Recaps

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei received wine yeast cultivated by the Mage Tower Pixies and used it to ferment Star Berry wine. As the different batches began developing distinct aromas, they left the wine to continue fermenting.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei opened gifts and letters sent by friends, while the Magic Wand Tree managed the messenger birds in their courtyard.
• Harper and the other furry creatures brought in a small flask and a letter from the Pixies at the Mage Tower.
• Xie Juanhan found that the flask held berry wine lees with a wraith aura, and he and Telingewei read that the Pixies had cultivated the yeast for them.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei added the Pixies' yeast and fresh Star Berries to a fermentation jar, then moved the wine through its initial fermentation and into storage barrels.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei checked the fermenting berry wine and noticed that the different yeasts had produced aromas resembling gin, sweet wine, and Wraith Wine.

Xie Juanhan cultivated a new wine yeast with Blessing Magic after discovering an icy freshness in a fermenting batch of Star Berry wine. Later, he and Telingewei sampled their wines and opened an early barrel of level-three Star Berry wine, which emerged rose-colored and fragrant.

• Xie Juanhan selected untreated Star Berries and used a dragon’s blessing to cultivate wild yeast, with Telingewei and Moli helping him inspect the fermenting wine.
• Xie Juanhan detected an enticing aroma in one batch, and he and Telingewei tasted its cold, sweet drink and recognized that they had bred a new wine yeast.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei arranged their fermenting wines in the corridor and sampled them, agreeing that the level-three Star Berry batch promised to become excellent magic wine.
• Eager to taste mature wine, Xie Juanhan took Telingewei to the dragon’s cave and brought out a barrel of level-three Star Berry wine fermented with Tammi Golden Wine yeast.
• Telingewei opened the barrel and poured the rose-colored wine into golden cups, where the drink quickly evaporated into a thin mist.

After Xie Juanhan and Telingewei drank level-three magic wine, Telingewei flew to Teme Port while Xie Juanhan fell asleep. During the night, a strange ball of light entered Xie Juanhan’s room and became stuck to his shoulder.

• Xie Juanhan, Telingewei, and the fluffballs drank level-three magic wine, which filled them with Magic Power.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei carried the fluffballs to the study to rest, then Telingewei left for Teme Port to meet Boerman at the Adventurers' Association.
• Xie Juanhan fell into a deep sleep, expecting Telingewei to return by the time he woke.
• A small ball of light bounced through the forest and into Xie Juanhan’s home, passing through the fence, walls, and doors.
• The Magic Wand Tree followed the ball of light into Xie Juanhan’s room and watched it hop onto his shoulder.
• The ball of light tried to wake Xie Juanhan, but it became stuck to his shoulder and cried out while he slept.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei hosted the Vespas for a moon-viewing gathering, where the spirits revealed they knew of a safe spatial node that might lead Xie Juanhan home. Xie Juanhan recognized its location as near Mount Kaonielin and waited for the Vespas to confirm.

• Balls of light stuck to Xie Juanhan while he slept, and Telingewei returned to find them covering him and the Magic Wand Tree transformed into a spirit.
• Xie Juanhan learned the balls of light were inviting them to a moon-viewing gathering on behalf of the Vespas, so he invited the Vespas to visit their courtyard instead.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei checked on the sleeping furballs, then shared their gifts and went together to the cabin in the sea of clouds.
• On the full-moon night, the Vespas arrived as glowing hares, and Xie Juanhan and his companions welcomed them with food and conversation.
• When Xie Juanhan said he was seeking a spatial node to take him home, the Vespas offered to make a deal and said they knew a weak but safe node.
• Xie Juanhan asked whether the node was in the northwest near Mount Kaonielin, and the Vespas dropped their pastries in surprise.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei learned that the spatial passage at the Kaonielin Plain was connected to Telingewei’s mother and that she may have left because their world could not sustain two world-destroying dragons. After helping the Vespas enter the Inner Land, Xie Juanhan reassured Telingewei that they would face any journey through the passage together.

• Xie Juanhan agreed to help the Vespas return to the Inner Land in exchange for the location of the spatial node at the stone circle on the Kaonielin Plain.
• Telingewei read Harper’s memories and learned that his mother had left this world through the spatial passage, which generations of super magical creatures had deliberately opened.
• The Vespas explained that Telingewei’s mother may have left because their world could not support two world-destroying dragons at once.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei opened the Inner Land beneath the lake, and the Vespas and balls of light entered before dawn.
• Telingewei shared his lingering pain over believing his mother had abandoned him, and Xie Juanhan comforted him by promising not to leave him behind if they returned through the passage.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei discovered an immense ancient magic array in the Kaonielin Plain that could open a spatial passage, though it would take over two hundred years to charge at its current rate. After they returned to the Magic Forest, a rumor that Lord Silver Dragon was leaving frightened its residents, and Xie Juanhan reassured the Weaving Fairies that he was not leaving forever.

• Nibote found a stone formation hidden beneath the grass on the Kaonielin Plain, and Xie Juanhan and Telingewei cleared the surrounding grass to reveal a ten-kilometer-wide magic array.
• Telingewei determined that the array absorbed ambient Magic Power instead of using Demonic Cores, and Xie Juanhan explained that it was charging like a battery.
• Telingewei estimated that the array would take a little over two hundred years to charge, so Xie Juanhan said they should find a way to speed it up.
• Telingewei and Nibote carried Xie Juanhan and the family back to their cabin in the Magic Forest, where residents began spreading a rumor that Lord Silver Dragon was leaving.
• Xie Juanhan told the tearful Weaving Fairies that he was not leaving forever and might only take Telingewei and the others to visit his family.

Xie Juanhan treated a young Demon Wolf injured by one of his Tuonai'er Demon Birds and reassured Moli that he would not replace him. He then found the trapped bird in the Magic Forest and decided to make it dinner for the family.

• The Weaving Fairies, Water Demons, and other neighbors worried that Xie Juanhan’s family planned to leave, so he repeatedly assured them they were staying for now.
• A pack of Demon Wolves explained that a Tuonai'er Demon Bird had pecked the young Little Qiaokesi and that a magic vine had trapped another bird in the forest.
• Xie Juanhan applied medicine to Little Qiaokesi’s injured rump, and the pup showed him affection.
• Moli returned and grew jealous of Little Qiaokesi, but Xie Juanhan reassured and soothed him.
• Xie Juanhan followed the Demon Wolves into the Magic Forest, found the surviving Tuonai'er Demon Bird hanging in a vine, and chose to serve it for dinner.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei found that the raised Tuonai'er Demon Bird had two crystals inside it, including an unknown pale green one. Sylvan identified the strange crystal as possibly a Crystal of Plants, a rare magical material used to improve magic potion brewing, leaving them with a way to investigate the raised birds’ unusual magic.

• Haxi went to fetch Telingewei, who returned with Haxi and agreed to help Xie Juanhan prepare the Tuonai'er Demon Bird.
• Telingewei found two crystals inside the bird’s heart, and Xie Juanhan noted that the raised Tuonai'er Demon Birds’ magic circulated poorly.
• Nibote flew off and brought Sylvan to examine the pale green crystal.
• Sylvan recognized the crystal as possibly a Crystal of Plants and explained that it could stabilize magic potions and increase brewing success by at least thirty percent.

Xie Juanhan learned that the Crystal of Plants was a valuable aid to potion makers, while the group enjoyed a meal of Tuonai'er Demon Bird. Later, Yiluo arrived with Sylvan and a pile of valuables to ask Xie Juanhan to sell or trade him the crystal.

• Sylvan explained that the Crystal of Plants improved potion-brewing success, and offered to take it to Yiluo for appraisal.
• Xie Juanhan and the others ate Tuonai'er Demon Bird, whose tender meat carried the fragrance of Star Berries.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei fertilized their ripening Golden Vine Pumpkins with help from the Goblins and Harper's group.
• Sylvan and Yiluo arrived together on Simurgh, and Yiluo asked Xie Juanhan to sell or trade him the Crystal of Plants.
• Yiluo laid out gold coins, Demonic Cores, potions, essential oils, and flowers, explaining that the crystal was a rare treasure to high-level potion makers.

Yiluo explained that the Tuonai'er Demon Birds had formed a Crystal of Plants by gathering Magic Power from unripe Star Berries, then arranged a future trade for their eggs or chicks. As Xie Juanhan and Telingewei discovered the Magic Wand Tree sneezing magma across the yard, the fluffballs scrambled to save their mats.

• Yiluo proposed that excess Magic Power from the unripe Star Berries had gathered inside the Tuonai'er Demon Birds, and Xie Juanhan agreed.
• Yiluo explained that the birds would likely lay eggs within two months and asked to trade for eggs or chicks; Xie Juanhan promised a pair if more than fifty chicks hatched.
• Yiluo borrowed Sylvan's giant eagle and returned to the Magic Forest, while Harper and the others listened eagerly to the discussion.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei improved the birds' diet, and the Tuonai'er Demon Birds grew larger with brighter feathers.
• Xie Juanhan avoided reading Harper and the others' memories to respect their privacy, then later regretted it when the Magic Wand Tree began sneezing magma across the yard.
• The fluffballs hurried to carry their mats away from the magma, but several mats were partly burned as Hadi and Harvey sneezed while running.

After the Magic Wand Tree accidentally scorched the yard while sneezing lava, Xie Juanhan learned that Harper and the others had made it raise fire-attribute insects. Later, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei brought eleven female Tuonai'er Demon Birds to the Elf Forest to find mates, and released them near the first marked location.

• The Magic Wand Tree sneezed lava across the yard, and Xie Juanhan transformed into a White Dragon to douse the flames with river water.
• Xie Juanhan questioned Harper and the others about the dead fire-attribute insects, and they admitted they had asked the Magic Wand Tree to raise them.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei marked the reported Tuonai'er Demon Bird locations and sent Harper and the others to ask the Pixies which birds were male.
• The Pixies identified all eleven caged Tuonai'er Demon Birds as female, so Xie Juanhan and Telingewei decided to take them to the Elf Forest to find mates.
• After attending harvest festival balls, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei traveled to the first marked location with the birds and released them within the bounds of their magic rings.

Xie Juanhan and the others took their Tuonai'er Demon Birds to the Elves’ territory to find mates, but the females rejected or attacked every wild male they encountered. The Elves discovered that one female was transforming into a male, and Yiluo arrived as they discussed whether the flock could breed together.

• Xie Juanhan and the others visited several locations, but their Tuonai'er Demon Birds attacked or rejected each wild male they found.
• After the breeding attempts failed, Xie Juanhan suggested visiting the Elves’ territory, and the Elves came to escort the group to a welcome feast.
• The Elves examined the flock and noticed that its largest female appeared to be changing into a male.
• The Elves explained that Tuonai'er Demon Birds could change sex and said the transformed male might mate with the flock’s females, though they needed to ask the priest about breeding and offspring.
• Yiluo arrived, and Telingewei moved close to Xie Juanhan; Xie Juanhan took his hand and squeezed it.

Xie Juanhan learned from Yiluo how to select healthy Tuonai'er Demon Bird eggs before returning to the Magic Forest for autumn. That night, Nibote reported flying deer near the pumpkin fields, but a dispute with the Perytons erupted, prompting the Goblins to seek help from Xie Juanhan and Telingewei.

• Yiluo told Xie Juanhan that Tuonai'er Demon Bird eggs could be identified by sex and health, and agreed to send him unrelated male eggs for breeding.
• After two days with the Elves, Xie Juanhan and his companions returned to the Magic Forest with Demon Birds and books as autumn set in.
• Nibote woke while guarding the fields and saw a herd of flying deer sniffing the Golden Vine Pumpkins, but they vanished before he reached them.
• Moli arrived after hearing Nibote's howl, and Nibote insisted he had seen deer while the Perytons denied entering the fields.
• Nibote and the Perytons argued loudly until the Goblins went through the underground tunnels to ask Xie Juanhan and Telingewei for help.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei investigated a nighttime argument between Nibote and the Perytons and discovered that a herd of Golden-Horned Deer had come to see the farm’s Golden Vine Pumpkins. After confirming the pumpkins were authentic and tasting the ripe crop, the deer offered to bless the farm’s aquatic plants in exchange for some.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei went to the farmland with their companions after Goblins reported that Nibote and the Perytons were arguing.
• Telingewei detected an unfamiliar, faintly divine scent, and Xie Juanhan summoned the Golden-Horned Deer from the Inner Land.
• The Golden-Horned Deer explained they had come to see the farm’s pumpkins, confirmed the crop was authentic, and clarified that last year’s fur-puffing effect had likely come from the plants being at a level threshold.
• Xie Juanhan invited the Golden-Horned Deer and the others to share a ripe pumpkin, and Telingewei cut one open for everyone to taste.
• The Golden-Horned Deer asked to trade for pumpkins and offered to bless the farm’s aquatic plants so they could reach the pumpkins’ quality.

Xie Juanhan and the others traded Golden Vine Pumpkins for the Golden-Horned Deer’s blessing, which transformed the pond’s aquatic plants into level-two magic plants. The pond became a gathering place for the forest’s creatures, while the Tuonai’er Demon Birds laid unusually powerful eggs that Sylvan believed were all healthy.

• The Golden-Horned Deer blessed the pond’s aquatic plants, transforming them into beautiful golden-stemmed flowers with level-two potential.
• Xie Juanhan offered the Golden-Horned Deer 200 Golden Vine Pumpkins for the blessing, and they agreed to leave the pumpkins in the field under a magical agreement.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei let the Flower Elves make nectar from the aquatic flowers, which drew insects, icefish, and other forest creatures to the pond.
• After the rice harvest, the Tuonai’er Demon Birds laid three powerful eggs in the straw, and Xie Juanhan decided to bless them.
• The Tuonai’er Demon Birds stopped laying eggs after a little over twenty days, and Sylvan suggested they had absorbed unhealthy eggs so they would only lay healthy ones.

The White Dragon and the others struggled to incubate the many Tuonai'er Demon Bird eggs after the male bird died, and the two dragons took turns warming them. Later, Sylvan brought another egg and shared his findings about the damaged magic array, leaving the White Dragon with a possible path toward rebuilding it in a few decades.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei prepared to incubate ninety-two blessed Demon Bird eggs, but the female birds forced their sole male to sit on them until he died and was stewed for a meal.
• Harper and the others volunteered to incubate the eggs, but there were too many, so the two dragons took turns in their dragon forms.
• Sylvan visited the White Dragon with a blessed Demon Bird egg, and the White Dragon sent Harper and the others to have it blessed further before adding it to the eggs being incubated.
• Sylvan explained that he had reconstructed the missing design of the Kaonielin Plain magic array and believed it could be repaired for use in a few decades.
• The White Dragon learned that half the array remained, but its positioning and passage-construction sections needed to be rebuilt for his intended destination.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei invited the Dwarves to build a huge interplanar teleportation array, and Big Banya’s team eagerly accepted the commission. The dragons then visited the Kaonielin Plain, where the Dwarves were already repairing the array with Sylvan.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei worked through the night to turn the magic array formulas into construction plans and sent an invitation to the Dwarves.
• A messenger bird delivered candied pumpkin and a letter from Xie Juanhan and Telingewei to Big Banya’s team in the Dwarf tavern.
• A second messenger bird brought Big Banya a commission from Lord White Dragon to build a huge teleportation array between planes for over thirty thousand gold coins.
• The Dwarves celebrated the commission, and Changmao volunteered to work for Lord White Dragon.
• Xie Juanhan arranged for the fluffies to incubate the eggs, then left with Telingewei for the Kaonielin Plain.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei found Sylvan discussing the plans with the enthusiastic Dwarves as repairs to the magic array proceeded smoothly.

During construction, Telingewei discovered a lava-sealed cache of Demonic Cores left by his mother, Rheinhild, before she departed for another plane. Xie Juanhan comforted him as he reflected on his mother’s love, and the chapter left them watching the sunset together at the cabin above the sea of clouds.

• The dwarves found a huge energy-filled mass of lava near the magic array, bearing a dragon’s aura, and brought Xie Juanhan and Telingewei to see it.
• Telingewei recognized that the lava was not part of the array and explained that dragons hid heat-resistant objects inside lava; he suspected his mother had sealed Demonic Cores there for him.
• Xie Juanhan reasoned that Rheinhild had left the cache for Telingewei, and the two dragons left the construction site to spend time alone.
• Telingewei told Xie Juanhan that he had never felt an emotional connection to his mother, though recent discoveries had made him feel that she had always loved him.
• Xie Juanhan embraced Telingewei and reassured him that their family had chosen him freely, and they watched the sunset from the snowy mountainside.

Telingewei and Xie Juanhan held each other beneath the sunset while the creatures at the forest cottage struggled with the long task of incubating Demon Bird eggs. After Haxi’s attempt to recruit the clumsy Perytons failed, Moli sent for the Golden-Horned Deer, who agreed to take over for a day.

• Telingewei refused to let White Dragon turn back into a dragon and held Xie Juanhan as they watched the sunset and waited together in the cold.
• At the cottage, Harper and the other furry creatures grew bored while taking turns incubating the Demon Bird eggs, and Haxi decided to ask the Perytons for help.
• Haxi, Habi, Hani, and Nibote woke the Perytons and brought five of them to the cottage, where they accidentally broke part of the fence and the stone steps.
• Harper and Moli refused to let the Perytons handle the eggs, so Moli sent Habu, Habi, and Hadi to find the Golden-Horned Deer.
• The Golden-Horned Deer arrived, offered to incubate the eggs for a day, and settled into the study while Harper and the others made room.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei returned home to find the Golden-Horned Deer incubating their eggs while Harper and the other furry little ones played hide-and-seek in the Magic Forest. After the deer left, the family reunited, apologized, and spent the night huddled together around the eggs, waking refreshed for breakfast.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei found a herd of Golden-Horned Deer in their study, where the deer explained that the Dragon Companion Beasts had asked them to incubate the eggs.
• Harper and the others returned from hide-and-seek just as the Golden-Horned Deer were leaving, and Xie Juanhan sent the deer home with tea and snacks.
• Telingewei gave Harper and the others a cold look, but Xie Juanhan reassured them and apologized for leaving them to help incubate the eggs.
• Hadi and the other furry little ones crowded around Xie Juanhan for affection, and the dragons took over incubating the eggs.
• The whole family squeezed into the study and slept together, then woke stiff but cheerful and ate Xie Juanhan's breakfast.

Xie Juanhan and the others watched their Tuonai'er Demon Bird eggs hatch into unusually bright, lively level-three chicks and built them a warm shelter for the winter. After tending to the chicks and the magic array on the Kaonielin Plain, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei returned home to find it eerily silent and empty.

• Nibote accidentally kicked open an egg while the fluffies slept, and the first Tuonai'er Demon Bird chicks began hatching.
• Xie Juanhan examined the newborn chicks and found they were high-end level-three Demon Birds, though he said raising them to level four was unlikely.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei built a sheltered bird shed beside the Magic Wand Tree to keep the chicks safe from the cold.
• The chicks followed Nibote everywhere, and after they called for him all afternoon, he chose to stay home and look after them.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei checked on the Kaonielin Plain magic array and decided to leave the Demonic Cores sealed inside the boulder.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei returned home after dark to find the house silent, with no beasts in sight.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei prepared dinner while Harper and the others returned without the chicks, who had wandered off to the farmland pond. After the group chased the escaped chicks, Xie Juanhan discovered the aquatic plants had produced edible seeds that could be harvested as a new grain.

• Xie Juanhan learned from the Magic Wand Tree that Harper and the others had taken the chicks out, so he prepared herbal soup and a large dinner for their return.
• Harper and the others came home and discovered the chicks were missing; Nibote tried to fly off immediately, but Xie Juanhan urged everyone to eat first and used divination to reassure them.
• Nibote spotted the chicks from the air, and the group followed him to the farmland pond, where the chicks were pecking at ripe aquatic-plant seeds on the ice.
• The chicks scattered when Xie Juanhan, Telingewei, and Nibote arrived, so Harper and the others split into groups to chase them across the fields.
• Xie Juanhan tasted the dried seeds and realized the aquatic plants had produced an edible grain, while Telingewei asked whether they should harvest them.

Xie Juanhan and the others discovered that aquatic grass seeds made delicious, nourishing porridge, while Harper and the other fluffies insisted on saving the best seeds for planting. The next day, the forest’s intelligent beings helped harvest and sort the seeds, leaving the finest ones to dry for planting.

• Xie Juanhan cooked aquatic grass-seed porridge while the Magic Wand Tree watched the fire, then joined Telingewei and the fluffies as they brought all ninety-three escaped Demon Bird chicks back to the shed.
• Xie Juanhan found stiff flight feathers beneath a chick’s wing and realized the chicks had escaped by gliding short distances as they grew quickly on magic-rich food.
• Harper and the other fluffies enjoyed sweet porridge made with Star Berry nectar, then objected when Xie Juanhan proposed gathering more seeds to eat, insisting the best seeds should be saved for planting.
• The next day, Goblins, Flower Elves, Pixies, and Weaving Fairies gathered at Xie Juanhan’s pond to help harvest and sort the aquatic grass seeds.
• The Flower Elves competed to select the best seeds while the other intelligent beings helped, and Xie Juanhan and the others spread the plump, fragrant planting seeds out to dry in the winter sun.

Xie Juanhan discovered that the aquatic plants’ seeds could be popped into a fragrant snack, and he and Telingewei shared it with the fluffballs. The chapter ended with the fluffballs tasting Xie Juanhan’s Star Berry nectar-and-cheese popcorn and marveling at its flavor.

• Xie Juanhan popped grass seeds over the fire and introduced Telingewei to popcorn.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei made more popcorn, then sat under the veranda eating it with tea.
• Nibote squeezed his head through the fence to ask for popcorn, and Telingewei freed him before the fence was damaged.
• Harper and the other fluffballs returned, and Xie Juanhan popped more seeds for them and set aside a portion for Moli.
• Xie Juanhan coated popcorn with Star Berry nectar, cheese, spices, and salt, and the fluffballs eagerly ate it.

During the snowy winter, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei turned the fluffballs’ foraged berries and nuts into new foods, keeping everyone supplied with fruit and snacks. When Habu brought back especially bitter nuts, Xie Juanhan discovered they smelled fragrant when roasted and decided to grind them into powder instead of eating them whole.

• Harper and the others brought back sweet winter berries, and Xie Juanhan and Telingewei made berry-flavored popcorn for them.
• The fluffballs kept collecting berries and other fruits from beneath the snow, and Xie Juanhan prepared them in different ways.
• After Xie Juanhan mentioned nut-flavored popcorn, the fluffballs brought home many kinds of nuts, which he and Telingewei roasted and prepared.
• Habu brought back bell-shaped nuts that Telingewei warned were bitter and astringent, but Xie Juanhan tasted one and had to spit it out.
• Xie Juanhan noticed that the bitter nuts smelled good when roasted, so he decided to grind them into powder and see what happened.