Recaps

Li Lin secured the elves’ support against the Five-Nation Alliance, then abducted Saintess Catherine Dideyasi to undermine Dideyasi’s ties to the Temple. While Catherine struggled in captivity and Herbert remained alive, unrest spread across the continent and Anna arrived seeking Li Lin.

• Angela rescued the prince and Lika from the Grand Duke of Lalia, then gave the prince an experimental strength-enhancing potion.
• Li Lin and Angela entered the elves’ lands after Angela destroyed a settlement that had captured elves, and the Elf Queen agreed to renew the alliance with Li Lin.
• Li Lin offered Nisi a place in the Arcane Council, and Nisi considered pursuing the Arcane Mage position her sister Ailinna had wanted.
• Li Lin chose Dideyasi as his next target, then captured Saintess Catherine after using a Shadow Dragon to separate her from Herbert and the paladins.
• Angela began training Catherine in captivity, while Li Lin learned that the Temple might replace Catherine and discovered the Pillar of Magic Essence could release a deadly poison.
• Nia confirmed that Anna had reached the Black Forest, where Anna attacked holy knights after suspecting their allegiance to the Five-Nation Alliance.
• Catherine escaped briefly into the forest but returned to the castle, while Li Lin used magic on her and showed Herbert an illusion that made him swear to kill Li Lin.
• Nia reviewed rising political unrest and Ringwraith City’s dwindling grain supply as missile research and the satellite system continued to advance.

Li Lin restored the Magic Empire, declared war on the Five-Nation Alliance, and led its forces in the destruction of Casablanca and the defeat of Xialuo’s army. As he set out to negotiate with dragons, he encountered the Red Armament Forces and arranged to visit their ruler.

• Catherine failed to escape Angela and Li Lin, fell into their control, and later watched as Li Lin sealed her awakened soul in a gemstone.
• Li Lin sent Catherine and Xiali to Dideyasi, ordered Angela to raise an army of Ghouls, and prepared the Magic Empire’s satellites and weapons.
• Li Lin confronted the Mages’ Association, announced the Magic Empire’s return, and Nisi became the Evocation Master after receiving her rune.
• Li Lin declared war on the Five-Nation Alliance and ordered Angela and Anna to attack Casablanca, where Ghouls slaughtered the residents and raised them as undead.
• Li Lin destroyed the Xialuo army that marched on Casablanca, captured Kane, and returned to Ringwraith City as the mages pledged to fight the empire’s enemies.
• Li Lin took Angela, Yi Aier, and Suoxiate aboard the Moon Princess to negotiate with dragons, then sent Yi Aier to aid black-armored troops fighting the Temple’s paladins.
• Li Lin met the Red Armament Forces, recognized their commander’s ancient augmented armament, and asked him to arrange talks with his country’s ruler.

Li Lin forged alliances, reshaped his body with dragon blood, and maneuvered Catherine into becoming a Holy Maiden to challenge the Temple. While his undead attack drew Geligao Li and the priestess into the mountains, Li Lin drove a wedge between them and left Geligao Li ready to strike him.

• Li Lin exposed Queen Xitalisi as a demon seeking refuge from the war between the Lower Realms and the Upper Realm, then captured an angel and confirmed the magic beacon came from the God of Justice.
• Li Lin secured a contract with the Chromatic Dragons after Angela defeated their strongest fighters, then used dragon blood and Spring of Life water to reshape his body.
• Li Lin entered Angela’s memories and witnessed her family’s deaths, her starvation, and her brutal execution before completing his transformation.
• Li Lin offered Catherine a way to preserve her authority, and she accepted a Seed of Holiness potion that transformed her into an angel before the crowd at the Holy Light Feast.
• At Li Lin’s order, Angela sent undead wolves to attack Telu Small Town, and Catherine used the assault to rally the royal family and send Geligao Li, a priestess, and Li Lin to investigate.
• Li Lin and his companions fought waves of undead in the snowy mountains, where the priestess revealed that Walast had been her teacher and refused to discuss her scars.
• Li Lin gave the priestess Catherine’s letter and steered her away from Geligao Li, then led her to a cave steeped in evil while Geligao Li argued that they should continue investigating.
• The priestess rejected Geligao Li’s feelings and said she would continue alone, while Li Lin demanded that Geligao Li apologize and Geligao Li raised his fist at him.

Li Lin’s forces crushed the Vila Federation, confronted the God of Justice, and expanded their influence through diplomacy, military reform, and new recruits. As Li Lin prepared for further conflict, Catherine and Henderson each began pursuing plans against the Magic Empire, while Li Lin arranged to use the coming invasion to test Catherine.

• Li Lin sent Angela’s undead army against Kasel Fortress and the Vila Federation, where the undead, dragons, and Angela overwhelmed the defenders and Henderson’s paladins.
• Li Lin destroyed the God of Justice’s otherworldly gate, sealed his divine power, and killed his saint before ordering Angela to eliminate the paladins.
• Angela brought Princess Shirley of the Sea-Encircled Country to Li Lin, who showed her a ruined city before agreeing to send an envoy and help her country against Kudel.
• Li Lin and Yi Aier developed plans for export weapons and new mage uniforms, while Anna recruited thirteen assassins into the Eye of Death to target the Five-Nation Alliance’s leaders.
• Li Lin chose twenty academy students as Nia’s direct students and began planning a Magic Scholars unit, but Catherine’s letter warned that someone was uniting nations against the empire.
• Henderson rescued Mobius from undead and accepted him as a squire, then proposed rallying the nations against the Magic Empire.
• Catherine opposed Henderson’s strategy at the Temple, and Li Lin told her to watch Mobius while arranging for thousands of undead to march toward Xialuo and Dideyasi in ten days.