflicting stories about who had killed him.
• Isolte overheard the news in the City of Ars, dismissed it at first as a rumor, then shut herself away as more adventurers confirmed Luo Ge’s death.
• After several days, Isolte left her room and stood outside the dojo, feeling that something was missing from the world and questioning the meaning of being alive.

Paul held a funeral in Milishion for his son Rog Greyrat, whom everyone believed had died, as family, friends, and acquaintances gathered to mourn him. The ceremony was interrupted when Luo Ge appeared alive and asked who had spread rumors of his death.

• Paul arranged a funeral for Rog Greyrat, placing his broken sword and clothes in the coffin because there was no body.
• Norn, Aisha, Therese Latreia, Nanahoshi, and Roxy paid their respects, while Aisha insisted that her brother was only missing.
• Elinalise, Talhand, Badigadi, Randolph, and other visitors arrived to mourn Luo Ge and offer tributes.
• As rain fell over the cemetery, Luo Ge appeared and asked who had been spreading rumors that he was dead.
• Paul stared at his son in disbelief and asked whether he was really alive.

Luo Ge returned alive to find that Paul and the others had held a funeral for him after Rudeus spread news of his death. After clearing up the misunderstanding, Luo Ge reunited emotionally with Roxy, while Paul watched their closeness in dismay.

• Luo Ge confronted Paul about claiming he was dead, and Paul hugged him in relief before Luo Ge punched him to prove they were both awake.
• Luo Ge discovered that the gathering was his funeral and learned that Rudeus had reported his death after returning from the Red Dragon's Lower Jaw.
• Luo Ge asked where Rudeus was and learned that he had left over a month earlier, possibly to take Eris to her hometown.
• Luo Ge apologized to the mourners and explained that the report of his death was false, bringing the funeral to an end.
• Luo Ge told Roxy he had returned and kept their promise, and she touched his face before embracing his head.
• Paul watched Luo Ge accept Roxy's affection and bitterly compared it with Luo Ge pushing him away.

At the funeral, a second Roxy arrived, and both women claimed to be the real one while accusing the other of being Lara in disguise. Luo Ge questioned them and heard conflicting accounts, but the chapter ended before he could determine which Roxy was genuine.

• A second Roxy rushed into the funeral and was stunned to find Luo Ge alive in the arms of another Roxy.
• Luo Ge suspected the newcomer was Lara in disguise, but both Roxys denied knowing Lara and argued that the other was the impostor.
• The two Roxys cast Frost Strike at each other, and Luo Ge stepped between them to stop the fight.
• Luo Ge asked the later-arriving Roxy why she was late, and she claimed she had been attacked and locked in a cabinet overnight.
• The other Roxy denied being attacked and said Elinalise could confirm she had been in the corridor; Elinalise partly supported her account.
• The Roxys continued accusing each other of lying, leaving Luo Ge unable to tell which one was real.

Luo Ge used a question about Voiceless Water Magic to expose Lara Greyrat, who had impersonated Roxy. Lara revealed that she was Luo Ge’s current wife, while the real Roxy remained unidentified.

• Luo Ge held both Roxys’ hands and jokingly declared that they were both his wings.
• Luo Ge questioned the two Roxys about their lives and learned that their accounts differed over whether one had been attacked the previous night.
• Luo Ge asked which Roxy could use Voiceless Water Magic, and the first-arriving Roxy admitted that she could use it occasionally.
• Elinalise and the others suspected the first-arriving Roxy, but Luo Ge defended her and accused the late-arriving Roxy of being Lara.
• Lara stopped pretending and introduced herself as Lara Greyrat, Luo Ge’s current wife.

After Lara imposed herself on Luo Ge, he reunited with the funeral guests and revealed that he had survived a battle with the Dragon God. As the mourners departed, Luo Ge decided to clear up the rumors of his death at the Adventurers' Guild the next morning, while Lara continued to follow him.

• Lara asked Luo Ge to let her stay with him in exchange for one future request, and he reluctantly agreed; Roxy saw them whispering and felt uneasy, but told Elinalise not to interfere.
• Luo Ge ended the funeral, and Badigadi praised him for surviving his fight with the Dragon God; Luo Ge explained what had happened to the assembled guests.
• Randolph served Luo Ge his dragon-meat cooking, making Luo Ge recognize him and throw up, then offered to prepare a final dinner while eagerly learning from Nanahoshi.
• Therese Latreia introduced herself to Luo Ge as his maternal aunt and invited him to visit the Latreia Clan.
• After most guests left, Luo Ge asked Paul about the rumors surrounding his supposed death and decided to visit the Adventurers' Guild the next morning to set the record straight; Paul offered to go with him.

Roxy visited Luo Ge after his return and heard how Lara had saved him from the Dragon God, leaving her unsettled about Lara’s relationship with him. Elinalise suggested that Roxy show Luo Ge how much she cared by cooking him breakfast.

• Roxy found Lara beside Luo Ge’s bed and wondered whether Lara was his wife.
• Roxy asked Luo Ge about their promise, then listened as he recounted the battle with the Dragon God and said Lara had saved him.
• Roxy left Luo Ge’s room feeling dejected and spent the morning wondering about Lara and her relationship with him.
• Elinalise found Roxy distracted, and Roxy asked whether she should do something for Luo Ge.
• Elinalise advised Roxy to surprise Luo Ge with a loving breakfast, and Roxy decided to follow her suggestion.

Roxy made pufferfish soup for Luo Ge, but found him picnicking and laughing with Lara by Lake Grand and left without giving him the meal. After Luo Ge visited her, Roxy misread his reassurance as a sign that he wanted her to leave and decided he no longer needed her.

• Roxy, Elinalise, and Nanahoshi searched Milishion for pufferfish and ingredients, then cooked a pot of soup for Luo Ge.
• Roxy took the soup to find Luo Ge and saw him enjoying a picnic with Lara by Lake Grand, so she turned back without interrupting them.
• Elinalise and Nanahoshi met Roxy on her way back, and Roxy handed Elinalise the soup before returning alone to her room.
• Luo Ge returned to the inn, learned Roxy had shut herself in her room, and went upstairs to check on her.
• Luo Ge told Roxy she could leave Milishion to pursue her dreams if she was unhappy there, and Roxy mistakenly thought he wanted her to distance herself from him for Lara's sake.
• Roxy encouraged Luo Ge to be happy, then concluded to herself that he had grown up and no longer needed her.

Lara persuaded Luo Ge to help her stage a romantic-looking outing with her at Lake Grand, claiming it would repay his debt to her. After Roxy saw them together and left, Lara revealed that she was trying to push her parents toward each other so she could be born sooner and escape her fate.

• Lara woke Luo Ge and proposed a bet, claiming Roxy had romantic feelings for him and asking him to help stage a show.
• Luo Ge followed Lara's instructions and prepared a picnic for them at Lake Grand in Milishion.
• Lara predicted that Roxy would come, and Roxy arrived at the lake carrying a pot that afternoon.
• Lara kept Luo Ge seated as they pretended to be a couple, and Roxy watched them before turning back and leaving.
• Lara explained to herself that she was creating a sense of crisis for her mother to help her parents get together sooner and change her fate.

Luo Ge spoke with Paul about the search for Zenith and Paul's plans to leave Milishion for the Begaritt Continent. Paul then teased Luo Ge about the women around him, prompting Luo Ge to punch him before returning to his room.

• Luo Ge assured Elinalise that Roxy was fine, then met Paul downstairs.
• Paul explained that Lilia, Aisha, and Norn were staying with the Latreia Family while he finished winding down the search and rescue party.
• Paul told Luo Ge he planned to travel to Gapan on the Begaritt Continent to search for Zenith, and Luo Ge agreed to join him.
• Paul teased Luo Ge about Lara, Nanahoshi, and Roxy, then advised him to pursue Roxy and Nanahoshi.
• Luo Ge punched Paul after he continued making lewd suggestions, then left for his room while Paul thought of Zenith.