Chapter Summaries

Felas explored the first floor of the Magic Tower’s upper levels and found valuable ranger knowledge, though he needed to reach higher floors for more advanced resources. A week later, Jose joined Tydanore’s powerful figures in the Endless Void, where Savannah and five other Demigods began fighting.

• Felas toured the first floor of the Magic Tower and discovered that its shops, training services, and cultivation resources drew many Professionals.
• Felas searched the Cultivation Resource Exchange Center’s ranger catalogs, found rare techniques and expert summaries, and resolved to pursue access to higher floors.
• Jose sensed powerful magical fluctuations beyond the Plane Barrier, received a warning from the Gloomy Forest, and teleported into the Endless Void.
• Jose joined hundreds of powerful figures watching Savannah face five Demigod-level opponents, including Moorlin, a Sun Elf, an Orc, a hooded figure, and a Nine-Headed Serpent.
• The six Demigods began fighting, and Jose watched Savannah as the flames on her wings shrank instead of spreading.

Jose reflected on the Red Nest Matriarch’s return, refined his magical training, and prepared Sussex Kingdom as the Dragon Worship Cult grew stronger. After the Cult destroyed Andorhal and the northern powers formed a stalemate, its envoy Eldo visited Jose and pressured him to join its cause.

• The Mermaid Empress helped the Orc warrior drive off the Nine-Headed Serpent, and Savannah and the black-robed powerhouse retreated from the demigod battle.
• Jose concluded that the Dragon Worship Cult had prepared for Savannah’s return and began training to control and conserve his energy more precisely.
• Ergou informed Jose that the Dragon Worship Cult had destroyed Andorhal, killing its three Legendary Barbarian defenders and a Legendary Witch with the help of Mother of the Cold Tide, an unfamiliar Red Dragon, and a Lava Dragon.
• Jose placed Sussex Kingdom on war readiness and anticipated that the Dragon Worship Cult might expand into its territory.
• The Northern Witch Council and the Four Northern Kingdoms faced the Dragon Worship Cult in a tense stalemate, after which Eldo visited Jose and urged him to join the Cult against human powers.
• Jose refused to commit Sussex Kingdom to the Dragon Worship Cult, and Eldo ended their discussion with a veiled threat.

Jose agreed to fight the Legendary Red Dragon Breath of Terror, Kandar, to settle whether the Sussex Kingdom would ally with the Dragon Worship Cult. After three months of failed attempts to reach the Legendary Mage level, Jose arrived late for the duel and began battling Kandar, who revealed a dangerous purple flame after Jose’s defenses held.

• Jose accepted Eldo’s proposal for a duel with Breath of Terror, Kandar, and they set the fight for three months later on the grasslands beyond the Triangle Plains.
• Jose failed to reach the Legendary Mage level during his training and spent the night before the duel charging the Phoenix Heart.
• Jose made Kandar and the Dragon Worship Cult wait until sunset before arriving at the battlefield.
• Jose and Kandar began a contest of Dragon Language Magic, and Jose recognized that Kandar had the advantage in magical control and experience.
• Kandar’s purple magical flame nearly broke Jose’s Fire Elemental Barrier, but the barrier recharged and rose to Legendary strength.
• Kandar covered himself in purple flames and declared he would no longer underestimate Jose.

After Jose and Breath of Terror fought to a draw, Jose entered the Legendary realm and became a genuine Legendary Mage. The Elf King then revealed that collecting the Four Elemental Gems offered a path to godhood and began explaining the existence of natural deities.

• Jose and Breath of Terror exhausted their magic in a prolonged battle, agreed to a draw, and exchanged their names.
• The Dragon Worship Cult slowed its eastward advance, while Jose welcomed fleeing grassland tribes and the Sussex Kingdom expanded with support from Sun Sail Port.
• Jose broke through to the Legendary realm in his Magic Tower, then studied advanced magical knowledge until he became a genuine Legendary Mage.
• Jose visited the Elf King in Andunar to ask about the Four Elemental Gems.
• The Elf King explained that gathering all four gems could open a path to godhood and introduced natural deities as a kind of god distinct from deities of faith.

After learning about Tydanore’s major powers and the struggle over the Four Elemental Gems, Jose gathered his familiars to address the Sussex Kingdom’s worsening finances and plan a new trade route. He ordered Grem to clear obstacles in Gloomy Forest, while reserving legendary beasts for himself to handle.

• The Elf King told Jose that the Four Elemental Gems were the first step toward godhood, named the known holders of the Fire Heart and Ocean Heart, and explained that all six demigod slots in Tydanore were occupied.
• Jose returned to the Sussex Kingdom, gathered his familiars, and reviewed the kingdom’s empty treasury, declining trade revenue, and depleted resource deposits.
• Hulk proposed selling surplus grain and buying prairie horses, while other familiars suggested exploring the Underdark and searching the kingdom for minerals.
• Jose announced that he intended to open a route through Gloomy Forest to connect the Sussex Kingdom with the Duchy of Norn and ordered Grem to lead the effort to clear territorial Extraordinary Beasts.
• Jose instructed Grem to report any legendary beasts to him rather than attack, then ended the meeting while Hulk remained behind.

Jose received a mysterious beast-hide scroll from Hulk and discovered it revealed a message when exposed to Earth Elemental energy, but he set its secret aside to focus on growing stronger. Meanwhile, his vassals hunted Extraordinary Beasts, and an Orc force trapped and poisoned a Crimson Gold Bear.

• Hulk presented Jose with an ancient blank beast-hide scroll, and Jose accepted it despite not knowing its purpose.
• Jose tested the scroll in the Magic Tower, infused it with Earth Elemental energy, and revealed the message, "Let my blood descendants use my blood to open the Gate of Earth," along with an image.
• Jose put the scroll away and practiced containing the Phoenix Heart's energy within his body, hoping to improve his combat power.
• Yamo White Wolf's squad found enormous dung in the Gloomy Forest, retreated, and reported signs of a powerful bear-type Extraordinary Beast.
• An Orc force identified the creature as an Advanced Stage Crimson Gold Bear, prepared traps, and lured it into a poisoned pit.
• The Crimson Gold Bear charged into the trap and was struck by poisoned spears as the Orcs began their attack.

Jose and his allies prepared a coordinated assault on the Nine-Headed Serpent to clear the trade route through Skywater Marsh. As Jose’s forces encircled the marsh, the Coiled Water Lizardfolk Tribe faced a crisis after its arrogant master refused to intervene.

• Grem Stone Hammer reported signs of a Legendary beast’s territory, and Jose ordered scouts to identify it while the army held position.
• After weeks of investigation, Jose learned that a Nine-Headed Serpent ruled Skywater Marsh and planned to defeat it by attacking with Kashi, Olivia, and their forces together.
• Jose and the dragon leaders gathered at the Orc camp, where Grem reported the serpent’s kin and Lizardfolk vassals, while Kashi and Olivia described their forces’ positions.
• Jose ordered his allies to finish encircling the marsh that day and attack the Nine-Headed Serpent the next morning.
• Gus Pan-Shui reported the approaching Orc army to the Nine-Headed Serpent, but the serpent dismissed the threat and ordered the Coiled Water Lizardfolk Tribe to handle it.
• A Lizardfolk rushed to Gus Pan-Shui with news of a terrible event.

Gus Pan-Shui learned that the orcs had ambushed his hunting party, while Jose prepared to confront the Nine-Headed Serpent Lizard Udra over his planned trade route through the Gloomy Forest. After negotiations failed, Jose began casting Legendary Magic, World-Ending Fire Stream, and the chapter ended as its destructive power gathered overhead.

• The wounded hunting captain told Gus Pan-Shui that orcs had killed nine members of his team, and Gus rallied the Pan-Shui Tribe to seek revenge.
• An orc messenger reported to Jose that the lizardfolk had suffered heavy casualties in their attack on the orc army.
• Jose rose to meet Udra after the Nine-Headed Serpent Lizard emerged from the swamp, and they exchanged fire and venomous water attacks.
• Jose offered Udra a contract to protect his trade route, but Udra rejected the proposal and challenged him to fight.
• Jose struck Udra with Meteor Burst, then began casting World-Ending Fire Stream as a vast mass of fiery energy formed in the sky.

Jose defeated the Nine-Headed Serpent Lizard, Udra, but Udra escaped into his lake lair. As Jose’s forces attacked the Lizardfolk, their High Priest Gus Pan-Shui pledged the Coiled Water Lizardfolk Tribe’s allegiance and began to share intelligence.

• Jose’s World-Ending Fire Stream scorched Udra, who survived by burrowing into the swamp and fled toward his lake lair after Jose wounded him again with an enhanced Meteor Burst.
• Jose returned to his forces as they tightened the encirclement around Udra’s territory and prepared to drain the lake.
• Kasi Fishman and the Water Marsh Dragons attacked the Coiled Water Lizardfolk Tribe’s settlements, and Udra failed to intervene as the tribe suffered heavy losses.
• Gus Pan-Shui decided to abandon Udra and seek refuge with Jose, but Fishmen ambushed him while he crossed the swamp and escorted him to the Red Dragon.
• Jose accepted the Coiled Water Lizardfolk Tribe’s allegiance and promised to protect it even if he subdued Udra; Gus then began to reveal troubling news.

Jose abandoned his plan to encircle Udra after learning that the Nine-Headed Serpent had an underwater escape route, then used Starfall Burst to devastate Pan Water Lake. Udra fled through the secret passage, and Jose sent Gus Pan-Shui and several Lizardfolk to inspect the serpent’s lair.

• Gus Pan-Shui told Jose that an underground river gave Udra a way to escape, so Jose canceled the encirclement and warned the Lizardfolk to flee.
• Udra emerged from Pan Water Lake, refused Jose’s demand to sign a trade-route protection contract, and attacked the Lizardfolk for betraying him.
• Jose intercepted Udra’s water arrows, then cast the Legendary Magic Starfall Burst at Pan Water Lake.
• The meteor vaporized much of the lake and devastated Udra’s descendants, so Udra retreated through the hidden passage.
• Jose ordered Gus Pan-Shui to send several Lizardfolk to inspect Udra’s old lair and confirm whether the serpent had escaped.

Jose secured the Coiled Water Lizardfolk Tribe’s loyalty, assigned Kashi to develop Pan Water Lake and Skywater Marsh as a southern gateway, and returned to Oka City. As the continental conflict remained in a stalemate, Jose focused on growing stronger and looked forward to reaching adulthood and advancing his dragon level.

• Jose ordered the lizardfolk to recover the wounded serpent lizards and eggs, then rewarded Gus Pan-Shui with a captured serpent lizard as a contracted beast.
• Jose told Kashi to destroy the serpent lizards’ escape route, but agreed to let him keep Pan Water Lake and Skywater Marsh and build a city there as the kingdom’s southern gateway.
• After Kashi began developing the marsh and Grem Blackstone continued opening the route, Jose teleported back to Oka City.
• Jose assessed the stalemate between the Dragon Worship Cult and the Four Northern Kingdoms and concluded that the Sussex Kingdom still lacked the strength to remain safely neutral.
• Jose estimated that he would reach adulthood within seven to ten years and hoped to attain Legendary dragon strength, then went to eat a Six-Headed Serpent Lizard.

Udra escaped the underground river and enlisted the Bloodline Mad Lion in a plan to oppose Jose, warning that the Red Dragon intended to build a road through their territories. Meanwhile, Jose found and activated the Stone Array, revealing a teleportation gate that might lead to a Demiplane.

• Udra emerged from the underground river, mourned the Pan Water serpent clan, and vowed revenge against Jose.
• Udra visited the Bloodline Mad Lion, fought with him, then persuaded him to cooperate against Jose by warning that Jose planned to build a road through their territories.
• Hulk told Jose that a Boarman warrior had found a Stone Array matching the treasure map, and Jose ordered an eight-hundred-gold reward for the warrior’s family.
• Jose brought a Boarman priest to the Stone Array, rearranged its stones to match the map, and had the priest activate it with his blood.
• The Stone Array revealed a teleportation array, and Jose concluded that its fixed destination might be a Demiplane.

Jose discovered a Demiplane saturated with Earth Elemental energy and explored its gem-filled underground caverns, where Earth Elementals guarded a hidden treasure. After sending Duheng Stonefang back to Red Fort, Jose continued alone toward the Demiplane’s core and spotted a human figure in the mist.

• Jose and the Boarman priest entered the Demiplane, where Jose discovered that Earth Elementals made up most of its atmosphere.
• Duheng Stonefang found evidence that someone had erased writing left by a legendary Boarman, and Jose identified a cave as the likely route to the Demiplane’s secret.
• Jose and Duheng Stonefang descended through the cave, collected Yellow Gems, and defeated an Earth Elemental that emerged from the wall.
• They found a cavern filled with Earth Elementals and partially erased writing describing a treasure the legendary Boarman had been unable to claim.
• Jose sent Duheng Stonefang back to Red Fort, then secretly explored deeper and followed the increasing Earth Elemental energy westward.
• Jose passed powerful Earth Elementals and entered a pale yellow mist, where he saw a human figure ahead.

Jose discovered that Berthasa had been petrified in a mysterious Demiplane, then left when his legendary Orc follower called for help. He reached the battlefield, where his forces had turned the tide against a Bloodline Mad Lion, and confronted the Nine-Headed Serpent Udra, whose attack on the Orc army provoked his wrath.

• Jose found Berthasa's petrified statue and deduced that Medusa and a powerful unknown being inhabited the Demiplane.
• Jose teleported out after receiving an urgent call from his legendary Orc follower, who reported an attack by a legendary Bloodline Mad Lion.
• Jose saw Grem Stone Hammer fighting the Bloodline Mad Lion and learned that Kashi's reinforcements had helped turn the battle in the Orcs' favor.
• Jose recognized that the attack had been planned and suspected the Nine-Headed Serpent had coordinated it with the Bloodline Mad Lion.
• Jose arrived at the battlefield, rallied his forces with his Dragon Might, and called out Udra, who emerged from the river.
• Udra fired water arrows at the Orc army, and Jose blocked them with an enhanced Deflection Field before vowing to punish the Nine-Headed Serpent.

Jose was ambushed by the Shadro Giant Python while battling Udra, but unleashed Legendary Magic to kill both attackers and survived unharmed. He pursued and captured the Bloodline Mad Lion, then returned with it to help the Orcs recover from the battle.

• Jose strengthened his fire magic and kept Udra under pressure while the Orc army retreated from the river.
• The Shadro Giant Python ambushed Jose, ensnared him with its coils, and dragged him toward Udra as they fell from the sky.
• Jose unleashed Legendary Magic—World-Ending Fire Stream, killing the Shadro Giant Python and Udra while surviving the flames.
• The Bloodline Mad Lion fled, but Jose and Kashi caught it, and Jose forced it to sign a thousand-year labor contract.
• Jose, Kashi, the Bloodline Mad Lion, and Grem returned to the battlefield to treat the wounded and gather the fallen Extraordinary Beasts.

Jose assigned Gauluki to help Grem open and guard the trade route, then received an envoy from Steelbeard Stronghold seeking aid against a Legendary spider beast in the Underdark. He offered to help if the Gray Dwarves formed a mutual defense alliance, and the envoy left to consult Moraini Steelbeard.

• Jose salvaged valuable parts from two slain Legendary Extraordinary Beasts and spared Gauluki, whose name he learned through the Devil Contract.
• Jose assigned Gauluki to work with Grem and guard the trade route, then returned to Red Fort.
• Three days later, Ergou told Jose that Moraini Steelbeard had sent an envoy requesting a meeting.
• Envoy Maiti explained that a Legendary spider beast threatened Steelbeard Stronghold's mining and ore supply.
• Jose offered either to hunt the beast for five hundred thousand gold coins or to help for free if Steelbeard Stronghold signed a mutual defense alliance.
• Maiti said he needed Moraini's approval, and Jose agreed to await his answer.

Jose accompanied Moraini Steelbeard to Blackstone Mine to help the Gray Dwarves deal with the Termode Demon Spider. After discovering a vast spider horde in the Deep Underdark, Jose sensed that the approaching Legendary spider was not the one he had fought before.

• Jose and Moraini Steelbeard formed an offensive and defensive alliance, and Jose led scouts into Blackstone Mine to investigate the spider threat.
• Moraini Steelbeard recounted how he had encountered the Termode Demon Spider, barely escaped, and later lost another battle when it shrank itself.
• The scouts found only a few weak spiders in the mine, so Jose led the group deeper into the Underdark to resolve the danger.
• Jose's group reached Spiderweb Forest, where a horde of at least five hundred thousand spiders watched them without attacking.
• Jose examined the spider horde and sensed a powerful presence approaching, then realized the approaching Termode Demon Spider was not the one he had fought in Ink Bone City.

Jose fought the Termode Demon Spider, using fire, spells, and close-quarters tactics to overcome its speed and webbing. He seized its front legs and attacked with Dragon Breath, but the spider cut off both legs to escape his grip.

• Jose opened the battle by striking the Termode Demon Spider with a fireball, then burned through the spider swarm with Burning Domain as his followers prepared to fight.
• The Termode Demon Spider climbed onto the Underdark ceiling and evaded Jose’s Dragon Breath, while Jose enhanced his speed and slowed it with earth magic.
• Jose charged through the swarm and used Flame Lord’s Grasp to delay the spider, then activated Phoenix Heart and burned through its webbing as he closed in.
• The Termode Demon Spider tried to flee with webbing and attacked with venom, but Jose melted its escape line and evaporated the venom with Dragon Breath.
• At close range, Jose read the spider’s movements and seized its two spear-like front legs, then blasted its head with Dragon Breath and heated its legs with fire magic.
• As its defenses rapidly weakened under Jose’s attack, the Termode Demon Spider severed both of its front legs to free itself.

Jose and the Sussex forces escaped Spiderweb Forest after discovering that four Legendary Termode Demon Spiders lived there, then returned toward Steelbeard Stronghold to prepare for a possible conflict. Jose ordered the mine guarded and scouts sent to investigate the spiders’ motives, while VanCleef’s Red Dagger elites set out through an underground passage toward the stronghold.

• The injured Termode Demon Spider summoned reinforcements, revealing three more Legendary spiders, and Jose led the Gray Dwarves and kingdom army in a retreat.
• Jose used Legendary Magic—World-Ending Fire Stream—to halt the spider swarm’s pursuit and give his forces time to escape Spiderweb Forest.
• Jose questioned Moraini Steelbeard about the mistaken report of a single spider, then reasoned that the colony might be guarding against a threat or protecting a treasure.
• Jose rejected collapsing Blackstone Mine and ordered it guarded and monitored while scouts investigated the Termode Demon Spiders; Moraini agreed to keep him at Steelbeard Stronghold.
• VanCleef led Red Dagger elites from Red Fort toward the Underdark as Jose and Moraini returned to Steelbeard Stronghold and approached its gates.

Jose stayed at Steelbeard Stronghold while Red Dagger investigated the mysterious activity in Spiderweb Forest. Church returned with a moving, decomposed troglodyte head, and Jose recognized the pale blue soul fire in its eyes as evidence of an undead threat.

• Jose praised Steelbeard Stronghold's defenses, toured its districts with Moraini Steelbeard, and settled into the central castle.
• After Red Dagger reported hearing a large battle made up only of spider screeches, Jose ordered VanCleef to investigate deeper into Spiderweb Forest.
• A week later, Church found something disturbing in the forest and triggered a web while fleeing the spiders that swarmed toward him.
• VanCleef rescued Church with a teleportation scroll, and Church showed him a leather pouch containing a foul-smelling object.
• Church brought a decomposed, animated troglodyte head to Jose and Moraini, and Jose identified it as undead.