Chapter Summaries

Loran and his companions reached the purification pool atop Qilin Radiance Peak, where they prepared to remove the matriarch’s consciousness fragments from the Evil Bone Core. After Loran awakened the Qilin Heart Crystal, the Evil Bone Core rose from its sealing chamber and flew toward the pool.

• Liya deciphered the Ancient Qilin Three Powers Formation, and Lei Lin, Snow Spirit Qilin, and A Ze supplied its fire, ice, and water energies to open the stairway.
• Loran’s group climbed to the summit and found the purification pool and the Qilin statue.
• Elder Aila told Loran to awaken the Qilin Heart Crystal with his three elemental powers and use the Lotus Heart Crystal, Holy Spring Crystal, and Tree of Life sap to purify the Evil Bone Core.
• Loran assigned Chief Tongchui, the Water Speaker, Snow Spirit Qilin, Icefield Wolf, and Liya to guard or support the purification, then approached the pool with the sealing chamber.
• Loran poured his elemental powers into the sealing chamber, awakening the Qilin Heart Crystal, and the Evil Bone Core rose and flew toward the pool’s center.

Loran and his companions purified the Evil Bone Core, but the Abyss Matriarch’s true body opened a rift and attacked Qilin Radiance Peak. With the holy land’s defenses failing, they prepared to evacuate aboard the warship while holding off the Matriarch.

• Loran used the Lotus Heart Crystal and Holy Spring Crystal with the Qilin Heart Crystal to destroy the Matriarch’s consciousness apparition and purify the core.
• The Matriarch’s true body began emerging through an abyssal rift, so Chief Tongchui prepared the defenders while Loran kept the core in the Purification Pool.
• Snow Spirit Qilin identified the statue as the defensive hub, and Lei Lin, Snow Spirit Qilin, and A Ze activated its barrier with flame, ice, and water energy.
• Loran waited fifteen minutes for the core to finish absorbing the pool’s energy, then retrieved the fully purified core and ordered the evacuation.
• The Matriarch’s head emerged and rapidly damaged the barrier, so Loran ordered everyone aboard the warship while he and his companions prepared to hold her back.

Loran and his companions escaped the collapsing sacred land aboard the warship, using the purified core and the remaining sacred energy to resist the Abyss Matriarch. The warship launched, but the Matriarch and her swarm pursued them across the sea of clouds.

• The Abyss Matriarch shattered the barrier and sent tentacles after the core, while Snow Spirit Qilin and the Icefield Wolf failed to stop them.
• Liya drew out the sacred land's remaining purification power, and Loran used the core to form a shield that protected the group as they descended the light stairway.
• The Matriarch's tentacles broke the stairway supports, but A Ze and the Water Speakers made a temporary water bridge while Loran and Lei Lin drove back the attackers.
• Loran and the others boarded the warship, repelled tentacles and Evil Bone Insects, and Chief Tongchui launched the ship using an emergency energy crystal.
• The Abyss Matriarch emerged with a swarm of Evil Bone Insects, tentacles, and Soul-Corroding Flying Insects Nests, vowing to reclaim the core and pursue the warship.

Loran and his companions escaped the Abyss Matriarch by activating the warship’s Purification Cruising Speed and reached Blackstone Outpost, where they prepared defenses and repairs. The Matriarch still sought the Purification Core and vowed to kill Loran, leaving the group determined to unite allies and confront her rather than flee again.

• Snow Spirit Qilin revealed that the Purification Core could activate the warship’s hidden runes, and Loran used it to boost the ship’s speed and strengthen its shield.
• The Abyss Matriarch marked the warship’s position with a trail of evil power, while A Ze contacted the Swamp Spirit Clan’s water speakers for help concealing it.
• Loran and his companions reached Blackstone Outpost, where dwarven guards and water speakers helped replenish the warship and hide its energy fluctuations.
• Loran ordered the warship repaired and the Purification Core protected, and he told Chief Tongchui to warn Elder White and Elder Aila about the Matriarch’s attack.
• Loran told Snow Spirit Qilin that they would gather allies and stop the crisis instead of fleeing, while the Matriarch vowed to find the core and kill him.

Loran and the allied forces fortified Blackstone Outpost after learning the Matriarch planned to use the core to open a planar gate for an abyssal legion. As the defenders prepared to repel her forces, an Abyssal Evil Bone Lord and hundreds of Evil Bone Insect Husks attacked, and the outpost’s first cannon volley failed to break through the lord’s barrier.

• Liya confirmed that the core had been purified but warned that it sensed the approaching abyssal rift, while the outpost’s defenses were strengthened with cannons and warning runes.
• Elder White, Elder Aila, and Chief Tongchui arrived with reinforcements and supplies, and Aila revealed that the Matriarch needed the core to open a planar gate.
• Loran and the allied forces spent two days building layered defenses, and the druid tribe arrived with a Nature Symbiosis Formation on the third day.
• The Nature Early Warning Runes sounded an alarm, and the Icefield Wolf reported an approaching abyssal monster as an Abyssal Evil Bone Lord advanced with hundreds of Evil Bone Insect Husks.
• The Snow Spirit Qilin identified the lord’s chest crystal as its core, and Chief Tongchui ordered the steam cannons to fire; the lord deflected two cannonballs with an evil-mist barrier.

Loran and his allies defeated the Evil Bone Lord, but the Abyss Matriarch opened a Planar Gate and launched attacks on the continent’s strongholds. Loran set out with a small group for the Rotting Soul Abyss to close the gate while the others split up to defend their homes.

• Elder White, Lei Lin, Snow Spirit Qilin, Loran, and their allies coordinated their attacks to shatter the Evil Bone Lord’s Evil Bone Crystal and defeat it.
• Elder Aila and the elves trapped the insect husks, while Liya and A Ze helped weaken the lord’s defenses.
• Snow Spirit Qilin warned that the Matriarch had begun opening a Planar Gate, and messages reported attacks on the Radiant Temple and Elven Forest.
• Loran divided the alliance’s forces, sending Elder White and Elder Aila to defend their strongholds while Chief Tongchui remained at the outpost.
• Elder White, Elder Aila, and Chief Tongchui gave Loran’s group supplies and protective tools before Loran led them aboard the warship toward the Rotting Soul Abyss.
• The Abyss Matriarch watched from the rift as Loran and his companions approached, preparing to close the gate.

The holy warship fought the Abyss Matriarch’s flagship in the Rotting Soul Abyss and destroyed it by severing its energy line and shattering its Abyssal Evil Crystal. As the crew turned toward the Planar Gate, a whispering evil mist vortex rose between them and the gate, stirring despair.

• Snow Spirit Qilin identified the evil bone energy source powering the Planar Gate, while the Abyss Matriarch’s flagship emerged from the miasma and attacked the holy warship.
• A Ze prepared the steam cannons, and the crew reinforced the warship’s shield against the flagship’s barrage.
• Loran discovered the flagship’s energy transmission line, and Icefield Wolf cut it with the Fallen Star Iron dagger while Lei Lin destroyed the Flying Insect Matriarch’s nests.
• Loran struck the Abyssal Evil Crystal with the Three Saints Purification Spear, and the flagship disintegrated into the lava chasm.
• An evil mist vortex formed between the holy warship and the Planar Gate, and its whispers filled the crew with despair.

Loran and his allies crossed the evil mist vortex and attacked the Abyss Matriarch’s Planar Gate and Evil Bone Energy Source. As the energy source began to disintegrate, the Matriarch launched a final attack, and Loran prepared a decisive sword strike.

• Liya used Tree of Life sap to shield the group from the mind-disrupting evil mist, and Snow Spirit Qilin found a passage through the vortex using sacred land energy.
• Loran ordered the warship through the passage, and the group emerged before the nascent Planar Gate, where the Abyss Matriarch was powering an enormous Evil Bone Energy Source.
• Loran assigned his allies to restrain the Matriarch, attack the energy source, and protect the warship, then leaped down with Icefield Wolf to destroy the source.
• Lei Lin was wounded while she and Snow Spirit Qilin restrained the Matriarch’s tentacles, but A Ze, Water Whisperer, and Liya exposed a crack in the energy source for Loran to strike with the Purification Core.
• As abyss creatures forced their way through the widening gate, the Matriarch launched abyss cores at Loran, who fused the Purification Core with his three-element power and raised his sword for a final slash.

Loran and his allies destroyed the Evil Bone Energy Source, closing the Planar Gate and purifying the Rotting Soul Abyss. The wounded Matriarch escaped into a hidden fissure, while the group regrouped aboard the warship and confirmed the canyon was beginning to recover.

• The Snow Spirit Qilin, Liya, A Ze, and Lei Lin combined their powers to protect Loran and the warship from the exploding core's energy storm.
• Loran and the Icefield Wolf charged the Evil Bone Energy Source as the chief gunner's cannons severed the Matriarch's tentacles and gravely wounded her.
• Loran infused the energy source with purification power and destroyed it, causing the Planar Gate to close and forcing the abyssal creatures back.
• The Icefield Wolf stabbed the Matriarch, and Loran struck the energy source's heart; the Matriarch then fled into a hidden fissure.
• Loran used the Purification Core to disperse the canyon's miasma and restore the land, while the Snow Spirit Qilin treated Lei Lin's wounds and Liya found a new rune in the Illustrated Catalog of Plants.

After defeating the abyssal creatures, Loran and his companions celebrated the continent’s recovery and chose how to protect it. As their paths diverged, the wounded Abyss Matriarch survived in hiding, leaving the threat unresolved.

• A Ze told Loran that the Planar Gate had stabilized and no abyssal creatures remained, and Loran confirmed that the continent was safe for now.
• Elder White and Elder Aila reported that the temple had been cleared, the eastern forest held, and the Tree of Life had regained its radiance.
• Loran and his companions saw the continent recovering, then gathered with its people in Green Forest Town to celebrate their victory.
• Loran entrusted the Purification Core to Elder White and Elder Aila, while Lei Lin and Snow Spirit Qilin, the Icefield Wolf, Liya, and A Ze each chose their next path.
• Loran stood watch over the peaceful town with the Icefield Wolf as signs of renewal shone across the continent.
• The Abyss Matriarch’s broken body began healing in a hidden fissure, and she remained defiant despite the continent’s renewed strength.

Loran and his allies discovered that the Matriarch’s Origin Worm was siphoning energy from the Purification Core and Qilin Heart Crystal to recover. After temporarily stabilizing both, Loran prepared an expedition to destroy the worm in the Rotting Soul Abyss, but Lei Lin insisted on joining them.

• Loran noticed black streaks contaminating the Purification Core and rushed to the Purification Temple with A Ze, Liya, and the Icefield Wolf.
• Snow Spirit Qilin and Liya identified the Matriarch’s Origin Worm as the source of the contamination, while A Ze warned that the corrosive liquid could awaken previously purified Evil Bone fragments.
• Liya used the Illustrated Catalog of Plants to reveal that the Origin Worm was siphoning energy from both the Purification Core and the Qilin Heart Crystal.
• Chief Tongchui’s holy iron ingots purified the corrosive liquid, and Lei Lin and Snow Spirit Qilin restored the Qilin Heart Crystal’s glow.
• Loran assigned Snow Spirit Qilin, Lei Lin, and Chief Tongchui to protect the temple while he, Liya, A Ze, and the Icefield Wolf prepared to destroy the Origin Worm.
• Lei Lin objected to staying behind and insisted on joining the expedition to the Rotting Soul Abyss.

Loran and his companions destroyed the Matriarch’s Origin Worm in the Rotting Soul Abyss, restoring the Purification Core and ending the immediate threat. They returned to Qilin Radiance Peak and planned to keep watch over the remaining Origin Evil Bone while helping the continent recover.

• Loran and his companions entered the Rotting Soul Abyss with Lei Lin and fought off the Matriarch’s Evil Bone Shadow Guards.
• Snow Spirit Qilin warned them that the Matriarch was absorbing energy through the Origin Worm and the Origin Evil Bone.
• The Matriarch sent the Origin Worm into the evil bone pile, unleashing an Evil Bone Storm against Loran and his companions.
• The Icefield Wolf found the Origin Worm, and Loran destroyed it with a Purifying Light Spear, restoring the Qilin Heart Crystal’s energy.
• Loran and his companions returned to Qilin Radiance Peak, where they agreed to monitor the Origin Evil Bone and help the continent rebuild.

Loran and his allies worked together to contain the Origin Evil Bone in the Rotting Soul Abyss before its power could corrupt the surrounding mountains. They defeated the Bone Puppets and left the evil bone suppressed by a system that could be maintained over time.

• Loran and Snow Spirit Qilin discovered that the Origin Evil Bone was drawing scattered fragments together, while the druid elder warned that its power would corrupt the mountains within seven days.
• Chief Tongchui proposed an Evil Power Confinement Dome, A Ze prepared a Soul-Purifying Water Formation, and Liya planned to reinforce the defenses with the Elf Clan's Rune Locking Formation.
• At the abyss, the allies set up the water formation and vines, carved protective runes, and lowered the dome around the Origin Evil Bone.
• Evil Bone Puppets attacked the dome, so Liya, Lei Lin, Snow Spirit Qilin, and the druid elder fought them while Loran prepared to suppress the source of their power.
• Loran joined the Purification Core with the Holy Spring Crystal to form a Three Saints Purification Pillar, weakening the Origin Evil Bone until the puppets collapsed and the water formation cleansed their fragments.
• Chief Tongchui confirmed that the dome could keep absorbing and purifying evil power as long as its Holy Spring Crystal was replaced regularly.

Loran and the continent’s clans built Watchkeep to guard the Rotting Soul Abyss and monitor the suppressed Origin Evil Bone. As the fortress began its first patrol, a faint light revealed that an unknown danger still lurked deep in the abyss.

• Elder Aila’s elves embedded the last nature crystal in the sealing formation, which would warn the clans if evil power stirred.
• Loran proposed building a fortress at the rift, and Chief Tongchui, Liya, and the other clans assigned its defenses and supplies.
• Over the next month, the clans built Watchkeep with fortified walls, watchtowers, a purification tower, and facilities for maintaining water and plants.
• At the opening, clan representatives gave Loran a banner and other defenses, and he declared that the clans would guard the continent together.
• Snow Spirit Qilin told Loran that Lei Lin had found scattered Qilin Clan members who would arrive at Qilin Radiance Peak and send warriors to the fortress.
• Watchkeep’s first patrol began, while an unknown pale black light flickered in the deepest reaches of the abyss.

Elder Cangxuan returned with Qilin reinforcements and revealed that ancient Shadow-Erosion Fel Energy had weakened the abyssal seal. Loran and his allies defended the fortress and destroyed the Shadow-Erosion Beasts’ core, though the rift’s threat remained.

• Elder Cangxuan arrived with three Qilin warships and warned that Shadow-Erosion Fel Energy had weakened the ancient seal.
• The Evil-Awakening Flowers blackened, the Purification Forest withered, and the Water Whisperer reported that the water array had been breached.
• Loran and Chief Tongchui activated the Holy Iron Dome while Elder Cangxuan, Lei Lin, and Snow Spirit Qilin trapped the Shadow-Erosion Beasts in an ice and fire net.
• Liya used the Illustrated Catalog of Plants to locate the beasts’ dark red energy core in the black mist.
• A Ze formed a light mirror to reveal the core’s location, and Elder Aila’s elven archers shattered it with runic arrows, causing the trapped beasts to dissolve.

Loran and his allies temporarily reactivated the seal in the abyssal rift and learned that an Evil Energy Hive lay beneath it. They began preparing an expedition into the abyss while the fortress remained under guard.

• Elder Cangxuan revealed that the Shadow-Erosion Beasts were protecting an Evil Energy Core, and Loran used the Purification Core's avatar and Qilin origin power to unleash a purifying beam.
• The beam dispersed the black mist and made the Evil Energy Core dormant, but the core sent a signal deeper into the abyss before breaking apart.
• Elder Cangxuan gave Loran the Abyss Chronicles, which revealed that the Evil Energy Cores were tendrils of an Evil Energy Hive beneath the Rotting Soul Abyss.
• Lei Lin urged the group to descend into the abyss, and Snow Spirit Qilin warned they would have to cross the space-distorting Wuwang Miasma Belt.
• Chief Tongchui proposed building an Abyss Exploration Ship, and Loran formed an expedition team while asking Elder Cangxuan to defend the fortress.
• Watchkeep's allies began preparing the ship and reinforcing the fortress as the Evil Energy Hive sensed the seal's tremors and stirred in the darkness.

Loran and his companions sailed from Watchkeep aboard the Abyss Exploration Ship to reach the Evil Energy Hive, but the Wuwang Miasma Belt trapped them in distorted space. They found an ancient Qilin navigation altar that revealed a way to navigate through the miasma using three-element resonance, ice and fire, and nature.

• Loran left Elder Cangxuan in charge of Watchkeep and received an Ice-Fire Communication Crystal before the Abyss Exploration Ship set sail.
• Liya and A Ze used the Illustrated Catalog of Plants and Soul-Purifying Water to guide the ship, but the Wuwang Miasma Belt disrupted their navigation and began corrupting the ship's defenses.
• Miasma Evil Puppets boarded the ship, and Loran, Lei Lin, and Snow Spirit Qilin destroyed them by combining the Purification Core's power with fire and ice.
• Liya's Illustrated Catalog of Plants detected ancient energy, leading Loran to steer toward ruins where they found an ancient Qilin navigation altar.
• Liya translated the altar's instructions, which said the group could reveal the route to the Evil Energy Hive by activating it with three-element source power, using ice and fire as guides and nature as the path.

Loran and his companions activated the navigation array, revealing a protected passage through the miasma toward the Evil Energy Hive. After learning that the hive’s core could be destroyed only by a combined resonance of their powers, they set out for Evil Bone Canyon, where guardians awaited them.

• Loran, Lei Lin, Snow Spirit Qilin, and Liya restored the slab’s array, which opened a passage through the miasma and anchored the exploration ship in space.
• Liya warned that the route to the Evil Energy Hive passed through Evil Bone Canyon, guarded by Miasma Evil Puppets and powerful Evil Energy Guardians.
• A Ze used the water-ripple navigation line to detect guardians, while Chief Tongchui prepared the steam purification cannon.
• Loran learned that destroying the hive’s evil energy crystal core required the Three-Element Source, ice and fire power, and nature’s power to resonate together.
• After resting for an hour, Loran and his companions sailed toward Evil Bone Canyon as the hive’s guardians gathered at its entrance.

Loran and his companions fought through Evil Bone Canyon, destroying its Miasma Evil Puppets, two Evil Energy Guardians, and the crystals powering them. With the canyon’s evil energy source shattered, the puppets turned to ash and the evil wind subsided.

• Loran ordered the crew to attack the Bone-Winged Puppets while A Ze and Liya defended the ship and Chief Tongchui covered them with steam cannons.
• Loran, Lei Lin, and Snow Spirit Qilin flew to the canyon entrance and discovered three Evil Energy Crystals powering the puppets.
• Two Evil Energy Guardians rose from the cliffs, and Liya identified the three-element resonance needed to break their chest cores.
• Lei Lin and Snow Spirit Qilin restrained the guardians while Loran and Icefield Wolf struck their chest crystals simultaneously, destroying them.
• Loran shattered the three Evil Energy Crystals, causing the Miasma Evil Puppets to turn to ash and the canyon’s evil wind to subside.

Loran and his companions reached the Evil Energy Hive and prepared to destroy its Fel Crystal Core by breaking the barrier with a Five-Force Resonance Formation. As the hive attacked, Chief Tongchui's cannons opened a window for the group to take their positions, and the final battle began.

• Loran and his companions returned to the damaged warship, where Chief Tongchui and the others completed repairs while Snow Spirit Qilin located the Evil Energy Hive at the canyon's end.
• The group found the hundred-meter hive protected by an evil-energy barrier and a Triple Evil Bone Seal around its Fel Crystal Core.
• Loran explained that five powers had to resonate to break the barrier, and Liya assigned positions for the formation while Chief Tongchui prepared to draw the hive's attacks.
• The hive sent tentacles toward the warship, and Chief Tongchui fired the steam cannons, destroying the attacking tentacles.
• Loran, Liya, Lei Lin, Snow Spirit Qilin, and A Ze took their positions and combined their powers into a pillar of light aimed at the barrier.