Recaps

Dragon Emperor Agnes revealed her strength and turned the battle against the mech warriors, while the Dragon Empress and reinforcements joined the fight. Xipei and Mel reunited safely and talked about getting married, as the larger conspiracy remained unresolved.

• Agnes dropped her actress persona, used her dragon’s bloodline magic to rally the Dragon Cavalry, and attacked the mech warriors.
• Cynthia arrived on a red dragon, scolded Agnes, and thanked Xipei for rescuing the Dragon Emperor.
• Mel returned unharmed after defeating a squadron of magic-powered fighters, and Xipei checked him over.
• Damala, Goliath, Xuefeng, and Moli joined the Dragon Emperor and Dragon Empress in the ongoing battle.
• Xipei and Mel watched the fight, discussed the conspiracy and their hopes for a peaceful life, and agreed to marry when they got home.

The Flame of Fury and Mel were interrupted by reporters, who learned about the Flame’s low-ranking position and the institute’s mistreatment of Ciprins. After the battle, Dragon Emperor Agnes appeared safe and approached the Flame, leaving the reporters and Mel watching.

• Reporters interrupted the Flame of Fury and Mel’s near-kiss, and one reporter recognized the Flame from the Federation Research Institute.
• The reporters questioned the Flame about being a low-ranking government employee, and the Flame criticized the institute’s rigid exam system.
• Mel condemned the institute for dismissing Ciprins’s ancient teleportation research and suspending him, while the Flame comforted Mel.
• The Flame looked for Duoji and saw the Dragon Emperor crying in Empress Cynthia’s arms after the black dragon, Goliath, Xuefeng, and Moli had disappeared.
• Agnes approached the Flame of Fury and grabbed the Flame’s hand as the reporters gathered nearby.

After the Dragon Emperor publicly portrayed Xipei and Mel as a couple, the reporters questioned them about their relationship and the Federation. Xipei escaped the cameras by jumping off a cliff with Mel to rescue a hostage, and they found the fallen slime alive at the bottom.

• The Dragon Emperor praised Xipei and Mel’s rescue, and Mel told reporters that his proposal to Xipei had succeeded.
• Mel and Xipei praised each other as the one who had pursued the other, while the Dragon Emperor urged Mel to cherish Xipei and seek justice for him.
• The Dragon Emperor accused the Federation Research Institute of mistreating Xipei, and reporters pressed Xipei about what he would do to the Federation.
• Xipei claimed he needed to rescue a hostage and jumped off the cliff with Mel, leaving the panicked reporters behind.
• Mel and Xipei teleported safely to the ground, where Mel found the squashed but living slime.

Ciprins and Mel rescued Duoji, but a surviving Machine Zealot attacked and Ciprins destroyed him. The chapter ended with Duoji suddenly convulsing and foaming at the mouth while reporters crowded around instead of helping.

• Mel dispelled his spell on Duoji, restoring the vice director to his normal build.
• Duoji recognized Ciprins and berated him for coming near the Machine Zealots, while the reporters reacted in shock.
• A concealed Machine Zealot sprang up and swung his cannon at Duoji, so Ciprins used an Air Shield to knock Duoji clear and struck the attacker with Hellfire.
• The badly burned zealot escaped his mech and charged at Mel, so Ciprins and his second teacher destroyed the zealot's body and soul.
• Ciprins noticed Duoji convulsing and foaming at the mouth, but the reporters kept taking pictures and one crowded him with a microphone.

After the reporters mistook the Flame of Fury for a torturing dark mage, she tried to explain that the vice president had only fainted from fright. The vice president woke up terrified of her, while Mel and the reporters turned the incident into a public scandal about her past relationship with Reynold.

• A reporter accused the Flame of Fury of cursing the vice president, but she said he might have been poisoned and called for an ambulance.
• The reporters discovered that the five-star old man had suffered a fright-induced seizure, and the Flame of Fury calmed him until he woke.
• The five-star old man recognized the Flame of Fury, began convulsing again, and shouted that he would never dare do it again.
• The Flame of Fury realized she might have frightened the vice president and Reynold, while Mel struggled to hide his laughter.
• The five-star old man fainted again as reporters questioned the Flame of Fury about Reynold, and Mel called Reynold a scumbag in love.

The narrator learned that Moli was a princess of the Holy Dragon Empire who refused to become crown princess because she wanted to study magic and art. After Moli argued with Dragon Emperor Agnes, she invited the narrator and Mephistopheles to visit the capital.

• The narrator used Air Shield to send the reporters flying and left them hanging upside down before returning to the clifftop with Mel.
• Moli ran to the narrator for help, and Dragon Emperor Agnes revealed that her daughter had rejected dragon battle partners and run away to become a mage.
• Moli told Agnes she would not become crown princess unless Agnes took responsibility for governing instead of pursuing acting.
• Dragon Empress Cynthia explained that the Dragon Emperors challenged their children, and losing meant being forced to inherit the throne.
• Moli invited the narrator and Mephistopheles to visit the capital and shop with Ruiduo, and Mel agreed to buy dresses.

Xipei and Mel used Transformation Spells to change into women, then left with Moli and Anna for a shopping trip in the Holy Dragon capital. The Dragon Queen arranged their transport while Goliath stayed behind to help search the ruins and arrest criminals.

• Mel transformed into a striking beauty at Xipei’s request, and Moli urged Xipei to transform too.
• Xipei transformed into a slender, small-chested woman, and Mel grabbed her breasts before apologizing for being unable to resist.
• Xipei considered changing back, but Moli, Anna, and the Dragon Emperor praised her appearance; Mel threw the Dragon Emperor away when she tried to touch him.
• Mel wrapped his arm around Xipei’s and suggested they go shopping in the capital.
• The Dragon Queen arranged a dragon knight to escort Xipei, Mel, Moli, and Anna, while Goliath stayed to help search the ruins and arrest criminals.

Xipei and Mel took the banshees and Damala shopping, where the undead picked out piles of dresses and pushed Xipei into trying on an ivory gown. Mel emerged in a striking red dress, and they agreed to model for the store in exchange for a steep discount on the banshees’ clothes.

• Xipei asked Damala why she could not rest in peace, and Damala said she still hoped for a world without conflict.
• The banshees and Damala eagerly selected dresses and asked Xipei to pay for them.
• Mel and the banshees urged Xipei to try on an ivory gown, and Anna and Moli reacted excitedly when she came out wearing it.
• Mel appeared in an elaborate red gown, and he and Xipei admired each other’s looks.
• A clerk offered to discount the other dresses if Mel and Xipei posed for advertisements, and Mel accepted the deal.

Mel and I enjoyed a romantic day out in Holy Dragon after trading photos for clothes, but their walk was interrupted when a young apprentice knight challenged a group of men who had harassed them.

• Mel and I accepted a clothing store's offer to exchange photos for outfits and declined the chance to become professional models.
• Mel and I dressed in elven jewelry and went to find a romantic couples' meal while Anna and Moli visited an internet café.
• Several young men approached Mel and made lewd remarks, prompting me to prepare to summon Damala.
• An apprentice knight confronted the men and challenged them to a fight to the death for their honor.
• The men mocked the apprentice knight, and she attacked them with her sword, her blade covered in pale red Dou Qi.

Xipei and Mel confronted Osite Republic soldiers who attacked a young woman in the street, and Xipei used magic to defeat them. After the crowd recognized the pair and Ms. Crow called with orders, they prepared to take the surviving soldiers to the Holy Dragon Empire for interrogation.

• An Osite Republic soldier blasted a girl with a metal device, and his companions closed in on Xipei and Mel.
• Mel identified the men as Osite Republic officers, and Xipei used Mage Eye to spot their mechanical implants.
• Xipei attacked the soldiers with magic, killed one with Hellfire, and restrained the rest with help from Mel and her undead.
• The crowd recognized Xipei and Mel as the Flame of Fury and the Evil Shadow Manipulator, while Ms. Crow called and ordered them to bring the surviving soldiers to the Holy Dragon Empire for interrogation.
• Xipei and Mel tied up the surviving soldiers and summoned undead to escort them.

After a knight was badly injured protecting Xipei, Xipei regretted not intervening sooner and resolved to attack the Machine Zealots’ hideout. Xipei and Mel returned to their mage tower with Ruiduo, where Mr. Butler’s claim about a grandson raised questions about Mel’s origins before Teacher Yamier’s apparition welcomed the sprite.

• The dragon knights arrived and took the injured trainee knight away, while Xipei apologized and heard her insist that she had acted as a knight upholding justice.
• Xipei resolved to join Mel and the undead legion in flattening the Machine Zealots’ hideout, then considered researching a way to heal the girl’s broken spine.
• Mel teleported Xipei to the Dragon Emperor’s palace, and they took the sleeping Ruiduo from her room and returned to their mage tower.
• Mr. Butler saw Ruiduo and announced that Mel and Xipei had a child, prompting Mel to question whether he and Xipei were related; they confronted the ghost butler.
• Teacher Yamier’s memory apparition appeared, and Mel introduced Ruiduo, who reached out to be picked up.

Mel and the narrator discovered that Teacher Yamier had returned as a Tower Spirit and learned how Mel had been brought back to life through a forbidden exchange with Yamier’s partner, Nova. The chapter ended with Mel teleporting the narrator to their bedroom after being teased about being over three hundred years old.

• The narrator and Mel found that Teacher Yamier had regained his consciousness as a Tower Spirit, and he apologized for leaving Mel alone for so long.
• Teacher Yamier revealed that Mr. Butler was his partner, Nova, and joked that he was Mel’s teacher’s wife.
• Yamier explained that Nova traded his life for Mel’s after the newborn Mel died, and Yamier revived him with forbidden magic in exchange for Mel being entrusted to them.
• Yamier told Mel that he had existed for over three hundred years because his revival required him to be frozen for three centuries.
• The narrator teased Mel about his age, and Mel teleported the narrator to their bedroom while gripping him from behind.

Ciprins and Mel turned their intimate encounter into playful teasing with transformation spells and dresses, then resumed their lovemaking. The chapter ended with Mel laughing at Xipei for lasting only three minutes while Xipei hid in embarrassment.

• Mel grabbed Xipei and pulled him onto the bed, and Xipei laughed when he noticed Mel's transformation had not concealed his male anatomy.
• Mel returned to his normal form, transformed Xipei into a fake girl, and dressed him in a white dress.
• Xipei kissed Mel and the two embraced, with Xipei finally relaxing in Mel's arms.
• Xipei forgot the endurance spell and climaxed after three minutes, then curled up in embarrassment.
• Mel teased Xipei about improving to four minutes next time and kissed his hand.

Ciprins summoned Damala and the Banshee Troupe to join his first family gathering in the mage tower. The chapter then introduced Angela Rhodes, a druid apprentice raised by a teacher whose gentle lessons clashed with her inherited strength and temper.

• Ciprins learned that summoning conscious archlich Damala across a great distance required intense focus and tremendous magical power.
• Ciprins summoned Damala and the Banshee Troupe to the tower for his first family gathering with Mel, his teachers, and his apprentices.
• Moli joked that the group had gone shopping without paying, then explained that she had used the Dragon Emperor's acting fee.
• The Banshees revealed that they had once been a famous choir in the Northern Kingdom.
• Angela Rhodes recalled that her parents had died fighting the Annihilation Cult and that her teacher had raised her among druids.
• Angela described milking a cow and swatting a giant spider, while her teacher urged her to cherish nature and continue learning traditional druid skills.

Angela recounted her life as a druid mourner, her friendships with Alessia and Ciprins Field, and her admiration for the Flame of Fury. After seeing the Federal Magic Council chair tortured on a broadcast, she learned he had mistreated Ciprins and decided to act on what she had uncovered.

• Angela became a druid mourner, joined the Federation's Magitech Corps, and found work that let her channel her violent impulses.
• Angela befriended Alessia and black mage Ciprins Field, while sensing that Ciprins concealed dangerous powers and a possible curse.
• Angela recognized the Flame of Fury as the legendary black mage who had avenged her parents and grew excited to meet him.
• Angela watched the Machine Zealots' broadcast and became fascinated by the Federal Magic Council chair's suffering.
• Angela investigated the chair and learned that he and Ciprins had broken up, and that the chair had deceived and used Ciprins as a substitute for another love.

Xipei agreed to let her Death Banshees form a girl group and spent several days teaching Anna and Moli corpse-repair skills. The chapter left her startled when Damala brought Lusien and Luolan into the tower, asking whether she should execute them.

• Xipei let the Death Banshees pursue a girl-group career after they promised to help around the tower.
• Xipei and Mel resumed their classes while Teacher Yamier and Teacher Nova looked after Ruiduo, and Damala supervised the apprentices’ magic practice.
• Xipei taught Anna and Moli to stitch corpses together, while Mel punished Anna for trying to attach a lower-leg bone to a shoulder.
• Damala returned from an errand carrying Lusien and Luolan and asked Xipei whether she should execute them.

Xipei and Mel discovered that the supposed Superpower users were rogue sorcerers and asked the Arcane Covenant for help treating Reynold and the Five-Star Old Man. As Mel prepared Hellfire, Goliath burst through a window to intervene.

• Lusien asked Xipei and Mel to investigate why Reynold and the Five-Star Old Man had fallen into comas, and Luolan explained the Machine Zealots’ Superpower users.
• Xipei and Mel recognized the reported abilities as sorcery and told Lusien to contact the Arcane Covenant for sane, capable sorcerers.
• Xipei worried that rogue sorcerers might have stolen relics and books from Radiant Fortress, so she ordered Damala to inspect the ruins.
• An elder of the Arcane Covenant explained that rogue young sorcerers had betrayed the organization after using dangerous magic to increase their power.
• Xipei warned the elder that the victims were in grave condition, while Mel prepared to burn the green-skinned Five-Star Old Man with Hellfire.
• Goliath burst through a window as Xipei and Mel were about to act.

Goliath, Grandpa Pinkbeard, and Lady Crow arrived to help treat Reynold and the cursed five-star old man. After Damala’s rage surged through their mental imprint, the narrator lost control and destroyed the hospital roof, leaving everyone to stare while Xuefeng laughed.

• Goliath sealed the five-star old man inside a cocoon of holy light, and Xuefeng brought Grandpa Pinkbeard into the room.
• Grandpa Pinkbeard examined Reynold and explained that the Curse of Pain would wear off by the next day.
• Goliath and Grandpa Pinkbeard investigated the five-star old man, and Grandpa Pinkbeard angrily condemned the drug’s effects.
• Damala roared through the mental imprint, and the narrator lashed her with mental power before searching her memories and reacting with fury at the warlocks.
• The narrator lost control and brought down the hospital roof while Mel protected the people nearby, and Xuefeng laughed at the destruction.

Xipei learned that warlocks had stolen Hailianna’s staff from the ruins beneath Radiant Fortress, risking the demons sealed there, but reporters branded him the “Master of the Undead” after Damala returned with an army of corpses. Embarrassed, Xipei fled to the mage tower, where Mel showed him online comments praising their matching titles.

• Xipei discovered that warlocks had stolen Hailianna’s staff, which helped keep the demons beneath Radiant Fortress asleep.
• Damala returned with a crowd of undead soldiers, explaining that her new ability commanded nearby corpses.
• Reporters surrounded Xipei and dubbed him the “Master of the Undead,” while Mel comforted him and declared his love.
• Xipei panicked at the nickname and fled back to the mage tower, hiding under a blanket with Mel.
• Mel showed Xipei online comments calling them a perfect match, and Xipei asked when Mel had connected the tower to the internet.

Xipei and Mel discovered that their relationship had become a sensation online, then left their bedroom to return to Goliath and investigate the attacks on Reynold and the others. As they prepared to go, an unexplained spatial distortion shook the mage tower and disrupted its Magic Power.

• Xipei saw that online posts and photos of him and Mel had fueled a wave of matchmaking comments, and Mel explained that Luolan, Crow, and Dragon Emperor Agnes had shared the pictures.
• Mel flirted with Xipei about their sex life, but Xipei stopped the conversation and insisted they deal with the Machine Zealots and the sorcerers who had gone crazy.
• Xipei and Mel encountered Moli and Anna celebrating their teachers’ online fame, then restrained and gagged the apprentices when they became too rowdy.
• The mage tower shook as a spatial distortion made Magic Power irregular and caused Teacher Yamier and Teacher Nova to flicker, leaving Xipei and Mel startled by a disturbance inside their supposedly controlled tower.

The narrator and Mel learned that an explosion in Holy Light City’s central prison had destroyed an energy node in the Northern Cross Barrier, then visited the prison with the Shield of the New Star. There, Lady Crow showed them information about a dragon prisoner whose crimes had included trying to seize the throne.

• Lady Crow told the narrator and Mel that an explosion beneath the central prison had destroyed one of the Northern Cross Barrier’s eighteen energy nodes.
• The narrator and Mel traveled to the prison on an official assignment and received Shield of the New Star badges that let them pass through the barrier without triggering its alarms.
• At the prison, they found Lady Crow furious with her subordinates, while Luolan clung to Lusien and the recovering Reynold trembled nearby.
• Lady Crow showed the narrator and Mel a prisoner’s information, and Mel explained that the dragon had trespassed in the sacred tomb, tried to force Dragon Emperor Agnes into a contract, and attempted to usurp the throne.

Xipei learned that the escaped prisoner Xuesang was Xuefeng’s twin and helped coordinate the search while Damala tracked down suspects. The chapter then shifted to Songwu Angela’s story about frightening a family when she transformed into a bear to milk a cow.

• Goliath explained that Xuesang had been stripped of his dragon status and imprisoned underground after serious crimes.
• Ms. Crow ordered heightened security and sent the Shield of the New Star to pursue Xuesang, while Reynold fainted and recovered.
• Xipei told Damala not to kill suspects or reporters and explained modern laws and soldiers’ right to defend themselves.
• Damala reported finding a warlock and asked which parts to preserve, and Xipei instructed her to bring him as intact as possible.
• Songwu Angela recalled transforming into a giant bear to milk a cow and being reprimanded by her teacher for frightening the family.

Warden arrived in Holy Dragon after the battle and proposed marriage to Reynold, arguing that they would make a useful political match. She then revealed that she wanted to marry him so she could sleep with him, leaving Reynold stunned by her condition.

• Warden recalled her past admiration for Reynold and wondered whether confessing her feelings would frighten him.
• Warden arrived in Holy Dragon after the fighting had ended and waited for Reynold to finish speaking with the human empress.
• Warden checked Reynold for injuries and then abruptly asked him to marry her.
• Warden explained how their marriage could benefit Reynold’s political image and her military ambitions.
• Reynold asked what Warden would gain, and she said she wanted to sleep with him after they married.

The narrator and Reynold agreed to announce their relationship, but an earthquake-like disturbance interrupted them and news arrived that the Federation faced coordinated attacks. The marshal’s sudden death was reported as a heart attack, and Lady Crow and Reynold suspected foul play as the crisis deepened.

• Reynold agreed that he and the narrator could announce their relationship after they returned, provided she did not whip him.
• A citywide tremor shook the area, and Lady Crow’s soldiers contacted others for information while the narrator checked on the sealed ruins with Damala.
• The narrator ordered the devil from her spatial ring to prepare equipment in her mage tower laboratory, and it fled when Mel threatened it.
• Lady Crow and Reynold learned that the Federation marshal had supposedly died suddenly of a heart attack and accused the report of being suspicious.
• Reynold explained that an oil refinery had exploded, while Lady Crow revealed that energy stations, supply points, and magitech weapons factories across the Federation had also been attacked.

Reynold, Lady Crow, and the others responded to a series of explosions, including the discovery of a hidden mechanical mothership near Holy Light City. Xipei went to investigate while Mel agreed to protect Reynold, but on the way Xipei spotted an unconscious person falling through the sky.

• Reynold suspected a plot after the prime minister was hospitalized and footage of his torture kept airing, while Lady Crow argued that the footage drew more attention.
• A communications officer reported that the hills in the capital's northern district had collapsed, revealing a hidden mothership that had escaped the Northern Cross Barrier's detection.
• Lady Crow identified the mothership as a purely mechanical craft likely made by the Osite Republic, and she warned that spies might be operating within the Federation.
• Reynold headed for the parliament building, while Mel agreed to protect him and Xipei set out to investigate the mothership.
• Xipei flew across the capital and saw an unconscious person with a charred jetpack falling past him.