Chapter Summaries

After the assassination attempt and his feud with the Russell Family pushed him to act sooner, Logo used hidden formulas to manufacture Strong Vibration Steel and Red Crystal Gunpowder. He demonstrated their potential to Herbert with a powerful handgun and agreed to submit the technology to the Royal Court while concealing the Red Maple Clan’s role.

• Logo decided to accelerate his plans and learned the formulas for Strong Vibration Steel and Red Crystal Gunpowder.
• Logo manufactured a block of Strong Vibration Steel and about a hundred grams of Red Crystal Gunpowder in his laboratory.
• Logo brought the formulas and a handmade handgun to Herbert, who tested its power and was impressed.
• Logo and Herbert agreed to submit the technology to the Royal Court and keep the Red Maple Clan’s involvement secret.
• Herbert’s hopes of earning enough clan credit to obtain another Legendary resource revived, and Logo wondered at his sudden vigor.

The Gendaya Royal Court agreed on rewards for the Red Maple Clan after it submitted the technical data for strong vibration steel and red crystal gunpowder. Logo received an honorary earl title, a large share of the profits, contribution points, and a regional sales franchise, leaving the clan leaders astonished by their windfall.

• The cabinet ministers, led by Grand Duke Lieyuan and Alex, agreed to reward the Red Maple Clan and meet its requests for contributing the new technology.
• The old earl announced the Royal Court's commendation order, granting Logo the title of honorary earl and placing him above the other six family heads in rank.
• The Royal Court awarded Logo seventy percent of the profits from strong vibration steel and red crystal gunpowder, while the Red Maple Clan received the remaining thirty percent.
• Herbert received enough tribal contribution points to exchange for another Legendary resource and attempt a second breakthrough to Legendary.
• The Red Maple Clan received an exclusive sales franchise for the related equipment across Angedora Bay, including the southern coast, the Xiya Archipelago, and the Seven Magitech Nations.
• The six family heads listened to the awards in bewilderment as the old earl excitedly read the orders.

The Red Maple Clan discussed preparing for Royal Court production of Strong Vibration Steel and Red Crystal Gunpowder weapons, and whether to involve the other great clans. Annabelle Carlos arrived and warned Logo about staring at her, then teased him with a lollipop.

• Viscount Borgia asked when the Royal Court would begin producing weapons, and the old count explained its plans to stockpile materials and start production in about a month.
• Viscount Carven asked whether the Red Maple Clan should bring in the Thorn Clan and White Ape Clan, and the old count said he had already summoned Annabelle and Ronaldo.
• Annabelle Carlos appeared in the hall and searched for Ronaldo, joking that he was hiding because he owed her 100,000 Ta Pounds.
• Logo studied Annabelle, apologized for his curiosity about her life form, and received a warning not to stare at powerful creatures, especially spellcasters.
• Annabelle offered Logo a lollipop as a joke, then kept it for herself and laughed at him.

Logo helped the three clans arrange a weapons-trade alliance backed by the Inferno Minotaurs, then used Royal Court loans and his resources to buy materials for cultivating combatants. He ended the chapter with a Heart of the Mountain Giant and 40 pieces of Gendaya Blood Essence, while keeping a small balance of money and contribution points.

• The leaders of the Red Maple, White Ape, and third clan agreed to divide future weapons profits and cultivate ties with the Inferno Minotaurs.
• The clans chose the Yigeng Tribe, led by Luomu Yigeng, as their powerful backer for entering the dangerous arms trade.
• Logo used his patents as collateral to borrow five million Ta Pounds and redeemed a Heart of the Mountain Giant.
• Logo spent four million Ta Pounds and 6,000 racial contribution points on 40 pieces of Gendaya Blood Essence.
• Logo kept his remaining 300,000 Ta Pounds and 3,000 contribution points in reserve.

Logo examined the Gendaya bloodline crystals, then summoned Wellington Campbell and Ravel Campbell to demand they either resign or swear loyalty to him. He left them tempted by generous, tailored offers to build a mage tower and expand the army.

• Logo studied the Gendaya blood essence crystals but could not decipher the tribe’s bloodline, which seemed to have once been far more powerful.
• Logo showed Lunbate his count’s gold badge and explained that it was not stolen, then sent him to summon Wellington and Ravel.
• Logo questioned Wellington and Ravel about Suke, and Ravel said Suke deserved punishment for corruption and neglect.
• Logo offered Wellington and Ravel the choice to step down or swear loyalty in exchange for resources.
• Wellington found resources for his dream mage tower in his folder, while Ravel received plans to expand the army and establish a mecha force.

Logo secured Wellington and Lavier’s allegiance, then arrested Suke on charges of corruption and misconduct. After Suke surrendered, Logo ordered Melier to execute him, leaving Wellington and Lavier stunned and demanding an explanation.

• Logo promised Wellington and Lavier benefits, and both swore allegiance to him.
• Suke worried that his embezzlement and misconduct might be exposed, while believing the failed assassination attempt had been concealed.
• Logo arrived at Suke’s quarters with Melier, Wellington, and Lavier and ordered them to seize him.
• Suke surrendered after Logo accused him of embezzlement, bribery, dereliction of duty, and perverting the law.
• Logo signaled Melier, who killed Suke with his axe.
• Wellington and Lavier reacted with shock and looked to Logo for an explanation.

After Suke’s death, Logo fabricated a cover story and took control of the Campbell Family’s finances, leaving the Russell Family anxious about how much he knew. He then departed for the Xiya Archipelago aboard the Cloud Whale with Melier and Crassus.

• Logo told Wellington and Lavier that Suke had tried to take him hostage and Melier had killed him, giving them a cover story for the Royal Court.
• Logo put Lunbate in charge of the Campbell Family’s finances and ordered him to give ninety percent of its liquid funds to Wellington and Lavier.
• Duoliya and Ron worried that Logo might know the Russell Family had helped arrange the assassination attempt, but ruled out trying to kill him again.
• Logo had Lunbate obtain three tickets to the Gonis City-State and left the estate with Melier and Crassus.
• Logo and his companions boarded the Cloud Whale, which departed for the Pure White Tower in the Xiya Archipelago.

Logo arrived in the Xiya Archipelago to commission a powerful alchemical mecha for Melier and posted an enticing notice at the Mecha Guild to attract a skilled mecha master. He left the guild to wait for interested craftsmen to contact him.

• Logo, Melier, and Crassus arrived at Brian Airport, and Logo checked them into an upscale hotel.
• Logo planned to have a mecha built for Melier using the mountain giant's heart as its core material.
• Logo took Crassus and Melier to the Mecha Guild in Brian City and headed for the alchemical mecha section.
• Logo gave the cat-eared clerk a notice advertising incomplete notes from a top-tier mechanical alchemist for sale.
• Logo paid a 20,000 Ta Pound deposit, and the clerk posted his notice at the guild.

Mecha master Birmingham learned that Logo was selling a top-tier mechanics alchemist’s notes and contacted him, hoping to break through his research bottleneck. After reviewing the notes, Birmingham asked Logo to name his price, and Logo proposed a hundred million Ta Pounds.

• Birmingham heard about Logo’s notes and contacted him to inquire about buying them.
• Logo played King-Hunting Chess with Crassus, then reviewed candidates and chose Birmingham.
• Logo followed Birmingham to his workshop and impressed him by spotting a damaged hydraulic pump.
• Logo showed Birmingham the copied notes for ten seconds, and Birmingham recognized their value.
• Birmingham asked Logo to name his price, and Logo suggested a hundred million Ta Pounds.

Logo persuaded Birmingham to build Melier a custom mecha, providing rare materials and joining the master in its construction. Meanwhile, Lancelot sparred with Rosen at the Crimson Alliance training camp as Windsor watched with growing admiration.

• Logo rejected Birmingham’s offer of one million Ta Pounds and asked him to make Melier a defensive, opponent-restraining mecha with demanding specifications.
• Melier presented a Mountain Giant’s heart, and Birmingham outlined plans to use it with Tedra Alloy and Earth Dragon Beast bones to build the mecha.
• Logo and Birmingham valued the notes at 2.1 million Ta Pounds, then worked together as Birmingham grew impressed with Logo’s alchemical skill.
• At the Leite City special training camp, Lancelot fought Rosen while Burke praised his brother and traded insults with Cole.
• Windsor watched Lancelot with admiration after a month of losing to him in training, despite Burke joking that she enjoyed getting beaten.

Lancelot completed his combat training as the instructors debated whether his close-range abilities and physical strain would keep him from reaching the top thousand in the joint examination. The camp announced that combat training would require a life-and-death waiver, and Lancelot reviewed his improved attributes and abilities afterward.

• Jace warned Tarn and Bette that Lancelot’s Body of Steel would hinder him in the battle royale, while Bette argued that an airdrop sniper rifle could compensate for the weakness.
• Lancelot and Rosen finished sparring, and Tarn praised Lancelot for gaining complete control of Body of Steel.
• Tarn announced that combat training would begin the next day and that participants would have to sign a life-and-death waiver, except for those committed to becoming research-type supernatural beings.
• Lancelot declined Windsor’s invitation to spar, then returned to his room with Rui while Burke and Cole argued behind him.
• Lancelot checked his information panel and found that his Constitution and Spirit had increased, Body of Steel had reached level eight, and Flow Method had reached level seventeen.

Lancelot used potions and training to keep advancing before joining the special training camp’s trip to Sade Arena. There, the instructors compared notes about the other cities’ trainees, and Lancelot locked eyes with Heisen City’s reputed A+ prospect, Dekai Vismonton.

• Lancelot finished his supply of Light of Revival and continued training after the Leite City government increased his monthly support to one million Crimson Notes.
• Burke, Cole, and Rui discussed the combat exercise and agreed to follow Lancelot’s orders during the special operation.
• Tarn led the fifty-seven camp members to Sade Arena, where Luca and Rosen discussed the delayed arrival of Kaladona and Heisen City’s A+ prospect.
• Kaladona arrived and teased Tarn about an old rescue, leaving Tarn visibly frustrated.
• Jace identified Dekai Vismonton as Heisen City’s strong composite-type prospect, and Dekai noticed Lancelot watching him as their eyes met.

Lancelot and his companions arrived at the Sade Arena for the joint combat training exercise, registered under codenames, and learned the rules for matches and betting. After being rated second-rank middle-lower, Lancelot entered ring 003 for his first fight.

• Lancelot registered as Iron Fist while Cole, Rui, and Burke chose Heavenly Radiance Star, Hermit, and Barbarian King.
• Lancelot selected metal gauntlets and a nanofiber combat suit, then heard Burke propose a plan to profit from his early matches.
• Instructor Tarn warned the contestants that the arena had no sensing devices and that signed life-and-death waivers exempted fighters from criminal liability for deaths.
• Lancelot received a second-rank middle-lower rating and entered ring 003 without hesitation.
• Host Mengduo welcomed the crowd and announced the contestants for the first match.

Lancelot, competing under the codename Iron Fist, entered his first match against the overconfident Azure Blade. After Azure Blade defeated Snake Woman, Lancelot stunned the arena by stopping his saber between two fingers and knocking him into the protective glass.

• Azure Blade defeated Snake Woman by damaging and breaking her daggers, then tried to invite her to dinner.
• Lancelot answered the call for the next competitor and entered the arena as Iron Fist.
• Azure Blade mocked Lancelot for being a rookie and attacked him with a cyan-coated saber.
• Lancelot caught Azure Blade's saber between two fingers, silencing the spectators.
• Azure Blade tried to surrender, but Lancelot kicked him into the protective glass.

Lancelot pursued ten consecutive arena wins to secure a betting windfall and faced the speedy Divine Wind in his final match. He caught Divine Wind in a bear hug, earning his tenth victory while Dekai had yet to finish his own streak.

• Lancelot defeated Lava with a side kick and continued his winning streak without resting.
• Burke revealed that he and the training camp had bet on Lancelot, and Instructor Jace secretly joined the wager.
• Dekai reached seven consecutive wins in Arena 009 and learned that Lancelot was rapidly closing in on ten.
• Lancelot knocked out his seventh, eighth, and ninth opponents in one punch each, while Dekai won his ninth match.
• Lancelot raised his Body of Steel output, caught Divine Wind despite his speed, and made him admit defeat.
• Mengduo announced Lancelot's tenth consecutive victory, and Burke celebrated as Dekai's streak remained unfinished.

After defeating Dekai, Lancelot collected his betting winnings, repaid Grove, and signed up for the more dangerous Battle of Transcendence. Dekai decided to enter too and opened another betting pool, leaving both rivals set for a new challenge.

• Dekai learned he had lost to Lancelot, but Kaladona encouraged him, and Dekai promised to cover the special training camp members’ betting losses.
• Lancelot and Burke split their winnings, and Lancelot transferred 200,000 Crimson Notes to Grove to repay his loan.
• Lancelot told Instructor Jace he wanted to enter the Battle of Transcendence, and Jace warned him about the biochemical beasts before agreeing to support him.
• Kaladona told Dekai that Lancelot had signed up for the Battle of Transcendence, and Dekai resolved to enter as well.
• Dekai opened an outside betting pool with 10 million Crimson Notes.

Lancelot fought his first Battle of Transcendence match against a ferocious biobeast, using Body of Steel and the Flow Method to turn its attack aside and batter it. The biobeast was left badly injured, but the chapter ended before the match’s outcome was confirmed.

• Sade Arena prepared Arena No. 125 for Lancelot’s Battle of Transcendence and introduced the match with host Anqi.
• The arena awakened Lancelot’s first opponent, a 2.8-meter-tall humanoid biobeast, which immediately charged him.
• Lancelot activated Body of Steel and rushed to meet the biobeast’s attack.
• Lancelot used the Flow Method to strengthen his right fist and broke the biobeast’s bone spur with a Hadoken.
• Lancelot followed with a kick to the biobeast’s waist, badly injuring it in front of the horrified spectators.

Lancelot easily defeated his first biochemical beast and entered his second fight with his strength intact. He faced a centaur-like beast armed with a bone spike and a missile launcher, and met its flaming missile with a blackened headbutt.

• Lancelot defeated his first biochemical beast, delighting the crowd and earning wins for those who had bet on him.
• Bobby bet his winnings on Lancelot winning the second fight, while most people from Heisen City and Leite City bet against him.
• Cole placed a small public bet on Lancelot losing, then secretly transferred 200,000 Crimson Notes to Burke to bet on Lancelot winning.
• After the five-minute rest, Lancelot entered the cage to face a centaur-like biochemical beast with a bone spike and energy-based attacks.
• Lancelot blocked the beast's charge with one fist, struck its abdomen with the other, and blackened his head to smash into its flaming missile.

Lancelot won his second Battle of Transcendence by riding the centaur biochemical beast and pounding it until it collapsed, though the fight burned away most of his clothes. As his third match began, he faced a swift, powerful biochemical beast with physical, energy, and psychic abilities and prepared to push Body of Steel to its limit.

• Lancelot grabbed the centaur biochemical beast, climbed onto its spiked back, and beat it until it collapsed.
• A staff member brought Lancelot a new combat suit, and the spectators laughed when they realized his old one had burned away.
• Cole, Rui, and Burke pooled 1.6 million to bet on Lancelot winning his third match, while Lancelot asked Jace to place the maximum bet on him.
• Lancelot studied the agile, cheetah-like biochemical beast with a blade-covered tail and a blue crystal that gave off psychic power.
• Lancelot prepared to use Body of Steel at full power in the third Battle of Transcendence.

Lancelot defeated the third biobeast with his full-strength Body of Steel, becoming the branch arena’s fourth competitor to win three consecutive Battles of Transcendence. After Dekai abandoned his second challenge, the arena celebrated Lancelot’s victory and learned he had chosen not to attempt a fourth battle.

• Lancelot detected the biobeast’s psychic attack, resisted its control, and pretended to be affected so it would lower its guard.
• The biobeast launched a high-speed attack, but Lancelot activated Body of Steel at full power, tore out its claws, and struck it into the energy barrier.
• Lancelot defeated the badly injured biobeast after a fast, prolonged fight, securing his third consecutive Battle of Transcendence victory.
• Dekai gave up on his second challenge after hearing that Lancelot had won his third battle, and Kaladona told him the news.
• Cole, Burke, and Bobby celebrated their betting winnings as the crowd learned Lancelot had stopped rather than attempt a fourth battle.