Chapter Summaries

Su Ming used Qiluo’s blessing to teleport boilers, steam turbines, and generators to the Pansy in a single compound-array attempt, pushing his power beyond its previous limits. The equipment was installed without the plane’s will rejecting it, leaving Zijin to suspect that the old machines themselves had caused earlier disturbances.

• Su Ming organized the ship’s workers into departments, checked the materials inventory, and cleared the propulsion area for the next installation.
• Su Ming found Qiluo suffering indigestion after eating pork belly; she mistook digestive tablets for candy, then used Moon’s Offering to help him teleport the equipment.
• At the Earth factory, Su Ming chose to teleport the boilers, two steam turbines, and two generator sets together, while researchers prepared to record the experiment.
• Su Ming deployed five overlapping magic arrays and endured a powerful surge of Magic Power as the equipment crossed space and recombined in the Pansy’s reserved foundations.
• Stacy praised Su Ming’s aptitude, and Zijin noted that the plane’s will did not reject the teleportation; she suspected the earlier disturbances had been caused by the old machines and considered writing a new spell to investigate.

After waking aboard the Pansy, Su Ming reviewed Zijin’s notes about the ship’s staffing and water needs, then discovered the bridge had been decorated with spikes and skulls. A late-night meal was stolen by Qiluo, who was chased off by Jielusi, while Ruixiuli offered to teach Su Ming a dark-element flying spell.

• Su Ming woke in his new room and read Zijin’s note explaining Beianqi’s late-night work, the proposed personnel changes, and the need to secure fresh and boiler water.
• Su Ming went out on deck and found the bridge covered in jagged bone spikes and human skulls.
• Ruixiuli and Jielusi told Su Ming they were guarding the bridge, and Ruixiuli offered him a meal box that Qiluo swiftly snatched.
• Jielusi attacked Qiluo for littering, and Qiluo fled into the night as Jielusi pursued her.
• Ruixiuli told Su Ming that Jielusi was using Gossamer Wings of Darkness and offered to teach him the spell.

Su Ming oversaw the ship’s preparations to depart while analyzing intelligence about the Light Combined Fleet and planning the coming battle with Katharine. A report about the enemy’s unusual collection of spring water led Su Ming and Zijin to conclude that the fleet included a Silver Dragon.

• Su Ming set the ship’s departure for four o’clock the following afternoon, ordered the bridge-building team replaced, and prioritized work needed for launch.
• Su Ming transferred water-treatment, propulsion, and auxiliary equipment aboard the ship as Zijin and Beianqi continued installation work.
• Su Ming reviewed intelligence from Katharine and Princess Dafulin, concluded the Light Combined Fleet favored long-range gunnery, and discussed possible enemy tactics with Katharine by delayed communication.
• Princess Dafulin reported that a Temple of Light supply ship had collected mountain spring water at Clear Spring Village, prompting Su Ming and Katharine to suspect the fleet had a Silver Dragon.
• Zijin confirmed that the fleet likely included a Silver Dragon, explaining that Silver Dragons were exceptionally particular about drinking water.

Zijin and Su Ming assessed the Silver Dragon Race’s strengths and concluded that Grand Elder Yinfei was probably absent from the approaching battle. Meanwhile, Admiral Tai'ao'duo discovered his fleet had been misled, redirected it toward the Giant Horn Peninsula, and grew anxious about Yinfei’s unexplained absence and the Dragon Race’s secret agreement with the Temple of Light.

• Zijin explained that silver dragons were powerful fighters whose reflective scales resisted magic, and identified Yinfei as an especially formidable opponent.
• Zijin inferred from the fleet’s supply list that Yinfei was not aboard, and Su Ming concluded that the Dragon King Gelie and Lanmo were also unlikely to appear.
• Tai'ao'duo learned that the White Bone Train was an ice-and-snow decoy, canceled the landing plan, and ordered the fleet to sail toward the Giant Horn Peninsula.
• Tai'ao'duo questioned the silver dragon Yin'er, who said Yinfei had promised to return as soon as possible but had not explained where she went or why.
• Tai'ao'duo worried that Yinfei’s absence threatened the coming battle and recalled the secret agreement formed after Gelie intervened to protect Liya from the Temple of Light.

Tai'ao'duo learned that Yinfei had vanished after reading a picture book, while Su Ming's team prepared a plan to disable the Jade Sea and Tang Valley and incapacitate its silver dragons. The chapter ended with Dodder proposing to use a virus against the dragons, with Stacy identified as the virology expert who could lead the effort.

• Tai'ao'duo questioned a cook, who recalled Yinfei reading a newly arrived picture book before flying northeast and leaving Yin'er in charge of the pursuit.
• The adjutant reported that the book's cover resembled those published by Sang River Illustration Publishing House, and Tai'ao'duo ordered the latest titles investigated.
• Su Ming and Dodder agreed to destroy the Jade Sea and Tang Valley, and they approved extending their wire-guided torpedoes' range to 200 kilometers.
• The team ruled out using missiles to kill the silver dragons, seeking instead to cripple their combat ability without making a peaceful resolution impossible.
• Zijin and Stacy identified psoriasis virus as a threat to silver dragons, and Dodder proposed that Stacy lead a plan to use it against them.

Su Ming oversaw the Pansy’s new power system and hull construction, then redirected idle workers into a damage control team. In the North Sea, Temple of Light priests inspected the Pious Widow and ordered it to leave waters closed for five days.

• Su Ming and Beianqi started the steam turbine, patched its leaking pipes with magic, and began testing the condensate recovery system.
• Su Ming approved plans for magical reinforcement and had the trainees prepared for ongoing operation and maintenance.
• Su Ming stopped the crew from decorating the hull with murals and discovered Zijin had destroyed a statue of two people and punished its sculptors.
• Su Ming ordered Rupert to form a damage control team and have its members practice running throughout the ship.
• A Temple of Light priest captain inspected the Pious Widow and its cargo, accepted gold from the shipowner, and ordered the vessel to turn back because the waters were closed for five days.

Stanton and Yuya located the Temple of Light’s main fleet and reported that it was headed for Giant Horn Island. Su Ming prepared long-range torpedoes for a strike against the Jade Sea and Tang Valley, then tasked Beianqi with using the dwarven semi-submersible Five Fangs to deploy them.

• Stanton and Yuya flew beyond the blockade, spotted the Temple of Light’s fleet, and measured its position, course, and speed.
• Stanton’s reconnaissance report reached Su Ming, who ordered Miao Xin to transfer the modified torpedoes because their hiding place had been exposed.
• Fengshou explained that each torpedo carried a 600-kilogram explosive warhead after its fuel compartment was enlarged to extend its range.
• Su Ming’s workers prepared the torpedoes with oxygen, alcohol, explosives, and impact-trigger rune arrays.
• Su Ming told Beianqi to take the torpedoes aboard the Five Fangs and use the submersible to attack the Jade Sea and Tang Valley.

Su Ming prepared a torpedo strike against the Temple of Light’s fleet while Fengshou completed anti-ship missiles as a backup. Aboard the Five Fangs, Beianqi began initializing the torpedoes for the attack, but Qiluo’s unexpected arrival threatened to disrupt the process.

• Su Ming trained Beianqi on the torpedo simulator, then sent her and the torpedoes aboard the Ale toward the Five Fangs.
• Su Ming checked the Pansy’s overnight construction and inspected Fengshou’s completed anti-ship missiles, learning that eight had been taken for live-fire tests.
• The Five Fangs reached its interception position east of the Giant Horn Peninsula and submerged for a nighttime torpedo launch.
• Beianqi began the torpedoes’ fifteen-minute initialization and stopped Qiluo from touching them while they had to remain still.
• Qiluo revealed that she had hidden in a supply crate aboard the Ale and eaten its contents, prompting the crew to hope she would repay them with vegetables.

Beianqi launched two fiber-optic wire-guided torpedoes toward the Temple of Light’s fleet and guided them through the deep sea. She discovered two enormous ships at the fleet’s center, and Stanton reported that one was the newly identified flying-beast carrier Water Nest.

• Beianqi launched two Fever Suppository torpedoes and monitored their progress through fiber-optic cables.
• She sent the torpedoes down to 500 meters, increased their speed, and rested while the crew kept watch.
• At five in the morning, the torpedoes reached the designated waters and Beianqi used sonar to locate the Temple of Light’s fleet.
• Beianqi guided the torpedoes past auxiliary ships and toward the fleet’s diamond formation.
• She found two identical large ships at the formation’s center, and Stanton reported that the fleet had rendezvoused with the Water Nest.

Beianqi’s torpedo attack against the Temple of Light’s fleet revealed that the Naga Clan was fighting alongside it, and one torpedo destroyed the Water Nest. After reviewing the data, Su Ming prepared to plan an attack on the remaining Jade Sea and Tang Valley.

• Beianqi discovered that Naga warriors had detected and destroyed Fever Suppository No. 1 with underwater magic.
• Beianqi diverted the Naga pursuing Fever Suppository No. 2 by separating its warhead from its propulsion unit, allowing the warhead to strike a flying-beast carrier.
• The underwater explosion broke the Water Nest in half and sank it, while the Naga Queen destroyed the torpedo’s propulsion unit.
• Beianqi returned to the Pansy, where Su Ming examined the attack data and identified the sunk carrier as the Water Nest.
• Su Ming asked Zijin to investigate the size and personnel of the Naga forces, then began considering how to finish off the Jade Sea and Tang Valley.

The Yinma Lake transported the Esmeralda to a test area so engineers could study how radar detected wooden sailing ships and modify anti-ship missile seekers for low-radar-cross-section targets. Meanwhile, the disabled Fever Suppository No. 1 torpedo self-destructed underwater, killing nearby Naga Clan warriors.

• The Ocean Express crew watched the semi-submersible Yinma Lake overtake them while carrying the Esmeralda.
• The Peace Bridge received notice of a temporary no-navigation zone and spotted the electronic reconnaissance ship nicknamed the street prowler.
• The Yinma Lake submerged at the designated site and released the Esmeralda and a smaller fiberglass sailing vessel.
• The test crew found that radar barely detected the Esmeralda and began adjusting the seeker software on missiles aboard a Jiangkai II Class guided-missile frigate.
• The emergency computer in the damaged Fever Suppository No. 1 torpedo initiated its self-destruct sequence after losing contact.
• The torpedo exploded underwater, and its shock wave killed many nearby Naga Clan warriors.

The Temple of Light fleet counted the devastating losses from the underwater explosion while the Naga mourned their dead. After the Naga Queen urged the fleet to keep fighting, two silver dragons failed to capture Feather Race scouts who escaped using a net sprung from the sea.

• Rescuers saved more than 80 percent of the Water Nest’s human crew, but the fleet lost over half its Sea Eagle Beasts, and at least eighty Naga warriors were killed or missing.
• The Naga Queen led a sea burial, as the clan’s witches sealed the fallen warriors’ life scales in Weeping Pearl Clams and sent their bodies into the abyss.
• General Tai'ao'duo questioned the Naga Queen about the cylindrical alchemical weapon, and Yin'er warned that the Silver Dragon Guard might withdraw if the fleet could not counter it.
• The Naga Queen insisted the fleet keep attacking, arguing that the weapons were conspicuous underwater, vulnerable to precise magic strikes, and weakened by anti-shock shields.
• Yin'er spotted two Feather Race scouts, and two silver dragons pursued them before an enormous net erupted from the sea and let the scouts escape.

Su Ming received reports on the enemy fleet and the silver dragons’ attack, while preparing a disease countermeasure with Stacy. As the enemy planned its assault, the Pansy’s final propulsion components were installed.

• Yin'er warned Tai'ao'duo that the dragons would pursue only the Bone King and Bay Owl, while the Naga Queen demanded revenge for her son and Tai'ao'duo ordered an attack during the blizzard.
• Su Ming learned that the Naga Queen’s son had died in the torpedo attack and read Stanton’s report identifying the Light fleet’s ships and Grodno port as its supply base.
• Stanton reported that he and Yuya had been injured in an ambush by silver dragons, and Su Ming sent Xueya back with a note wishing them a swift recovery.
• Stacy explained that her plague research had helped healers develop disease-removal spells and that she had kept the virus repository while imprisoned; she prepared to treat silver dragons with salicylic acid, coal tar, and healing magic.
• Su Ming oversaw the installation of the Pansy’s two propulsion pods, and the crew completed the power and cooling connections by sunset.

Su Ming and the crew successfully tested the Pansy's propulsion system, then set sail from the bay and increased speed into open water. Meanwhile, a guided-missile frigate near Tahiti launched a missile that struggled to identify and track its sailboat target.

• Su Ming announced that the Pansy's trial run had succeeded after Gospel started the propulsion system.
• Su Ming ordered preparations for departure, and the crew completed checks, repaired leaks, and hauled in the mooring lines.
• Su Ming ordered the port engine ahead and turned the Pansy toward the channel before transferring command to the bridge.
• The bridge brought both engines ahead, and the Pansy left the bay as the crew celebrated on deck.
• A Jiangkai I-class guided-missile frigate near Tahiti launched a missile that identified its sailboat target only within fifty kilometers and briefly lost it.

Jin Rongjia and Su Ming confronted testing and equipment problems as they prepared the Pansy for an impending battle with the Naga Clan. They left radar upgrades for later, installed mast radar components, and continued refining torpedoes and missiles, with key reliability issues still unresolved.

• Jin Rongjia considered the difficulty of finding test targets for missiles designed to attack superhumans without magic devices.
• Fengshou reported that mast radar could reliably detect sailing warships at 150 kilometers, and Su Ming rejected costly upgrades that required six megawatts of power.
• Su Ming oversaw the installation of mast radar and summoned sonar components to prepare the Pansy for fighting the Naga Clan.
• Su Ming and Fengshou discussed quieter electric torpedoes, capturing a Naga to measure its hearing, and the speed of supercavitating torpedoes.
• Fengshou showed Su Ming missile tests revealing seeker problems, and Su Ming ordered him to improve reliability because alcohol reserves were low.

Su Ming used Rainbow One to secretly survey the Light Fleet while the Pansy's crew continued sea trials. The drone returned with detailed fleet data but crashed during landing, and Su Ming insisted the engineers adapt it for carrier operations rather than replace it.

• The Pansy's crew tested the ship's propulsion and handling, then corrected its ballast after discovering it veered while coasting.
• Su Ming launched Rainbow One with help from wind-magic trainees and used synthetic aperture radar to map eleven warships and record their headings and speeds.
• Yin'er and two other silver dragons endured itchy scales aboard the Jade Sea and Tang Valley, and Yin'er sensed Rainbow One overhead but decided not to raise the alarm.
• Rainbow One crashed into its landing buffer frame, and Su Ming repaired it with magic while concealing that it had become Rainbow Two.
• Su Ming reviewed the reconnaissance results with the engineers and rejected their offer to switch to a carrier-based aircraft, asking them to modify his current model for deck landings.

Su Ming modernized the newly installed naval gun while Stacy told him how Tai'ao'duo had forced her to poison Bojisi in Divine Might Prison. The account left Su Ming determined to take revenge, though Stacy clarified that Tai'ao'duo had summoned her for treatment, not to harm her sexually.

• Younier reorganized the ship's personnel into three rotating shifts and assigned them shipboard duties.
• Su Ming and the crew installed the MK-71 Naval Gun, and Su Ming began adding radar and an intelligent fire-control system.
• Stacy brought Su Ming coffee and asked whether Tai'ao'duo could be captured or killed; Su Ming said the cautious commander would be difficult to stop.
• Stacy explained that Tai'ao'duo had summoned her in prison to treat his hair loss, and she had instead made a poison to take revenge on the temple leadership.
• Tai'ao'duo forced Bojisi to drink the poison and die before Stacy, then had her flogged for three days; Stacy said the suffering turned her toward revenge until Su Ming rescued her.

Su Ming learned of Stacy’s desire to kill Tai'ao'duo and resolved to deal with him. Aboard the Light Fleet, Tai'ao'duo’s officers analyzed a strange picture book before he launched the White Curtain operation to trap the White Bone Fortress in the polar ice.

• Stacy told Su Ming she wanted Tai'ao'duo dead because she still suffered nightmares about Divine Might Prison, but lacked the strength to kill him herself.
• Su Ming accepted Stacy’s personal fixation and silently resolved to take action against Tai'ao'duo.
• Tai'ao'duo and his staff examined the picture books and debated what their illustrations revealed about the Bone King, Bay Owl, Grand Elder Lanmo, and Grand Elder Yinfei.
• Tai'ao'duo ordered the books set aside and planned a semicircular blockade to drive the White Bone Fortress north into the ice.
• Tai'ao'duo announced that the fleet would use a coming blizzard and a magic weapon to destroy the target under the codename White Curtain.

Su Ming prepared the Pansy for the Light Fleet’s attack, learned the enemy’s winter-magic tactics, and tested new weapons and missiles. He sent Rupert and a damage-control team on a mission at Grodno, revealing that he planned to seize spoils the next time the enemy fleet was defeated.

• Su Ming explained to Katharine that the Pansy could retreat into Arctic ice, while Katharine identified the Light Fleet’s Veil of Eternal Winter and Heart of Winter and shared intelligence exposing its attack plan.
• The Pansy tested its modernized Mark 71 heavy gun, and Beianqi admired its new fire-control system and dynamic propellant charges.
• Miao Xin and Fengshou arranged the transfer of two Hawk Chicken anti-ship missiles, which Su Ming’s crew fueled with purified liquor from the Sea of Divine Grace and the Ale.
• Zijin asked where Rupert had gone, and Su Ming said he had sent Rupert and the damage-control team to Grodno to prepare for the next battle’s spoils.

Su Ming and Zijin used the Rainbow Two drone to locate the Light Fleet and launched two Hawk Chicken missiles at the carrier Jade Sea and Tang Valley before a blizzard arrived. The Silver Dragons destroyed the drone and one missile, leaving the other missile’s fate unresolved as Yin'er prepared to expand the patrol.

• Rainbow Two found the Light Fleet divided into two battle groups, and Zijin concluded that the enemy knew the Pansy’s position through Naga reconnaissance.
• The weather system predicted a severe blizzard at five the next morning, prompting Su Ming to order a missile strike on Jade Sea and Tang Valley.
• Su Ming launched two Hawk Chicken missiles and used Rainbow Two to illuminate the carrier for their radar guidance.
• Twelve Silver Dragons took off after detecting Rainbow Two, and Su Ming’s aircraft was destroyed when a dragon’s breath struck its wing.
• After Rainbow Two’s signal vanished, one missile switched to its own radar seeker, but the Silver Dragons shot it down with a barrage of dragon breath.
• Yin'er prepared to lead Silver Dragons above the clouds on an expanded patrol.